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Forrest Gump

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Forrest Gump
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Robert Zemeckis
Produced by	Wendy Finerman Steve Tisch Steve Starkey Charles Newirth
Screenplay by	Eric Roth
Based on	Forrest Gump by Winston Groom
Starring	Tom Hanks Robin Wright Gary Sinise Mykelti Williamson Sally Field
Music by	Alan Silvestri
Cinematography	Don Burgess
Edited by	Arthur Schmidt
Production company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	July 6, 1994
Running time	142 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$55 million[1]
Box office	$677.9 million[1]

Forrest Gump is a 1994 American epic romantic-comedy-drama film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom. The film was directed by Robert Zemeckis and stars Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, and Sally Field. The story depicts several decades in the life of Forrest Gump, a slow-witted and naïve, but good-hearted and athletically prodigious man from Alabama who witnesses, and in some cases influences, some of the defining events of the latter half of the 20th century in the United States; more specifically, the period between Forrest's birth in 1944 and 1982. The film differs substantially from Winston Groom's novel on which it was based, including Gump's personality and several events that were depicted.

Principal photography took place in late 1993, mainly in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Extensive visual effects were used to incorporate the p