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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 2024
Page
14
Thirty years ago Forrest Gump released nationwide starring Tom Hanks Gary Sinise and Robin Wright under director Robert Zemeckis. It grossed over 330 million in the United States and 678 million worldwide and won six Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Leading Actor Best Director and Best Visual Effects.
Winston Groom wrote the 1986 novel about a savant with adventures and compassion. Warner Bros paid $350,000 plus 3 percent net profits for film rights, but interest faded after Rain Man. Paramount then pursued the project before Robert Zemeckis directed with Tom Hanks. The final script by Eric Roth altered Groom’s plot, removing the savant angle and adding new episodes. Budget cuts, missed sequences, and salary deferrals shaped the production. Forrest Gump opened July 6, 1994, earning $24 million in its first weekend and becoming a top grossing film, while Groom received no share of profits. Paramount later paid Groom seven figures for a sequel novel Gump & Co.
The project featured actors considered include Bill Murray Bill Paxton Chevy Chase and John Travolta before Tom Hanks accepted the lead an hour and a half after reading the script Hanks would win back to back Best Actor Oscars The film shot in Beaufort South Carolina and Savannah Georgia with key Vietnam field explosions and bench scenes filmed in Chippewa Square
A young Forrest Gump wears leg braces to straighten his spine while the film places him with famous figures through computer effects and stand-in actors. Elvis Presley, a boarder at the Gump home, mimics Gumps stage gait and performance.
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