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Forrest Gump, starring Tom Hanks was one of the biggest blockbuster smash hits of the 1990s. It was adapted from the novel of the same name written by Winston Groom and released in 1986 and the movie was released in 1994. The movie stars Tom Hanks, Robyn Wright Penn, Sally Field and Gary Sinise.

When the movie was released it was a huge success and ended up picking up seven Academy Awards the same year including one for Tom Hanks as best actor and earning more than $677 million. The movie gave birth to a number of movie quotes that entered the popular vernacular such as “Run Forrest Run!” and “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are gonna get.”

The storyline centers on Hanks’ character Forrest Gump. Gump is from Alabama and although he has a low IQ and is considered throughout his childhood to be simple, he manages to live an entirely amazing life. The twists and turns of his life see him present at some of the sixties, seventies and early eighties most important events and meeting highly influential people from politics to pop culture.

At the beginning of the movie Gump is sat at a bus stop and begins telling a woman about the series of events of his life that have lead him to the bus stop. The woman listens incredulously as he tells her that “life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get”. The beginning of his amazing journey really begins with his scholarship to study at Alabama State based on his football prowess.

After university he enrols in the U. S Army and is sent to Vietnam where he befriends Bubba who will influence his life in a number of ways. Gump becomes a war hero after rescuing many of his platoon, but is off on medical leave for some time. During his convalescence he takes up ping pong and is sent as a national champion to Maoist China. He is decorated by the U. S President with the medal of honor and then becomes a successful businessman.

While on medical leave from the U. S Army he takes up ping pong and ends up touring Maoist China as a national champion. He achieves some fame and ends up rubbing shoulders with John Lennon on a chat show. While he is living his life, he is motivated by his love for childhood friend Jenny. Jenny, played by Robyn Wright Penn, is a damaged soul who is the perfect woman in Gump’s eyes and he wants to save her and make her his wife.

The book and the film are both ironic, funny and poignant all at the same time. When you finish watching the movie, you are really left wondering if we are as smart as we all really think we are and if someone like Forrest Gump doesn’t have it right after all.

Despite a rocky start in pre-production the movie Forrest Gump ended up being one of the most successful movies of all time both in terms of gross at the box office and reception by the public and critics. For many people it became a much loved movie that they have seen many times.

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