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As a boy in 1956, Forrest has an IQ of 75 and is fitted with leg braces to correct a curved spine. He lives in Greenbow, Alabama, with his mother, who runs a boarding house and encourages him to live beyond his disabilities. Among their temporary tenants is a young Elvis Presley, who plays the guitar for Forrest and is inspired to incorporate the boy's jerky leg and hip movements into his performances. On his first day of school, Forrest meets a girl named Jenny Curran, and the two become best friends. Jenny is a victim of sexual abuse at the hands of her widowed, alcoholic father, but she is later removed from his custody.

a b c Corliss, Richard; Julie Grace; Martha Smilgis (August 1, 1994). "The World According to Gump". Time. Archived from the original on July 31, 2011 . Retrieved October 20, 2010. Groom's dispute with Paramount was later effectively resolved after Groom declared he was satisfied with Paramount's explanation of their accounting, this coinciding with Groom receiving a seven-figure contract with Paramount for film rights to another of his books, Gump & Co. [88] This film was never made, remaining in development hell for at least a dozen years. [89] Home video [ edit ] Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016 . Retrieved October 2, 2020. Alexander, Bryan (July 5, 2019). "Is there a real Forrest Gump? 25 years after Tom Hanks' film, we have answers". USA Today . Retrieved August 14, 2023. Smith, Neil (June 16, 2017). "9 stars who turned down great film roles". BBC News. Archived from the original on June 29, 2021 . Retrieved June 29, 2017.

Burr, Ty (June 20, 1994). "Loss of innocence: 'Forrest Gump' at 10". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on January 13, 2012 . Retrieved October 20, 2010. Film critic Pauline Kael came out of retirement to bash the film on a book tour; by year's end, New York Times reviewer Janet Maslin had gone from mildly praising the film in her initial review to putting it on her worst of 1994 list, describing Forrest as a "hollow man" who's 'self-congratulatory in his blissful ignorance, warmly embraced as the embodiment of absolutely nothing.' D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah (1sted.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.Polowy, Kevin (March 18, 2019). "The 'Forrest Gump' sequel that never was, from O.J. to Oklahoma City". Yahoo! Entertainment. Yahoo!. Archived from the original on June 20, 2022 . Retrieved June 19, 2022. It [the Forrest Gump sequel] was gonna start with his little boy having AIDS. And people wouldn't go to class with him in Florida. We had a funny sequence where they were [desegregation] busing in Florida at the same time, so people were angry about either the busing, or [their] kids having to go to school with the kid who had AIDS. So there was a big conflict. All Time Box Office Domestic Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on August 3, 2018 . Retrieved December 11, 2019. Fretts, Bruce (November 3, 1995). "Get Barry". Entertainment Weekly. p.2. Archived from the original on April 25, 2009 . Retrieved October 20, 2010. Various interpretations have been made of the protagonist and the film's political symbolism. In 2011, the Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". [3] [4] [5] Plot [ edit ] This famous quote from the 1994 film Forrest Gump perfectly sums up the life of its titular character, a simple man who led an extraordinary life.

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