TOP 10 DRAMA MOVIES
1.THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION(1994)
The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 American drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman.Adapted from the Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, the film portrays the story of Andy Dufresne, a banker who spends nearly two decades in Shawshank State Prison for the murder of his wife and her lover despite his claims of being innocent. During his time at the prison, he befriends a fellow inmate, Ellis "Red" Redding, and finds himself protected by the guards after the warden begins using him in his money laundering operation.Despite a lukewarm box office reception that was barely enough to cover its budget, the film received favorable reviews from critics, multiple award nominations, and has since enjoyed a remarkable life on cable television, VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray, even being included in the American Film Institute's 100 Years…100 Movies 10th
Anniversary Edition.
Cast
1.Tim Robbins as Andy Dufresne: The main character of the film.
2.Morgan Freeman as Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding: Andy's best friend and the film's narrator. Before Freeman was cast, Clint Eastwood, Harrison Ford, Paul Newman, and Robert Redford were each considered for the role. Although written as a middle-aged Irishman with greying red hair (as in the novella), Darabont cast Freeman for his authoritative presence and demeanor, because he could not see anyone else as Red.
3.Bob Gunton as Warden Samuel Norton: The warden of Shawshank and the primary antagonist. He is obsessed with the Bible and presents himself as a pious, devout, Christian and reform-minded administrator, but his actions reveal him to be in truth corrupt, ruthless, and remorseless.
4.William Sadler as Heywood: a member of Red's gang of long-sentence convicts.
5.Clancy Brown as Capt. Byron Hadley: Chief of the guards and the secondary antagonist. 6.Hadley is an intemperate guard who thinks nothing of delivering beatings to the inmates to keep them in line. When cast for the role, Brown declined the offer to study real-life prison guards as preparation for his role, because he did not want to base it on any one person.[4]
7.Gil Bellows as Tommy Williams: a young convict whose experiences in a previous prison hold the truth about Andy's innocence.
8.Mark Rolston as Bogs Diamond: the head of "The Sisters" gang and a prison rapist. He assaults Andy a number of times, but Hadley puts a stop to it by beating Bogs seriously enough to permanently paralyze him.
9.James Whitmore as Brooks Hatlen: prison librarian/trustee and one of the oldest convicts at Shawshank. Upon his release, he finds himself unable to cope with life on the outside, and commits suicide. Darabont cast Whitmore because he was one of his favorite character actors.
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2.127 HOURS(2010)
127 Hours is a 2010 biographical adventure film produced, co-written and directed by Danny Boyle.The film stars James Franco as real-life mountain climber Aron Ralston,who became trapped by a boulder in Robbers Roost, Utah, for more than five days in early 2003 before amputating his arm with a dull knife.The film, based on Ralston's autobiography Between a Rock and a Hard Place, was written by Boyle and Simon Beaufoy and produced by Christian Colson (both of whom had previously teamed up with Boyle on Slumdog Millionaire) and John Smithson. The music was scored by A. R. Rahman who had also previously worked with Boyle on Slumdog Millionaire. The film was well-received by critics and was nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Actor (James Franco).
Cast
1.James Franco as Aron Ralston.
2.Amber Tamblyn and Kate Mara as Megan McBride and Kristi Moore, two hikers Ralston met before the accident.
3.Clémence Poésy as Rana, Ralston's lover.
4.Lizzy Caplan as Sonja Ralston, Ralston's sister.
5.Treat Williams as Larry Ralston, Ralston's father.
6.Kate Burton as Donna Ralston, Ralston's mother.
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3.MONTEVIDEO,GOD BLESS YOU(2010)
Montevideo, God Bless You, internationally titled "Montevideo, Taste of a Dream" is a 2010 Serbian film directed by Dragan Bjelogrlic. The story is based on the novel Montevideo, Bog te video by the Serbian sport journalist Vladimir Stankovic, about the events leading to the participation of the Yugoslavia national football team in the first FIFA World Cup in Montevideo, Uruguay in July 1930. The film has gained considerable media attention throughout 2010 and is achieving significant box office success in Serbia since its release on December 21, 2010.As of February 18th 2011, more than 400,000 people watched the film in Serbia and Montenegro.
Cast
1.Miloš Bikovic as Aleksandar Tirnanic – Tirke, a young man from Cubura, forced to chose between working in a factory and football.
