'Forrest Gump' author Winston Groom dead at 77
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richer than the movie.”The movie, which also starred Robin Wright and Mykelti Williamson, became deeply embedded in the American psyche and has remained an enduring television staple and huge cultural phenomenon since.“It touched a nerve,” Groom told the Tuscaloosa News in 2014.The film dominated the 1995 Academy Awards, winning six Oscars including best picture, best director for Robert Zemeckis and best actor for Hanks.It was 1994’s No. 2 grossing film at the box office, second only to “The Lion King.”The basic outlines of Gump’s life are the same as they are in the book: Gump plays football under Paul “Bear” Bryant at the University of Alabama, serves in Vietnam and starts a major shrimp business.But the film made major departures.
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