He’s been a soldier, a shrimp boat captain and a cross-country runner. He was an All-American football player, an international Ping-Pong player, and among the first Americans to visit China in “a million years, or something like that.” He’s been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and accidentally discovered the Watergate Scandal. He was continually told to run.  A man who witnessed American history through a different perspective, Forrest Gump.

“Forrest Gump” will return to the big screen for its special 20th anniversary showing in IMAX on Sept. 5. For the Panhandle area, the film will hit the big screen on Sept. 4 at the United Artists Theatre in Amarillo, TX.  The film has been digitally remastered for the IMAX experience.  However, the film will only be re-released for one week following the anniversary of the film. To round out its anniversary, the film will also be released later this month in a special Diamond Luxe Blu-ray edition.

In its 142 minutes, the film covers love, politics, religion, history and destiny. Since its release, the movie has won 48 awards, including 1995 Academy Awards Best Picture, and has been nominated for 54 other awards. During its release, “Forrest Gump” was the highest grossing film of all time, generating a complete total of $677,387,716 in worldwide box office sales.

Based on Winston Groom’s novel of the same name, the film follows the adventures of Forrest Gump, an athletic man who unknowingly stumbles upon some of the most significant events in American history from the 1950’s to the 1980’s. Oscar winner Tom Hanks stars as Forrest, while Golden Globe winner Robin Wright portrays Jenny.

Since the movies worldwide success, a sequel to the original novel was released in 1995 entitled “Gump & CO.” The book follows the life of Forrest Gump where the first novel left off, on a similar journey through the 1980’s and 1990’s.