2.Petar Strugar as Blagoje-Moša Marjanovic, footballer of BSK, the only professional at the time, and is paid per every goal he scores.
3.Nina Jankovic as Valerija, an eccentric Belgrade artist and painter, who hangs out among Belgrade's elite.
4.Danina Jeftic as Rosa, Tirke's love interest, who works at her uncle Rajko's tavern.
5.Milutin Mima Karadžic as Rajko, owner of the local tavern.
6.Branimir Brstina as Bogdan Boca
7.Vojin Cetkovic as Mihajlo Andrejevic Andrejka
8.Nebojša Ilic as Boško Simonovic Dunster, who becomes the national team's coach later in the film.
9.Nikola Ðuricko as Živkovic
10.Sergej Trifunovic as Nacelnik Komatina
11.Viktor Savic as Milutin Ivkovic Milutinac
12.Predrag Vasic as Little Stanoje, a shoeshine boy, he considers himself as Tirke's best friend, and he lives under poor conditions and has a leg deformity.
13.Srdan Todorovic as Bora Jovanovic
14.Slobodan Boda Ninkovic as Kustodic
15.Marko Živic as Isak
16.Aleksandar Radojcic as Milorad Arsenijevic Balerina
17.Uroš Jovicic as Ðorde Vujadinovic Ðokica Nosonja
18.Bojan Krivokapic as Momcilo Ðokic Gusar
19.Andrija Kuzmanovic as Milovan Jakšic Jakša
20.Nenad Herakovic as Dragoslav Mihajlovic Vampir
21.Rade Cosic as Teofilo Spasojevic
22.Milan Nikitovic as Branislav Sekulic Bane
23.Tamara Dragicevic as Eli
24.Branislav Lecic as King Alexander
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4.PULP FICTION(1999)
Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American crime film directed by Quentin Tarantino, who cowrote its screenplay with Roger Avary. The film is known for its rich, eclectic dialogue, ironic mix of humor and violence, nonlinear storyline, and host of cinematic allusions and pop culture references. The film was nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Picture; Tarantino and Avary won for Best Original Screenplay. It was also awarded the Palme d'Or at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. A major critical and commercial success, it revitalized the career of its leading man, John Travolta, who received an Academy Award nomination, as did costars Samuel L. Jackson and Uma Thurman.Directed in a highly stylized manner, Pulp Fiction joins the intersecting storylines of Los Angeles mobsters, fringe players, small-time criminals, and a mysterious briefcase. Considerable screen time is devoted to conversations and monologues that reveal the characters' senses of humor and perspectives on life. The film's title refers to the pulp magazines and hardboiled crime novels popular during the mid-20th century, known for their graphic violence and punchy dialogue. Pulp Fiction is self-referential from its opening moments, beginning with a title card that gives two dictionary definitions of "pulp". The plot, as in many of Tarantino's other works, is presented out of chronological sequence.
The picture's self-reflexivity, unconventional structure, and extensive use of homage and pastiche have led critics to describe it as a prime example of postmodern film. Considered by some critics a black comedy,the film is also frequently labeled a "neo-noir".Critic Geoffrey O'Brien argues otherwise: "The old-time noir passions, the brooding melancholy and operatic death scenes, would be altogether out of place in the crisp and brightly lit wonderland that Tarantino conjures up. [It is] neither neo-noir nor a parody of noir".Similarly, Nicholas Christopher calls it "more gangland camp than neo-noir", and Foster Hirsch suggests that its "trippy fantasy landscape" characterizes it more definitively than any genre label.Pulp Fiction is viewed as the inspiration for many later movies that adopted various elements of its style. The nature of its development, marketing, and distribution and its consequent profitability had a sweeping effect on the field of independent cinema (although it is not an independent film itself). Considered a cultural watershed, Pulp Fiction's influence has been felt in several other media.
Cast
1.John Travolta as Vincent Vega: Tarantino cast Travolta in Pulp Fiction only because Michael Madsen, who had a major role—Vic Vega—in Reservoir Dogs, chose to appear in Kevin Costner's Wyatt Earp instead. Madsen was still rueing his choice over a decade later. Harvey Weinstein pushed for Daniel Day-Lewis in the part.Travolta accepted a bargain rate for his services—sources claim either $100,000 or $140,000—but the film's success and his Oscar nomination as Best Actor revitalized his career.Travolta was subsequently cast in several hits including Get Shorty, in which he played a similar character, and the John Woo blockbuster Face/Off. In 2004, Tarantino discussed an idea for a movie starring Travolta and Madsen as the Vega brothers; the concept remains unrealized.
