Forrest Gump
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Forrest Gump (1994) is an American comedy-drama directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks as an Alabama man with an IQ of 75 who unwittingly participates in pivotal moments of U.S. history from the 1950s to the early 1980s It won six Academy Awards at the 67th Oscars—Best Picture, Best Director (Zemeckis), Best Actor (Hanks, his second consecutive win after Philadelphia), Best Adapted Screenplay (Eric Roth), Best Film Editing (Arthur Schmidt), and Best Visual Effects Archival Compositing Innovation: Zemeckis and visual effects supervisor Ken Ralston used digital compositing to insert Tom Hanks into archival news footage alongside Presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard Nixon, as well as Elvis Presley and John Lennon Cultural & Commercial Spillover: Beyond box office, the film launched the Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. restaurant chain (founded 1996) and elevated Gary Sinise's stage-to-screen profile, later inspiring his Lt. Dan Band (2003) for disabled veterans Box Office & Legs: Produced on a $55,000,000 budget, Forrest Gump earned $330,151,138 domestic ($909,101,283 inflation-adjusted) and $349,683,999 international for $679,835,137 worldwide (12.4× budget multiple), with exceptional 13.50× domestic legs across an average 23.8-week run 1994–1995 (Theatrical Run & Oscars): Released 6 July 1994; won 6 Oscars at the 67th Academy Awards (1995), defeating Pulp Fiction and The Shawshank Redemption for Best Picture
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film
Entity Name
Forrest Gump
Release & Runtime
U.S. wide release 6 July 1994 (Paramount Pictures); runtime 142 minutes; MPAA PG-13
Director & Screenwriter
Directed by Robert Zemeckis; screenplay by Eric Roth (based on Winston Groom's 1986 novel)
Ontology & Schema.org Tags
schema:Movie, top10grid:Film, top10grid:ComedyDrama, top10grid:BestPictureWinner
Authoritative Digital Footprint
The Numbers (https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Forrest-Gump-(1994)) and Oscars.org 67th Academy Awards (https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1995)
