On July 6, 1994, the movie Forrest Gump opened in U.S. theaters.
A huge box-office success, the film starred Tom Hanks in the title
role of Forrest, a good-hearted man with a low I.Q. who winds up
at the center of key cultural and historical events of the second
half of the 20th century.
Forrest Gump received 13 Academy Award nominations and took
home six Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading
Role (Hanks) and Best Director (Robert Zemeckis).
The film also won an Oscar for its then-cutting-edge computer-
generated imagery (CGI) special effects, which incorporated
Forrest Gump into existing news footage with famous world
figures including John F. Kennedy, John Lennon and Richard
Nixon.
