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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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★★★★★

2 reviews

Overall

5.0

Story

5.0

Aesthetics

4.5

Acting

4.5

Sound

4.0

sparmendariz

2 months ago

★★★★★

fennoxiawir14

3 months ago

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What also was so wonderful is how Forrest Gump and Jenny would meet all over the world together. - Forrest Gump

What also was so wonderful is how Forrest Gump and Jenny...

The two days that we filmed there, the skies were very different. - Forrest Gump

The two days that we filmed there, the skies were very...

It was the happiest moment of my life - Forrest Gump

It was the happiest moment of my life

We are here to offer protection and help for all those who need our help because we - Forrest Gump

We are here to offer protection and help for all those who...

Every single role was meticulously cast. - Forrest Gump

Every single role was meticulously cast.

Also what was great about Forrest is, he was rarely violent. - Forrest Gump

Also what was great about Forrest is, he was rarely violent.

He should not be hitting you Jenny - Forrest Gump

He should not be hitting you Jenny

Sorry I had a fight in the middle of your Black Panther party - Forrest Gump

Sorry I had a fight in the middle of your Black Panther...

I'll tell you where the luxury came with this movie is that... - Forrest Gump

I'll tell you where the luxury came with this movie is...

I think what's difficult for people at this time is that they're knowing that Forrest's character actually has grown, and Jenny's character is so lost that she's not really going anywhere with her life. - Forrest Gump

I think what's difficult for people at this time is...

We walked around all night Jenny and me just talking - Forrest Gump

We walked around all night Jenny and me just talking

So once again, this is a series of shots that take us through a journey that Jenny went on when Forrest wasn't there, and the camera leaves Forrest and his point of view in order to fill in Jenny's story to the audience. - Forrest Gump

So once again, this is a series of shots that take us...

Bob had a love of William Castle, and for me, in particular, this scene was so much fun because if you look, Rosemary's Baby is playing across the street at the Graumann's Chinese Theatre. - Forrest Gump

Bob had a love of William Castle, and for me, in particular,...

Anybody want to go to San Francisco - Forrest Gump

Anybody want to go to San Francisco

You know, keep you current with where her character was going in the movie. - Forrest Gump

You know, keep you current with where her character was...

We don't quite believe him, and this wonderful look that Forrest gives lets us know as well. - Forrest Gump

We don't quite believe him, and this wonderful look...

You know what I think - Forrest Gump

You know what I think

I think that's the only time in the movie that Forrest actually shows his anger. - Forrest Gump

I think that's the only time in the movie that Forrest...

One of the other things in the movie the whole entire time is that there's this Jenny scene that goes on, this wonderful score that Alan Silvestri wrote, and it kind of always takes you back to our feeling of the love that the two of them had. - Forrest Gump

One of the other things in the movie the whole entire time...

See, you look at a scene like this, and how, as an art director, are you supposed to comment on putting a bunch of buses around in a giant hippie camp with tons of props in the background, as though that has any real meaning? - Forrest Gump

See, you look at a scene like this, and how, as an art...

I got it just by doing what you told me to do - Forrest Gump

I got it just by doing what you told me to do

Why are you so good to me - Forrest Gump

Why are you so good to me

The other fun part about the two of them was you always knew that at some point, they'd be back together again soon. - Forrest Gump

The other fun part about the two of them was you always knew...

FORREST I thought I was going back to Vietnam - Forrest Gump

FORREST I thought I was going back to Vietnam

What's amazing to look at, when you look at the movie, is how many important things have happened in that span of years. - Forrest Gump

What's amazing to look at, when you look at the movie,...

In the land of China people hardly got nothing at all - Forrest Gump

In the land of China people hardly got nothing at all

Right at that moment people knew where you were going, and they just couldn't wait. - Forrest Gump

Right at that moment people knew where you were going, and...

No, what's so wonderful is that there's nothing sacred. - Forrest Gump

No, what's so wonderful is that there's nothing...

FORREST Some years later that nice young man from England - Forrest Gump

FORREST Some years later that nice young man from England

They gave you the Congressional Medal of Honor - Forrest Gump

They gave you the Congressional Medal of Honor

Surprise of this scene, which is supposed to be New York City, was shot in downtown Los Angeles. - Forrest Gump

Surprise of this scene, which is supposed to be New York...

