http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/screengrab/archive/2008/07/22/yesterday-s-hits-forrest-gump-1994-robert-zemeckis.aspxWhat made Forrest Gump a hit?: A number of factors that played a significant role in making Forrest Gump a success. To begin with, there was the storyline, which placed a Pilgrim’s Progress -style narrative in the context of the second half of the twentiethenCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20910.1126)