Forrest Gump (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition) | 
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Actors: Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise, Geoffrey Blake, Charles Boswell, Michael Burgess
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  560 reviews
Sales Rank: 430
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 141
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 097361564449
ISBN: 0792166892
UPC: 097361564449
EAN: 9780792166894
ASIN: B00003CXA2
Theatrical Release Date: 1994
Release Date: August 28, 2001
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Product Description
A sweet natured man with an IQ of 70 personally experiences all of the important events of three decades of American life.
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Media Type: DVD
Artist: HANKS/FIELD/WRIGHT/WILLIAMSON/
Title: FORREST GUMP
Street Release Date: 08/28/2001
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Genre: DRAMA
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The Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Best Director Robert Zemeckis, and Best Actor Tom Hanks, this unlikely story of a slow-witted but good-hearted man somehow at the center of the pivotal events of the 20th century is a funny and heartwarming epic. Hanks plays the title character, a shy Southern boy in love with his childhood best friend (Robin Wright) who finds that his ability to run fast takes him places. As an All-Star football player he meets John F. Kennedy; as a soldier in Vietnam he's a war hero; and as a world champion Ping-Pong player he's hailed by Richard Nixon. Becoming a successful shrimp-boat captain, he still yearns for the love of his life, who takes a quite different and much sadder path in life. The visual effects incorporating Hanks into existing newsreel footage is both funny and impressive, but the heart of the film lies in its sweet love story and in the triumphant performance of Hanks as an unassuming soul who savors the most from his life and times. --Robert Lane
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 My favorite movie ever! July 20, 2008
One of the greatest touching movies ever. Forrest Gump is a movie that will make you cry, and it will make you laugh. When I first saw it in 2001, It touched my heart. I watched the first few minutes of it, and I couldn't stop. I watched it downstairs and stayed their all night to watch it. And it was spectacular. Tom Hanks is perfect as Forrest Gump. Won 6 Oscars for Best Actor (Tom Hanks), Best Director (Robert Zemekis), Best Visual Effects, Best Film Editing, Best Picture, and Best Screenplay. Went to this touching story about a simple man named Forrest Gump who, even though isn't very bright, accidently ends up getting involved with some of the biggest key moments of the 19th century. It's funny, touching, heart warming, and sad. I read the book, and the first line even touched me. I highly recommend watching this. It deserves a chance. I've seen it 14 times in counting too! Get it, buy it, see it, and you'll see what makes this a 100% succesful movie.
1 Star Raters take life too serious July 7, 2008
Great movie, unlikely story of course...but that's the beauty of this movie. If you want to see a movie that's more realistic about life then watch a documentary because people who criticize this movie obviously have no imagination and should drop the whole "I'm gonna take every movie i see literally" mindset, and to give it one star?...in the words of Gob Bluth "COME ON!"
 One of the most nauseating films July 3, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
What makes this film so irritating is its pro-American propoganda and religious undertones, which reaches levels few films dare to trot.
It's a fictional story of someone who was born mentally challenged. As a school kid he has a crush on a girl (who later becomes his wife). He is good at running (which gets him into college). He becomes a war hero and meets the president. He fulfills a promise he made to his dying best friend (who died in his arms) and enters the shrimp boat industry. He asks God to help him succeed and God (instead of making more shrimp) helps him by destroying every other shrimp boat (you can't make this stuff up) and Gump becomes super rich. He has a child with his future wife and the kid is the "smartest" in his class. And all throughout this improbable story, he remains blissfully ignorant at how extraordinary it is.
I want a film about the real world. This film does the mentally challenged no services. Rather, it patronizes them. If they decided to make a film based on a true story of a REAL mentally challenged person, I think I would have liked the film. And besides all that, this film is downright annoying. Someone had to say it. 2/5
 Embarrassing, people June 23, 2008
No, I'm not talking about the movie. I'm pointing at all of the people who gave it one star. You people can't appreciate anything. Is it even possible for you to find something good about the film? I think Hanks does a wonderful job. Yes, maybe the messages presented don't really pertain to reality, but the effort made should at least be acknowledged. Give me a break.
 I liked Big Fish better. June 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After all the hype about this movie, I decided to rent it.
And I really didn't care for it.
Yes, Hanks puts on a good performance........but, it's corny and his voice is annoying.
"Life is like a box of chocolates"
I felt like shoving the whole box in his mouth at once.
SILENCE!!!
It's too unrealistic to even suspend your imagination for a second.
That's where Big Fish has it beat, just as unrealistic but at least "Fish" doesn't try to convince you it's real. The movie lets you figure that you for yourself.
Do I recommend Gump? Yes.
Because you'll have a hard time keeping a dry eye at the end.
Three stars for a great movie, but an annoying performance.
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