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Forrest Gump

The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal and other historical events unfold from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, whose only desire is to be reunited with his childhood sweeth

Director

Robert Zemeckis

Year

Genre

Box Office

$330,455,270

Production

Paramount Pictures,The Steve Tisch Company,Wendy Finerman Productions

Awards

Won 6 Oscars. 50 wins & 75 nominations total

Homepage

https://www.paramountmovies.com/movies/forrest-gump

Forrest Gump

Nurse at Park Bench

Rebecca Williams

Mrs. Gump

Young Forrest

Michael Conner Humphreys

Doctor

Harold G. Herthum

Barber

Crony

Crony

Principal

Louise

Elderly Woman

Elderly Woman's Daughter

Christine Seabrook

Southern Gentleman / Landowner

Young Elvis Presley

School Bus Driver

Siobhan Fallon Hogan

School Bus Boy

Alexander Zemeckis

School Bus Boy

Logan Livingston Gomez

School Bus Boy

School Bus Girl

Elizabeth Hanks

Young Jenny Curran

Red Headed Boy

Boy with Cross

Christopher Jones

Fat Boy

Jenny's Father

Jenny's Grandmother

Police Chief

Jenny Curran

Red Headed Teen

Fat Teen

Teen with Cross

College Football Coach

High School Football Coach

High School Football Coach

Recruiter

Daniel C. Striepeke

Kick Off Return Player

Newscaster

Earl

Black Student

Black Student

Woman with Child on Park Bench

Jenny's Date

Local Anchor #1

President Kennedy (voice)

University Dean

Army Recruiter

Army Bus Driver

Kenneth Bevington

Bus Recruit

Michael Flannery

Bus Recruit

Bubba Blue

Mykelti Williamson

Bubba's Mother

Bubba's Great Grandmother

Drill Sergeant

Barracks Recruit

Topless Girl

DantÃ© McCarthy

Emcee

Club Patron

Club Patron

Michael Kemmerling

Club Patron

Club Patron

Pick-up Truck Driver

Helicopter Gunman

Daniel J. Gillooly

Lieutenant Dan Taylor

Sergeant Sims

Dallas

Cleveland

Michael Burgess

Tex

Steven Griffith

Fat Man at Bench

Army Hospital Male Nurse

Mail Call Soldier

Wounded Soldier (as Stephen Derelian)

Wounded Soldier

Hospital Officer (as Stephen Wesley Bridgewater)

Stephen Bridgewater

Army Nurse

Bonnie Ann Burgess

National Correspondent #1

President Johnson (voice)

John William Galt

Hilary

Hilary Chaplain

Isabel

Veteran at War Rally

Abbie Hoffman

Richard D'Alessandro

Policeman at War Rally

Black Panther

Black Panther

Wesley

Hippie at Commune

Hollywood Boulevard Girlfriend

Hollywood Boulevard Girlfriend

Man in VW Bug

Paul Raczkowski

Chinese Ping Pong Player

Dick Cavett

John Lennon

Carla

Tiffany Salerno

Lenore

Marla Sucharetza

Musician Boyfriend

National Correspondent #4

President Nixon (voice)

Discharge Officer

Lazarus Jackson

Stanley Loomis

W. Benson Terry

Drugged Out Boyfriend

Local Correspondent #2

Church Choir

The Hallelujah Singers of Beaufort South Carolina

Local Anchor #2

Elderly Southern Woman

Local Anchor #3 (as Nathalie Hendrix)

Natalie Hendrix

Waitress in Cafe

Hannibal Reporter

Hannibal Reporter

Hannibal Reporter

Bobby Richardson

Taxi Driver

Michael Mattison

Young Man Running

Aging Hippie

Charles Boswell

Wild Eyed Man (as Tim McNeil)

Forrest Junior

Haley Joel Osment

The Minister

Lonnie Hamilton

Lieutenant Dan's FiancÃ©e

Protestor on Stage

College Quarterback

Vietnam Veteran

Markus Alexander

Self - Stepping onto the Moon (archive footage)

Get the Bikes Bully

Hippie

Keri-Anne Bilotta

University of Alabama Assistant Football Coach

Self - Shooting George Wallace (archive footage)

Football Fan

Cheerleader

Self - New Year's Eve (archive footage)

Self - with JFK in Dallas (archive footage)

Alabama Football Player

Darren W. Conrad

CBS Correspondent Cooper

Student Protester

Alabama College Photographer #1

Self - Assassination Attempt (archive footage)