2.Samuel L. Jackson as Jules Winnfield: Tarantino had written the part with Jackson in mind, but the actor nearly lost it after his first audition was overshadowed by Paul Calderon's. Jackson assumed the audition was merely a reading. Harvey Weinstein convinced Jackson to audition a second time, and his performance of the final diner scene won over Tarantino.Jules was originally scripted with a giant afro, but Tarantino and Jackson agreed on the Jheri-curled wig seen in the film.(One reviewer took it as a "tacit comic statement about the ghettoization of blacks in movies".)Jackson received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Calderon appears in the movie as Paul, a bartender at Marsellus's social club.
3.Uma Thurman as Mia Wallace: Miramax favored Holly Hunter or Meg Ryan for the role. Alfre Woodard and Meg Tilly were also considered, but Tarantino wanted Thurman after their first meeting.She dominated most of the film's promotional material, appearing on a bed with cigarette in hand. She was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar and was launched into the celebrity A-list. She took little advantage of her newfound fame, choosing not to do any big-budget films for the next three years.Thurman would later star in Tarantino's two Kill Bill movies.
4.Bruce Willis as Butch Coolidge: Willis was a major star, but most of his recent films had been box-office disappointments. As described by Peter Bart, taking a role in the modestly budgeted film "meant lowering his salary and risking his star status, but the strategy...paid off royally: Pulp Fiction not only brought Willis new respect as an actor, but also earned him several million dollars as a result of his gross participation."Willis's appearance and physical presence were crucial to Tarantino's interest in casting him: "Bruce has the look of a 50s actor. I can't think of any other star that has that look."
5.Harvey Keitel as Winston Wolf or simply "The Wolf": The part was written specifically for Keitel, who had starred in Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs and was instrumental in getting it produced. In the filmmaker's words, "Harvey had been my favorite actor since I was 16 years old."Keitel had played a character similarly employed as a "cleaner" in Point of No Return, released a year earlier.
6.Tim Roth as "Pumpkin" or "Ringo": Roth had starred in Reservoir Dogs alongside Keitel and was brought on board again. He had used an American accent in the earlier film, but uses his natural, London one in Pulp Fiction. Though Tarantino had written the part specifically with Roth in mind, TriStar head Mike Medavoy preferred Johnny Depp or Christian Slater.
7.Amanda Plummer as Yolanda or "Honey Bunny": Tarantino wrote the role for Plummer, specifically to partner Roth onscreen. Roth had introduced the actress and director, telling Tarantino, "I want to work with Amanda in one of your films, but she has to have a really big gun."Plummer followed up with director Michael Winterbottom's Butterfly Kiss, in which she plays a serial killer.
8.Maria de Medeiros as Fabienne: Butch's girlfriend. Tarantino met the Portuguese actress while traveling with Reservoir Dogs around the European film festival circuit.She had previously costarred with Thurman in Henry & June (1990), playing Anaïs Nin.
Ving Rhames as Marsellus Wallace: Before Rhames was cast, the part was offered to Sid Haig, who had appeared in many classic exploitation movies of the 1970s. Haig passed on the role.According to Bender, Rhames gave "one of the best auditions I've ever seen."His acclaimed performance led to his being cast in big-budget features such as Mission Impossible, Con Air, and Out of Sight.
9.Eric Stoltz as Lance: Vincent's drug dealer. Courtney Love later reported that Kurt Cobain was originally offered the role of Lance; if he had taken it, Love would have played the role of his wife.Tarantino, however, denies that he ever even met Cobain, much less offered him a role in the movie.
10.Rosanna Arquette as Jody: Lance's wife. Pam Grier read for the role, but Tarantino did not believe audiences would find it plausible for Lance to yell at her.Grier was later cast as the lead of Tarantino's Jackie Brown. Ellen DeGeneres also read for Jody.
11.Christopher Walken as Captain Koons: Walken appears in a single scene, devoted to the Vietnam veteran's monologue about the gold watch. In 1993, Walken had appeared in another small but pivotal role in the "Sicilian scene" in the Tarantino-written True Romance.
