Forrest Gump

Resource Information

The work Forrest Gump represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Biddle Law Library - University of Pennsylvania Law School. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Forrest Gump

Statement of responsibility

Paramount Pictures ; produced by Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch, Steve Starkey ; screenplay by Eric Roth ; directed by Robert Zemeckis

Creator

• Forrest Gump (Motion picture)

Contributor

• Paramount Home Entertainment
• Paramount Pictures Corporation
• Burgess, Don
• Carter, Rick
• Field, Sally
• Finerman, Wendy
• Groom, Winston, 1944-
• Hanks, Tom
• Johnston, Joanna
• Roth, Eric
• Schmidt, Arthur
• Silvestri, Alan
• Sinise, Gary
• Starkey, Steve
• Tisch, Steve
• Williamson, Mykelti
• Wright, Robin, 1966-
• Zemeckis, Robert, 1952-

Subject

• Love -- Drama
• People with mental disabilities -- United States -- Drama
• Video recordings
• Young men -- United States -- Drama

Genre

• Drama
• Video recordings

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng

Summary

The story follows the life of low I.Q. Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) and his meeting with the love of his life Jenny. The film chronicles his accidental experiences with some of the most important people and events in America from the late 1950's through the 1970's including a meeting with Elvis Presley, JFK, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, fighting in Vietnam, etc. The problem is, he doesn't realize the significance of his actions. Forrest becomes representative of the baby boomer generation having walked through life blindly

Awards note

• Academy Award, 1995: Best Picture, Best Director (Robert Zemeckis), Best Film Editing (Arthur Schmidt), Best Visual Effects, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Tom Hanks), Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Eric Roth)
• Golden Globe, 1995: Best Motion Picture--Drama, Best Director--Motion Picture (Robert Zemeckis), Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture--Drama (Tom Hanks)

Cataloging source

TEF

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Don Burgess ; editor, Arthur Schmidt ; music, Alan Silvestri ; production designer, Rick Carter ; costume designer, Joanna Johnston

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13

Language note

Dialogue in English or French; close-captioned

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.F595 2001

PerformerNote

Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, Sally Field

Runtime

141

Target audience

general

Technique

live action