Oscar bait Reader" (2008). In the film "Tropic Thunder" (2008), characters Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller) and Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.) discuss the concept regarding Speedman's former role in the fictional film "Simple Jack", in which Lazarus notes that "you never go full retard", contrasting the Oscar successes of Dustin Hoffman ("Rain Man", 1988) and Tom Hanks ("Forrest Gump", 1994) with Sean Penn's failure to win an award for his role in "I Am Sam" (2001). "Tropic Thunder" received protests from disability rights organisations due to its constant use of the word "retard"; Stiller defended the scene as being intended to lampoon
Forrest Gump – Original Motion Picture Score its own". The ""Forrest Gump" Suite" on the song soundtrack is a combination of "I'm Forrest...Forrest Gump" and "Suite from "Forrest Gump"" (the main and end titles respectively). Forrest Gump – Original Motion Picture Score Forrest Gump – Original Motion Picture Score is the original score album for the 1994 film "Forrest Gump", directed by Robert Zemeckis. The music was composed and conducted by Alan Silvestri. Silvestri's music was nominated for Best Original Score in the 67th Academy Awards. The album released is not to be confused with the better-selling (and therefore more common) album of diegetic songs from the