Forrest Gump Movie Review 1994

Grandly ambitious and slightly flawed, amounting to a wonderful bit of movie magic. As the intelligence-impaired Gump with a heart of gold and more than enough character and dignity, Hanks supplies another career highlight. Field contributes a nice turn as his dedicated mama (they were last together in "Punchline"), while Sinise is particularly effective as a handicapped Vietnam veteran with a bad attitude. Incredible special effects put Gump in the middle of historic events over a four decade period, but the real story is the life-affirming, non-judgmental power of Gump to transform the lives of those around him. From the novel by Winston Groom.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 142 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comedy Drama, Savants, Running, American South, AIDS, Vietnam War, Presidency, Go Fish, Kindness of Strangers, Buses, Top Grossing Films of 1994, Moms, Stupid Is..., Highest Grossing Films of All Time, Protests, Recycled Footage/Redubbed Dialogue, Director/Star Teams: Zemeckis & Hanks, Montana, 4 Bones

Screenplay

Eric Roth

Cast

Tom Hanks, Robin Wright Penn, Sally Field, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, Haley Joel Osment, Michael Conner Humphreys, Hanna Hall, Sonny Shroyer, Siobhan Fallon, Peter Dobson, Michael Jace, Geoffrey Blake, Mary Ellen Trainor, David Brisbin

Cinematography

Don Burgess

Director

Robert Zemeckis

Music

Alan Silvestri

Producer

Steve Tisch, Wendy Finerman, Steve Sharkey, Paramount Pictures

Awards

Oscars 1994: Actor (Hanks), Adapt. Screenplay, Director (Zemeckis), Film Editing, Picture, Visual FX; AFI 1998: Top 100; Directors Guild 1994: Director (Zemeckis); Golden Globes 1995: Actor--Drama (Hanks), Director (Zemeckis), Film--Drama; Natl. Bd. of Review 1994: Actor (Hanks), Film, Support. Actor (Sinise); Screen Actors Guild 1994: Actor (Hanks); Writers Guild 1994: Adapt. Screenplay; Blockbuster 1995: Movie, T., Drama Actor, T. (Hanks); Blockbuster 1996: Drama Actor, V. (Hanks).