Forrest Gump

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When Forrest is pushing Lieutenant Dan in his wheelchair across the street in New York City, the son [...]	D
With every transition of Forrest's age, one thing remains the same. In the first scene of each trans [...]	D
Robert Zemeckis initially did not want Forrest to be shown shooting his rifle during the Vietnam bat [...]	D
To create the effect of Forrest carrying Bubba away from a napalm attack, stunt actors were initiall [...]	D
The virus that claims Jenny's life is not specified in the film. Director Robert Zemeckis never reve [...]	D
Bruce Springsteen ripped the movie in his song "My Best Was Never Good Enough": "Now life's like a b [...]	D
The scene where Forrest spots Jenny at a peace rally at the Lincoln Memorial and Reflecting Pool in [...]	D
During the ambush in Vietnam the enemy is never actually seen. This led many combat veterans, especi [...]	D
As of 2018, features Gary Sinise's only Oscar nominated performance.	D
During the ping-pong matches, there was no ball; it was entirely CGI, animated to meet the actors' p [...]	D
In the movie there are four actors/actresses who play multiple roles. Gary Sinise plays Lieutenant D [...]	D
That was a real explosion used in the Vietnam scene when napalm is dropped. The scene was shot in a [...]	D
Director Trademark: Brick Joke. When the bus driver picks Forrest up for school the first time she h [...]	D
Apart from a fixed fee of $350,000, author Winston Groom made a deal for a three percent share in th [...]	D
Harry Anderson was Robert Zemeckis' first choice for the title role, but was unavailable, due to his [...]	D
Tom Hanks' brother was his running double	D
Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, and Martin Lawrence were considered for the role of Bubba.	D
In the opening shot of the film, the feather floats down over Madison Square in Savannah, Georgia. I [...]	D
In the original novel, Forrest Gump would also have a wrestling career, be friends with an orangutan [...]	D
The vintage microphones into which Forrest speaks while in Washington, D.C., and the sound rig of wh [...]	D
Haley Joel Osment was cast in the film after the casting director had noticed him in a Pizza Hut com [...]	D
Despite the fact that Pulp Fiction (1994) lost to this movie for Best Picture and Best Director at t [...]	D
Chippewa Square, the setting for the famous bench scene, does not actually have any benches on the o [...]	D
Next to Jenny's bed, there is a card with a yellow smiley face. Forrest had earlier been responsible [...]	D
Forrest is one of the few characters not to swear or use foul language. He also doesn't smoke or dri [...]	D
Despite earning over $350 million at the box office, Paramount claimed that they were still $62 mill [...]	D
After Forrest joins the Army, a fellow recruit tosses him a Playboy magazine. The magazine wasn't an [...]	D
Michael Conner Humphreys, who played the young Forrest, later joined the army, just like his charact [...]	D
Using the standard OB/GYN formula (date patient's last menstrual cycle ended + 10 days - 3 months + [...]	D
The movie was named as one of "The 20 Most Overrated Movies Of All Time" by Premiere.	D
Among the elements deleted from the original draft of the screenplay was a more literal interpretati [...]	D
The only film in which Tom Hanks won an acting Oscar for his performance in a film which won Best Pi [...]	D
The running scene was inspired by an actual event. In 1982, Louis Michael Figueroa, aged 16, ran fro [...]	D
Greenbow, Alabama (Forrest's hometown) is fictional. Bayou LaBatre, Alabama (Bubba's hometown), howe [...]	D
Contrary to popular belief, the feather was not entirely CGI. The effects team digitized film of a r [...]	D
In a flashback Forrest has of Vietnam, the helicopter gunner/co-pilot resembles real-life U.S. Air F [...]	D
During the football segment, Forrest is the only player on either team to have a spotless uniform. B [...]	D
The film was re-released in IMAX in September 2014 in honor of its 20th anniversary.	D
Producer Wendy Finerman and studio executive Kevin Jones had independently read the book and felt th [...]	D
Larry King claimed that he interviewed Tom Hanks right before production began, and Hanks remarked t [...]	D
In the scene where Forrest first meets his son, Jenny is flipping through a scrapbook and we momenta [...]	D
Haley Joel Osment makes his film debut in this movie as Forrest, Jr.	D
Joe Pesci was considered for the role of Lieutenant Dan Taylor.	D
Gary Sinise's lower legs were wrapped in a special blue fabric that allowed them to be digitally rem [...]	D
The only Best Picture Oscar nominee that year to be nominated for Best Sound Effects Editing, and Be [...]	D
Every still picture of Forrest during this film shows Tom Hanks with his eyes closed.	D
When Forrest appears on the Dick Cavett Show with John Lennon, he talks about how the people of Chin [...]	D