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5.ONE FLEW OVER CUCKOO'S NEST(1975)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 American drama film directed by Miloš Forman and based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Ken Kesey. There had also been a stage version of the book in 1963, but the film derives directly from the novel.
The film was the second to win all five major Academy Awards, (Best Picture, Actor in Lead Role, Actress in Lead Role, Director, and Screenplay) following It Happened One Night in 1934, an accomplishment not repeated until 1991 by The Silence of the Lambs.
The movie was filmed at Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Oregon, which was the setting of the novel. The film is #20 on the American Film Institute's 100 Years... 100 Movies list.
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The film was the second to win all five major Academy Awards, (Best Picture, Actor in Lead Role, Actress in Lead Role, Director, and Screenplay) following It Happened One Night in 1934, an accomplishment not repeated until 1991 by The Silence of the Lambs.
The movie was filmed at Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Oregon, which was the setting of the novel. The film is #20 on the American Film Institute's 100 Years... 100 Movies list.
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Cast
1.Jack Nicholson as Randle McMurphy
2.Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched
3.William Redfield as Dale Harding
4.Will Sampson as "Chief" Bromden
5.Brad Dourif as Billy Bibbit
6.Sydney Lassick as Charlie Cheswick
7.Danny DeVito as Martini
8.Christopher Lloyd as Max Taber
9.Dean R. Brooks as Dr. John Spivey
10.William Duell as Jim Sefelt
11.Vincent Schiavelli as Frederickson
12.Delos V. Smith as Scanlon
13.Michael Berryman as Ellis
14.Nathan George as Attendant Washington
15.Marya Small as Candy
16.Scatman Crothers as Orderly Turkle
17.Louisa Moritz as Rose
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6.BLACK SWAN(2010)
Black Swan is a 2010 American psychological thriller film directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, and Mila Kunis. Its plot revolves around a production of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake ballet by a prestigious New York City company. The production requires a ballerina to play both the innocent White Swan and the sensual Black Swan. One dancer, Nina (Portman), is a perfect fit for the White Swan, while Lily (Kunis) has a personality that matches the Black Swan. When the two compete for the parts, Nina finds a dark side to herself.Aronofsky conceived the premise by connecting his viewings of a production of Swan Lake with an unrealized screenplay about understudies and the notion of being haunted by a double, similar to the folklore surrounding doppelgängers. The director also considered Black Swan a companion piece to his 2008 film The Wrestler, with both films involving demanding performances for different kinds of art. He and Portman first discussed the project in 2000, and after a brief attachment to Universal Pictures, Black Swan was produced in New York City in 2009 by Fox Searchlight Pictures. Portman and Kunis trained in ballet for several months prior to filming and notable figures from the ballet world helped with film production to shape the ballet presentation. The film premiered as the opening film for the 67th Venice International Film Festival on September 1, 2010. It had a limited release in the United States starting December 3, 2010 and opened nationwide on December 17.
Natalie Portman won the Academy Award for Best Actress, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama, the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for the film, as well as in many other guilds and festivals for the Best Actress award.
Cast
1.Natalie Portman as Nina Sayers/The Swan Queen
2.Mila Kunis as Lily / The Black Swan
3.Vincent Cassel as Thomas Leroy/The Gentleman
4.Barbara Hershey as Erica Sayers / The Queen
5.Winona Ryder as Beth MacIntyre/The Dying Swan
6.Benjamin Millepied as David
7.Ksenia Solo as Veronica
8.Kristina Anapau as Galina
9.Janet Montgomery as Madeline
10.Sebastian Stan as Andrew
11.Toby Hemingway as Tom
12.Sergio Torrado as Sergio
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7.THE KING'S SPEECH(2010)
The King's Speech is a 2010 British historical drama film directed by Tom Hooper and written by David Seidler. It was nominated for 14 BAFTAs, of which it won seven; 12 Academy Awards nominations, of which it won four including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor; and seven Golden Globes, with Colin Firth winning for Best Actor.Firth plays King George VI, who, to overcome his stutter, is introduced to Lionel Logue, an unorthodox speech therapist played by Geoffrey Rush. The two men become friends as they work together, and after his brother abdicates, the new king relies on Logue to help him make a radio broadcast at the beginning of World War II.
