Forrest Gump Movie Overview

Forrest Gump - Overview

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Opened: Jul 06, 1994 Run Time: 2hrs 20min

Cast: Tom Hanks Rebecca Williams Sally Field Michael Conner Humphreys

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Producer: Wendy Finerman Steve Tisch Steve Starkey

Synopsis

Forrest Gump: 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.... Read More

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Box Office Data
# Weeks	12

# Total Gross	$329.2M

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Forrest Gump

Domestic Theatrical Distributor:

Paramount Pictures

Production Company:

Tisch Company

Cast & Crew (12)

Tom Hanks

Rebecca Williams

Sally Field

Reviews (41)

black..., Flixster

A very refreshing feel-good movie that is always entertaining and compelling, even if sometimes it is sentimental and seems a bit vague about its purpose. If yo...

fb168..., Flixster

A nice enough concept, fairly well pulled off but is mainly crushed by its own sentimentality and heavy handed emotional manipulation (not to mention ham-fisted...

Forrest Gump - Overview