Hanks also shares the reason why his career features few sequels
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Cast
Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump)Robin Wright (Jenny Curran)Gary Sinise (Lieutenant Dan Taylor)Sally Field (Mrs. Gump)Rebecca Williams (Nurse at Park Bench)Michael Conner Humphreys (Young Forrest)Harold G. Herthum (Doctor)George Kelly (Barber)Bob Penny (Crony)John Randall (Crony)Sam Anderson (Principal)Margo Moorer (Louise)Ione M. Telech (Elderly Woman)Christine Seabrook (Elderly Woman's Daughter)John Worsham (Southern Gentleman)Peter Dobson (Young Elvis Presley)Siobhan Fallon Hogan (School Bus Driver)Alexander Zemeckis (School Bus Boy)
Director
Robert Zemeckis
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Synopsis
The history of the United States from the 1950s to the '70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.
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