Cinema Retro has received the following press release from Paramount Home Video:
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – On July 6, 1994 moviegoers met a man named Forrest Gump whose story was
both a deeply personal and affecting odyssey and a universal meditation on our
times. Hailed as “magical†(Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times) and
filled with “startling grace†(Peter Travers, Rolling Stone), FORREST
GUMP became not only a global blockbuster, but a true cultural
touchstone.
25 years later, FORREST
GUMP remains a treasured cinematic classic that is beloved and
quoted the world over. Tom Hanks gives an astonishing performance as
Forrest, an everyman whose simple innocence comes to embody a generation.
Alongside his mamma (Sally Field), his best friend Bubba (Mykelti Williamson),
his commanding officer Lieutenant Dan (Gary Sinise), and his favorite girl
Jenny (Robin Wright), Forrest has a ringside seat for the most memorable events
of the second half of the 20th century.
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
and written for the screen by Eric Roth (based on the novel by Winston Groom), FORREST
GUMP won six Academy Awards® including Best Picture, Best Director,
Best Actor (Tom Hanks), Best Writing, Best Film Editing and Best Visual Effects.
NEW TWO-DISC BLU-RAY
A newly remastered version
of FORREST GUMP is now available in a two-disc Blu-ray. The
set includes access to a Digital copy of the film as well as over three hours
of previously released bonus content detailing the creative efforts that went
into making the enduring classic:
Disc
1
·
Commentary by Robert Zemeckis, Steve Starkey and Rick Carter
·
Commentary by Wendy Finerman
·
Musical Signposts to History
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Introduction by Ben Fong-Torres
Disc
2
·
Greenbow Diary
·
The Art of the Screenplay Adaptation
·
Getting Past Impossible—Forrest Gump and the Visual Effects
Revolution
·
Little Forrest
·
An Evening with Forrest Gump
·
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 of Forrest Gump
·
Screen Tests
·
Trailers
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SELECT THEATRICAL SCREENINGS
In addition, on June 23rd
and 25th, FORREST GUMP will return to the big screen
in more than 600 cinemas nationwide for two screenings each day as Fathom
Events and Paramount present the film. For information and tickets, visit
www.FathomEvents.com.