A sweet natured man with an IQ of 70 personally experiences all of the important events of three decades of American life. No Track Information Available Media Type: DVD Artist: HANKS/FIELD/WRIGHT/WILLIAMSON/ Title: FORREST GUMP Street Release Date: 08/28/2001 Domestic Genre: DRAMA
The Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Best Director Robert Zemeckis, and Best Actor Tom Hanks, this unlikely story of a slow-witted but good-hearted man somehow at the center of the pivotal events of the 20th century is a funny and heartwarming epic. Hanks plays the title character, a shy Southern boy in love with his childhood best friend (Robin Wright) who finds that his ability to run fast takes him places. As an All-Star football player he meets John F. Kennedy; as a soldier in Vietnam he's a war hero; and as a world champion Ping-Pong player he's hailed by Richard Nixon. Becoming a successful shrimp-boat captain, he still yearns for the love of his life, who takes a quite different and much sadder path in life. The visual effects incorporating Hanks into existing newsreel footage is both funny and impressive, but the heart of the film lies in its sweet love story and in the triumphant performance of Hanks as an unassuming soul who savors the most from his life and times. --Robert Lane
Customer Reviews:
Average Customer Review: 4.5 / 5.0
"genuinely wonderful!"
"Sappy, unbelievable melodrama"
"A babyboomer's wet dream"
"What more can I add that the Oscars, Hollywood, the Internet, and all the reviews haven't?"
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
genuinely wonderful!:
For $7, you will never get a more classic movie! Tom Hanks performance as Forrest Gump is a tough character to beat with his great acting! You will fall in love with his life story and his love for jen-nay! Everyone in your family will enjoy this movie!
Sappy, unbelievable melodrama:
I can't believe that this movie won over The Shawshank Redemption at the Oscars for Best Picture. This movie is nothing but a box of chocolates loaded with lots of sugar which is bad for you. For your own good, stay away from this one.
A babyboomer's wet dream:
Forrest Gump was nothing more than an adult baby crib movie produced by a bunch of over-the-hill boomers who still have delerious todler memories of JFK.
What more can I add that the Oscars, Hollywood, the Internet, and all the reviews haven't?:
In the early fifties two children are born in the less-fortunate parts of Alabama - one is Forrest Gump and the other is his best friend Jenny. Though these two children have the same starting points, they grow up to lead very different lives. In Robert Zemeckis' Oscar-winning film Forrest Gump we're introduced to Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) who always seems to have his route in life predetermined by the most unfortunate of circumstances, and manages to get there by running. Jenny (Hanna Hall) on the other... more info
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