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intereact!Actors: Joe Alaskey, Sam Anderson, Geoffrey Blake, Charles Boswell, and Michael Burgess
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Retail Price (not our price): $14.98
Release Date: 2001-08-28
Theatrical Release Date: 1994
Studio: Paramount
Run Time: 141 minutes
Format: Array
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Discs: 2
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Amazon.com essential video
The Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Best Director Robert Zemeckis, and Best Actor Tom Hanks, this unlikely story of a slow-witted but good-hearted man somehow at the center of the pivotal events of the 20th century is a funny and heartwarming epic. Hanks plays the title character, a shy Southern boy in love with his childhood best friend (Robin Wright) who finds that his ability to run fast takes him places. As an All-Star football player he meets John F. Kennedy; as a soldier in Vietnam he's a war hero; and as a world champion Ping-Pong player he's hailed by Richard Nixon. Becoming a successful shrimp-boat captain, he still yearns for the love of his life, who takes a quite different and much sadder path in life. The visual effects incorporating Hanks into existing newsreel footage is both funny and impressive, but the heart of the film lies in its sweet love story and in the triumphant performance of Hanks as an unassuming soul who savors the most from his life and times. --Robert Lane
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5
1) This DVD is like a box of chocolates [Rating: 5 out of 5]
One of the greatest films of all time... and definitely one of the two best Tom Hanks performances EVER! The other, of course, is Philadelphia... with a close third for "Cast Away". My opinion, of course. I highly recommend this film for everyone. Male, female; young, old; conservative or liberal. Everyone will find something in this film to relate to and love.2) Great movie [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Fascinating movie.I'm going watch again and again. You can find everything in this movie: joy, sadness, love,some cruelty of war, a lot jokes, serenity and big, big hope and belief in human being.3) Great movie [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I bought this dvd to share with my 6 yr old son. I played the dvd and it immediately captured my son. After the movie was over the first thing he asked was "can we watch again daddy". I love this movie and so dose my son. The other day he was outside running around the house I opened up the window and said "run Forrest run" He started laughing and said "good one dad good one". Buy this movie!!!!!4) Forrest Gump [Rating: 4 out of 5]
I hated this movie at first. I had to go out in the lobby during the combat scene. Even though I did not go to Vietnam, I felt like I did. Forrest moves from Elvis and The Beatles to the disco era. He finds himself in Washington, D.C., the ordinary man caught up in extraordinary circumstances. I later developed an affection for Tom Hanks' character when I went to D.C. with my son. We joked about Forrest's girl friend, Jenny, running through the Reflecting Pool. The story ends with Jenny dying of AIDS. Seeing the quintessential boomer life unfold can be painful.5) I thought about Jenny all the time ... [Rating: 5 out of 5]
"I don't remember being born, I don't remember what I got for my first birthday and I don't remember going on my first outdoor picnic ... but I do remember the first time I heard the sweetest voice in whole wide world." -- Forrest GumpI have to be honest with you and just say that I'm a fool for sentimental movies like this. This is actually one of my all-time favorites. I usually find myself disappearing into this movie during flu season and when I'm confined to the couch for a week suffering in pain. Watching Forrest Gump seems to make things better, sooner.While that might sound corny, and you might be rolling your eyes, I usually feel better every time just watching it. The truth about the success of this movie is that most people identify with it, because unless you're a sycophantic sociopath, there are many times when the majority of us feel inferior, or less than or unable to meet the demands of our life - rendering us a little blue, sad, debilitated ... take your pick. Knowing that there is someone in the world like Forrest, probably gives us the hope that you're going to be alright if you hang on and don't obsess on your flaws. Forrest Gump is a lot of different things to different people. Mostly, it just takes you out of whatever you're in and does a pretty consistent job at making you feel that much better. Even if it's just for a little while.I'll spare you the repetitious information regarding any technical information about the DVD or the cast, as to date there are 543 reviews on this, 397 "5 star" and 42 "1 star", and 10 pages of posts on IMDb. Another reviewer stated that this was an introspective look into the Baby Boomers generation, and while I've never been a fan of the Baby Boomers per se, as most of the would-be flower children that briefly took up residences in communes, would later switch-off and drift into the largest group of corporate raiders in the history of this nation. Not much of a legacy there. But the character of Forrest speaks to more than just one single generation, or even one single man or one journey. Forrest Gump is an amalgam of several people, this according to Winston Groom and the reason why so many people identify with it. While the book is a worthy and interesting read, the film trumps."I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is ..."