Friday October 16th

Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump is a 1994 comedy-drama film about a kind-hearted Alabama man with a low IQ who unintentionally shapes and witnesses major historical events in 20th-century America.

Raised by his loving mother, Forrest overcomes leg braces as a child and discovers he can run at incredible speeds. His speed wins him a football scholarship to the University of Alabama. Later, he joins the army, serves in the Vietnam War, and becomes a national ping-pong champion. He starts a successful shrimping business called the Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. with his former commanding officer, Lieutenant Dan, and makes a fortune investing in Apple. Throughout his journey, Forrest remains devoted to his childhood sweetheart, Jenny Curran, who struggles through the turbulent counterculture movements of the 1960s and 1970s..