Forrest Gump
“The world will never be the same once you've seen it through the eyes of Forrest Gump.”
8.5
1994
2h 22m
Comedy
Drama
Romance
About
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.
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Cast
Tom Hanks
Forrest Gump
Robin Wright
Jenny Curran
Gary Sinise
Lieutenant Dan Taylor
Sally Field
Mrs. Gump
Mykelti Williamson
Bubba Blue
Michael Conner Humphreys
Young Forrest Gump
Hanna Hall
Young Jenny Curran
Haley Joel Osment
Forrest Junior
Siobhan Fallon Hogan
School Bus Driver
Rebecca Williams
Nurse at Park Bench
Bob Penny
Crony
Harold G. Herthum
Doctor
Tom Hanks
Forrest Gump
Robin Wright
Jenny Curran
Gary Sinise
Lieutenant Dan Taylor
Sally Field
Mrs. Gump
Mykelti Williamson
Bubba Blue
Michael Conner Humphreys
Young Forrest Gump
Hanna Hall
Young Jenny Curran
Haley Joel Osment
Forrest Junior
Siobhan Fallon Hogan
School Bus Driver
Rebecca Williams
Nurse at Park Bench
Bob Penny
Crony
Harold G. Herthum
Doctor
Reviews
CinemaSerf
"Forrest" (Tom Hanks) isn't the sharpest tool in the box, but he has an heart of gold and an unparalleled sense of human decency. These laudable characteristics are the result of an upbringing by his mother (Sally Field) which has seen him grow from the bullied young boy from Alabama who discovers that he can run a little faster than your average bear, to a sort of national hero. We learn all this from him as he sits at a bus stop chatting to an initially disinterested nurse, and then to a collection of fellow travellers who learn of his drafting to Vietnam. That's where he meets "Lt. Dan" (Gary Sinese) and his new best friend "Bubba" (Mykelti Williamson) and where his innate sense of what's right saves lives and earns him the plaudits of a grateful nation (and gets his butt-ox on television too!). His army days taught him much, but nothing so useful as a skill at table tennis. Soon on the American ping-pong squad in China, he manages to get an endorsement that allows him to reunite with the hippified, now paraplegic and disillusioned "Lt. Dan" and make a mint shrimp fishing, before returning home to face some fairly predicable family trauma. All of this has been happening against a story of a longing for his one true love. "Jenny" (Robin Wright). They've been friends since childhood, but she has a wandering spirit and though his love was requited, it wasn't what he needed. Might there be a future for them, ever? Robert Zemeckis uses a chronology of events in the USA, starting in the 1950s, to create a template for the story of a man who lived through racial tension, war, bullying and emerged the stronger; the more honourable and despite his low IQ was quite capable of putting those more intellectual around him to shame. The photography that cleverly superimposes him into television broadcasts works entertainingly as he gazes bemusedly out onto a audience that is increasingly warming to him. I will admit, I struggled a bit with the running segment towards the end, but Hanks epitomises determination and integrity with Eric Roth's adaptation of the Groom novel allowing plenty of philosophical food for thought whilst having a laugh at scenarios both serious and ridiculous. Like life itself, this film is like a box of chocolates and though I didn't love them all, there were plenty to enjoy and reflect upon.
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Run, Forrest, Run!
"Life is Like A Box of Chocolates" Full Scene
"New Year's Eve Party" Full Scene
"Football" Clip
"Bubba" Clip
"Shrimp is the Fruit of the Sea" Clip
"Momma"Clip
Run, Forrest, Run!
"Life is Like A Box of Chocolates" Full Scene
"New Year's Eve Party" Full Scene
"Football" Clip
"Bubba" Clip
"Shrimp is the Fruit of the Sea" Clip
"Momma"Clip
Featurettes(11)
“Forrest Gump” (1994) Could John Krasinski Love Jenny? | The Recast
Tom Hanks talks about Forrest Gump, 1994
Forrest Gump Wins Film Editing: 1995 Oscars
Forrest Gump Wins Visual Effects: 1995 Oscars
Forrest Gump Wins Adapted Screenplay: 1995 Oscars
Forrest Gump Wins Best Picture: 1995 Oscars
Sally Field on Why Forrest Gump is Inspirational
Robert Zemeckis Wins Best Directing: 1995 Oscars
Gary Sinise On Tom Hanks' Destiny
Haley Joel Osment On Being Tom Hanks' "Son" In FORREST GUMP
Tom Hanks Wins Best Actor: 67th Oscars (1995)
“Forrest Gump” (1994) Could John Krasinski Love Jenny? | The Recast
Tom Hanks talks about Forrest Gump, 1994
Forrest Gump Wins Film Editing: 1995 Oscars
Forrest Gump Wins Visual Effects: 1995 Oscars
Forrest Gump Wins Adapted Screenplay: 1995 Oscars
Forrest Gump Wins Best Picture: 1995 Oscars
Sally Field on Why Forrest Gump is Inspirational
Robert Zemeckis Wins Best Directing: 1995 Oscars
Gary Sinise On Tom Hanks' Destiny
Haley Joel Osment On Being Tom Hanks' "Son" In FORREST GUMP
Tom Hanks Wins Best Actor: 67th Oscars (1995)