Synopsis:
This film tells the story of a man named Forrest Gump who was raised by his mother with great struggle. Forrest often ridiculed and shunned by his friends because his intelligence is below average. But outside his inability, he has the ability to run fast.
On the first day of school, he met Jenny, a girl near his home he had known since kindergarten, but a love unrequited. When he graduated high school, he signed up go into the military and sent to Vietnam, where he quickly made friends with a Negro man named Bubba, that convinces Forrest to participate in the shrimp business with him after the war. Forrest became a very instrumental in his platoon with the ability to run fast. He became the savior of many wounded soldiers and also helped his commander, so he received the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism.
Currently recovering from a nested bullet in his butt, he discovered the ability terpendamnya in pingpong. He also became famous table tennis athletes and bring his country into the international arena in a match against the Chinese team. In an anti-war demonstration in Washington, DC, he met Jenny, who has been living a hippie style.
Forrest Gump adults spend their time searching for the missing sister's childhood friend. He spent his savings to buy the shrimp boats as promised on Bubba. At first, his efforts always fail, but with hard work and never give up, and assisted by the commander who has retired due to disability, he also became a successful and able to finance the Bubba family.
One day, Jenny came back and met Forrest, who then proposed. Jenny refused, but felt compelled to prove his love for Forrest to sleep with him. Jenny then went early in the morning. Without thinking, Forrest chose to travel. Maybe on an impulse, he decided to run around the United States, for more than three and a half years, and become famous.
Returning later, he received a letter from Jenny, who saw it was running on television, asking him to come. After the meeting, Forrest realized that Jenny had had a boy, who is the son of two of them. Jenny told Forrest that Jenny is ill because of the virus. The three then went back to Greenbow, Alabama. Jenny and Forrest finally marry, but it was not long before Jenny died.
