Forrest Gump

Actors : Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise, Geoffrey Blake, Charles Boswell, Michael Burgess

Stupid is as stupid does, says Forrest Gump (played by Tom Hanks in an O scar-winning performance) as he discusses his relative level of intelli gence with a stranger while waiting for a bus. Despite his sub-normal IQ , Gump leads a truly charmed life, with a ringsid e seat for many of the most memorable events of the second half of the 20th century. Entirely without trying, Forrest teaches Elvis Presley to dance, becomes a footba ll star, meets John F. Kennedy, serves with honor in Vietnam, meets Lynd on Johnson, speaks at an a nti-war rally at the Washington Monument, han gs out with the Yippies, defeats the Chinese national team in table tenn is, meets Richa rd Nixon, discovers the break-in at the Watergate, opens a profitable shrimping business, becomes an original investor in Apple Comp uters, and decides to run back and forth across the country for sev eral years. Meanwhile, as the remarkable parade of his life goes by, For rest never forgets Jenny (Robin Wright Penn), the girl he loved as a boy , who makes her own journey through the turbulence of the 1960s and 197 0s that is far more troubled than the path Forrest happens upon. Feature d alongside Tom Hanks are Sally Field as F orrest's mother; Gary Sinise as his commanding officer in Vietnam; Mykelti Williamson as his ill-fate d Army buddy who is familiar wi th every recipe that involves shrimp; an d the special effects artists whose digital magic place Forrest amidst a remarkable array of historical events and people.