David Seidler began reading about George VI after overcoming his own stutter during his youth and, using informed imagination, wrote about the men's relationship. Nine weeks before filming, Logue's notebooks were discovered and quotations from them were incorporated into the script. Principal photography took place in London and other locations in Britain, in December 2009 and early January 2010. The film was released in the United States on 24 December 2010 and in the United Kingdom on 7 January 2011. It was initially classified with a "15" rating in Britain, due to strong language in a speech therapy context; this was downgraded after criticism.
The King's Speech was the highest earning film for three weekends in a row at the British box office until Tangled took over. The film has been widely praised by film critics for its visual style, art direction and acting. Other commentators discussed the film's representation of the historical events it portrays, in particular the reversal of Winston Churchill's opposition to abdication.
The film received many awards and nominations, mostly for Colin Firth. The film was nominated for seven Golden Globes, winning Best Actor – Drama for Firth. Furthermore, the film also nominated for fourteen BAFTAs, the most of the other films, winning seven, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Firth, and both Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress for both Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter, respectively. The film was also nominated for twelve Academy Awards, the most of the other films, and ended up winning four, all in the major category including Best Picture, Best Director for Tom Hooper, Best Actor for Firth and Best Original Screenplay for David Seidler.
Cast
1.Colin Firth as Prince Albert, Duke of York / King George VI
2.Helena Bonham Carter as Elizabeth, Duchess of York / Queen Elizabeth
3.Geoffrey Rush as Lionel Logue
4.Guy Pearce as Edward, Prince of Wales / King Edward VIII
5.Michael Gambon as King George V
6.Timothy Spall as Winston Churchill
7.Jennifer Ehle as Myrtle Logue
8.Derek Jacobi as Cosmo Gordon Lang (Archbishop of Canterbury)
9.Anthony Andrews as Stanley Baldwin
10.Eve Best as Wallis Simpson
11.Freya Wilson as Princess Elizabeth
12.Ramona Marquez as Princess Margaret
13.Claire Bloom as Queen Mary
14.Tom Hooper cameo as Radio Engineer
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9.THE SOCIAL NETWORK(2010)
The Social Network is a 2010 semi-biographical drama film about the founding of the social networking website Facebook and the resulting lawsuits. The film was directed by David Fincher and features an ensemble cast including Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Brenda Song, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella, Rashida Jones, Joseph Mazzello, and Rooney Mara.
The film won three Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Film Editing.
Aaron Sorkin adapted his screenplay from Ben Mezrich's 2009 nonfiction book The Accidental Billionaires. Sorkin also makes a cameo appearance as a would-be advertiser. Neither founder Mark Zuckerberg nor any other member of the Facebook team was involved with the project, although Eduardo Saverin was a consultant for Mezrich's story.The film was released in the United States by Columbia Pictures on October 1, 2010 to critical acclaim.
The film won the Best Motion Picture – Drama Golden Globe at the 68th Golden Globe Awards on January 16, 2011.The film also won the awards for Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Original Score, making it the film with the most wins of the night.
The film won the awards for the Best Editing, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Director at the BAFTA, February 13, 2011.
Cast
1.Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg
2.Andrew Garfield as Eduardo Saverin
3.Justin Timberlake as Sean Parker
4.Brenda Song as Christy Lee
5.Armie Hammer as Cameron Winklevoss/Tyler Winklevoss
6.Josh Pence as the body double for Hammer as Tyler Winklevoss
7.Max Minghella as Divya Narendra
8.Rashida Jones as Marylin Delpy
9.Joseph Mazzello as Dustin Moskovitz
10.Rooney Mara as Erica Albright
11.Dustin Fitzsimons as The Phoenix S-K Club President
12.Patrick Mapel as Chris Hughes
13.Douglas Urbanski as Larry Summers
14.Wallace Langham as Peter Thiel
15.Dakota Johnson as Amelia Ritter
16.Malese Jow as Alice Cantwel
17.Denise Grayson as Gretchen
18.Trevor Wright as Josh Thompson
19.John Getz as Sy
20.Shelby Young as K.C.
21.David Selby as Gage
22.Jason Flemyng (uncredited) as Spectator
23.Aaron Sorkin (uncredited) as Advertiser
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10.FOREST GRUMP(1994)
Forrest Gump is a 1994 American comedy-drama film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom. The film was directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, and Gary Sinise. The story depicts several decades in the life of Forrest Gump, a simple Alabama man who travels across the world, sometimes meeting historical figures, influencing popular culture, and experiencing firsthand historic events of the late 20th century.
