The only good thing about being wounded in the buttocks is the ice cream. They gave me all the ice cream I could eat, and guess what? A good friend of mine was in the bed right next door.

— FORREST GUMP (1994) dir. Robert Zemeckis

Forrest Gump (1994, Robert Zemeckis)

01/11/2023

Forrest Gump is a 1994 film directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks. Loosely based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom, the film narrates the intense life of Forrest Gump, an American man with a lower-than-normal cognitive development who, thanks to a series of favorable coincidences, becomes a direct witness of important events of the history of his nation.

The film covers approximately thirty years of history of the United States of America: from the birth of the protagonist in the 1940s to approximately 1982. During these years Forrest met important figures of the second half of the 20th century such as Elvis Presley, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, John Lennon, George Wallace and Richard Nixon, establishes a new climate of peace between the United States of America and China, becomes first a football star, coached at the University of Alabama by coach Bear Bryant, then a ping-pong star and participates in the Vietnam war and in a hippie gathering, without however really realizing the extent of the events he witnesses (and to which he sometimes contributes significantly).

Forrest Gump was positively received by both critics and the public, dominating the 1995 Oscars, taking home 6 statuettes, coming close to the record of 14 nominations set by All About Eve, Titanic and La La Land. The film is also in 11th place in the ranking of the 250 best films of all time drawn up vote by vote by IMDb users. In 1998 the American Film Institute placed it in seventy-first place in the ranking of the one hundred best American films of all time, while ten years later, in the updated list, it is positioned in seventy-sixth place.

"Forrest Gump" (1994) Directed by Robert Zemeckis (Drama/Romance)

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Meet Forrest Gump, the lovable, herculean, and surprisingly savvy hero of this remarkable comic odyssey. After accidentally becoming the star of University of Alabama's football team, Forrest goes on to become a Vietnam War hero, a world-class Ping-Pong player, a villainous wrestler, and a business tycoon -- as he wonders with childlike wisdom at the insanity all around him. In between misadventures, he manages to compare battle scars with Lyndon Johnson, discover the truth about Richard Nixon, and survive the ups and downs of remaining true to his only love, Jenny, on an extraordinary journey through three decades of the American cultural landscape. Forrest Gump has one heck of a story to tell -- and you've got to read it to believe it...

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Comic Book Club: Mat Groom, Winston Gambro, Brian Rea, And Lucienne Brown

On this week's packed live show, we're welcoming a ton of guests: Mat Groom ("Inferno Girl Red") + Winston Gambro ("Haunted House: A Love Story") + Brian Rea and Lucienne Brown ("Fixing Flamingos").

Powered by RedCircle On this week’s packed live show, we’re welcoming a ton of guests: Mat Groom (“Inferno Girl Red”) + Winston Gambro (“Haunted House: A Love Story”) + Brian Rea and Lucienne Brown (“Fixing Flamingos”). SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, APPLE, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, TIKTOK, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. About Mat Groom and…

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Forrest Gump (1994, Robert Zemeckis)

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