They gave you the Congressional Medal of Honor - Forrest Gump

They gave you the Congressional Medal of Honor

Lieutenant Dan said he was living in a hotel - Forrest Gump

Lieutenant Dan said he was living in a hotel

Gary really did a lot of research into what a man with no legs, who was unfortunately a drunk, a Vietnam vet, would be like, and I remember him walking through... - Forrest Gump

Gary really did a lot of research into what a man with no...

I am living off the government tit - Forrest Gump

I am living off the government tit

I think often we're reminded about the pain of the war and the pain of the times, without saying anything. - Forrest Gump

I think often we're reminded about the pain of the war...

Have I found Jesus yet - Forrest Gump

Have I found Jesus yet

That's all these cripples down at the VA - Forrest Gump

That's all these cripples down at the VA

The cinematography and the way this movie has been shot is... - Forrest Gump

The cinematography and the way this movie has been shot...

Forrest always had a way of being on a path to go somewhere and either bumping into Jenny or Lieutenant Dan on that way, and somehow he would get back on that path. - Forrest Gump

Forrest always had a way of being on a path to go somewhere...

Yeah, Bob moves the camera a lot when he shoots his movies, but he's always moving it toward the focus of the scene. - Forrest Gump

Yeah, Bob moves the camera a lot when he shoots his movies,...

And in most of the cases, he was carrying on somebody's destiny. - Forrest Gump

And in most of the cases, he was carrying on somebody's...

Even at their most dislikeable moments, characters like Gary were still totally endearing, 'cause you know that Forrest would somehow lead them in the right way at some point in the story. - Forrest Gump

Even at their most dislikeable moments, characters like Gary...

It's only 1972, and I think everybody who's been with us since the beginning feels like it's been 30 or 40 years. - Forrest Gump

It's only 1972, and I think everybody who's been...

And every moment's, kind of, touched with such bittersweet. - Forrest Gump

And every moment's, kind of, touched with such...

Is your friend stupid or something - Forrest Gump

Is your friend stupid or something

Of course, just to reinforce the difficulty of shooting a shot with a man who has legs, but in the movie, doesn't, Bob had to put obstacles on the set to make it look even more difficult to do such a thing. - Forrest Gump

Of course, just to reinforce the difficulty of shooting a...

I'm sorry I ruined your New Year's Eve party Lieutenant Dan - Forrest Gump

I'm sorry I ruined your New Year's Eve party...

Run Forrest run - Forrest Gump

Run Forrest run

Now this is, for me, emotionally where, when I could've gotten hung up in Vietnam and the post-Vietnam syndrome, but then to be, kind of, yanked out of it into Watergate and actually get to go to the Watergate Hotel to find the place where you could actua - Forrest Gump

Now this is, for me, emotionally where, when I could've...

Are you enjoying yourself in our nation's capital - Forrest Gump

Are you enjoying yourself in our nation's capital

No, we were actually able, in that unique place in the movie, to tell a part of history that people have never seen before. - Forrest Gump

No, we were actually able, in that unique place in the...

Yeah sir you might want to send a maintenance man - Forrest Gump

Yeah sir you might want to send a maintenance man

Therefore I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow - Forrest Gump

Therefore I shall resign the presidency effective at noon...

Again, the use of the television and the media to move ahead in time and in space. - Forrest Gump

Again, the use of the television and the media to move ahead...

I think Bob enjoys, in these sequences, moving in and out of the public perception and back to the personal as a way of kind of defining how a lot of us perceive the disparity between what our social lives are and what we really think on the inside. - Forrest Gump

I think Bob enjoys, in these sequences, moving in and out of...

As Forrest left the military, I think the movie took a different turn, 'cause it was less reflecting about the sadness and the grieving of the Vietnam War, and became about other things. - Forrest Gump

As Forrest left the military, I think the movie took a...

And once he came home, he really had to learn his own way, because he had nobody or no general or no sergeant or no military telling him what to do any more. - Forrest Gump

And once he came home, he really had to learn his own way,...

You notice Bob even had the little touches of Forrest whenever he took his picture with his eyes closed. - Forrest Gump

You notice Bob even had the little touches of Forrest...

We had a wonderful gospel group that was local, that we used for all of these background songs. - Forrest Gump

We had a wonderful gospel group that was local, that we used...

The sadness of the movie for the most part, I think, is lifted once he gets home and you know he's following Bubba's wish. - Forrest Gump

The sadness of the movie for the most part, I think, is...