Prior to filming, Paramount Studio had cut the original budget by about $10 million, and were trying [...]	D
When the studio imposed budget cuts, both director Robert Zemeckis and star Tom Hanks waived a large [...]	D
When he appeared on Inside The Actors Studio, Tom Hanks was persuaded by host James Lipton, to say t [...]	D
Forrest won't get rid of his worn out shoes that he's wearing at the bus stop because they're a gift [...]	D
This is the first of three movies that Tom Hanks and Gary Sinise have appeared in together, the othe [...]	D
Forrest never uses the word 'were', saying 'was' instead, apart from one scene where Jenny, on her d [...]	D
When Forrest gets up to talk at the Vietnam rally in Washington, the microphone plug is pulled and y [...]	D
Inspired by Lieutenant Dan Taylor, the military veteran character he played in this movie, Gary Sini [...]	D
The second of three times (as of 2021) Tom Hanks plays the eponymous role. The first was Turner e il [...]	D
Forrest Gump appears with Governor George Wallace. Gary Sinise (Lieutenant Dan) went on to play the [...]	D
This was one of two movies released in 1994 to have its main character named Forrest. The other was [...]	D
Tom Hanks (Forrest) and Hannah R. Hall (Young Jenny) have the same birthdays on July 9.	D
In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #76 Greatest Movie of All Time.	D
Forrest's college football uniform is always spotless, due to the fact that no-one is fast enough to [...]	D
It was originally scripted and shot that young Jenny kills her father by releasing the tractor handb [...]	D
Jodie Foster, Nicole Kidman, and Demi Moore turned down the role of Jenny Curran.	D
Elvis was played by Peter Dobson, who previously appeared in Sei solo, agente Vincent (1989) as Chri [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the 500 movies nominated for the Top 100 F [...]	D
One of three movies - the other two being Apollo 13 (1995) and Il miglio verde (1999) - in which Tom [...]	D
Sonny Shroyer's character, credited as "football coach" was based on Legendary University of Alabama [...]	D
Terry Gilliam and Barry Sonnenfeld turned down the chance to direct the film. Sonnenfeld chose to di [...]	D
Forrest Gump's Medal of Honor ceremony uses the footage of the actual ceremony for Sammy L. Davis, w [...]	D
Alexander Zemeckis: The first boy in the school bus who refuses to let Forrest sit next to him is Ro [...]	D
The line, "My name is Forrest Gump. People call me Forrest Gump," was ad libbed by Tom Hanks while f [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the Top 100 Greatest American Movies.	D
The actor who plays the reporter on the scene when Tom Hanks visits Washington, D.C. after his tour [...]	D
Tom Hanks signed onto this film after an hour and a half of reading the script, but agreed to take t [...]	D
Jenny's birthday (as indicated on her tombstone) was July 16, 1945. That is the same day of the Trin [...]	D
David Alan Grier, Ice Cube, and Dave Chappelle turned down the role of Bubba. Cube refused to play a [...]	D
Mykelti Williamson claimed that after this film, he was primarily offered roles as a comedic black c [...]	D
Robert Zemeckis: one of the guests at Forrest and Jenny's wedding.	D
The park bench that Tom Hanks sat on for much of the movie was located in historic Savannah, Georgia [...]	D
Robin Wright was sick with a cold while shooting the nightclub scene. In spite of this, she was stil [...]	D
Steve Tisch is the only person to win an Oscar and a Super Bowl Championship. He won an Oscar for be [...]	D
Forrest Gump is in the 9th Infantry Division, as is shown in the Vietnam scenes by the patch on his [...]	D
When this film became wildly successful, talk of a sequel naturally arose, especially when Winston G [...]	D
The traffic flow around squares in Savannah is normally counterclockwise. The flow was reversed for [...]	D
From the start of the movie up until Jenny's death, Forrest always buttons his shirts all the way to [...]	D
After his experience playing lieutenant Dan, Gary Sinise established a charity to help disabled vete [...]	D
The fastest grossing Paramount film to pass the $100 million, $150 million, and $200 million marks ( [...]	D
Alan Silvestri composed the score for both Forrest Gump (1994) and the Back to the Future trilogy. T [...]	D
Robert Zemeckis used the paintings of Norman Rockwell as the design inspiration for the town of Gree [...]	D
The movie's line, "Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're go [...]	D
Robert Zemeckis asked actor Jeffrey Winner to toss his drink at Robin Wright's leg instead of her fa [...]	D
Kurt Russell did the voice of Elvis Presley	D
Attention to detail: When Gump calls to report the Watergate burglary, the security guard answering [...]	D
The speech the Drill Sergeant gives inaudibly while Forrest narrates is "This is one very intelligen [...]	D