The film differs substantially from Winston Groom's novel on which it was based. Filming took place in late 1993, mainly in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Extensive visual effects were used to incorporate the protagonist into archived footage and to develop other scenes. An extensive soundtrack was featured in the film, and its commercial release made it one of the top selling albums of all time.
Released in the United States on July 6, 1994, Forrest Gump was well received by critics and became a commercial success as the top grossing film in North America released that year. The film earned over $677 million worldwide during its theatrical run. The film garnered multiple awards and nominations, including Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, People's Choice Awards, and Young Artist Awards, among others. Since the film's release, varying interpretations have been made of the film's protagonist and its political symbolism. In 1996, a themed restaurant opened based on the film, and has since expanded to multiple locations worldwide. The scene of Gump running across the country is often referred to when real life people attempt the feat.
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Cast
1.Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump: though at an early age his school principal determines young Forrest possesses an IQ of 75, he has endearing character and devotion to his loved ones and duties, which brings him into many life-changing situations. Along the way, he encounters many historical figures and events throughout his life. John Travolta was the original choice to play the title role, and admits passing on the role was a mistake. Bill Murray was also considered for the role. Hanks revealed that he signed onto the film after an hour and a half of reading the script. He initially wanted to ease Forrest's pronounced Southern accent, but was eventually persuaded by director Bob Zemeckis to portray the heavy accent stressed in the novel. Hanks agreed to take the role only on the condition that the film was historically accurate. Michael Conner Humphreys portrayed the young Forrest Gump.
2.Robin Wright as Jenny Curran: Gump's childhood friend who enters his life at various times in adulthood, eventually becoming mother to his son and later marrying Gump. Jenny is a survivor of child sexual abuse, which results in her struggles with self-destructive behavior throughout much of her life. She dies from an unknown virus, which reviewers and authors speculated as being AIDS. Zemeckis reflected on Wright's portrayal of the role, "Robin exudes a kind of strength and, at the same time, a vulnerability. She doesn't bring any of her stardom to the role. You don't look at her on-screen and think that this is Robin Wright's interpretation of the character. She's a real chameleon." Hanna R. Hall portrayed the young Jenny Curran.
3.Gary Sinise as Lieutenant Dan Taylor: Gump and Bubba's commanding officer during the Vietnam War. After losing his legs in a climactic attack, he falls into a deep depression. He then later serves as Forrest's first mate at the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company (although he gave most of the orders), regaining his will to live. By the end of the film, he is engaged to be married and has even received "magic legs" (titanium alloy prosthetic legs) allowing him to walk again.
4.Mykelti Williamson as Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue: Gump's friend whom he meets upon joining the Army. Throughout filming, Williamson wore a lip attachment to create Bubba's protruding lip. David Alan Grier, Ice Cube, and Dave Chappelle were all offered the role before turning it down.Chappelle claimed he believed the film would be unsuccessful and has also admitted that he regrets not taking the role. Bubba was originally supposed to be the senior partner in the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company but due to his death in the line of duty in Vietnam, his commanding officer Lieutenant Dan Taylor took his place. The company posthumously carried this name.
5.Sally Field as Mrs. Gump: Forrest's mother, who raises him after his father abandons them. 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."
6.Haley Joel Osment as Forrest Gump, Jr.: Forrest and Jenny's son.Osment was cast in the film after the casting director noticed him in a Pizza Hut commercial.
7.Peter Dobson as Elvis Presley: a house guest Forrest encounters. Although Kurt Russell was uncredited, he provided the voice over for Elvis Presley in the scene where Presley met Gump.
8.Dick Cavett as himself. Cavett played the 1970s version of himself, 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.
9.Sam Anderson as Principal Hancock: Forrest's elementary school principal.
10.Richard D'Alessandro as Abbie Hoffman: A hippie at a Vietnam War rally who gives Forrest a chance to speak about the war.
11.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 both Forrest, and later his son, to school.
12.Sonny Shroyer as Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant: Forrest's football coach of the University of Alabama.
13.Grand L. Bush, Conor Kennelly, and Teddy Lane Jr. as the Black Panthers: Members of an organization that protests against the Vietnam War, President Lyndon B. Johnson, and anti-black racism.
14.Bill Roberson as Fat Man on Bench: An older man who sits on the bench next to Forrest in Savannah, Georgia and listens to Gump's stories.
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