Principal cast
Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field and Mykelti Williamson
Film 71 of 498 on the Screen Path
Forrest Gump
The world will never be the same once you've seen it through the eyes of Forrest Gump.
About the film
Forrest Gump at a glance.
Screen Path places this 1994 film at stop 71 in one curated journey through cinema. The learning experience adds context before you watch and deeper analysis after.
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic eventsโin each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.
Key craft credits
Don Burgess (director of photography), Arthur Schmidt (editor), Alan Silvestri (original music composer), Eric Roth (screenplay) and Rick Carter (production design)
- Director
- Robert Zemeckis
- Release
- 1994-06-23
- Runtime
- 142 minutes
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama and Romance
- Country
- United States
- Quiz
- 15 questions
The Screen Path journey
Before. After. Remember.
The featured film is watched outside Screen Path. The app provides the learning experience around it: a guide, an analysis, and a quiz with explanations.
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Before you watch
Start with a spoiler-free video guide to the context and filmmaking choices worth noticing.
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After the film
Return after watching for a deeper video analysis of craft, meaning, and legacy.
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Quiz yourself
Answer 15 questions with clear rationales designed to make the ideas stick.
15 questions in this journeyCitizen Kane is the complete public example: both learning videos and a five-question sample quiz are available below.
Start the example โFull cast
Full cast
- Tom HanksCharacter: Forrest Gump
- Robin WrightCharacter: Jenny Curran
- Gary SiniseCharacter: Lieutenant Dan Taylor
- Sally FieldCharacter: Mrs. Gump
- Mykelti WilliamsonCharacter: Bubba Blue
- Michael Conner HumphreysCharacter: Young Forrest Gump
- Hanna HallCharacter: Young Jenny Curran
- Haley Joel OsmentCharacter: Forrest Junior
- Siobhan Fallon HoganCharacter: School Bus Driver
- Rebecca WilliamsCharacter: Nurse at Park Bench
- Bob PennyCharacter: Crony
- Harold G. HerthumCharacter: Doctor
Full crew
Full crew
- Robert ZemeckisCredits: Director
- Alan SilvestriCredits: Original Music Composer, Conductor
- Steve TischCredits: Producer
- Don BurgessCredits: Director of Photography
- Arthur SchmidtCredits: Editor
- Steve StarkeyCredits: Producer, Second Unit Director
- Eric RothCredits: Screenplay
- Wendy FinermanCredits: Producer
- Ellen LewisCredits: Casting
- Dane FarwellCredits: Stunts
- Kacy MagedmanCredits: Art Department Coordinator
- William A. KohoutCredits: Hairstylist
- Linda BergerCredits: Assistant Art Director
- Daniel J. GilloolyCredits: Greensman
- Dan OndrejkoCredits: Greensman
- Paige AugustineCredits: Leadman
- Phillip V. CarusoCredits: Still Photographer
- Rudolph GarciaCredits: Set Costumer
- Stephen P. ShubinCredits: Set Costumer
- Jessica DrakeCredits: Dialect Coach
- Kevin ManganCredits: Greensman
- Chris L. SpellmanCredits: Leadman
- William James TeegardenCredits: Art Direction
- Steve ArnoldCredits: Assistant Art Director
- Hugo HerreraCredits: Greensman
- Tony FanningCredits: Assistant Art Director
- Rick CarterCredits: Production Design
- Hazel CatmullCredits: Hairstylist
- Wendy RichardsonCredits: Art Department Coordinator
- Doug ChiangCredits: Visual Effects Art Director
- Debbie DeniseCredits: Visual Effects Editor, Visual Effects Producer
- Kenneth KarmanCredits: Music Editor
- Lauren E. PolizziCredits: Set Designer
- Patricia BercsiCredits: Set Costumer
- Leslie McDonaldCredits: Art Direction
- Randy ThomCredits: Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Designer
- Robert ShoupCredits: Sound Effects Editor
- Stephen RosenbaumCredits: CG Supervisor
- Carin-Anne StrohmaierCredits: First Assistant Editor
- Gloria S. BordersCredits: Supervising Sound Editor
- Amy NessCredits: Location Manager
- E. Larry OatfieldCredits: Sound Effects Editor
- Dennis SandsCredits: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Bud DavisCredits: Stunt Coordinator
- George MurphyCredits: CG Supervisor
- Peggy PridemoreCredits: Location Manager
- James C. FengCredits: Set Designer
- Elizabeth LappCredits: Set Designer
- Michael McGovernCredits: Visual Effects Editor
- Dan BronsonCredits: Costume Supervisor
- Rick SharpCredits: Makeup Artist
- Jeff PassananteCredits: Construction Coordinator
- Claire GaulCredits: Leadman
- Susan Schuler-PageCredits: Hairstylist
- Robert GreenfieldCredits: Leadman
- Pamela WiseCredits: Costume Supervisor
- Joel MarrowCredits: Transportation Coordinator
- Mary MorganCredits: Location Manager
- Ken RalstonCredits: Visual Effects Supervisor
- Chris SquiresCredits: Camera Operator
