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Forrest Gump

Summary: The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal and other historical events unfold from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, whose only desire is to be reunited with his childhood swe...

Release Date: July 06, 1994

Genres: Drama, Romance

Directors: Robert Zemeckis

Writers: Winston Groom

Runtime: 2 h 22 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Paramount Pictures, The Steve Tisch Company, Wendy Finerman Productions

Distributor: Paramount Pictures

Country: United States

Movie budget: $ 55,000,000

Domestic: $ 330,455,270

International: $ 347,771,195

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