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Forest Gump

Friday, November 14, 2025

Hamilton

Friday, November 21, 2025

Youve Got Mail

Friday, November 28, 2025

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Forest Gump

Run Time: 2 hours and 22 minutes

In 1981 a feather lands at a bus stop in Savannah, Georgia, where Forrest
Gump recounts his life story to strangers on a bus bench.

In 1950s Alabama, Forrest is fitted with leg braces to correct a curved
spine. His mother runs a boarding house out of their home. Among their
tenants is Elvis Presley, who incorporates Forrest's jerky dance movements
into his performances. On his first day of school, Forrest befriends a girl
named Jenny Curran.

Forrest is often bullied because of his physical disability and low
intelligence. While fleeing from several bullies, his leg braces break off,
revealing Forrest to be a very fast runner. This talent eventually allows
him to receive a football scholarship at the University of Alabama in 1963,
where he is coached by Bear Bryant, and witnesses Governor George Wallace's
Stand in the Schoolhouse Door, during which he returns a dropped book to
Vivian Malone Jones. Forrest becomes a top kick returner, is named to the
All-American team, and meets President John F. Kennedy at the White House.

After graduating college in 1966, Forrest is drafted into the U.S. Army
where he befriends Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue, who convinces Forrest to go
into the shrimping business with him after their service. They arrive in
Vietnam in 1967 and serve with the 9th Infantry Division in the Mekong
Delta. Their platoon is ambushed during a patrol, Bubba is killed in action,
and Forrest saves several wounded platoon mates  including his lieutenant,
Dan Taylor. Forrest is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism by
President Lyndon B. Johnson.

At the anti-war March on the Pentagon rally, Forrest meets Abbie Hoffman and
briefly reunites with Jenny, who has been living a hippie lifestyle. He also
develops a talent for ping-pong, and becomes a sports celebrity as he
competes against Chinese teams in ping-pong diplomacy, earning him an
interview alongside John Lennon on The Dick Cavett Show, influencing the
song "Imagine". He spends the 1971 New Year's Eve in New York City with Dan,
who lost his legs in Vietnam and has become deeply embittered. Forrest meets
President Richard Nixon, who grants him a room in the Watergate Hotel, where
he unwittingly exposes the Watergate scandal.

Discharged from the Army, Forrest returns to Alabama and endorses a
ping-pong paddle manufacturer, using the earnings to buy a shrimping boat in
Bayou La Batre, fulfilling his promise to Bubba. Dan joins Forrest in 1974,
and their lack of success changes when their boat becomes the sole survivor
of Hurricane Carmen. They create the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, Dan
reconciles himself to his disabilities, and finally thanks Forrest for
saving his life. Forrest returns home to his mother as she dies of cancer.
Dan invests in Apple Computer and the two become millionaires, but Forrest
also shares their earnings with the community and Bubba's family.

Jenny returns to stay with Forrest in 1976, recovering from years of child
abuse, drugs, and prostitution. When Forrest proposes to her, she tells him
she loves him and the two have sex, but she leaves the next morning.
Heartbroken, Forrest spends the next three years in a relentless
cross-country run.

In 1981, Forrest reveals that he is waiting at the bus stop because he
received a letter from Jenny inviting him to visit. She introduces him to
their son, Forrest Gump Jr. Jenny tells Forrest she is sick with an unknown
incurable virus, and the three move back to Alabama. Jenny and Forrest
marry, but she dies a year later. Forrest sends his son off on his first day
of school as the feather from the movie's opening floats on the wind.

Cast

A man is at the center of the image smiling into the camera. He is sitting
on a blue crate and has his hands resting on his legs.

A man is at the center of the image looking at the camera. He is dressed in
Vietnam War-era military attire

Tom Hanks and Gary Sinise on the film set in 1993

Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump: At an early age, Forrest is deemed to have a
below-average IQ of 75. He has an endearing character and shows devotion to
his loved ones and duties, character traits that bring him into many
life-changing situations. Along the way, he encounters many historical
figures and events throughout his life. Hanks also briefly plays Nathan
Bedford Forrest in The Birth of a Nation scene.

