"humor tiresome and banal. Gump and Co. Gump & Co. (or Forrest Gump and Co.) is a 1995 novel by Winston Groom. It is the sequel to his novel ""Forrest Gump"" (1986), and the Academy Award-winning film of the same name released in 1994, with Tom Hanks. It was written to chronicle Forrest's life throughout the 1980s. On the first page, Forrest Gump tells readers ""Don't never let nobody make a movie of your life's story,"" though ""Whether they get it right or wrong, it don't matter."" However, the character is not an idiot savant, as in the first book,"
"... some hope for their lot and their position in life ... I got that from the movies a hundred million times when I was a kid. I still do."" Hanks won his second Best Actor Academy Award for his role in ""Forrest Gump"", becoming only the second actor to have accomplished the feat of winning consecutive Best Actor Oscars. (Spencer Tracy was the first, winning in 1937–38. Hanks and Tracy were the same age at the time they received their Academy Awards: 37 for the first and 38 for the second.) Hanks' next role—astronaut and commander Jim Lovell, in"
"was awarded the Academy Award for Best Production Design alongside Robert Stromberg and Kim Sinclair. In 2013, Carter won his second Academy Award, for production design on Steven Spielberg's biopic, ""Lincoln"". Rick Carter Rick Carter (born 1950) is an American production designer and art director. He is known for his work in the film ""Forrest Gump"", which earned him an Oscar nomination, as well as numerous nominations of other awards for his work in ""Amistad"" and ""A.I. Artificial Intelligence"". Other films include ""Cast Away"", ""War of the Worlds"", ""What Lies Beneath"", ""Jurassic Park"", ""Avatar"", and ""Back to the Future Part"
"Winston Groom Winston Francis Groom, Jr. (born March 23, 1943) is an American novelist and non-fiction writer. He is known for writing ""Forrest Gump"", which was adapted into a film by Robert Zemeckis in 1994. The film became a cultural phenomenon, and won six Academy Awards. He published a sequel, ""Gump and Co."", in 1995. He has also written numerous non-fiction works, on diverse subjects including the American Civil War and World War I. Groom was born in Washington, D.C., and was raised in Mobile County, Alabama, where he attended University Military School (now known as UMS-Wright Preparatory School). Groom's"
"Blu-ray in June 2018. ""Forrest Gump"" won Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Hanks won the previous year for ""Philadelphia""), Best Director, Best Visual Effects, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Film Editing at the 67th Academy Awards. The film was nominated for seven Golden Globe Awards, winning three of them: Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Best Director – Motion Picture, and Best Motion Picture – Drama. The film was also nominated for six Saturn Awards and won two for Best Fantasy Film and Best Supporting Actor (Film). In addition to the film's multiple awards and nominations, it"
"during his career. He won a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in ""Philadelphia"" (1993), as well as a Golden Globe, an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a People's Choice Award for Best Actor for ""Forrest Gump"" (1994). In 1995, Hanks became one of only two actors who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in consecutive years, with Spencer Tracy being the other. In 2004, he received the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). In 2014, he"
"Haley Joel Osment Haley Joel Osment (born April 10, 1988) is an American actor. After a series of roles in television and film during the 1990s, including a major part in ""Forrest Gump"" playing the title character's son (also named Forrest Gump), Osment rose to fame for his performance as a young unwilling medium in M. Night Shyamalan's thriller film ""The Sixth Sense"", which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He subsequently appeared in leading roles in several high-profile Hollywood films, including Steven Spielberg's ""A.I. Artificial Intelligence"" and Mimi Leder's ""Pay It Forward"". He"
"the independent World War II film ""."" Michael Conner Humphreys Michael Conner Humphreys (born March 1, 1985) is an American actor best known for playing young Forrest Gump in the 1994 film of the same name, a performance for which he was nominated for a Young Artist Award. Humphreys was born in the small town of Independence, Mississippi. In 1993, when he was eight years old, he attended an open casting call in Memphis, Tennessee for ""a young Tom Hanks with light eyes and a quirky disposition."" The casting team particularly taken by his thick Southern accent, he was selected"
"Rick Carter Rick Carter (born 1950) is an American production designer and art director. He is known for his work in the film ""Forrest Gump"", which earned him an Oscar nomination, as well as numerous nominations of other awards for his work in ""Amistad"" and ""A.I. Artificial Intelligence"". Other films include ""Cast Away"", ""War of the Worlds"", ""What Lies Beneath"", ""Jurassic Park"", ""Avatar"", and ""Back to the Future Part II"" and ""Part III"". Many of the films that he has worked on are directed by Steven Spielberg or Robert Zemeckis. For his part in the Art Direction of ""Avatar"", he"