When Forrest is at boot camp, they train with the M14 service rifle but when they get to Vietnam the [...]	D
On the day that Tom Hanks shot the football running scenes he had been suffering from influenza.	D
Magician Ricky Jay designed a special wheelchair for Gary Sinise that used an illusion to hide his l [...]	D
Tupac Shakur auditioned for the role of Bubba.	D
Sally Field and actor Sam Anderson had recurring roles in E.R. - Medici in prima linea (1994).	D
'Weird Al' Yankovic released a parody version of the 1995 song "Lump", by former rock group The Pres [...]	D
Due to budget constraints, no scenes could be filmed in Vietnam. Fortunately, production designer Ri [...]	D
Jacqueline Lovell's debut.	D
Feature film debut of Hanna Hall as Young Jenny Curran.	D
During the Vietnam scenes Forrests helmet has writing on the side that reads "F(NMI)G" this stands f [...]	D
Many of the extras in the hippie scene were actors from the Maryland Renaissance Festival, since the [...]	D
Filming lasted four months.	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2002 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 top 1 [...]	D
The movie was premiered in July 6, 3 days before Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump in the movie) was about to [...]	D
When Jenny is throwing her shoes and stones at the house where she grew up, she suddenly collapses o [...]	D
It is Robert Zemeckis' highest-grossing film to date.	D
Due to the success of Lieutenant Dan's character, Gary Sinise has formed a foundation for injured wa [...]	D
Despite playing his mother, Sally Field is only ten years older than Tom Hanks.	D
By the color of their uniforms, the team that Alabama was playing against would've been the Universi [...]	D
Forrest and Dan's Shrimp Emporium, "Bubba Gump," is now a themed restaurant in 33 locations around t [...]	D
When Forrest Gump says that Lieutenant Dan had a family member who died in every single American war [...]	D
The first Best Picture Oscar winner to also win Best Visual Effects.	D
The first person Forrest Gump speaks to in the film has similarities with Civil Rights icon Rosa Par [...]	D
Bill Murray, John Travolta, and Chevy Chase turned down the role of Forrest Gump. Travolta later adm [...]	D
In Vietnam, Forrest was assigned to 4th Platoon (Lieutenant Dan welcomes him and Bubba), Alpha Compa [...]	D
Selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry in December 2011 [...]	D
The necklace worn by Lieutenant Dan is a rosary with a Saint Christopher medal, inscribed "Protect U [...]	D
The question of how Gump can enlist into the Army with a 75 IQ, and physical disabilities, may be an [...]	D
Gary Sinise's character tells Tom Hanks's character that the day Forrest works on a shrimp boat is t [...]	D
10 years in development, the project spent much of that time in development hell, and was tossed aro [...]	D
When Forrest and Jenny are walking through the camp in Washington DC there is a couple having sex in [...]	D
Lt. Dan's first rule to Forrest and Bubba was "Take good care of your feet." There is a bit of ironi [...]	D
Robert Zemeckis had selected many popular songs from the depicted time periods for the soundtrack, b [...]	D
When the studio imposed significant budget cuts, Robert Zemeckis decided to leave out several planne [...]	D
The famous quote that Forrest uses about life being like a box of chocolates is not completely origi [...]	D
Elizabeth Hanks: the girl in the school bus with the red hair is Tom Hanks's daughter.	D
Following the success of the movie, Winston Groom wrote a sequel novel, 'Gump & Co.' (1995), which r [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2005 list of 250 movies nominated for AFI's 100 Years o [...]	D
Trailer narrated by Hal Douglas.	D
In L'ultima battuta (1988), Sally Field played a love interest for Tom Hanks's character. In this fi [...]	D
Forrest's awards and decorations, as worn in his Class A uniform are: the Medal of Honor, Purple Hea [...]	D
Dave Chappelle declined the role of Bubba, which went to Mykelti Williamson. Chappelle and Williamso [...]	D
The Dr. Pepper scene was shot a total of seven times. Each time Tom gave forth louder to loudest and [...]	D
When Forrest first learns to play ping-pong in the infirmary, he is told the trick is to "keep his e [...]	D
If Forrest "ran three years, two months, fourteen days and sixteen hours" and left his front porch e [...]	D
Tom Hanks revealed his favorite scene filmed: was when Lieutenant Dan got new (artificial) legs, as [...]	D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.	D
All of the boat scenes, including the hurricane scene, were shot on location in the waters off the c [...]	D
It took only 66 days for the film to pass the $250 million mark at the box office.	D
Jenny's last name, Curran, is never spoken in the film, although it appears in print on her postal d [...]	D

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