Forrest Gump Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

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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

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Forrest Gump.

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  Tom Hanks

  ... Forrest Gump

  Here, The Phoenician Scheme

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  Robin Wright

  ... Jenny Curran

  Here, Blade Runner 2049

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  Gary Sinise

  ... Lt. Dan Taylor

  The Human Stain, I Still Believe

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  Mykelti Williamson

  ... Pvt. Benjamin Buford 'Bubba' Blue

  The Last Rodeo, Don't Let Go

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  Sally Field

  ... Mrs. Gump

  Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies, The Amazing Spider-Man

Crew Behind the Film

The Forrest Gump behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Robert Zemeckis last directed Here and Pinocchio. The film's writer Eric Roth last wrote Here and Killers of the Flower Moon.

Director

Robert Zemeckis

Screenwriter

Eric Roth

Producer

Wendy Finerman

Production Details

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Production Updates for Forrest Gump

Dec 2004

Completed

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