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Forrest Gump

1994 film directed by Robert Zemeckis
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Summary

Forrest Gump is a film[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 100 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Robert Zemeckis[3]
  • Screenwriter: Eric Roth[4]
  • Composer: Alan Silvestri[5]
  • Genre: coming-of-age film[6], flashback film[7], comedy film[8], drama film[9], historical drama[10], romantic comedy film[11], tragicomedy[12], American football film[13]
  • Based on: Forrest Gump[14]
  • Cast member: Tom Hanks[15], Gary Sinise[16], Sally Field[17], Robin Wright[18], Mykelti Williamson[19], Haley Joel Osment[20], Hanna R. Hall[21], Mary Ellen Trainor[22], Sam Anderson[23], Kurt Russell[24], Peter Dobson[25], Rebecca Williams[26], Michael Conner Humphreys[27], Harold G. Herthum[28]

Why It Matters

Forrest Gump is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Alan Silvestri

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . FilmAffinity. Retrieved . fotogramas.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . masslive.com. masslive.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . FilmAffinity. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Online-Filmdatenbank. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Online-Filmdatenbank. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Online-Filmdatenbank. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Online-Filmdatenbank. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Online-Filmdatenbank. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ampas collections film id → W061577
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ampas collections film id: W061577, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290954|batch #290954]]"
  2. 8d ago · Kwayst · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14724 → 8416530
    Sitelink count → 137
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ar', 'ary', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bn', 'br'
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14724: 8416530, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/302043830|Forrest Gump (#302043830)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8232|Garance item (film"
  3. 4w ago · ~2026-49340-12 · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filming location → California, Santa Monica, Ambassador Hotel +9
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Filming location: Chippewa Square"
  4. 6w ago · Gerwoman · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Decine21 film id → 3637
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Decine21 film id: 3637, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/204256230|Forrest Gump (#204256230)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7078|Decine21 film]] #mix'n"
  5. 6w ago · Nk · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Screenwriter → Eric Roth
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Screenwriter: Winston Groom"
  6. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 5134
    P14821 → 109830
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 109830, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269672|batch #269672]]"
  7. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14671 → 32823
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  8. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4XL5Kl
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  9. 14w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14567 → SID0003972
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  10. 15w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14587 → 33
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14587: 33, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/296211302|フォレスト・ガンプ/一期一会 (#296211302)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8113|1SCREEN movies]] #mix"
  11. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Deutsche synchronkartei film id → 1100
    Golden id → Forrest_Gump-63K5X
    Cinémathèque québécoise work id → 8958
    Zhihu topic id → 19580323
    + 169 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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