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Forrest Gump. (novel) Forrest Gump is a 1986 novel by Winston Groom. The title character retells adventures ranging from shrimp boating and ping pong championships, to thinking about his childhood love, as he bumbles his way through American history, with everything from the Vietnam War to college football becoming part of the story.
Groom began writing Forrest Gump the same day, and within six weeks finished the novel. [7] Forrest Gump was published in 1986. Several years later, it was adapted by screenwriter Eric Roth as a 1994 film of the same name, starring Tom Hanks in the title role of Forrest Gump. The film received six Academy Awards and numerous others; its ...
Forrest Gump. Forrest Gump is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis. An adaptation of the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom, the screenplay of the film is written by Eric Roth. It stars Tom Hanks in the titular role, alongside Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, and Sally Field in lead roles.
Forrest Gump (character) Forrest Alexander Gump is the title protagonist of the 1986 novel by Winston Groom, Robert Zemeckis ' 1994 film of the same name, and Gump and Co., the written sequel to Groom's novel. In the film, Forrest is a former college football All-American kick returner, Vietnam veteran and Medal of Honor recipient, champion ...
Gump & Co. (alternatively titled Forrest Gump and Co.) is a 1995 novel by Winston Groom. It is the sequel to his 1986 novel Forrest Gump . It was written to chronicle Forrest's life throughout the 1980s.
Eric R. Roth (born March 22, 1945) is an American screenwriter.He has been nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay — for Forrest Gump (1994), The Insider (1999), Munich (2005), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), A Star Is Born (2018), and Dune (2021) — winning for Forrest Gump; he also earned a Best Picture nomination for producing Mank (2020).
Robert Zemeckis. Robert Lee Zemeckis (born May 14, 1952) [3] is an American filmmaker. He first came to public attention as the director of the action-adventure romantic comedy Romancing the Stone (1984), the science-fiction comedy Back to the Future trilogy (1985–1990), and the live-action/animated comedy Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).
List of accolades received by. Forrest Gump. Forrest Gump is a 1994 romantic comedy-drama film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom. With a screenplay by Eric Roth and starring popular actor Tom Hanks, the film premiered in Los Angeles, California on June 23, 1994. It was released in the United States and Canada on July 6 ...