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Forrest Gump
Director:
Robert Zemeckis
(Dir)
Release Date:
6 Jul 1994
Duration (in mins):
140 or 142
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Cast:
Tom Hanks
(Forrest Gump)
Robin Wright
(Jenny Curran)
Gary Sinise
(Lieutenant Dan Taylor)
Mykelti Williamson
(Bubba Blue)
And
Sally Field
(Mrs. Gump)
Production Company:
The Tisch Company
Production Text:
A Steve Tisch/Wendy Finerman Production; A Robert Zemekis Film
Distribution Company:
Paramount Pictures Corp.
(Paramount Communications, Inc.)
Director:
Robert Zemeckis
(Dir)
Producer:
Wendy Finerman
(Prod)
Steve Tisch
(Prod)
Steve Starkey
(Prod)
Writer:
Eric Roth
(Scr)
Photography:
Don Burgess
(Dir of photog)
Art Direction:
Rick Carter
(Prod des)
Film Editor:
Arthur Schmidt
(Ed)
Music:
Alan Silvestri
(Mus)
Special Effects:
Ken Ralston
(Visual eff supv)
MPAA Rating:
PG-13
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Music:
Songs:
Source Text:
Based on the novel
Forrest Gump
by Winston Groom (Garden City, NY, 1986).
Authors:
Winston Groom
Copyright Claimant
Copyright Date
Copyright Number
Paramount Pictures Corp.
22/9/1994
dd/mm/yyyy
PA726079
PCA NO:
32823
Physical Properties:
Sd:
Dolby Digital Spectral Recording; DTS Digital in selected theatres
col:
Technicolor
Lenses/Prints:
Prints by DeLuxe; dailies by Du Art
Widescreen/ratio:
Filmed in Panavision
Genre:
Comedy-drama
Sub-Genre:
Historical
Note:
Forrest Gump
was ranked 76th on AFI's 2007 100 Years…100 Movies--10th Anniversary Edition list of the greatest American films, down from the 71st position it held on the 1997 list.
Bibliographic Sources:
Date
Page
Los Angeles Times
6 Jul 1994
Calendar, p. 1.
New York Times
6 Jul 1994
Section III, p. 9.
Variety
11 Jul 1994
p. 41.
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