National Film Vault

FILM NOTES

Forrest Gump was released by Paramount Pictures in July 1994, directed by Robert Zemeckis and based on Winston Groom's 1986 novel. The film swept the Academy Awards, winning six Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director, and became one of the highest-grossing films of its decade. Its blend of personal storytelling against the backdrop of American history made it a defining cultural artifact of the 1990s.

This cell captures the scene titled Forrest Gump Meets President John F. Kennedy, showing Forrest Gump alongside President John F. Kennedy inside the White House. The three frames present the same meeting, with slight variations in framing and exposure across adjacent cells, the final frame appearing noticeably lighter than its neighbors.