Forrest Gump
The world will never be the same once you've seen it through the eyes of Forrest Gump.
Overview
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.
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Available Languages
English
US
Title:
"The world will never be the same once you've seen it through the eyes of Forrest Gump."
Pусский
RU
Title: Форрест Гамп
"«Мир уже никогда не будет прежним, после того как вы увидите его глазами Форреста Гампа»"
Deutsch
DE
Title:
"Die Welt wird anders sein, wenn man sie mit den Augen von Forrest Gump gesehen hat."
Italiano
IT
Title:
"Il mondo non ti sembrerà più lo stesso dopo averlo visto attraverso gli occhi di Forrest Gump."
Français
FR
Title:
"Le monde ne sera plus jamais le même quand vous l’aurez vu avec les yeux de Forrest Gump."
Magyar
HU
Title:
""
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Reviews
Best movie ever.
This is the best movie ever!
"Forrest" (Tom Hanks) isn't the sharpest tool in the box, but he has an heart of gold and an unparalleled sense of human decency. These laudable characteristics are the result of an upbringing by his mother (Sally Field) which has seen him grow from the bullied young boy from Alabama who discovers that he can run a little faster than your average bear, to a sort of national hero. We learn all this from him as he sits at a bus stop chatting to an initially disinterested nurse, and then to a collection of fellow travellers who learn of his drafting to Vietnam. That's where he meets "Lt. Dan" (Gary Sinese) and his new best friend "Bubba" (Mykelti Williamson) and where his innate sense of what's right saves lives and earns him the plaudits of a grateful nation (and gets his butt-ox on television too!). His army days taught him much, but nothing so useful as a skill at table tennis. Soon on the American ping-pong squad in China, he manages to get an endorsement that allows him to reunite with the hippified, now paraplegic and disillusioned "Lt. Dan" and make a mint shrimp fishing, before returning home to face some fairly predicable family trauma. All of this has been happening against a story of a longing for his one true love. "Jenny" (Robin Wright). They've been friends since childhood, but she has a wandering spirit and though his love was requited, it wasn't what he needed. Might there be a future for them, ever? Robert Zemeckis uses a chronology of events in the USA, starting in the 1950s, to create a template for the story of a man who lived through racial tension, war, bullying and emerged the stronger; the more honourable and despite his low IQ was quite capable of putting those more intellectual around him to shame. The photography that cleverly superimposes him into television broadcasts works entertainingly as he gazes bemusedly out onto a audience that is increasingly warming to him. I will admit, I struggled a bit with the running segment towards the end, but Hanks epitomises determination and integrity with Eric Roth's adaptation of the Groom novel allowing plenty of philosophical food for thought whilst having a laugh at scenarios both serious and ridiculous. Like life itself, this film is like a box of chocolates and though I didn't love them all, there were plenty to enjoy and reflect upon.
Famous Quotes
"Run, Forrest, run!"
"Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."
"Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're gonna get."
"I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is."
"Don't ever let anybody tell you they’re better than you."
"Mama says stupid is as stupid does."
"When I got tired, I slept. When I got hungry, I ate. When I had to go, you know, I went."
Oscar Awards
Wins
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE - 1994
Tom Hanks
DIRECTING - 1994
Robert Zemeckis
FILM EDITING - 1994
Arthur Schmidt
BEST PICTURE - 1994
Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch, Steve Starkey
VISUAL EFFECTS - 1994
Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, Allen Hall
WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) - 1994
Eric Roth
Nominations
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - 1994
Gary Sinise
ART DIRECTION - 1994
Rick Carter, Nancy Haigh
CINEMATOGRAPHY - 1994
Don Burgess
MAKEUP - 1994
Daniel C. Striepeke, Hallie D'Amore, Judith A. Cory
MUSIC (Original Score) - 1994
Alan Silvestri
SOUND - 1994
Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands, William B. Kaplan
SOUND EFFECTS EDITING - 1994
Gloria S. Borders, Randy Thom
Media
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"Life is Like A Box of Chocolates" Full Scene
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"New Year's Eve Party" Full Scene
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"Football" Clip