Michael Conner Humphreys as young Forrest Gump: Hanks revealed in interviews
that instead of having Humphreys copy his accent, he incorporated Humphreys'
unique Southern accented drawl into the older character's accent.[6]

Robin Wright as Jenny Curran: Forrest's childhood friend with whom he
immediately falls in love, and never stops loving throughout his life. A
victim of child sexual abuse at the hands of her bitter, widowed father,
Jenny embarks on a different path from Forrest, leading a self-destructive
life and becoming part of the hippie movement in California in the 1960s and
the following Me Decade's sex and drug culture of the 1970s. She re-enters
Forrest's life at various times in adulthood. Jenny eventually becomes a
waitress in Savannah, Georgia, where she lives in an apartment with her (and
Forrest's) son, Forrest Jr. They eventually get married, but soon afterward
she dies from complications due to an unnamed disease. This unknown disease
was intended by Winston Groom, the author of the original novel, to be
Hepatitis C, itself an "unknown virus" until defined in April 1989,[7][8]
although some of the makers of the film have said that they intended for the
unknown disease to have been HIV/AIDS.[9][10][11]

Hanna R. Hall as young Jenny Curran.

Gary Sinise as Lieutenant Dan Taylor: Forrest and Bubba Blue's platoon
leader during the Vietnam War, whose ancestors have died in every U.S. war
and who regards it as his destiny to do the same. After losing his legs in
an ambush and being rescued against his will by Forrest, he is initially
bitter and antagonistic toward Forrest for leaving him a "cripple" and
denying him his family's destiny, falling into a deep depression. He later
serves as Forrest's first mate at the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, gives most
of the orders, becomes wealthy with Forrest, and regains his will to live.
He ultimately forgives and thanks Forrest for saving his life. By the end of
the film, he is engaged to be married to his fiancée Susan and is sporting
"magic legs"  titanium alloy prosthetics that allow him to walk again.

Mykelti Williamson as Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue: Bubba was originally
supposed to be the senior partner in the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, but due
to his death in Vietnam, their platoon leader, Dan Taylor, took his place.
The company posthumously carried his name. Forrest later gave Bubba's mother
(Marlena Smalls) Bubba's share of the business. Throughout filming,
Williamson wore a lip attachment to create Bubba's protruding lip.[12]

Sally Field as Mrs. Gump: Forrest's mother. Field reflected on the
character, "She's a woman who loves her son unconditionally. ... A lot of
her dialogue sounds like slogans, and that's just what she intends."[13]

Haley Joel Osment as Forrest Gump Jr.: Osment was cast in the film after the
casting director noticed him in a 1993 Pizza Hut commercial. It was his
debut feature film role.[14][15]

Peter Dobson as Elvis Presley: Although Kurt Russell was uncredited, he
provided the voice for Elvis in the scene.[16]

Dick Cavett as himself: Cavett played a de-aged version of himself in the
1970s, with makeup applied to make him appear younger. Consequently, Cavett
is the only well-known figure in the film to play a cameo role rather than
be represented through the use of archival footage like John Lennon, Alabama
Governor George Wallace, and Presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson,
and Richard Nixon.[17]

Sam Anderson as Principal Hancock: Forrest's elementary school principal.

Geoffrey Blake as Wesley: A member of the SDS group and Jenny's abusive
boyfriend.

Siobhan Fallon Hogan as Dorothy Harris: The school bus driver who drives
Forrest, and later his son, to school.

Sonny Shroyer as Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant.

Grand L. Bush, Michael Jace, Conor Kennelly, and Teddy Lane Jr. as the Black
Panthers.

Richard D'Alessandro as Abbie Hoffman.

