Starkey, who splits his time between Fairfax and Carpinteria, will reflect on “Forrest Gump” during a screening at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael.

1994’s Forrest Gump is an absolute classic, following the naive yet caring titular character as he unintentionally becomes part of history over and over again. Tom Hanks played Forrest Gump and ...

The question of how Jenny dies in Forrest Gump is further confused by the fact that the book is different from how screenwriter Eric Roth has spoken about it, and Forrest Gump author Winston Groom ...

A 1965 UA graduate, Groom authored 16 books, including Forrest Gump. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family during this time," the school shared in a statement on Twitter Thursday evening.

The Paramount Pictures movie also left out several major life events and careers. According to the Forrest Gump book, the character is a chess champion, a professional wrestler, and a NASA astronaut.

Inspired, he pushed aside another project, and wrote "Forrest Gump" in a six-week burst of energy. "I don't think he knew when he was writing that book that he was giving the world a gift," said ...

A 1965 UA graduate, Groom authored 16 books, including Forrest Gump. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family during this time.” ...

FAIRHOPE, Ala. — Winston Groom, the writer whose novel “Forrest Gump” was made into a six-Oscar winning 1994 movie that became a soaring pop cultural phenomenon, has died at age 77.