Forrest Gump
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Movie Details
| Based on | Forrest Gump by Winston Groom |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Release date | June 23, 1994 (Los Angeles) July 6, 1994 (United States) |
| Running time | 2hr 22min |
| Age rating | PG-13 |
| Starring | Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, Sally Field |
| Directed by | Robert Zemeckis |
| Story by | Winston Groom |
| Screenplay by | Eric Roth |
| Produced by | Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch, Steve Starkey |
| Cinematography by | Don Burgess |
| Edited by | Arthur Schmidt |
| Music by | Alan Silvestri |
| Production Company | The Tisch Company |
| Distributor | Paramount Pictures |
Cast & Characters
- Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump
- Rebecca Williams as Nurse at Park Bench
- Sally Field as Mrs. Gump
- Michael Conner Humphreys as Young Forrest
- Harold G. Herthum as Doctor
- George Kelly as Barber
- Bob Penny as Crony
- John Randall as Crony
- Sam Anderson as Principal
- Margo Moorer as Louise
- Ione M. Telech as Elderly Woman
- Christine Seabrook as Elderly Woman’s Daughter
- John Worsham as Southern Gentleman / Landowner
- Peter Dobson as Young Elvis Presley
- Siobhan Fallon Hogan as School Bus Driver
- Alexander Zemeckis as School Bus Boy
- Logan Livingston Gomez as School Bus Boy
- Ben Waddel as School Bus Boy
- Elizabeth Hanks as School Bus Girl
- Hanna Hall as Young Jenny Curran
- Tyler Long as Red Headed Boy
- Christopher Jones as Boy with Cross
- Grady Bowman as Fat Boy
- Kevin Mangan as Jenny’s Father
- Fay Genens as Jenny’s Grandmother
- Frank Geyer as Police Chief
- Robin Wright as Jenny Curran
- Rob Landry as Red Headed Teen
- Jason McGuire as Fat Teen
- Pete Auster as Teen with Cross
- Sonny Shroyer as College Football Coach
- Brett Rice as High School Football Coach
- Ed Davis as High School Football Coach
- Daniel C. Striepeke as Recruiter
- Bruce Lucvia as Kick Off Return Player
- David Brisbin as Newscaster
- Kirk Ward as Earl
- Angela Lomas as Black Student
- Timothy Record as Black Student
- Deborah McTeer as Woman with Child on Park Bench
- Mark Matheisen as Jenny’s Date
- Al Harrington as Local Anchor #1
- Jed Gillin as President Kennedy (voice)
- Bob Harks as University Dean
- Don Fischer as Army Recruiter
- Kenneth Bevington as Army Bus Driver
Storyline
The history of the United States from the 1950s to the ’70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.
About Forrest Gump Movie
Forrest Gump is an American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Eric Roth. It is an adaptation of the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom, and stars Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, and Sally Field.
Principal photography took place between August and December 1993, mainly in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Extensive visual effects were used to incorporate Hanks into archived footage and to develop other scenes. The soundtrack features songs reflecting the different periods seen in the film.
Winston Groom was paid $350,000 for the screenplay rights to his novel Forrest Gump and was contracted for a 3 percent share of the film’s net profits. However, Paramount and the film’s producers did not pay him the percentage, using Hollywood accounting to posit that the blockbuster film lost money. Tom Hanks, by contrast, contracted for a percent share of the film’s gross receipts instead of a salary, and he and director Zemeckis each received $40 million.
Forrest Gump was released in the United States on July 6, 1994, and received widespread critical acclaim for Zemeckis’s direction, performances (particularly those of Hanks and Sinise), visual effects, music, and screenplay. The film was a major success at the box office: it became the top-grossing film in the United States released that year and earned over US$678.2 million worldwide during its theatrical run, making it the second-highest-grossing film of 1994, behind The Lion King.
The soundtrack sold over 12 million copies. Forrest Gump won six Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Hanks, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Visual Effects, and Best Film Editing. It received many award nominations, including Golden Globes, British Academy Film Awards, and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Various interpretations have been made of the protagonist and the film’s political symbolism. In 2011, the Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.
Indian remake
The Indian film Laal Singh Chaddha, released in August 2022 and starring Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor in the title role, is an authorized remake of Forrest Gump, set in India between the late 1970s and the 2010s. The film was directed by Advait Chandan and produced by Aamir Khan Productions, Viacom18 Studios and Paramount Pictures.
Budget & Box Office Collection
| Budget | $55 million |
| Domestic Opening | $24,450,602 |
| Domestic Collection | $330,455,270 |
| International Collection | $347,771,195 |
| Worldwide Collection | $678,226,465 |
