Forrest Gump(1994)

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Synopsis

This Academy Award winner for Best Picture stars Tom Hanks as the good hearted, but painfully slow Forrest Gump, a man who manages to somehow be involved with almost every major event in history during the last half of the 20th Century. Spanning the course of his life, the story follows him as he grows from a weak child to a war hero to a shrimp boat captain, all the while pining for the love of his childhood friend Jenny, played by Robin Wright. The 2-disc "Forrest Gump: Special Collector's Edition" features audio commentaries, documentaries, featurettes, screen test and theatrical trailers.
This Academy Award winner for Best Picture stars Tom Hanks as the good hearted, but painfully slow Forrest Gump, a man who manages to somehow be involved with almost every major event in history during the last half …
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In Theaters

  • July 6, 1994

MPAA Rating

PG 13

Genres

Comedy, Period, Drama, Romance, Adaptation

Run Time

2 hours 22 minutes

Distributors

Paramount Pictures

Box Office

$329,168,000

Production Status

Released

Filming Locations

  • Washington, DC, USA
  • Savannah, Georgia, USA
  • Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Beaufort, South Carolina, USA

Produced In

United States

Director

Robert Zemeckis

Director

Steve Starkey

Director

CAST

Tom Hanks

Forrest Gump

Rebecca Williams

Nurse at the Park Bench

Sally Field

Mrs Gump

Michael Conner Humphreys

Young Forrest

Harold Herthum

Doctor

George Kelly

Barber
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