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Forrest Gump
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- 1994
- Robert Zemeckis
- 136 mins
- 12
Summary
Oscar-winning comedy drama starring Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise and Robin Wright. Forrest Gump wasn't born with a lot of smarts, but he is encouraged by his mother to realise his full potential. He attends college on a sports scholarship, meeting President Kennedy in the process, joins the army and is sent to Vietnam. As the years pass and his life changes, he maintains contact with his childhood friend Jenny Curran.
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A star rating of 4 out of 5.
Adrian Turner
Winner of six Oscars, including best picture, actor and director, this comedy drama was a box-office blockbuster in America, though its simple-minded patriotism was greeted with a certain cynicism in Europe. Gump, played by Tom Hanks, is a chump: a naive everyman who drifts through recent American history (Vietnam, the civil rights movement, assassinations, Watergate) and emerges triumphant. He's an athlete, war hero and hokey southern savant, a one-man palliative for a nation's political and moral bankruptcy. His personal credo is "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get", and that's as profound as the movie gets. But Hanks's performance is truly remarkable and the special effects are stunning: Gump meeting people such as JFK and Nixon is amazingly believable.
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rolenameForrest GumpTom HanksLieutenant Dan TaylorGary SiniseJenny CurranRobin WrightMrs GumpSally FieldBenjamin Buford "Bubba" BlueMykelti WilliamsonNurse at park benchRebecca WilliamsYoung ForrestMichael Conner HumphreysDoctorHarold HerthumBarberGeorge KellyCronyBob PennyCronyJohn RandallPrincipalSam AndersonLouiseMargo MoorerElderly womanIone M TelechElderly woman's daughterChristine SeabrookSouthern gentlemanJohn WorshamYoung Elvis PresleyPeter DobsonSchool bus driverSiobhan Fallon
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rolenameDirectorRobert Zemeckis
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Theatrical distributor
U.I.P. (UK)
Released on
1994-10-07
Languages
English
Guidance
Some violence, swearing, drug abuse, nudity.
Available on
video, DVD and Blu-ray
Formats
Colour
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