When I was in China on the All America Ping Pong team - Forrest Gump

When I was in China on the All America Ping Pong team

Yeah, one of the great things of working on movies like this is not just taking a trip down memory lane, if you will, or being able to re-examine, you know, sort of, our recent past, you know, our own lives, but you get to learn so much about so many uniq - Forrest Gump

Yeah, one of the great things of working on movies like this...

I think at some point Forrest is happy, 'cause I think he thinks he's with Bubba again. - Forrest Gump

I think at some point Forrest is happy, 'cause I think...

Again, here, when Alan did the full throttle of the cocaine 70s... - Forrest Gump

Again, here, when Alan did the full throttle of the cocaine...

I think Don Burgess did a wonderful job here. - Forrest Gump

I think Don Burgess did a wonderful job here.

To me, this is one of the most comforting scenes in the whole movie, 'cause you know that moon is the moon that they share, and therefore Jenny and Forrest will be together again soon. - Forrest Gump

To me, this is one of the most comforting scenes in the...

I think people have fun, because they always knew that the characters in the movie had just as much fun with Forrest as we are. - Forrest Gump

I think people have fun, because they always knew that the...

Lieutenant Dan what are you doing here - Forrest Gump

Lieutenant Dan what are you doing here

And I am a man of my word - Forrest Gump

And I am a man of my word

Now, in those days, you did that the old-fashioned way. - Forrest Gump

Now, in those days, you did that the old-fashioned way.

This Randy Newman song kind of adds to the fun of the moment. - Forrest Gump

This Randy Newman song kind of adds to the fun of the...

No shrimp Where the hell's this God of yours - Forrest Gump

No shrimp Where the hell's this God of yours

The filmmaking behind this was extraordinary. - Forrest Gump

The filmmaking behind this was extraordinary.

It's gonna take a force of God to strike Lieutenant Dan down. - Forrest Gump

It's gonna take a force of God to strike Lieutenant Dan...

No matter what kind of situation we got in, no matter how extraordinary it was, we had no idea where it was gonna lead us, and I think that nobody during this hurricane knew that Forrest was going to come out of it a millionaire. - Forrest Gump

No matter what kind of situation we got in, no matter how...

Now, here's a good example of saving a lot of money, because that's stock footage, and now this is back into what we created. - Forrest Gump

Now, here's a good example of saving a lot of money,...

Look there's Forrest - Forrest Gump

Look there's Forrest

And this digital thing is gonna happen once it becomes cheaper and once you can move faster because, you know, time is money. - Forrest Gump

And this digital thing is gonna happen once it becomes...

We had no idea that Bubba Gump Shrimp would become the sensation that it did, that even after the movie came out, we got demands from Paramount to mass-produce more hats that they quickly sold throughout the country. - Forrest Gump

We had no idea that Bubba Gump Shrimp would become the...

LAUGHING - Forrest Gump

Nora Dunfee was a wonderful actress who Ellen Lewis found for us from New York. - Forrest Gump

Nora Dunfee was a wonderful actress who Ellen Lewis found...

I never thanked you for saving my life - Forrest Gump

I never thanked you for saving my life

Once again, Lieutenant Dan jumping overboard, I think, is an homage to Eric's theme of destiny in the movie. - Forrest Gump

Once again, Lieutenant Dan jumping overboard, I think, is an...

Forrest, obviously, never changes. - Forrest Gump

Forrest, obviously, never changes.

FORREST He never actually said so but I think he made his peace with God - Forrest Gump

FORREST He never actually said so but I think he made his...

I think once after Bubba died, Lieutenant Dan, when he came back into his life, did become his best friend. - Forrest Gump

I think once after Bubba died, Lieutenant Dan, when he came...

Little touches throughout the movie that if you notice now, there are more mailboxes on this road than there were before. - Forrest Gump

Little touches throughout the movie that if you notice now,...

So you notice Forrest wore a blue shirt and khaki pants through a lot of the movie, when he was a young boy, and it was always buttoned up, until the end of the movie when you notice Forrest had grown a little bit and had unbuttoned his shirt button. - Forrest Gump

So you notice Forrest wore a blue shirt and khaki pants...

I think all of us have a gasp in our throat knowing that this is when Sally's going to be leaving Forrest, but we all feel a little bit more comfortable, 'cause we've seen how he's grown as a person. - Forrest Gump

I think all of us have a gasp in our throat knowing that...

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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