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Rebecca Williams | ... | |
Sally Field | ... | ||
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Michael Conner Humphreys | ... | |
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Harold G. Herthum | ... |
Doctor
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George Kelly | ... |
Barber
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Bob Penny | ... |
Crony
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John Randall | ... |
Crony
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Sam Anderson | ... | ||
Margo Moorer | ... |
Louise
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Ione M. Telech | ... |
Elderly Woman
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Christine Seabrook | ... | |
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John Worsham | ... |
Southern Gentleman /
Landowner
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Peter Dobson | ... | ||
Siobhan Fallon Hogan | ... |
School Bus Driver
(as Siobhan J. Fallon)
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Forrest Gump is a simple man with a low I.Q. but good intentions. He is running through childhood with his best and only friend Jenny. His 'mama' teaches him the ways of life and leaves him to choose his destiny. Forrest joins the army for service in Vietnam, finding new friends called Dan and Bubba, he wins medals, creates a famous shrimp fishing fleet, inspires people to jog, starts a ping-pong craze, creates the smiley, writes bumper stickers and songs, donates to people and meets the president several times. However, this is all irrelevant to Forrest who can only think of his childhood sweetheart Jenny Curran, who has messed up her life. Although in the end all he wants to prove is that anyone can love anyone. Written by aliw135
I have seen this movie easily a half a dozen times, and I find that the beauty of the film is how Forrest Gump not only shares his innocence and purity with others, including the audience, he also manages to retain that innocence and purity through some very difficult times. As a Viet Nam veteran, and a college graduate of the late Sixties, I could of course personally relate to the various periods that Forrest Gump endures. I would only mention that the skillful and seamless blending of music, action, and period costume was enthralling. And yet it was so perfectly understated that Forrest Gump's travels through thirty five years of the stormiest and most meaningful years of American history only became clearly defined for the viewer. Even more so than the well known chocolates quote as a metaphor for life, I felt that the remark that stupid is what you do is probably more workable for most of us.