SCENEForrest Gump Meets President Lyndon B. Johnson
FILM FORMAT35mm
YEAR1994
CERTIFICATE IDNFV-000002176
Film RecordPublic record
National Film RegistryLibrary of Congress · Inducted 2011
“As "Forrest Gump," Tom Hanks portrays an earnest, guileless "everyman" whose open-heartedness and sense of the unexpected unwittingly draws him into some of the most iconic events of the 1960s and 1970s.”
Selected for preservation as culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.
Directed by
Robert Zemeckis
Studio
Paramount Pictures · 142 min
Box office
$678.2M worldwide on a $55M budget
Honors
Academy Awards — 6 wins, 13 nominationsNational Board of Review — 2 winsAmanda Award — 1 winAll 9 wins · 13 nominations on record
Academy Awards: Best Director
Academy Awards: Best Picture
Academy Awards: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Academy Awards: Best Film Editing
Academy Awards: Best Actor
Academy Awards: Best Visual Effects
National Board of Review: Best Film
National Board of Review: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
Amanda Award: Best Foreign Feature Film
Scholarship
Named in the title of 31 peer-reviewed works
Examples
Forrest Gump — Iverieli (National Parliamentary Library of Georgia), 2015
Forrest Gump, 2022
Forrest Gump: — State University of New York Press eBooks, 2017
Sources: Wikidata · Library of Congress · OpenAlex. The record of the motion picture, not an assessment of this cell.
FILM NOTES
Forrest Gump premiered in 1994 through Paramount Pictures, directed by Robert Zemeckis and adapted from Winston Groom's novel. Anchored by Tom Hanks in the title role, the film swept the Academy Awards, taking Best Picture and Best Director, and became a defining piece of 1990s American cinema for its blend of historical pastiche, sentiment, and technical innovation in weaving its protagonist into real archival footage.
This cell captures one of the film's celebrated historical insertions, placing Forrest Gump alongside President Lyndon B. Johnson. The sequence is part of what made the picture a technical landmark, as Hanks was digitally composited into genuine presidential footage, blurring documentary and fiction. Collectors seek this moment for its representation of the film's signature device, the everyman inserted into pivotal twentieth century history. It stands as a touchstone scene for those tracking Gump's episodic journey through American public life.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm Dolby SR·D theatrical release print of Forrest Gump (1994).
Gauge
35mm, four perforations per frame visible on both edges; the strip holds three frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges, evenly spaced, cleanly punched with no torn or deformed holes visible.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track runs along one edge beside the picture area, appearing as a dual bilateral variable-area pattern; Dolby Digital pixel blocks are visible in the inter-perforation gaps on the same edge, consistent with a Dolby SR·D combined track.
Edge print
A year number reading '1966' or similar is partially legible within the frame area; full edge key numbers and manufacturer text are not clearly resolved in this capture.
Base & colour
Base appears warm cream-yellow rather than neutral clear; dye image shows saturated colour with no obvious fading or red shift.
Projection history
No visible scratches, splice marks, or cue marks seen in this capture.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to show the same or nearly identical moment, consistent with a very short consecutive sequence from a release print; subject matter is consistent with a mid-1990s live-action drama.
Era check
The combined Dolby SR·D optical track layout and warm polyester base tint are consistent with a mid-1990s theatrical release print, matching the 1994 production date on record.
Read from the original intake capture shown below. Observations only — film is authenticated, not graded.
This original motion picture film element has been examined and authenticated by Crown Grading in partnership with National Film Vault, and encapsulated for archival preservation.
Why so little survivesRelease prints were leased to theaters, not sold. When the run ended they went back to the distributor to be destroyed, and most were. What collectors hold today came from the prints that escaped that order, and no new 35mm prints of these films are being struck.
CROWN SERIAL 000064033
Original Film CaptureAs received
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