Forrest Gump

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American film comedy-drama film film

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 →