"success and won three Academy Awards. In 1990, Zemeckis commented, when asked if he would want to make non-comedies, ""I would like to be able to do everything. Just now, though, I'm too restless to do anything that's not really zany."" In 1992, Zemeckis directed the black comedy ""Death Becomes Her"", starring Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn and Bruce Willis. Although his next film would have some comedic elements, it was Zemeckis's first with dramatic elements, and was also his biggest commercial success to date, ""Forrest Gump"" (1994). Starring Tom Hanks in the title role, and borrowing to some extent from"
"Carolina. Extensive visual effects were used to incorporate Hanks into archived footage and develop other scenes. The soundtrack features songs reflecting the different periods seen in the film. Released in the United States on July 6, 1994, ""Forrest Gump"" received favorable reviews for Zemeckis' directing, Hanks' performance, visual effects, and script. The film was a massive success at the box office; it became the top-grossing film in North America released that year and earned over worldwide during its theatrical run, making it the second highest-grossing film of 1994. The soundtrack sold over 12 million copies. ""Forrest Gump"" won the Academy"
"the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on March 4, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Jamie Lee Curtis. ""Forrest Gump"" won six awards, including Best Picture. Other winners included ""Ed Wood"", ""The Lion King"", and ""Speed"" with two awards, and ""The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert"", ""Blue Sky"", ""Bob's Birthday"", ""Bullets over Broadway"", ""Burnt by the Sun"", ""Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life"", ""Legends of the Fall"", ""The Madness of King George"", """", ""Pulp Fiction"", ""A Time for Justice"" and ""Trevor"" with one. The telecast garnered more than 48 million viewers"
"the age of 21 in the fields of film, television, theater and music. ★ Bold indicates the winner in each category. ★ Brad Renfro - ""The Client"" (Warner Bros. Pictures) ★ Anna Chlumsky - ""My Girl 2"" (Columbia Pictures) ★ - ""North"" (Columbia Pictures) ★ Kirsten Dunst - ""Little Women"" (Columbia Pictures) ★ Haley Joel Osment - ""Forrest Gump"" (Paramount) ★ Hanna Hall - ""Forrest Gump"" (Paramount) ★ Courtland Mead - ""Dragonworld"" (Paramount) ★ Marne Patterson - """" (Taweel-Loos and Company) ★ Wil Horneff - ""The Yearling"" (CBS) ★ Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly - """" (USA Network) ★ Shawn Toovey -"
"carefully nuanced performance that deserves an Oscar."" Hanks won the 1993 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in ""Philadelphia"". During his acceptance speech, he revealed that his high school drama teacher Rawley Farnsworth and former classmate John Gilkerson, two people with whom he was close, were gay. Hanks followed ""Philadelphia"" with the 1994 hit ""Forrest Gump"" which grossed a worldwide total of over $600 million at the box office. Hanks remarked: ""When I read the script for ""Gump"", I saw it as one of those kind of grand, hopeful movies that the audience can go to and feel"
"Forrest Gump (character) Forrest Gump is a fictional character and the protagonist of the 1986 novel by Winston Groom, Robert Zemeckis's 1994 film of the same name, and ""Gump and Co."", the written sequel to Groom's novel. In the film, Forrest is a philanthropist and former war veteran, businessman, and college football player who bears witness to various significant occurrences in the 20th century. He exudes a compassionate, optimistic, and tenacious attitude in the face of countless setbacks and strives to help every person he meets despite his strong naivety. Throughout his life, he maintains a sincere love for his"
"Michael Conner Humphreys Michael Conner Humphreys (born March 1, 1985) is an American actor best known for playing young Forrest Gump in the 1994 film of the same name, a performance for which he was nominated for a Young Artist Award. Humphreys was born in the small town of Independence, Mississippi. In 1993, when he was eight years old, he attended an open casting call in Memphis, Tennessee for ""a young Tom Hanks with light eyes and a quirky disposition."" The casting team particularly taken by his thick Southern accent, he was selected to play the role of young Forrest"
"Robert Zemeckis Robert Lee Zemeckis (; born May 14, 1952) is an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter frequently credited as an innovator in visual effects. He first came to public attention in the 1980s as the director of ""Romancing the Stone"" (1984) and the science-fiction comedy ""Back to the Future"" film trilogy, as well as the live-action/animated comedy ""Who Framed Roger Rabbit"" (1988). In the 1990s he directed ""Death Becomes Her"" and then diversified into more dramatic fare, including 1994's ""Forrest Gump"", for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director. The film itself won Best Picture."
