Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Eric Roth. It is an adaptation of the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom, and stars Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, and Sally Field. The film follows the life of an Alabama man named Forrest Gump (Hanks) and his experiences in the 20th-century United States. Principal photography took place between August and December 1993, mainly in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Extensive visual effects were used to incorporate Hanks into archived footage and to develop other scenes. The soundtrack features songs reflecting the different periods seen in the film. Forrest Gump was released in the United States on July 6, 1994, and received widespread critical acclaim for Zemeckis's direction, performances (particularly those of Hanks and Sinise), visual effects, music, and screenplay. The film was a major success at the box office: it became the top-grossing film in the United States released that year and earned over US$678.2 million worldwide during its theatrical run, making it the second-highest-grossing film of 1994, behind The Lion King. The soundtrack sold over 12 million copies. Forrest Gump won six Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Hanks, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Visual Effects, and Best Film Editing. It received many award nominations, including Golden Globes, British Academy Film Awards, and Screen Actors Guild Awards. Various interpretations have been made of the protagonist and the film's political symbolism. In 2011, the Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

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Run, Forrest! Run!

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FORREST: Now, you wouldn't believe it if I told you, but I can run like the wind blows. From that day on, if I was going somewhere, I was running! BOY 1: He's getting away! Stop him!

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That boy sure is a running fool.

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Now, remember how I told you that Jenny never seemed to want to go home? Well, she lived in a house that was as old as Alabama. Her mama had gone up to heaven when she was five, and her daddy was some kind of a farmer. Jenny? He was a very loving man. He was always kissing and touching her and her sisters. And then this one time, Jenny wasn't on the bus to go to school.

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Jenny, why didn't you come to school today? (SHUSHES) Daddy's taking a nap. - MR. CURRAN: Jenny! - Come on!

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MR. CURRAN: Jenny, where'd you run to?

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You'd better get back here, girl!

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Where you at?

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Jenny! Jenny! Where you at? Jenny! Pray with me, Forrest. Pray with me. MR. CURRAN: Jenny! Dear God, make me a bird so I can fly far, far, far away from here. Dear God, make me a bird so I can fly far, far, far away from here. Mama always said that God is mysterious. Jenny! He didn't turn Jenny into a bird that day. You'd better get back here! Instead, he had the police say Jenny didn't have to stay in that house no more. She went to live with her grandma just over on Creekmore Avenue, which made me happy, 'cause she was so close.

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Some nights, Jenny would sneak out and come on over to my house, just 'cause she said she was scared. Scared of what, I don't know, but I think it was her grandma's dog. He was a mean dog.

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Anyway, Jenny and me was best friends all the way up through high school.

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- Hey, stupid! - Quit it!

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- Run, Forrest, run! - Hey, did you hear me, stupid? - Run, Forrest! - Come on, get in the truck! BOY 1: Get in the truck! Let's move it! Come on, he's getting away! Move it! Run, Forrest! Run! BOY 2: You better be running, stupid! BOY 1: Come on, dummy!

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- Haul ass, dummy! - Yeah, you better get running!

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Jack rabbit!

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(BOYS LAUGHING) Yeah!

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Go! Go! Go!

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Run, Forrest!

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Now, it used to be, I ran to get where I was going, I never thought it would take me anywhere.

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(BOYS WHOOPING)

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