Forrest Gump Ending Explained
Forrest Gump is a fictional larger-than-life story of the "slow-witted" Forrest Gump and the way he touches the lives of everyone around him.
Forrest Gump
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- Director
- Robert Zemeckis
- Release Date
- July 6, 1994
- Studio(s)
- Paramount Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Paramount Pictures
- Cast
- Mykelti Williamson , Gary Sinise , Tom Hanks , Robin Wright , Sally Field
- Writers
- Eric Roth
- Runtime
- 142 minutes
- Budget
- $55 million
Summary
In this iconic piece of American film history, the presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the events of the Vietnam war, Watergate, and other history unfold through the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75.
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