Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump is a 1994 film directed by Robert Zemeckis. It stars Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise, Sally Field and others.
Synopsis
Forrest Gump is a 1994 comedy drama directed by Robert Zemeckis, with elements of the coming-of-age and historical genres. Tom Hanks plays the title character, a kind and plainspoken man from Alabama.
The story is framed by a simple scene. In the 1980s, Forrest sits on a bench at a bus stop in Savannah, Georgia, and tells his life story to whoever happens to be waiting beside him. His account begins in childhood, when he wears leg braces and is often teased because of his slow thinking. His mother, played by Sally Field, runs a boarding house and insists that he is no different from anyone else.
Early on he befriends a girl named Jenny Curran, played by Robin Wright as an adult, and she remains the person he cares about most as their lives move apart and back together. A surprising talent for running changes how people see him and sets him on a path through school, sport and military service, where he meets Bubba (Mykelti Williamson) and Lieutenant Dan Taylor (Gary Sinise). The film follows Forrest through several decades of American life, with his candid view of events shaping a warm, funny and sometimes sad portrait of the era.
Crew & production
- Director
- Robert Zemeckis
- Screenwriter
- Eric Roth
- Producers
- Charles Newirth, Steve Starkey, Steve Tisch, Wendy Finerman
- Director of photography
- Don Burgess
- Composer
- Alan Silvestri
- Editor
- Arthur Schmidt
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Original language
- English
- Filming locations
- Ambassador Hotel, Arizona, Bovard Administration Building, California, Chippewa Square, Maine, Marks Tower, North Carolina and 4 more
- Budget
- $55 million
- Box office
- $678 million (worldwide)
Trailer
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Top cast
118 people
Tom Hanks
Gary Sinise
Sally Field
Robin Wright
Mykelti Williamson
Haley Joel Osment
Hanna R. Hall
Mary Ellen Trainor
Sam Anderson
Kurt Russell
Peter Dobson
Rebecca Williams
More cast
- Michael Conner Humphreys Forrest Gump, young Forrest Gump
- Harold G. Herthum
- George Kelly
- Bob Penny
- John Randall
- Margo Moorer
- Ione M. Telech
- Christine Seabrook
- John Worsham
- Siobhan Fallon Hogan Dorothy Harris
- Alexander Zemeckis
- Logan Livingston Gomez
- Ben Waddel
- E. A. Hanks
- Tyler Long
- Christopher Jones
- Grady Bowman
- Kevin Mangan
- Fay Genens
- Frank Geyer
- Rob Landry
- Jason McGuire
- Pete Auster
- Sonny Shroyer Bear Bryant, Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant
- Brett Rice
- Ed Davis
- Daniel C. Striepeke
- Bruce Lucvia
- David Brisbin
- Kirk Ward
- Angela Lomas
- Timothy Record
- Deborah McTeer
- Mark Matheisen
- Al Harrington
- Jed Gillin John F. Kennedy
- Bob Harks
- Don Fischer
- Kenneth Bevington
- Michael Flannery
- Gary Robinson
- Marlena Smalls
- Kitty K. Green
- Afemo Omilami
- Matt Wallace
- Danté McCarthy
- Paulie DiCocco
- Mike Jolly
- Michael Kemmerling
- John Voldstad
- Jeffrey Winner
- Russ Wilson
- Daniel J. Gillooly
- Calvin Gadsden
- Aaron Izbicki
- Michael Burgess
- Steven Griffith
- William Acy "Billy" Roberson Jr
- Michael McFall
- Eric Underwood
- Steve DeRelian
- Byron Minns
- Stephen Bridgewater
- Bonnie Ann Burgess
- Scott Oliver
- John William Galt Lyndon B. Johnson
- Hilary Chaplain
- Isabel Rose
- Jay Ross
- Richard D'Alessandro Abbie Hoffman
- Dick Stilwell
- Kevin Davis
- Michael Jace the Black Panthers
- Geoffrey Blake Wesley
- Tim Perry
- Vanessa Roth
- Paul Raczkowski
- Valentine
- Dick Cavett self, Dick Cavett, himself
- Joe Stefanelli John Lennon
- Tiffany Salerno
- Marla Sucharetza
- Aloysius Gigl
- Jack Bowden
- Joe Alaskey Richard Nixon
- Lazarus Jackson
- W. Benson Terry
- Matt Rebenkoff
- Peter Bannon
- Joe Washington
- Nora Dunfee
- Natalie Hendrix
- Hallie D'Amore
- Chiffonye Cobb
- Juan Singleton
- Bobby Richardson
- Michael Mattison
- Lenny Herb
- Charles Boswell
- Timothy McNeil
- Lonnie Hamilton
- Teresa Denton
- Jacqueline Lovell
- Gerald Ford
- John Lennon
- Grand L. Bush the Black Panthers
Sources
- Wikidata (Q134773), accessed October 2026
- Cast photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each profile
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