Forrest Gump Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Life is like a box of chocolates...you never know what you're gonna get.

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Last modified: Jun. 5, 2014

Forrest Gump

Release Date: Wednesday, July 6, 1994 Friday, September 5, 2014 Limited

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Starring: Tom Hanks • Robin Wright • Gary Sinise • Mykelti Williamson • Sally Field

PG-13 Drama 2 hrs, 22 m

4.62 / 5.0

46% WILL SEE 54% WON'T SEE

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Plot – What's the story about?

Plot: "Stupid is as stupid does," says Forrest Gump (played by Tom Hanks in an Oscar-winning performance) as he discusses his relative level of intelligence with a stranger while waiting for a bus. Despite his sub-normal IQ, Gump leads a truly charmed life, with a ringside seat for many of the most memorable events of the second half of the 20th century. Entirely without trying, Forrest teaches Elvis Presley to dance, becomes a football star, meets John F. Kennedy, serves with honor in Vietnam, meets Lyndon Johnson, speaks at an anti-war rally at the Washington Monument, hangs out with the Yippies, defeats the Chinese national team in table tennis, meets Richard Nixon, discovers the break-in at the Watergate, opens a profitable shrimping business, becomes an original investor in Apple Computers, and decides to run back and forth across the country for several years. Meanwhile, as the remarkable parade of his life goes by, Forrest never forgets Jenny (Robin Wright Penn), the girl he loved as a boy, who makes her own journey through the turbulence of the 1960s and 1970s that is far more troubled than the path Forrest happens upon.

Drama Romance

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Who stars in Forrest Gump – Cast List

Tom Hanks
... Forrest Gump

Toy Story 5, Toy Story 4
Robin Wright
... Jenny Curran

Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman 1984
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Gary Sinise
... Lt. Dan Taylor

Apollo 13, I Still Believe
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Mykelti Williamson
... Pvt. Benjamin Buford 'Bubba' Blue

Is God Is, The Last Rodeo
Sally Field
... Mrs. Gump

Remarkably Bright Creatures , Lincoln

Who is making Forrest Gump – Crew List

A look at Forrest Gump behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Robert Zemeckis last helmed Here and Pinocchio. The film's writer Eric Roth last penned Here and Killers of the Flower Moon.

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Screenwriter: Eric Roth
Producer: Wendy Finerman

Studio: Paramount Pictures
Production Companies: —

Production – What we know about the Forrest Gump

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Dec 2004

Completed

Changed Forrest Gump movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for drug content, some sensuality and war violence
Runtime: 2 hrs, 22 m
Tagline: Life is like a box of chocolates...you never know what you're gonna get.
Also known as: Not available
Language: English