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Forrest Gump

  • 19941994
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 2h 22m
IMDb RATING
8.8/10
2.1M
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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 ... Read allThe 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 sweetheart.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 sweetheart.
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    • Robert Zemeckis
    • Winston Groom(novel)
    • Eric Roth(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Tom Hanks
    • Robin Wright
    • Gary Sinise
    • Robert Zemeckis
    • Winston Groom(novel)
    • Eric Roth(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Tom Hanks
    • Robin Wright
    • Gary Sinise
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    • 176Critic reviews
    • 82Metascore
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  • Top rated movie #11
    • Won 6 Oscars

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    Rebecca Williams
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    Michael Conner Humphreys
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    • School Bus Driver
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      • Winston Groom(novel)
      • Eric Roth(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      When Forrest gets up to talk at the Vietnam rally in Washington, the microphone plug is pulled and you cannot hear him. According to Tom Hanks he said, "Sometimes when people go to Vietnam, they go home to their mommas without any legs. Sometimes they don't go home at all. That's a bad thing. That's all I have to say about that."
    • Goofs
      When Forrest is given his discharge papers, he sets down his ping-pong paddle and (computerized) ball to salute the officer. When he picks the paddle back up, he also pretends to pick up the ball, which didn't end up getting animated.
    • Quotes

      Forrest Gump: [running] I had run for 3 years, 2 months, 14 days, and 16 hours.

      [he stops and turns around]

      Young Man Running: Quiet, quiet! He's gonna say something!

      Forrest Gump: [pause] I'm pretty tired... I think I'll go home now.

    • Alternate versions
      In the TBS and the ABC version, the line at the end of the dorm scene is cut, "I think I ruined your roommate's bath robe".
    • Connections
      Edited from The Birth of a Nation (1915)
    • Soundtracks
      Lovesick Blues
      by Cliff Friend & Irving Mills

      Performed by Hank Williams

      Courtesy of PolyGram Special Markets

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    10/10
    The zen of Forrest Gump.
    This is a powerful yet charming movie; fun for its special effects and profound in how it keeps you thinking long after it's over. Like others, I've seen this movie more than once. One comment I've never heard is that Forrest's simplicity is almost zen-like. I should read the novel to get the author's intention (I remember some people preferring the book and complaining that no one at the Academy Awards gave him any credit.) But rather than an implication that you should do what you're supposed to do and believe in God and you'll win in the end, I see it as zen-like, i.e., living in the moment and not having expectations or particular cravings (other than his loving Jenny.) So he ends up just stumbling into all the major historical events of the time. Granted, he achieves this only because he doesn't have the brains to think otherwise and actually have expectations, but so many of our problems are because we do have higher intellect and desires, which ironically makes us unhappy because we know what we are missing. We love our cats and dogs for the same simplicity and always being in the moment. There's a line in the movie wondering if everything is predestined or happens randomly or it's a combination of both. It is something to mull over for a long time.
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    • Release date
      • July 6, 1994 (United States)
      • United States
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      • Chippewa Square, Savannah, Georgia, USA
    • Production companies
      • Paramount Pictures
      • The Steve Tisch Company
      • Wendy Finerman Productions
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    • 2 hours 22 minutes
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      • Black and White
      • Dolby SR
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