Forrest Gump

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Forrest Gump is a 1994 American comedy-drama film following the life of a kind-hearted but simple man who unwittingly influences several historical events in the United States.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
comedy-drama film
film
basedOn Forrest Gump
surface form: "Forrest Gump (novel)"
basedOnWorkBy Winston Groom
character Forrest Gump
Jenny Curran
Lieutenant Dan Taylor
Mrs. Gump
characterPortrayedBy Mykelti Williamson
surface form: "Bubba Blue – Mykelti Williamson"

Forrest Gump
surface form: "Forrest Gump – Tom Hanks"

Robin Wright
surface form: "Jenny Curran – Robin Wright"

Lieutenant Dan Taylor – Gary Sinise
Mrs. Gump – Sally Field
cinematographyBy Don Burgess
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: "United States"
director Robert Zemeckis
distributedBy Paramount Pictures
editedBy Arthur Schmidt
filmingLocation Georgia
South Carolina
genre comedy-drama
romantic drama
hasAward Academy Award for Best Actor
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Academy Award for Best Director
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Academy Award for Best Picture
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
historicalEventDepicted American civil rights movement
surface form: "Civil Rights Movement"

Ping-pong diplomacy
Vietnam War
Watergate scandal
leadActor Tom Hanks
musicBy Alan Silvestri
narrativeFocus life of Forrest Gump
notableQuote Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're gonna get.
originalLanguage English
plotElement Forrest Gump
surface form: "Forrest Gump unwittingly influences several historical events in the United States"
producer Steve Starkey
Steve Tisch
Wendy Finerman
productionCompany Paramount Pictures
The Tisch Company
releaseDate 1994-07-06
releaseYear 1994
runningTime 142 minutes
screenwriter Eric Roth
setInLocation Alabama
Viet Nam
surface form: "Vietnam"

Washington, D.C.
setInPeriod 1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
starring Gary Sinise
Mykelti Williamson
Robin Wright
Sally Field
Tom Hanks

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Mykelti Williamson appearedIn Forrest Gump
Steve Tisch awardReceivedFor Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump basedOn Forrest Gump
this entity surface form: "Forrest Gump (novel)"
Forrest Gump character Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump characterPortrayedBy Forrest Gump
this entity surface form: "Forrest Gump – Tom Hanks"
Robert Zemeckis directed Forrest Gump
Paramount Pictures notableFilm Forrest Gump
Eric Roth notableWork Forrest Gump
Gary Sinise notableWork Forrest Gump
Mykelti Williamson notableWork Forrest Gump
Robert Zemeckis notableWork Forrest Gump
Steve Tisch notableWork Forrest Gump
Steven notableWork Forrest Gump
subject surface form: "Steven Tisch"
Tom Hanks notableWork Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump plotElement Forrest Gump
this entity surface form: "Forrest Gump unwittingly influences several historical events in the United States"
Steve Tisch producerOf Forrest Gump
Eric Roth screenplayFor Forrest Gump

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