Forrest Gump

A man named Forrest Gump shares his life story, overcoming challenges and witnessing significant historical events, while forming important friendships and achieving great success. Forrest Gump is a 1994 American English-language Comedy Drama film starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, Sally Field, Rebecca Williams and Paul A. Dicocco Jr. The movie is based on Forrest Gump by Winston Groom. The Tisch Company was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Steve Starkey, Steve Tisch and Wendy Finerman. Forrest Gump is written by Winston Groom and Eric Roth and it is directed by Robert Zemeckis. Paramount Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. Forrest Gump was released on 12th September 2014 and takes a screen time of 142 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. Forrest Gump was made on a budget of $55 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $678 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Eric Roth. Cinematography was done by Don Burgess and editing by Arthur Schmidt. The music was composed by Alan Silvestri. At the 1995 Oscar Awards It won 6 awards including: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Tom Hanks), Best Picture, Best Director, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published, Best Film Editing and Best Effects, Visual Effects.