"virtue of his second straight win in both music categories, Alan Menken became the third person to win two Oscars in two consecutive years. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (). The award recognizes individuals whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the motion picture industry. The following individuals (in order of appearance) presented awards or performed musical numbers: After the success of the previous year's ceremony which won several Emmys and critical acclaim, the Academy rehired producer Gil Cates for the fourth consecutive year. In February 1993, actor and comedian Billy Crystal"
"Ford Coppola and her grandfather, Carmine's previous wins, her victory in the Original Screenplay category made her the second third-generation Oscar winner in history. At age thirteen, Best Actress nominee Keisha Castle-Hughes became the youngest nominee in that category until being surpassed by Quvenzhané Wallis, who was nine at the time of her nomination, in 2013. With Sean Penn and Tim Robbins's respective wins in the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor categories, ""Mystic River"" became the fourth film to win both male acting awards. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (). The"
"multiple Academy Award-winning blockbuster ""Forrest Gump"" (1994). His other Executive Producing credits include: Zookeeper (2011) ; Brad Silberling's ""City of Angels"" (1998) starring Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan; Rob Reiner's true-life drama ""Ghosts of Mississippi"" (1996) with Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg and James Woods; ""The American President"" (1995), also for director Rob Reiner, starring Michael Douglas and Annette Bening and Jon Turteltaub's ""Phenomenon"" (1996) starring John Travolta. He also served as a co-producer on the Barry Levinson films ""Toys"" (1992), the multiple Oscar-nominated ""Bugsy"" (1991) and as an associate producer on Barry Levinson's ""Avalon"" (1990). Raised in Scarsdale, New York,"
"winner. Like producer Sam Zimbalist, Horning was awarded his second Oscar posthumously, as both he and Zimbalist had died while the movie was still being filmed. To date, Horning is the only person ever to win posthumous Academy Awards in consecutive ceremonies. William A. Horning William Allen Horning (November 9, 1904 – March 2, 1959) was an American two-time Academy Award winner. He was married to Esther Montgomery until his death. At the 31st Academy Awards ceremony for 1958, Horning received a posthumous Academy Award for Best Art Direction for that year's Best Picture winner, ""Gigi"". The following year, he"
"Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Hanks, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Visual Effects, and Best Film Editing. It won many other awards and nominations, including Golden Globes, People's Choice Awards, and Young Artist Awards. Varying interpretations have been made of the protagonist and the film's political symbolism. In 1996, a restaurant based on the film, Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, opened, and has since expanded to locations worldwide. 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"". In 1981, Forrest Gump recounts"
"with ""Entertainment Weekly"" writing in 2004, ""Nearly a decade after it earned gazillions and swept the Oscars, Robert Zemeckis's ode to 20th-century America still represents one of cinema's most clearly drawn lines in the sand. One half of folks see it as an artificial piece of pop melodrama, while everyone else raves that it's sweet as a box of chocolates."" Produced on a budget of $55 million, ""Forrest Gump"" opened in 1,595 theaters in its first weekend of domestic release, earning $24,450,602. Motion picture business consultant and screenwriter Jeffrey Hilton suggested to producer Wendy Finerman to double the P&A (film"
"Roger Rabbit"" (1988) and ""Forrest Gump"" (1994). In addition to these Oscars, Schmidt has won several ""Eddies"" from the American Cinema Editors for """" (with Craig Wood and Stephen E. Rivkin, 2003), ""Forrest Gump"", and for a television special ""The Jericho Mile"" (1979). He has been nominated for major editing awards (including the BAFTA Award for Best Editing) for ""Coal Miner's Daughter"" (1980), ""Back to the Future"" (with Harry Keramidas, 1985), ""The Last of the Mohicans"" (with Dov Hoenig, 1992), and ""Cast Away"" (2000). He was the executive producer for ""The Labyrinth"" (2010). Schmidt received the 2009 American Cinema Editors"
"Woody Allen's earlier ""Zelig"", ""Forrest Gump"" tells the story of a man with a low I.Q., who unwittingly participates in some of the major events of the twentieth century, falls in love, and interacts with several major historical figures in the process. The film grossed $677 million worldwide and became the top-grossing U.S. film of 1994; it won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (for Hanks) and Best Director (for Zemeckis). In 1997, Zemeckis directed ""Contact"", a long-gestating project based on Carl Sagan's 1985 novel of the same name. The film centers on Eleanor Arroway, a scientist played"
