Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump with JFK in Forrest Gump
Summary Forrest Gump featured Tom Hanks' title character interacting with several well-known historical figures. The 1994 movie, which was based on the 1986 Winston Groom novel of the same name, was directed by Robert Zemeckis from a screenplay by Eric Roth. It was a major sensation in the mid-1990s, becoming the second highest-grossing movie of the year worldwide thanks to a gross of $678.2 million against its $55 million budget.
In the movie, Presley is depicted as staying in the Gump household for a brief period in the early 1950s and taking inspiration from Forrest's dancing, which is limited by the leg braces that he wore as a child. The Frighteners' Peter Dobson portrayed Presley onscreen, though the rocker was voiced by Kurt Russell, who had previously played the role in John Carpenter's 1979 biopic Elvis.
The movie depicts Forrest Gump encountering George Wallace in 1963 when he becomes a student at the University of Alabama. There, he witnesses Wallace's demonstration against school desegregation that became known as the Stand in the Schoolhouse Door. Wallace appeared in the movie via archive footage, which was edited to include Hanks.
In the movie, after Gump excels at football and joins the all-American team, he meets President Kennedy, at which point he tells him he needs to pee. Kennedy's delighted reaction to Gump's statement was created with a combination of archive footage and special effects. The voice for the late President was provided by Jed Gillin, who also played JFK in 1995's The Misery Brothers and the 1999 short Evil Hill.
In Forrest Gump, Gump finds himself interacting with the iconic figure while attending the March on the Pentagon in 1967. In the movie, he is portrayed by actor Richard D'Alessandro, who would later become better known as a television performer with some of his most prominent roles including playing Dennis Capozza in The Sopranos and Gaspar Digregorio in Godfather of Harlem.
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