Tiffany Salerno and Marla Sucharetza as "Cunning" Carla and "Long-Limbs"
Lenore: a couple of prostitutes that Forrest and Dan spend a New Year's
evening with and later turn away.[18][19]

Hamilton

Run time: 2 hours and 40 minutes

Youve Got Mail

Runn time 1 hour and 59 minutes

On Manhattan's Upper West Side, Kathleen Kelly runs The Shop Around the
Corner, an independent children's bookstore she inherited from her mother.
Her romantic partner is Frank Navasky, a left-leaning columnist for The New
York Observer.[a]

While Frank is devoted to his typewriter, Kathleen prefers her laptop and
using her AOL email account, under the screen name "Shopgirl", to exchange
messages with "NY152", whom she first met in a chatroom. They agreed not to
share specifics about their personal lives.

"NY152" is Joe Fox's screen name.[b] Joe's family runs Fox Books, a major
bookstore chain, and he is dating Patricia Eden, an abrasive publisher.

Joe is overseeing the opening of a new storefront, just a few blocks from
The Shop Around the Corner. Kathleen's three shop assistantsGeorge, Birdie,
and Christinaworry the new Fox Books will hurt business, but Kathleen
dismisses their concerns.

While on an outing with his 11-year-old aunt Annabel and 4-year-old
half-brother Matthew, Joe takes them to Kathleen's store for a storytime
event. He and Kathleen meet, but when she expresses disdain for the new Fox
Books store, he withholds his last name.

Later that week, Kathleen learns Joe's true identity when they meet again at
a book publishing party. She accuses Joe of deception and spying, while he
belittles her store, earning each other's hostility.

"Shopgirl" emails "NY152" asking for business advice; he urges she fight
back. Frank pens a column supporting The Shop Around the Corner that draws
widespread attention, leading to talk show appearances, news coverage, and
picketing outside Fox Books. Joe is aggravated by the negative publicity,
but his father insists it will blow over once they open.

"Shopgirl" and "NY152" arrange to meet at a café. Joe arrives with Kevin,
his Fox Books store manager. Kevin peeks through the window and informs Joe
that his pen pal is actually his professional nemesis. Joe initially walks
away, then joins Kathleen at the table without revealing his online
identity. They clash again, and Kathleen insults him, causing Joe to leave.

Kathleen believes "NY152" never showed up. Later that night, "Shopgirl"
emails "NY152" to say she finally stood up to an unpleasant person but now
feels terrible about it. "NY152" apologizes for not being there and assures
Kathleen that anything she said to the other person was likely deserved and
probably provoked.

Despite efforts to save The Shop Around the Corner, business steadily
declines, while the new Fox Books thrives. Kathleen closes the store and
decides she will write children's books. Later, she and Frank amicably end
their relationship. Joe breaks up with Patricia and realizes his feelings
for Kathleen. He slowly builds a face-to-face relationship with her, without
revealing his online identity.

Eventually, "NY152" arranges another meeting with "Shopgirl". Right before
the meetup, Joe sees Kathleen and confesses his feelings, imploring her to
forgive his past animosity. Kathleen becomes emotional, hinting she feels
the same but cannot forego her feelings for "NY152".

Upon arriving at the meeting place, Kathleen, hearing a voice calling for
Brinkley, "NY152's" dog, realizes it is Joe Fox. She admits she hoped it
would be him, and they kiss.

Cast

Tom Hanks as Joe Fox

Meg Ryan as Kathleen Kelly

Katie Sagona as young Kathleen Kelly

Parker Posey as Patricia Eden

Jean Stapleton as Birdie

Dave Chappelle as Kevin

Steve Zahn as George

Dabney Coleman as Nelson Fox, Joe's father

Greg Kinnear as Frank Navasky

Heather Burns as Christina

John Randolph as Schuyler Fox

Deborah Rush as Veronica Grant

Hallee Hirsh as Annabel Fox

Jeffrey Scaperrotta as Matt Fox

Cara Seymour as Gillian Quinn

Michael Badalucco as Charlie

Veanne Cox as Miranda Margulies

Bruce Jay Friedman as Vince Mancini

Sara Ramirez as Rose, the cashier

Reiko Aylesworth as a Thanksgiving guest

Kathryn Meisle as Cecilia Kelly

Chris Messina as a Fox salesperson

Jane Adams as TV interviewer Sydney Anne (uncredited)

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