- Jane E. RussellCredits: Unit Publicist
- Nancy HaighCredits: Set Decoration
- Jay CannistraciCredits: Makeup Artist
- Erin KempCredits: Set Designer
- Leslie CookCredits: Choreographer
- Charles NewirthCredits: Co-Producer, Unit Production Manager
- Joanna JohnstonCredits: Costume Design
- Erik TiemensCredits: Storyboard Artist
- Joe MontenegroCredits: Special Effects
- Winston GroomCredits: Novel
- William B. KaplanCredits: Production Sound Mixer
- Greg MaloneyCredits: Visual Effects
- John R. DoveCredits: Driver
- Judith A. CoryCredits: Hair Designer
- Sharon FelderCredits: Production Assistant
- Allen HallCredits: Special Effects Supervisor
- Steven J. BoydCredits: Post Production Supervisor
- Rick PorrasCredits: Post Production Supervisor
- Lindsey BuckinghamCredits: Thanks
- Robert J. GrodenCredits: Thanks
- Susan MalersteinCredits: Script Supervisor
- Jeremiah O'DriscollCredits: Assistant Editor
- Craig LymanCredits: Makeup Artist
- George HullCredits: Storyboard Artist
- Keith CampbellCredits: Stunts
- Alleene C. KeithCredits: Seamstress
- Wayne RobertsCredits: Transportation Co-Captain
- Bruce MoriartyCredits: First Assistant Director
- Andy RyanCredits: Gaffer, Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
- David R. ChristensenCredits: Lighting Technician
- Barry SpencerCredits: Construction Foreman
- Ismael Araujo Jr.Credits: Grip
- Jim DePueCredits: Driver
- Timothy GreenwoodCredits: Projection
- Stefan DechantCredits: Production Illustrator
- Tyler C. DaumCredits: Picture Car Coordinator
- Randy CantorCredits: Transportation Captain
- Bob KaiserCredits: Color Timer
- John GazdikCredits: First Assistant Camera
- Hallie D'AmoreCredits: Makeup Designer
- Joel SillCredits: Executive Music Producer
- Jessica FasmanCredits: Assistant Costume Designer
- Dan CornwallCredits: Electrician
- Samuel Ray JablonskiCredits: Painter
- E. Scott MayhughCredits: Rigging Grip
- Brett HaasCredits: Location Scout
- Scott MobleyCredits: Carpenter
- Amy PanzerCredits: Craft Service
- Joey BoxCredits: Utility Stunts
- Jonathan GaynorCredits: Sound Mixer
- David BrymerCredits: Casting Associate
- Debra JamesCredits: Production Coordinator
- William RossCredits: Orchestrator
- Michael TadrossCredits: Executive In Charge Of Production
- David Franklin BergadCredits: Assistant Sound Editor
- Anne CalanchiniCredits: Visual Effects Coordinator
- Earl SampsonCredits: Boom Operator
- Christiane SteffenCredits: Vocal Coach
- Cynthia QuanCredits: Production Accountant
- William AlfordCredits: Set Dresser
- Phil BensonCredits: Assistant Sound Designer
- David M. DunlapCredits: Second Unit Director of Photography
- Clare C. FreemanCredits: Foley Editor
- Tony EckertCredits: Foley Recordist
- Marian WildeCredits: Foley Editor
- Claire SanfilippoCredits: Dialogue Editor
- Dianna StirpeCredits: Dialogue Editor
- Sue FoxCredits: ADR Editor
- Ewa SztompkeCredits: Dialogue Editor
- Tom BarwickCredits: Foley Artist
- Robin L. MillerCredits: Property Master
- Dennie ThorpeCredits: Foley Artist
- Craig BilodeauCredits: Costume Assistant
- Allen RobinsonCredits: Stunt Double
- Eric RosenbergCredits: Graphic Designer
- Lennie AppelquistCredits: Additional Second Assistant Director
- Ken GorrellCredits: Special Effects Assistant
- Jeff 'Moose' HoweryCredits: Dolly Grip
- Timothy EatonCredits: Visual Effects Editor
- Chris FerroCredits: Location Assistant
- Nina SaxonCredits: Title Designer
- Michael J. HudsonCredits: Special Effects Technician
- John 'Jay' DevlinCredits: Second Company Grip
- Heather SmithCredits: Production Assistant
- Jamie DaddioCredits: Production Secretary
- Sam TaybiCredits: Best Boy Grip
- Patrick B. O'BrienCredits: Second Assistant Camera
- Tona B. DahlquistCredits: Extras Casting
- Robin RichessonCredits: Costume Illustrator
- Richard A. KelleyCredits: Assistant Camera
- Thomas BiancoCredits: Assistant Accountant
- Clarissa TroopCredits: Assistant Production Coordinator
- Charlie PuritanoCredits: Researcher
- Michael GastaldoCredits: Assistant Property Master
- Ben WexlerCredits: Casting Assistant
- Greg HymanCredits: Assistant Editor
- Dale A. DyeCredits: Technical Advisor
- Chris JohnsonCredits: Camera Loader
- Joe FulmerCredits: First Company Grip
- Eric TigniniCredits: Second Second Assistant Director
- Bob Finley IIICredits: Chief Lighting Technician
- Betty BirkowskiCredits: Costumer
- Louis RiveraCredits: Negative Cutter
- Stephanie AntoscaCredits: Assistant Location Manager
- Jim MorrisCredits: General Manager
- Tom WestCredits: Second Company Grip
- Jim HanksCredits: Stunt Double
- Dana J. KuznetzkoffCredits: Second Assistant Director
- Cherylanne MartinCredits: Second Assistant Director
- Tom JohnsonCredits: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Charlie EsteppCredits: Stunts
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