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Forrest Gump
Uniform Title
Forrest Gump (Motion picture)
Title
Forrest Gump [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures presents ; a Steve Tisch/Wendy Finerman production ; a Robert Zemeckis film ; screenplay by Eric Roth ; produced by Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch, Steve Starkey ; directed by Robert Zemeckis.
ISBN
9780792174844
0792174844
Edition
Special collector's edition.
Published
Hollywood, CA : Paramount Pictures : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, c2006.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Based on the novel by Winston Groom.
Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1994.
Director of photography, Don Burgess ; edited by Arthur Schmidt ; music by Alan Silvestri ; production designer, Rick Carter ; costumes designed by Joanna Johnston ; visual effects supervisor, Ken Ralston.
In English or dubbed French with optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing; closed-captioned; Disc 2 special features with optional subtitles in English or French.
Winner, 1995 Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects: Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, andAllen Hall; Best Film Editing: Arthur Schmidt; Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Eric Roth; Best Actor in a Leading Role: Tom Hanks; Best Picture: Wendy Finerman, Steve Starkey, and Steve Tisch; and Best Director: Robert Zemeckis. Winner of 1995 Golden Globes for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture--Drama: Tom Hanks; Best Director--Motion Picture: Robert Zemeckis; Best Motion Picture--Drama.
Summary
Forrest Gump is not a "smart" man. But the young Alabaman with an IQ of 75 is a thoroughly decent man, who manages to become involved in every major event in American history. And he survives them all with only honesty and niceness as his shields. Thanks to his where-there's-a-will-there's-a-way Mama, Forrest believes in himself. This sees him through being taunted by bullies, playing college football, the army, a business, and -- amazingly -- many of the touchstone events of the Sixties and Seventies: civil rights battles, the Vietnam War, anti-war protests, opening relations with China. The story's extraordinary conceit is that this man, equal parts Candide and Winnie-the-Pooh, was there whenever something big happened to America in those years, meeting Presidents and pop stars, influencing thinkers and trends, his story being our story as a nation.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English; French
Added to Catalog
October 21, 2010
Credits
Director of photography, Don Burgess ; edited by Arthur Schmidt ; music by Alan Silvestri ; production designer, Rick Carter ; costumes designed by Joanna Johnston ; visual effects supervisor, Ken Ralston.
Cast
Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump), Robin Wright (Jenny Curran), Gary Sinise (Lt. Dan Taylor), Mykelti Williamson (Pvt. Benjamin Buford 'Bubba' Blue), Sally Field Mrs. Gump, Haley Joel Osment (Forrest Gump Jr.).
System details note
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital surround, 2.0 surround; anamorphic widescreen presentation aspect ratio 2.35:1, enhanced for 16:9 televisions.
Audience
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for drug content, some sensuality and war violence; Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.
Contents
Disc 1 the film: I'm Forrest...Forrest Gump
Mama
Like peas and carrots
Run Forrest run!
Private Gump
Lieutenant Dan
My best good friend
Wounded in the buttocks
You're my girl
National celebrity
Happy New Year
Shrimp boat captain
Bubba Gump
Mama's trip to heaven
Jenny comes home
Little run
Forrest meets Forrest
Beloved mother, wife and friend
Credits (1994) (141 min); Special features: Audio commentary with director Robert Zemeckis, producer Steve Starkey, and production designer Rick Carter [optional audio feature]; Audio commentary with producer Wendy Finerman [optional audio feature].
Disc 2 special features: Through the eyes of Forrest Gump [featurette] (30 min.); Screen tests [featurettes] (8 min.); Building the world of Gump: Production design [featurette] (7 min); Seeing is believing: The visual effects of Forrest Gump [featurette] (37 min.); Through the ears of Forrest Gump: Sound design [featurette] (14 min.); The magic of makeup [featurette] (8 min.); Trailers (5 min.); photo gallery [slide show].
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Paramount Pictures Corporation.
Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
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