National Film Vault

FILM NOTES

Forrest Gump was released by Paramount Pictures in the summer of 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 remains among the highest-grossing films in American cinema history. Its blend of personal narrative against the sweep of postwar American life secured its place as a landmark of mainstream Hollywood storytelling.

This cell carries the confirmed title Jenny Curran and captures Robin Wright in that role across three consecutive frames from a single interior shot. Jenny stands before a wall hung with framed artwork, wearing a light patterned top, the sequential nature of the frames preserving a quiet, unguarded moment as the camera moves through its natural motion-picture progression.