Quotes from Forrest Gump

 "I don't know if we each have a destiny or if we're all just floatin' accidental - like a breeze."

 - Forrest Gump

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 "Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates.  You never know what you're going to get."
-Forrest Gump

 "There's an awful lot you can tell about a person by their shoes"
-Forrest Gump
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"Shrimp is the fruit of the sea."
  - Bubba

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Forrest Gump is a 1994 American epic comedy-drama romance film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom. The film was directed by Robert Zemeckis and starred Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise and Sally Field. The story depicts several decades in the life of Forrest Gump, a naïve and slow-witted yet athletically prodigious native of Alabama who witnesses, and in some cases influences, some of the defining events of the latter half of the 20th century; more specifically, the period between Forrest's birth in 1945 and 1982.

The film earned over $677 million worldwide during its theatrical run. It won the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director for Robert Zemeckis, Best Actor for Tom Hanks, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Visual Effects and Best Film Editing. It also won multiple other awards and nominations, including Golden Globe Awards, People's Choice Awards and Young Artist Awards, among others. In 2011, the Library of Congress selected Forrest Gump for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."