Forrest Gump is a 1994 American comedy-drama film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, the film stars Tom Hanks as the titular character, a slow-witted but kind-hearted man
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Forrest Gump is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis. An adaptation of the 1986 novel by Winston Groom, the film's screenplay was written by Eric Roth. It stars Tom Hanks in the title role, alongside Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, and Sally Field in lead roles. The film follows the life of an Alabama man named Forrest Gump (Hanks) and his experiences in the 20th-century United States.