You know life is like a box of chocolates—you never know what you’re going to get. But this weekend on WHIO-TV, you get one of motion pictures’ most beloved movies, “Forrest Gump,” which airs Sunday at 8pm.
The film received six Academy Awards® including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Tom Hanks), Best Writing, Best Film Editing and Best Visual Effects.
[ Click here to watch Tom Hanks send a special message to Wright State's 2020 graduates ]
In the film, Tom Hanks gives an astonishing performance as Forrest, an everyman whose simple innocence comes to embody a generation. Alongside his mamma (Sally Field), his best friend Bubba (Mykelti Williamson), his commanding officer Lieutenant Dan (Gary Sinise), and his favorite girl Jenny (Robin Wright), Forrest has a ringside seat for the most memorable events of the second half of the 20th century.
[ Click here to read about Tom Hanks writing a letter to a bullied 8-year-old girl named Corona. ]