Forrest Gump overview
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Synopsis:
"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.
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Movie Details:
- Director: Robert Zemeckis
- Studio: Paramount
- Year: 1994
- Run Time: 142 minutes
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Set in: Washington, D.C.
- MPAA Rating: PG13 (for drug content, some sensuality and war violence)
- Category: Feature
- Genre/Type: Comedy Drama
- Filmed in: Color
