The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal and other historical events unfold from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, whose only desire is to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.


Books with substantial mentioning of Forrest Gump

David Thomson
Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films
New York, 2008

Jürgen Müller
Filme der 90er
Köln-London-Madrid-New York-Paris-Tokyo, 2001

Peter W. Engelmeier (ed.)
Icons of film, The 20th century
Munich; New York, 2000

Shawn Brennan (ed.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 1995, 14th Edition. A Survey of the Films of 1994
New York [..], 1996

Books with an entry on Forrest Gump

Larry Langman and David Ebner
Hollywood's Image of the South, A Century of Southern Films
Westport, Connecticut - London, 2001