Forrest Gump is a 1994 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Eric Roth. It is based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom and stars Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson and Sally Field. The story depicts several decades in the life of Forrest Gump, a slow-witted but kind-hearted man from Alabama. The film won the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Hanks and Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Visual Effects, and Best Film Editing.
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Forrest Gump is a 1994 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Eric Roth. It is based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom and stars Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson and Sally Field. The story depicts several decades in the life of Forrest Gump, a slow-witted but kind-hearted man from Alabama. The film was an enormous success at the box office; it became the top-grossing film in America released that year. It received many award nominations, including Golden Globes, British Academy Film Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards. 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\”. The film won the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Hanks and Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Visual Effects, and Best Film Editing. It earned over US$677 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. Varying interpretations have been made of the protagonist and the film’s political symbolism. Forrest is often bullied because of his physical disability and marginal intelligence. He becomes a sports celebrity as he competes against Chinese teams in ping-pong diplomacy, earning him an interview alongside John Lennon on The Dick Cavett Show.
After graduating college in 1967, Forrest enlists into the U.S. Army. In 1974, he joins a shrimping company and becomes the only one to survive Hurricane Carmen. Forrest is discharged from the army in 1974, and they have little success. In 1981, at a bus stop in Savannah, Georgia, a man named Forrest Gumper recounts his life story to strangers who sit next to him on a bench. He is put up in the Watergate complex, where he witnesses and accidentally witnesses and reports some men with flashlights in the building keeping him awake. In 1972, Forrest meets Lieutenant Dan, who has an embittered handicap, and joins the new New York City Police Department. In 1983, Forrest becomes a police officer in New York. In 1984, Forrest and Lieutenant Dan become the first African-American couple to marry. In 1986, Forrest is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism by President Lyndon B. Johnson for saving several wounded platoon-mates, including his lieutenant, Dan Taylor, who loses both his legs. In 1988, Forrest joins the New York Police Department and becomes a new Lieutenant. In 1989, he becomes a New York police officer. In 1991, he is the first black man to serve in the New Orleans Police Department, and he becomes the first Hispanic police officer to serve as a detective. In 1994, Forrest makes a deal with the city to buy a shrimp boat, which he uses to pull huge amounts of paddles.
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