Forrest Gump

UPC: 097360746648

Studio: Paramount

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Sexual Situations, Drug Content, War Violence, Suitable for Teens]

Summary: "Stupid is as stupid does," says Forrest Gump (played by Tom Hanks in an Oscar-winning performance) as he discusses his relative level of intelligence with a stranger while waiting for a bus. Despite his sub-normal IQ, Gump leads a truly charmed life, with a ringside seat for many of the most memorable events of the second half of the 20th century. Entirely without trying, Forrest teaches Elvis Presley to dance, becomes a football star, meets John F. Kennedy, serves with honor in Vietnam, meets Lyndon Johnson, speaks at an anti-war rally at the Washington Monument, hangs out with the Yippies, defeats the Chinese national team in table tennis, meets Richard Nixon, discovers the break-in at the Watergate, opens a profitable shrimping business, becomes an original investor in Apple Computers, and decides to run back and forth across the country for several years. Meanwhile, as the remarkable parade of his life goes by, Forrest never forgets Jenny (Robin Wright Penn), the girl he loved as a boy, who makes her own journey through the turbulence of the 1960s and 1970s that is far more troubled than the path Forrest happens upon. Featured alongside Tom Hanks are Sally Field as Forrest's mother; Gary Sinise as his commanding officer in Vietnam; Mykelti Williamson as his ill-fated Army buddy who is familiar with every recipe that involves shrimp; and the special effects artists whose digital magic place Forrest amidst a remarkable array of historical events and people. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Comedy Drama

Awards: Best Actor – null Best Director – null Best Picture - Drama – null Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama – null Best Supporting Actress – null Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – null Best Director – null Best Screenplay – null Best Original Score – null 100 Greatest American Movies – American Film Institute Best Director – Directors Guild of America Best Actor – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Adapted Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Cinematography – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Director – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Editing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Makeup – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Score – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound Effects – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Visual Effects – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Visual Effects – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Visual Effects – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Visual Effects – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – National Board of Review Best Actor – National Board of Review Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – National Board of Review Best Actor – Screen Actors Guild Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – Screen Actors Guild Best Supporting Actress – Screen Actors Guild Best Supporting Actress – Screen Actors Guild Best Cinematography – American Society of Cinematographers Best Makeup – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Makeup – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound Effects Editing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Supporting Actor – National Board of Review Best Original Score – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Screenplay – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Moti – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Supporting Actor – Screen Actors Guild Best Supporting Actor – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Director – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Director – Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Features: cc

Disc 1 - Commentary by Robert Zemeckis, Steve Starkey and Rick Carter

Commentary by Wendy Finerman

Disc 2 - Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump Documentary

The Magic of Makeup
Through the Ears of Forrest Gump - Sound Design

Building the World of Gump - Production Design
Seeing is Believing - 11 Visual Effects

Photo Gallery
Screen Tests
Theatrical Trailers

Forrest Gump

Format: DVD

Release Date: 11/03/2009

Audio: DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo, DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 141 Minutes

Sides: 2

Number of Discs: 2

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Forrest Gump
1. I'm Forrest...Forrest Gump [:15]
2. Mama [2:38]
3. Like Peas and Carrots [1:48]
4. Run Forrest Run! [:48]
5. Private Gump [:43]
6. Lieutenant Dan [:26]
7. By Best Good Friend [2:16]
8. Wounded In The Buttocks [:40]
9. You're My Girl [2:43]
10. National Celebrity [5:27]
11. Happy New Year [2:04]
12. Shrimp Boat Captain [5:26]
13. Bubba Gump [1:44]
14. Mama's Trip To Heaven [2:02]
15. Jenny Comes Home [:31]
16. A Little Run [:11]
17. Forrest Meets Forrest [1:21]
18. Beloved Mother, Wife and Friend [6:51]
19. Credits [2:08]

Richard Gilliam

Forrest Gump is the Baby Boom generation's tribute to itself, a panorama of American culture from the sleepy South of the 1950s to the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s. The film is a technical masterpiece, skillfully weaving together numerous cultural reference points, all without ever causing the audience to pause for thought. Director Robert Zemeckis and a team of top-notch special effects experts convincingly combined actors with archival footage so that Gump (Michael Conner Humphreys as a child and Tom Hanks as an adult) gets to interact with many famous personalities of the day. Of particular note are Gump's scenes at the University of Alabama, where Forrest meets then-governor George Wallace (via newsreel footage) and football coach Bear Bryant (actor Sonny Shroyer). Similarly outstanding are the sequences set in Vietnam and the later shrimpboat scenes with Gump's best friend (Gary Sinise), a legless war veteran. Forrest Gump won six Oscars, including Best Picture, over critical favorites Pulp Fiction and The Shawshank Redemption. An interesting sidelight to Hanks' Best Actor win is Jessica Lange's also set-in-Alabama Best Actress performance in Blue Sky in the same year. The wins, however, did not lead Hollywood to rush to set more films in the "Heart of Dixie" state. ~ Richard Gilliam, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Michael Burgess  Actor 
Jason McGuire  Actor 
John Voldstad  Actor 
Al Harrington  Actor 
Peter Dobson  Actor 
Afemo Omilami  Actor 
Peter Bannon  Actor 
Gary Robinson  Actor 
Joe Alaskey  Actor 
John Galt  Actor 
Paul Raczkowski  Actor 
Kevin Davis  Actor 
Don Fischer  Actor 
Geoffrey Blake  Actor 
Mike Jolly  Actor 
Sonny Shroyer  Actor 
Hallie D'Amore  Actor 
Siobhan Fallon  Actor 
Valentino  Actor 
Charles Boswell  Actor 
George Kelly  Actor 
Mary Ellen Trainor  Actor 
Dick Cavett  Actor 
Byron Minns  Actor 
Joe Washington  Actor 
Nora Dunfee  Actor 
Bob Penny  Actor 
Jeffrey Winner  Actor 
Stephen Wesley Bridgewater  Actor 
Haley Joel Osment  Actor 
Sam Anderson  Actor 
Harold G. Herthum  Actor 
Brett Rice  Actor 
David Brisbin  Actor 
Ellen Lewis  Actor 
Aaron Michael Lacey  Actor 
Wendy Finerman  Producer 
Eric Roth  Screenwriter 
Alan Silvestri  Composer (Music Score) 
Steve Starkey  Producer 
Steve Tisch  Producer 
Robert Zemeckis  Director 
Tom Hanks  Actor 
Robin Wright  Actor 
Gary Sinise  Actor 
Mykelti Williamson  Actor 
Sally Field  Actor 
Michael Conner Humphreys  Actor 
Hanna R. Hall  Actor 

Country: USA