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This article was published 08/09/2014 (4411 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Forrest Gump, the simple man with the low IQ and tremendous heart, made movie magic 20 years ago.
Forrest Gump took $677 million in global box office after its 1994 opening and earned six Oscars — including best picture, best actor for Tom Hanks and best director for Robert Zemeckis.
But Gump’s biggest contribution to film history might be its beloved main character’s accidental seat at world history’s table. He meets presidents John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson. He inspires Elvis Presley and John Lennon.
“Forrest Gump inserted himself into the timeline of world history,” says author Winston Groom, whose 1986 novel was the film’s basis. “That has seeped into the American lexicon.”
Gump returns for its 20th anniversary in a digitally remastered version to select IMAX theatres — the first time in the format — and on home digital Sept. 16.
To celebrate, we asked those involved with the film to imagine where in history they’d bring Forrest Gump if a new movie were made today.
Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump):
“All the political figures would be too obvious, so Forrest would have chatted up both Mark Zuckerberg and the Winklevoss twins about how it would be nice if you had a book that would show a person’s face and make a friend.
“Forrest would have been in New Orleans for (2005 hurricane) Katrina, where his own common sense would have saved him and others. Momma would have told him to go high when the waters rise.”
Robert Zemeckis (director): “Forrest would be the reason that the Navy SEALs find Osama bin Laden. He opens a children’s orphanage in Jenny’s name in Pakistan. And this orphanage happens to be across from this compound where Osama bin Laden is. Forrest and this tall guy pace around this compound together. And Forrest calls him in to the CIA.”
Eric Roth (screenwriter): In the script for the proposed sequel “We had him meeting O.J. Simpson… We had him meeting Princess Diana in keeping with the serendipity of his life. We had him dancing with her, not in a romantic kind of way. He becomes a well-known ballroom dancer and they dance together. It was quite beautiful, really.”
Gary Sinise (Lt. Dan): “I’d want Forrest to meet Tom Hanks. He could pop up in the Cast Away movie, just come up behind a palm tree. He could play volleyball with Tom Hanks. Maybe Forrest Gump was a fellow FedEx employee.
— USA Today
