The Forrest Gump poster - The Forrest Gump poster My favourite film Directed by Robert Zemeckis Produced by Wendy Finerman Steve Tisch Charles Newirth Written by Screenplay: Eric Roth Novel: Winston Groom Narrated by Tom Hanks Starring Tom Hanks Robin Wright Gary Sinise Mykelti Williamson Sally Field Music by Alan Silvestri Cinematography Don Burgess Editing by Arthur Schmidt Distributed by Paramount Pictures Release date(s) July 6, 1994 Running time 141 min Country United States Language English Budget $55,000,000 Gross revenue $677,387,716