Reporter

Drum Major

Governor

Christopher James Hall

Football Coach

The Honeymooners

Ellsworth Hanna

The Honeymooners

Barracks Recruit

Wounded Soldier

John Glenn Harding

Self - in Vietnam (archive footage)

Bus Scene

Self

Lyndon B. Johnson

Hippie at Commune

Self

John F. Kennedy

Self - after 1968 California Primary (archive footage)

Robert F. Kennedy

National Guardsman

Aaron Michael Lacey

Self

Civil Rights Marcher

Football Fan

Jacqueline Lovell

Self

Chorister

Shawn Michael Perry

Self

Self - Assassination Attempt (archive footage)

VA in Hospital

Elvis Presley (voice)

Louise Alvin - Landlady

Football Player

Brendan Shanahan

Black Panther

William Shipman

Nicholas Katzenbach

Chancellor AL University

John-Michael Steele

Jenny's Babysitter

Mary Ellen Trainor

Alabama Marching Band

USC Trojan Marching Band

Self

Student Protester

Eric Alan Wendell

Self - Chinese Ping Pong Player (archive footage)

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Overall

5.0

Story

5.0

Aesthetics

4.5

Acting

4.5

Sound

4.0

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Any of those simple tasks that Forrest had, he was just extraordinary at, and I think that that was, kind of, also the fun of showing him to everybody in the world, 'cause I think everybody hopefully thinks that there's one little thing that they're extra - Forrest Gump

Any of those simple tasks that Forrest had, he was just...

Anyway like I was saying shrimp is the fruit of the sea - Forrest Gump

Anyway like I was saying shrimp is the fruit of the sea

There were moments in this movie that none of us could foreshadow what audiences would think, and to hear everybody just roar when Bubba cited his thousands of shrimp recipes was one of surprise and, I guess, glee. - Forrest Gump

There were moments in this movie that none of us could...

Night time in the army was a lonely time - Forrest Gump

Night time in the army was a lonely time

The other thing is, whenever there was a quiet moment, you always knew that Forrest was thinking of Jenny. - Forrest Gump

The other thing is, whenever there was a quiet moment, you...

I think it was an inspired choice of a song to choose to have Jenny singing as a naked folk singer here in this... - Forrest Gump

I think it was an inspired choice of a song to choose to...

At this point in the movie, we're seeing Jenny and Forrest go in two separate directions. - Forrest Gump

At this point in the movie, we're seeing Jenny and...

- Her idol was Joan Baez. - Forrest Gump

- Her idol was Joan Baez.

Her dream had come true - Forrest Gump

Her dream had come true

I think when Robin had to learn to do the few songs that she does play in the movie, for some reason or another, I was called on to give her guitar instructions. - Forrest Gump

I think when Robin had to learn to do the few songs that she...

He always seemed to show up at the perfect moment, save her, and then yet, once again, she'd always forgive him and, kind of, be thankful that he was there. - Forrest Gump

He always seemed to show up at the perfect moment, save her,...

You can't keep trying to rescue me all the time - Forrest Gump

You can't keep trying to rescue me all the time

But this time, when she knew he was leaving, she was scared, 'cause I think everybody knew what it meant when you're going to Vietnam. - Forrest Gump

But this time, when she knew he was leaving, she was scared,...

Just You can't keep doing this all the time - Forrest Gump

Just You can't keep doing this all the time

So I could fly far - Forrest Gump

So I could fly far

You think I could fly off this bridge - Forrest Gump

You think I could fly off this bridge

Robin Wright, in her portrayal, she really often... - Forrest Gump

Robin Wright, in her portrayal, she really often...

Can I have a ride - Forrest Gump

Can I have a ride

They sending me to Vietnam - Forrest Gump

They sending me to Vietnam

You promise me something - Forrest Gump

You promise me something

When we all sat down and started talking about who would be the perfect Mama, it was funny, Tom and I both came to, kind of, the same conclusion, that there was nobody better than Sally, and we just saw that she was what Mama Gump would be, and she kind o - Forrest Gump

When we all sat down and started talking about who would be...

Lieutenant Dan's character was just so out there. - Forrest Gump

Lieutenant Dan's character was just so out there.

Now they told us that Vietnam was gonna be very different - Forrest Gump

Now they told us that Vietnam was gonna be very different

Get your hands down Do not salute me - Forrest Gump

Get your hands down Do not salute me

Where you boys from in the world - Forrest Gump

Where you boys from in the world

Look it's pretty basic here - Forrest Gump

Look it's pretty basic here

It's amazing to look at the whole place and know that this was, again, a wetland side of a marshy side of South Carolina that probably was only about 40 minutes from Mama's house. - Forrest Gump

It's amazing to look at the whole place and know that...

