National Film Vault

FILM NOTES

Forrest Gump was released by Paramount Pictures in July 1994, directed by Robert Zemeckis from Eric Roth's adaptation of Winston Groom's novel. The film became one of the defining cultural touchstones of its decade, earning six Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director. Tom Hanks's performance anchored a story that wove fictional characters through decades of American history, and the film remains among the highest-grossing productions of the 1990s.

This cell, titled Young Forrest and Young Jenny, captures three consecutive frames from a quiet childhood moment shared between Young Forrest Gump, played by Michael Conner Humphreys, and Young Jenny Curran, played by Hanna Hall. The frames show the two children close together, preserving on original 35mm film stock the tender early bond between these characters that anchors the emotional core of the entire story.