Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump, motion picture chronicling the adventures of Forrest Gump, a kind, but slow-witted man who has a knack for being in the right place at the right time. Released in 1994, the film won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Film Editing, and Best Visual Effects. Tom Hanks earned an Academy Award for portraying Gump as a sweet, simple, straightforward man with incredible luck. Gump happens upon many pivotal moments of American history during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s—for example, he teaches Elvis Presley how to dance and he witnesses the Watergate burglary. Gump also makes a million dollars, runs across the United States, and falls in love with the girl next door.

Director

• Robert Zemeckis

Cast

• Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump)
• Gary Sinise (Lieutenant Dan Taylor)
• Robin Wright (Jenny Curran)
• Sally Field (Mrs. Gump)
• Mykelti Williamson (Benjamin Buford Blue 'Bubba')
• Rebecca Williams (Nurse at the park bench)
• Michael Humphreys (Young Forrest)
• Harold Herthum (Doctor)
• George Kelly (Barber)
• Bob Penny (Crony)
• John Randall (Crony)
• Sam Anderson (Principal)
• Margo Moorer (Louise)
• Ione M. Telech (Elderly woman)
• Christine Seabrook (Elderly woman's daughter)
• John Worsham (Southern gentleman)
• Peter Dobson (Young Elvis Presley)
• Siobhan Fallon (School bus driver)
• Alexander Zemeckis (School bus boy)
• Logan Livingston Gomez (School bus boy)
• Ben Waddel (School bus boy)
• Elizabeth Hanks (School bus girl)
• Hanna Hall (Young Jenny Curran)
• Tyler Long (Red-headed boy)
• Christopher Jones (Boy with cross)
• Grady Bowman (Fat boy)
• Kevin Mangan (Jenny's father)
• Fay Genens (Jenny's grandmother)
• Frank Geyer (Police chief)
• Rob Landry (Red-headed teen)
• Jason McGuire (Fat teen)
• Pete Auster (Teen with cross)
• Sonny Shroyer (College football coach)
• Brett Rice (High school football coach)
• Ed Davis (High school football coach)
• Daniel Striepeke (Recruiter)
• Bruce Lucvia (Kick off return player)
• David Brisbin (Newscaster)
• Kirk Ward (Earl)
• Angela Lomas (Black student)
• Timothy Record (Black student)
• Deborah McTeer (Woman with child on park bench)
• Mark Matheisen (Jenny's date)
• Al Harrington (1st local anchor)
• Jed Gillin (Voice of President Kennedy)
• Bob Harks (University dean)
• Don Fischer (Army recruiter)
• Kenneth Bevington (Army bus driver)
• Michael Flannery (Bus recruit)
• Gary Robinson (Bus recruit)
• Marlena Smalls (Bubba's mother)
• Kitty K. Green (Bubba's great grandmother)
• Afemo Omilami (Drill sergeant)
• Matt Wallace (Barracks recruits)
• Dante McCarthy (Topless girl)
• Paulie DiCocco (Emcee)
• Mike Jolly (Club patron)
• Michael Kemmerling (Club patron)
• John Voldstad (Club patron)
• Jeffrey Winner (Club patron)
• Russ Wilson (Pick-up truck driver)
• Daniel J. Gillooly (Helicopter gunman)
• Calvin Gadsden (Sergeant Sims)
• Aaron Izbicki (Dallas)
• Michael Burgess (Cleveland)
• Steven Griffith (Tex)
• Bill Roberson (Fat man on beach)
• Michael McFall (Army hospital male nurse)
• Eric Underwood (Mail call soldier)
• Stephan Derelian (Wounded soldier)
• Byron Minns (Wounded soldier)
• Bonnie Ann Burgess (Army nurse)
• Scott Oliver (1st national correspondent)
• John William Galt (Voice of President Johnson)
• Hilary Chaplain (Hilary)
• Isabel Rose (Isabel)
• Jay Ross (Veteran at war rally)
• Richard D'Allesandro (Abbie Hoffman)
• Dick Stilwell (Policeman at war rally)
• Kevin Davis (Black Panther)
• Michael Jace (Black Panther)
• Geoffrey Blake (Wesley)
• Tim Perry (Hippie at commune)
• Vanessa Roth (Hollywood Boulevard girl)
• Emily Carey (Hollywood Boulevard girl)
• Paul Raczkowski (Man in VW Bug)
• Valentino (Chinese ping pong player)
• Dick Cavett (Himself)
• Joe Stefanelli (Voice of John Lennon)
• Tiffany Salerno (Carla)
• Marla Sucharetza (Lenore)
• Aloysius Gigl (Musician boyfriend)
• Jack Bowden (4th national correspondent)
• Joe Alaskey (Voice of President Nixon)
• Lazarus Jackson (Discharge officer)
• W. Benson Terry (Stanley Loomis)
• Matt Rebenkoff (Drugged-out boyfriend)
• Peter Bannon (2nd local correspondent)
• The Hallelujah Singers of Beaufort South Carolina (Church choir)
• Joe Washington (2nd local anchor)
• Nora Dunfee (Elderly southern woman)
• Natalie Hendrix (3rd local anchor)
• Hallie D'Amore (Waitress in cafe)
• Jim Hanks (Running double)
• Chiffonye Cobb (Hannibal reporter)
• Juan Singleton (Hannibal reporter)
• Bobby Richardson (Hannibal reporter)
• Michael Mattison (Taxi driver)
• Lenny Herb (Young man running)
• Charles Boswell (Aging hippie)
• Tim McNeil (Wild-eyed man)
• Haley Joel Osment (Forrest Junior)
• Lonnie Hamilton (The minister)
• Teresa Denton (Lieutenant Dan's fiancé)

Awards

• Academy Award for Best Picture (1994)
• Academy Award for Best Actor (1994): Tom Hanks
• Academy Award for Best Director (1994): Robert Zemeckis
• Academy Award for Best Screenplay—Based on Material Previously Published (1994): Eric Roth
• Academy Award for Best Film Editing (1994): Arthur Schmidt
• Academy Award for Best Visual Effects (1994): Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, Allen Hall
• Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture—Drama (1995)
• Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Actor—Drama (1995): Tom Hanks
• Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Director (1995): Robert Zemeckis

Trivia

• In this movie, every still photograph of Forrest Gump shows him with his eyes closed.

Quotes

• Forrest Gump (explaining his run across the United States):“I just felt like running.”