TY - ADVS AU - Zemeckis,Robert AU - Tisch,Steve AU - Finerman,Wendy AU - Starkey,Steve AU - Roth,Eric AU - Burgess,Don AU - Schmidt,Arthur AU - Silvestri,Alan AU - Hanks,Tom AU - Wright,Robin AU - Sinise,Gary AU - Williamson,Mykelti AU - Field,Sally AU - Groom,Winston ED - Paramount Pictures Corporation. TI - Forrest Gump T2 - Widescreen DVD collection SN - 0792174844 PY - 2001/// CY - Hollywood, CA PB - Paramount Pictures KW - Groom, Winston, KW - People with mental disabilities KW - United States KW - Drama KW - Love KW - Romance films KW - lcgft KW - Comedy films KW - Fiction films KW - War films KW - Film adaptations KW - Feature films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - Originally produced as a motion picture in 1994; Based on the novel by Winston Groom; Special features: Commentary by director Robert Zemeckis, producer Steve Starkey, and production designer Rick Carter; and by producer Wendy Finerman; Through the eyes of Forrest Gump (documentary) (ca. 29 min.); The magic of makeup; Through the ears of Forrest Gump (sound design); Building the world of Gump (production design); Seeing is believing (the visual effects); photo gallery; screen tests; theatrical trailer; Forrest Gump -- Behind the magic of Forest Gump; Director of photography, Don Burgess ; editor, Arthur Schmidt ; music, Alan Silvestri ; production designer, Rick Carter ; costume designer, Joanna Johnston; Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, Sally Field; MPAA rating: PG-13; for drug content, some sensuality and war violence N2 - The story follows the life of low I.Q. Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) and his meeting with the love of his life Jenny. The film chronicles his accidental experiences with some of the most important people and events in America from the late 1950's through the 1970's including a meeting with Elvis Presley, JFK, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, fighting in Vietnam, etc. The problem is, he doesn't realize the significance of his actions. Forrest comes to embody a generation ER -