"in the United States, making it the most watched Oscars telecast since the 55th Academy Awards in 1983. The nominees for the 67th Academy Awards were announced on February 14, 1995, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Arthur Hiller, the president of the Academy, and actress Angela Bassett. ""Forrest Gump"" earned the most nominations with thirteen. It was the most nominated film since 1966's ""Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"" and the fifth film to earn that many nominations. ""Bullets over Broadway"", ""The Shawshank Redemption"", ""Pulp Fiction"" tied for second with seven each. The winners were announced"
"writing a screenplay dealing with the Madoff-Chais scandal. Eric Roth Eric R. Roth (born March 22, 1945) is an American screenwriter. He won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for ""Forrest Gump"" (1994). He also co-wrote the screenplays for several Oscar-nominated films: ""The Insider"" (1999), ""Munich"" (2005), ""The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"" (2008), and ""Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"" (2012). Roth was born in New York City, New York, into a Jewish family, the son of Miriam ""Mimi"", a teacher, studio executive, and radio writer, and Leon Roth, a university teacher and film producer. He grew up in Bedford–Stuyvesant,"
"Eric Roth Eric R. Roth (born March 22, 1945) is an American screenwriter. He won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for ""Forrest Gump"" (1994). He also co-wrote the screenplays for several Oscar-nominated films: ""The Insider"" (1999), ""Munich"" (2005), ""The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"" (2008), and ""Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"" (2012). Roth was born in New York City, New York, into a Jewish family, the son of Miriam ""Mimi"", a teacher, studio executive, and radio writer, and Leon Roth, a university teacher and film producer. He grew up in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn in New York. He grew up boxing"
"for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election. After Trump insulted John McCain during his campaign, questioning McCain's bravery because he was captured as a prisoner of war, Sinise rebuked Trump. Gary Sinise Gary Alan Sinise (; born March 17, 1955) is an American actor, director and musician. Among other awards, he has won an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame and has been nominated for an Academy Award. Sinise is known for several memorable roles. These include George Milton in ""Of Mice and Men"", Lieutenant Dan Taylor in ""Forrest Gump"" (for which"
"– ""Forrest Gump"" 1995: Nicolas Cage as Ben Sanderson – ""Leaving Las Vegas"" 1996: Geoffrey Rush as David Helfgott – ""Shine"" 1997: Peter Fonda as Ulysses ""Ulee"" Jackson – ""Ulee's Gold"" 1998: Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank – ""The Truman Show"" 1999: Kevin Spacey as Lester Burnham – ""American Beauty"" 2000: Russell Crowe – ""Gladiator"" as Maximus Decimus Meridius 2001: Russell Crowe – ""A Beautiful Mind"" as John Nash 2002: Jack Nicholson – ""About Schmidt"" as Warren Schmidt 2003: Sean Penn – ""Mystic River"" as Jimmy Markum 2004: Paul Giamatti – ""Sideways"" as Miles Raymond 2005: Philip Seymour Hoffman –"
"married during the filming of TNT's production of ""Buffalo Soldiers"". Mykelti Williamson Michael T. ""Mykelti"" Williamson (born March 4, 1957) is an American actor best known for his roles in the films ""Forrest Gump"" and ""Con Air"", and the television shows ""Boomtown"", ""24"", and ""Justified"". In 2016, he portrayed Gabriel Maxson in Denzel Washington's acclaimed film adaptation of August Wilson's play ""Fences"", reprising his role from the 2010 Broadway revival. His other notable roles include ""Free Willy"", ""Heat"", ""Lucky Number Slevin"", ""Three Kings"", ""Black Dynamite"", ""The Final Destination"", ""ATL"", ""Species II"", and """". Williamson was born in St. Louis, Missouri."
"produced several critically acclaimed films including ""Forrest Gump"", ""American History X"", and ""Snatch"". Tisch received a Best Motion Picture Academy Award and a Golden Globe for ""Forrest Gump"", which was nominated for 13 Academy Awards and won six, and remains one of the highest domestic box office grossing films in history. He is also the only person ever with a Golden Globe, an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award nomination, and a Super Bowl Ring. He is currently a partner in Escape Artists, an independently financed film production company based at Sony Pictures Entertainment that is the result of a"
"the remainder of their career. Notable examples include Yakima Canutt (""Ben-Hur"", 1959) and Michael D. Moore, who worked on more than sixty films, including ""Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"" (1969), ""Patton"" (1970), and the first three Indiana Jones films in the 1980s. It is common for certain personnel involved with a production in another capacity to also function as a second unit director, benefiting from their understanding of the material and relationship with the production's director or producers. For example, English actor Andy Serkis, who plays Gollum, was second unit director on Peter Jackson's three-part adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's"