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Forrest Gump

This article is about the 1994 film. For the novel the film is based on, see Forrest Gump (novel). For the title character, see Forrest Gump (character). For other uses, see Forrest Gump (disambiguation).

Forrest Gump
Film poster with a white background and a park bench (facing away from the viewer) near the bottom. A man wearing a white suit is sitting on the right side of the bench and is looking to his left while resting his hands on both sides of him on the bench. A suitcase is sitting on the ground, and the man is wearing tennis shoes. At the top left of the image is the film's tagline and title and at the bottom is the release date and production credits.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRobert Zemeckis
Screenplay byEric Roth
Based onForrest Gump
by Winston Groom
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyDon Burgess
Edited byArthur Schmidt
Music byAlan Silvestri
Production
company
The Tisch Company[1]
Distributed byParamount Pictures[1]
Release dates
  • June 23, 1994 (1994-06-23) (Los Angeles)
  • July 6, 1994 (1994-07-06) (United States)
Running time
142 minutes
CountryUnited States[1]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$55 million[2]
Box office$678.2 million[2]

Forrest Gump is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis. An adaptation of the 1986 novel by Winston Groom, the screenplay of the film is written by Eric Roth. It stars Tom Hanks in the title role, alongside Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, and Sally Field in lead roles. The film follows the life of an Alabama man named Forrest Gump (Hanks) and his experiences in the 20th-century United States.

Principal photography took place between August and December 1993, mainly in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Extensive visual effects were used to incorporate Hanks into archived footage and to develop other scenes.

The soundtrack features songs reflecting the different periods seen in the film.

Forrest Gump was released in the United States on July 6, 1994, and received widespread critical acclaim for Zemeckis's direction, performances (particularly those of Hanks and Sinise), visual effects, music, and screenplay.

The film was a major success at the box office: it became the top-grossing film in the United States released that year and earned over US$678.2 million worldwide during its theatrical run, making it the second-highest-grossing film of 1994, behind The Lion King. The soundtrack sold over 12 million copies. Forrest Gump won six Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Hanks, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Visual Effects, and Best Film Editing. It received many award nominations, including Golden Globes, British Academy Film Awards, and Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Various interpretations have been made of the protagonist and the film's political symbolism. In 2011, the Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[3][4][5]

An authorized Hindi remake, titled Laal Singh Chaddha, was released in 2022 in which Aamir Khan played the protagonist.

  1. ^ a b c "Forrest Gump (1994)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Archived from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Forrest Gump". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  3. ^ "2011 National Film Registry More Than a Box of Chocolates". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on November 14, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  4. ^ "'Forrest Gump' Bollywood Remake in the Works". The Hollywood Reporter. March 14, 2019. Archived from the original on March 15, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  5. ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2020.

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