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BONUS EPISODE: Oscar® Winner Eric Roth: From Forrest Gump to Dune - Adventures in Hollywood Screenwriting
This week, I sat down with one of the most legendary and successful screenwriters/producers in Hollywood, Oscar® Winner Eric Roth. Over a 50+ years career, he's well-known for writing or producing films like Forrest Gump, A Star is Born, Mank, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Munich, Ali, and the list goes on.
The critically and commercially acclaimed American drama, Forrest Gump is an adaptation of Winston Groom's 1986 novel of the same title, adapted by Eric Roth in 1994.
The story depicts several decades in the life of Forrest Gump, played by the incomparable, Tom Hanks, a slow-witted…
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