Video Description:    The history of the United States from the 1950s to the `70s unfold from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, whose only desire is to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.
Genre:     Drama
Genre Array:     Drama,Romance
Rated:     8.8
MPAA:     PG-13
Released:    1994-10-07
Duration:     142 min.
IMDB:    82
IMDB VOTES:    2172546
IMDB #:    
REVENUE #:    $330,252,182
Full Cast Extends:    Tom Hanks:Forrest Gump,Rebecca Williams:Nurse at Park Bench,Sally Field:Mrs. Gump,Michael Conner Humphreys:Young Forrest,Harold G. Herthum:Doctor,George Kelly:Barber,Bob Penny:Crony,John Randall:Crony,Sam Anderson:Principal,Margo Moorer:Louise,Ione M. Telech:Elderly Woman,Christine Seabrook:Elderly Woman`s Daughter,Peter Dobson:Young Elvis Presley,Siobhan Fallon Hogan:School Bus Driver,Alexander Zemeckis:School Bus Boy,Logan Livingston Gomez:School Bus Boy,Ben Waddel:School Bus Boy,Elizabeth Hanks:School Bus Girl,Hanna Hall:Young Jenny Curran,Tyler Long:Red Headed Boy,Christopher Jones:Boy with Cross,Grady Bowman:Fat Boy,Kevin Mangan:Jenny`s Father,Fay Genens:Jenny`s Grandmother,Frank Geyer:Police Chief,Robin Wright:Jenny Curran,Rob Landry:Red Headed Teen,Jason McGuire:Fat Teen,Pete Auster:Teen with Cross,Sonny Shroyer:College Football Coach,Brett Rice:High School Football Coach,Ed Davis:High School Football Coach,Daniel C. Striepeke:Recruiter,Bruce Lucvia:Kick Off Return Player,David Brisbin:Newscaster,Kirk Ward:Earl,Angela Lomas:Black Student,Timothy Record:Black Student,Deborah McTeer:Woman with Child on Park Bench,Mark Matheisen:Jenny`s Date,Al Harrington:Local Anchor #1,Jed Gillin:President Kennedy,Bob Harks:University Dean,Don Fischer:Army Recruiter,Kenneth Bevington:Army Bus Driver,Michael Flannery:Bus Recruit,Gary Robinson:Bus Recruit,Mykelti Williamson:Bubba Blue,Marlena Smalls:Bubba`s Mother,Kitty K. Green:Bubba`s Great Grandmother,Afemo Omilami:Drill Sergeant,Matt Wallace:Barracks Recruit,Danté McCarthy:Topless Girl,Paulie DiCocco:Emcee,Mike Jolly:Club Patron,Michael Kemmerling:Club Patron,John Voldstad:Club Patron,Jeffrey Winner:Club Patron,Russ Wilson:Pick-up Truck Driver,Daniel J. Gillooly:Helicopter Gunman,Gary Sinise:Lieutenant Dan Taylor,Calvin Gadsden:Sergeant Sims,Aaron Izbicki:Dallas,Michael Burgess:Cleveland,Steven Griffith:Tex,Bill Roberson:Fat Man at Bench,Michael McFall:Army Hospital Male Nurse,Eric Underwood:Mail Call Soldier,Steve DeRelian:Wounded Soldier,Byron Minns:Wounded Soldier,Stephen Bridgewater:Hospital Officer,Bonnie Ann Burgess:Army Nurse,Scott Oliver:National Correspondent #1,John William Galt:President Johnson,Hilary Chaplain:Hilary,Isabel Rose:Isabel,Jay Ross:Veteran at War Rally,Richard D`Alessandro:Abbie Hoffman,Dick Stilwell:Policeman at War Rally,Kevin Davis:Black Panther,Michael Jace:Black Panther,Geoffrey Blake:Wesley,Tim Perry:Hippie at Commune,Vanessa Roth:Hollywood Boulevard Girlfriend,Emily Carey:Hollywood Boulevard Girlfriend,Paul Raczkowski:Man in VW Bug,Valentine:Chinese Ping Pong Player,Dick Cavett:Dick Cavett,Joe Stefanelli:John Lennon,Tiffany Salerno:Carla,Marla Sucharetza:Lenore,Aloysius Gigl:Musician Boyfriend,Jack Bowden:National Correspondent #4,Joe Alaskey:President Nixon,Lazarus Jackson:Discharge Officer,W. Benson Terry:Stanley Loomis,Matt Rebenkoff:Drugged Out Boyfriend,Peter Bannon:Local Correspondent #2,The Hallelujah Singers of Beaufort South Carolina:Church Choir,Joe Washington:Local Anchor #2,Nora Dunfee:Elderly Southern Woman,Natalie Hendrix Tate:Local Anchor #3,Hallie D`Amore:Waitress in Cafe,Chiffonye Cobb:Hannibal Reporter,Juan Singleton:Hannibal Reporter,Bobby Richardson:Hannibal Reporter,Michael Mattison:Taxi Driver,Lenny Herb:Young Man Running,Charles Boswell:Aging Hippie,Timothy McNeil:Wild Eyed Man,Haley Joel Osment:Forrest Junior,Lonnie Hamilton:The Minister,Teresa Denton:Lieutenant Dan`s Fiancée,Joe Abby:Protestor on Stage,Rob Adams:College Quarterback,Todd Adamson:Bully on Bike,Markus Alexander:Vietnam Veteran,Neil Armstrong:Self - Stepping onto the Moon,Beth Aylward:Military Officer,Marcus Batton:Get the Bikes Bully,Keri-Anne Bilotta:Hippie,Jim Boeke:University of Alabama Assistant Football Coach,Arthur Bremer:Self - Shooting George Wallace,Grand L. Bush:Black Panther Leader,Clint Calvert:Football Fan,Troy Christian:Cheerleader,Dick Clark:Self - New Year`s Eve,John Connally:Self - with JFK in Dallas,Darren W. Conrad:Alabama Football Player,Jim Damron:CBS Correspondent Cooper,Ryan Duncan:Student Protester,James Ent:Alabama College Photographer #1,Gerald Ford:Self - Assassination Attempt,Michael Garvey:Reporter,Leigh Goodoff:Drum Major,Christopher James Hall:Governor,Bryan Hanna:Football Coach,Ellsworth Hanna:The Honeymooners,Zach Hanner:Barracks Recruit,Bob Hope:Self - in Vietnam,Russ Isles:Bus Scene,Brad Jacobowitz:Pedestrian,Lyndon B. Johnson:Self,Jim Keller:Hippie at Commune,Robert F. Kennedy:Self - after 1968 California Primary,Conor Kennelly:Black Panther,Aaron Michael Lacey:National Guardsman,Andrew Lepper:Civil Rights Marcher,Beau Lotterman:Thompson,Darrell O`Cook:Chorister,Michael Oliver:Red Headed Teen,Mark A. Rich:VA in Hospital,Kurt Russell:Elvis Presley,Michael Satterfield:Alabama U Student,John Simmit:Higgins - Protestor on Stage,Robb Skyler:Nicholas Katzenbach,John-Michael Steele:Chancellor AL University,Mary Ellen Trainor:Jenny`s Babysitter,USC Trojan Marching Band:Alabama Marching Band,Zhuang Zedong:Self - Chinese Ping Pong Player,Shann Johnson:(uncredited),John Worsham:Southern Gentleman

Robert Zemeckis

Winston Groom

also: Winston Groom, Eric Roth

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