He was from a long great military tradition - Forrest Gump

He was from a long great military tradition

I think we shot these scenes on the last day of shooting, didn't we? - Forrest Gump

I think we shot these scenes on the last day of shooting,...

Yeah, we recreated in little sandboxes all the different forefathers of Gary Sinise's character and shot them all in succession on the rooftop of a hotel on Wilshire Boulevard. - Forrest Gump

Yeah, we recreated in little sandboxes all the different...

Lieutenant Dan was so difficult to cast, in a sense, because we had to depict a character who went through an incredible transformation. - Forrest Gump

Lieutenant Dan was so difficult to cast, in a sense, because...

And we was always looking for a guy named Charlie - Forrest Gump

And we was always looking for a guy named Charlie

The boys all went into real military training with Lieutenant Dale Dye, who is a military expert, and Parris Island is a very famous marine base, which was in the same locale as where we were shooting this movie, so... - Forrest Gump

The boys all went into real military training with...

Lieutenant Dan was always getting these funny feelings about a rock or a trail or the road - Forrest Gump

Lieutenant Dan was always getting these funny feelings about...

Now I don't know much about anything - Forrest Gump

Now I don't know much about anything

When we cast all of these boys, I think it was really important that they were a little bit of everymen, because I think that that's what, for the most part, our troops in Vietnam were made up of. - Forrest Gump

When we cast all of these boys, I think it was really...

I've actually spoken to Vietnam veterans who... - Forrest Gump

I've actually spoken to Vietnam veterans who...

One day it started raining and it didn't quit for four months - Forrest Gump

One day it started raining and it didn't quit for four...

Shoot it even rained at night - Forrest Gump

Shoot it even rained at night

Just as you're having a yearning for what's going on back home, the story comes and gives you kind of what you would like. - Forrest Gump

Just as you're having a yearning for what's going...

One of the things that you begin to notice here... - Forrest Gump

One of the things that you begin to notice here...

One of the few things that was taken from the book was Forrest's friendship with Bubba. - Forrest Gump

One of the few things that was taken from the book was...

I told her what I was doing and asked her what she was doing - Forrest Gump

I told her what I was doing and asked her what she was doing

What was great with Jenny was she let us have a little notion of everything that was happening during the '60s and the early '70s. - Forrest Gump

What was great with Jenny was she let us have a little...

The filming of this sequence was terrifying. - Forrest Gump

The filming of this sequence was terrifying.

Get that thing Fuck it get it in the tree line - Forrest Gump

Get that thing Fuck it get it in the tree line

No matter how crazy and intense Lieutenant Dan was, you really did know he cared about his boys, and you really did feel that he had a true sense of responsibility for them, and he understood that both Forrest and Bubba were probably a little more limited - Forrest Gump

No matter how crazy and intense Lieutenant Dan was, you...

FORREST I ran and ran just like Jenny told me to - Forrest Gump

FORREST I ran and ran just like Jenny told me to

For someone who people thought had such a limited sense of intelligence, Forrest was terribly devoted and terribly responsible. - Forrest Gump

For someone who people thought had such a limited sense of...

And I think everybody's heart sank when he knew that Bubba wasn't with him, and he knew that Bubba was probably in trouble. - Forrest Gump

And I think everybody's heart sank when he knew that...

I gotta find Bubba - Forrest Gump

I gotta find Bubba

The moment that Forrest finds Bubba is probably the largest moment of growth that he's had in his life up until this very moment. - Forrest Gump

The moment that Forrest finds Bubba is probably the largest...

But, see, his heart was true. - Forrest Gump

But, see, his heart was true.

When I think he's witnessed loss right before him. - Forrest Gump

When I think he's witnessed loss right before him.

I would've thought of something better to say - Forrest Gump

I would've thought of something better to say

And for me, from the moment you read the script to the moment that Bubba is in his arms, the word "home" is the kind of thing that resonates with me to this day. - Forrest Gump

And for me, from the moment you read the script to the...

Then Bubba said something I won't ever forget - Forrest Gump

Then Bubba said something I won't ever forget

It's also the first time that we see Forrest's real pain and his real loss. - Forrest Gump

It's also the first time that we see Forrest's...

That's all I have to say about that - Forrest Gump

That's all I have to say about that

When you come back to him this time, and I think he's a different man than he's ever been on the bench before. - Forrest Gump

When you come back to him this time, and I think he's a...

