Directed by David Lowery Written by David Lowery   David Grann   Cast Robert Redford ... Forrest Tucker Casey Affleck ... John Hunt Sissy Spacek ... Jewel Danny Glover ... Teddy Tom Waits ... Waller Tika Sumpter ... Maureen Ari Elizabeth Johnson ... Abilene Teagan Johnson ... Tyler Gene Jones ... Mr. Owens John David Washington ... Lt. Kelly Barlow Jacobs ... Offerman Augustine Frizzell ... Sandra Jennifer Joplin ... Martha Lisa DeRoberts ... Helen the Teller Carter Bratton ... Local News Anchor Mike Dennis ... National News Anchor Tomas Deckaj ... Mechanic (as Tomas 'Dutch' Deckaj) Isiah Whitlock Jr. ... Detective Gene Dentler Patrick Newall ... Doctor Daniel Britt ... Sheriff Leah Roberts ... Dora the Waitress Elisabeth Moss ... Dorothy Alphaeus Green Jr. ... Owner Keith Carradine ... Captain Calder Kevin McClatchy ... Agent Morton Todd Covert ... Agent Rick Kenneisha Thompson ... Kelly Lornin (as Kenniesha Thompson) Robert Longstreet ... Stephen Beckley, Jr., Esq. John Wayne Hunt ... Trustee Jim Clara Harris ... Detective Wilson Jordan Trovillion ... Angela the Teller Derek Snow ... Security Guard Clayton Barry Mulholland ... Husband Annie Fitzpatrick ... Wife J. Todd Anderson ... Officer Walsh Torie Wiggins ... Ms. Phillips Annell Brodeur ... Arguing Woman Toby Halbrooks ... Arguing Man Christine Dye ... Marla the Waitress (as Christina Dye) Tom Lepera ... Hungry Guard (as Tom Lapera) Warren Bryson ... Agent Summers Kelly Mengelkoch ... Maddie Asher Parran ... Robbie Kyndra Jefferies ... Kyra the Waitress Kay Geiger ... Bank Manager Nathan Neorr ... Agent Krombopulos Dennis J. Barket ... Prison Worker Cody Gilbert ... Forrest, Age 8 Jack Michael Doke ... Forrest, Age 12 (as Jack Doke) Alexander M. Partridge ... Sandy's Boy Larry Jack Dotson ... Manager #1 Pam Dougherty ... Manager #2 Atheena Frizzell ... Dora Lee Marissa Woolf ... Raquel Todd Terry ... FBI Agent Sydney Benter ... Reporter Uncredited Cast Krzysztof Abbas ... Cell Mate Joseph L. Allen ... Prisoner Felicia Andes ... Bank Patron Mark Angel ... Driver / Pedestrian Aqeel Ash-Shakoor ... Prison Guard Michael Lee Bailey ... Prisoner Denise Barone ... Older Lady at Mall Judy McQueen Bauer ... Bank Patron Anita Farmer Bergman ... Theater Patron Rick Blodgett ... Inmate Victoria Watkins ... St. Louis Bank Patron John E. Brownlee ... Police Officer Michael W. Bunch ... Dallas Police Officer Alejandro Castillo ... St. Louis Bank Patron Austin Caudill ... Driver William Cross ... Bank Employee Laura Dejean ... St. Louis Bank Patron Bobby Easley ... Diner Shawn P. Farrell ... Bank Employee Alessandro Ferraris ... Police Officer Reese Foster ... Prisoner John French ... Dallas Bank Patron Tristan A. Garcia ... Boy Painter Sammy Geroulis ... Mall Patron Jason Gerrard ... Prisoner Jason Marcus Griffith ... FBI agent Chris Hahn ... Prison Guard John W. Harden ... Bank Employee Al Harland ... Banker M Reuter Jennifer Henson ... Bank Patron Ray Nicholas Hosack ... FBI Agent Noah Jonson ... St. Louis Bank Patron Zach Kaltenbach ... Bank Patron Angie Kessel ... Bank Patron Susan Kile ... Outside Bank Patron Kenneth King ... Prisoner Traci Kochendorfer ... Pedestrian Bryan Kruse ... Theater Patron Paul Kulis ... Prisoner Daniel Lamont ... Inmate gang member Daniel J. Le Saint ... Police Officer James Luoma ... Armored Car Guard Anita S Martin ... Diner Patron Bryan Massey ... Bank Guard #1 Joe Merritt ... Chicken Shack Customer Brianna Moreau ... Bank Patron Misty O'Bradovich ... Bank Employee Barbara O'Connor ... Bank Patron Tammy Payne ... Street Parton / Bank Parton Richard Phillis ... Prisoner David Pittinger ... Banker P. Ford Derek Polen ... Bank Employee Charles Poole ... Officer Bush Michelle Poole ... Bank Employee Aaron Pullins IV ... Detective Alec Reeves ... Prisoner Lare Roberts ... Pedestrian Steven Schraub ... St. Louis Bank Manager James Siderits ... Bank Patron Carly Tamborski ... Bank Patron Hickory Taylor ... Chef, Blue Bird Cafe Robert P. Thitoff ... Prison Guard Skyler Chase Thomas ... Child Painting Stephanie Trabel ... Bank Patron Tom Vallis ... Prison Inmate Anthony W. Vickers ... Prison Guard Steven Terry Walker ... Mall Patron Allen Warchol ... Sheriff #2 Jan Duncan Weir ... Bank Patron Dominick Wilkins ... Prison Inmate Amber Shana Williams ... Bank Patron Michael G Wirick ... Criminal John Ziska ... Prisoner Produced by Julie Goldstein   Toby Halbrooks   Ken Halloway   Tim Headington   Bill Holderman   James M. Johnston   Anthony Mastromauro   Patrick Newall   Lisa Normand   Dawn Ostroff   Robert Redford   Marc Schmidheiny   Lucas Smith   Karl Spoerri   Jeremy Steckler   James D. Stern   Cindy Wilkinson Kirven   Original Music by Daniel Hart

Additional Info Premiere: August 31, 2018 Theatrical Release: October 19, 2018 DVD Release: January 15, 2019 Blu-ray Release: January 15, 2019 Country: Distributor: Fox Searchlight Websites: Production Companies Condé Nast Endgame Entertainment Identity Films (I) Sailor Bear Wildwood Enterprises Distributors Searchlight Pictures   (2018) (USA) (theatrical) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.7 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #2,433 / 20,886 Site Ranking #2,429 Employee Of The Month (2006) #2,430 Freaks (1932) #2,431 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) #2,432 Castle Rock: Season 1 (2018) #2,433 The Old Man & The Gun (2018) #2,434 A Haunted House (2013) #2,435 Hocus Pocus 2 (2022) #2,436 Cujo (1983) #2,437 Carriers (2009)