It was a bullet wasn't it - Forrest Gump

It was a bullet wasn't it

Just as reality would really sink in, Forrest Gump would always do something that was so absurd or being so crazy that got you back into the notion of the fun of the movie. - Forrest Gump

Just as reality would really sink in, Forrest Gump would...

Lieutenant Dan I got you some ice cream - Forrest Gump

Lieutenant Dan I got you some ice cream

I think for everybody who was on the set that day, when Lieutenant Dan was picked up without any legs, even though we could see them with the blue screen that was there, was truly gasping, because it was the first time, as in many scenes in this movie, th - Forrest Gump

I think for everybody who was on the set that day, when...

And once again, just as he was getting on the road to happiness, he unfortunately had to suffer a disappointment. - Forrest Gump

And once again, just as he was getting on the road to...

How can you watch that stupid shit - Forrest Gump

How can you watch that stupid shit

In the Ping-Pong scenes they all look natural, but there's so much of Bob's trickery in them. - Forrest Gump

In the Ping-Pong scenes they all look natural, but...

Ping-Pong is one of the fun things that was also there in the book that we altered slightly. - Forrest Gump

Ping-Pong is one of the fun things that was also there in...

What's also fun is, Forrest became good at things that were just everyday things to most people. - Forrest Gump

What's also fun is, Forrest became good at things that...

It's also a testament to Tom's abilities, not just as an actor, but... - Forrest Gump

It's also a testament to Tom's abilities, not just...

For some reason Ping Pong came very natural to me - Forrest Gump

For some reason Ping Pong came very natural to me

This stuff was really fun, because all of the special effects stuff that we did... - Forrest Gump

This stuff was really fun, because all of the special...

We all have a destiny - Forrest Gump

We all have a destiny

Gary understood that character. - Forrest Gump

Gary understood that character.

Destiny is a very important part of the whole movie. - Forrest Gump

Destiny is a very important part of the whole movie.

See, I think that's the next point of reference, is that this wasn't supposed to happen, and that there was a plan that's gone wrong. - Forrest Gump

See, I think that's the next point of reference, is...

Than just about the Vietnam war or the 60s. - Forrest Gump

Than just about the Vietnam war or the 60s.

What was great was that Forrest went back to the White House again, and so many times in his life he did things again. - Forrest Gump

What was great was that Forrest went back to the White House...

America owes you a debt of gratitude son - Forrest Gump

America owes you a debt of gratitude son

Washington was a wonderful place to shoot. - Forrest Gump

Washington was a wonderful place to shoot.

We shot in front of the Washington Memorial. - Forrest Gump

We shot in front of the Washington Memorial.

There was this man giving a little talk - Forrest Gump

There was this man giving a little talk

I think the other part that's really fun is people like Abbie Hoffman. - Forrest Gump

I think the other part that's really fun is people like...

I had a couple of guys come up to me while we were filming this scene here at the Lincoln Memorial, and were from... - Forrest Gump

I had a couple of guys come up to me while we were filming...

Tell us a little bit about the war man - Forrest Gump

Tell us a little bit about the war man

Of course, historically, this was a demonstration that would've taken place, in our movie, in the year 1968, and there was not a demonstration in 1968. - Forrest Gump

Of course, historically, this was a demonstration that...

Washington's also a city that's very difficult to shoot in. - Forrest Gump

Washington's also a city that's very difficult to...

I remember at this time I went to this similar demonstration in San Francisco, being on the West Coast, and this actually resonated quite a bit for me, because it really did feel like... - Forrest Gump

I remember at this time I went to this similar demonstration...

We had a hard time thinking of what Forrest would say about the war in Vietnam, and we really couldn't figure out what his perfect words would be, and the idea kind of came in to have the police stop whatever his message would be, 'cause we never quite fi - Forrest Gump

We had a hard time thinking of what Forrest would say about...

By the time he started talking again, you know it was something brilliant that he must've said, even though none of us had heard what it was. - Forrest Gump

By the time he started talking again, you know it was...

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The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal and other historical events unfold from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, whose only desire is to be reunited with his childhood sweeth

User Rating: 5.0 (2 ratings)

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Writer: Winston Groom, Eric Roth

Production: Paramount Pictures,The Steve Tisch Company,Wendy Finerman Productions

Genre: drama, romance

Year: 1994

MetaScore: 82/100

ImdbRating: 8.8

BoxOffice: $330,455,270

Released: 06 Jul 1994

Awards: Won 6 Oscars. 50 wins & 75 nominations total

Homepage: https://www.paramountmovies.com/movies/forrest-gump