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| Year: | 1994 |
| Rating: | 8.6(299483) |
| Listed in: | Drama, Romance |
| Directed by: | Robert Zemeckis |
| Actors: | Tom Hanks Gary Sinise Mykelti Williamson Robin Wright Sally Field Rebecca Williams |
| "Life is like a box of chocolates...you never know what you're gonna get." | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Robert Zemeckis | |
| Actors | |
| Tom Hanks | as Forrest Gump |
| Gary Sinise | as Lt. Dan Taylor |
| Mykelti Williamson | as Pvt. Benjamin Buford 'Bubba' Blue |
| Michael Conner Humphreys | as Young Forrest Gump |
| Harold G. Herthum | as Doctor |
| George Kelly | as Barber |
| Bob Penny | as Crony |
| John Randall | as Crony |
| Sam Anderson | as Principal |
| Peter Dobson | as Elvis Presley |
| Alexander Zemeckis | as School Bus Boy |
| Logan Livingston Gomez | as School Bus Boy |
| Ben Waddel | as School Bus Boy |
| Tyler Long | as Red Headed Boy |
| Christopher Jones | as Boy with Cross |
| Grady Bowman | as Fat Boy |
| Kevin Mangan | as Mr. Curran, Jenny's Father |
| Frank Geyer | as Police Chief |
| Rob Landry | as Red Headed Teen |
| Jason McGuire | as Fat Teen |
| Pete Auster | as Teen with Cross |
| Sonny Shroyer | as Coach Paul 'Bear' Bryant |
| Brett Rice | as High School Football Coach |
| Ed Davis | as High School Football Coach |
| Daniel C. Striepeke | as Recruiter |
| Bruce Lucvia | as Kick Off Return Player |
| David Brisbin | as Newscaster |
| Kirk Ward | as Earl, Demonstration Observer |
| Timothy Record | as Black Student |
| Mark Matheisen | as Billy, Jenny's Date |
| Al Harrington | as Local Anchor #1 |
| Jed Gillin | as President John F. Kennedy |
| Bob Harks | as University Dean |
| Don Fischer | as Army Recruiter |
| Kenneth Bevington | as Army Bus Driver |
| Michael Flannery | as Bus Recruit |
| Gary Robinson | as Bus Recruit |
| John Worsham | as Southern Gentleman |
| Afemo Omilami | as Drill Sergeant |
| Matt Wallace | as Barracks Recruit |
| Paulie DiCocco | as Strip Club Emcee |
| Mike Jolly | as Club Patron |
| Michael Kemmerling | as Club Patron |
| John Voldstad | as Club Patron |
| Jeffrey Winner | as Club Patron |
| Russ Wilson | as Pick-up Truck Driver |
| Daniel J. Gillooly | as Helicopter Gunman |
| Calvin Gadsden | as Staff Sergeant at Fort Platoon Vietnam |
| Aaron Izbicki | as Pvt. Dallas from Phoenix |
| Michael Burgess | as Pvt. Cleveland from Detroit |
| Steven Griffith | as Tex |
| Bill Roberson | as Fat Man at Bench |
| Michael McFall | as Army Hospital Male Nurse |
| Eric Underwood | as Mail Call Soldier |
| Byron Minns | as Wounded Soldier |
| Stephen Bridgewater | as Hospital Officer |
| Scott Oliver | as National Correspondent #1 |
| John William Galt | as President Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Jay Ross | as Veteran at War Rally |
| Richard D'Alessandro | as Abbie Hoffman |
| Dick Stilwell | as Policeman at War Rally |
| Kevin Davis | as Black Panther |
| Michael Jace | as Black Panther |
| Geoffrey Blake | as Wesley, SDS Organizer |
| Tim Perry | as Hippie at Commune |
| Paul Raczkowski | as Man in VW Bug |
| Dick Cavett | as Himself |
| Joe Stefanelli | as John Lennon |
| Aloysius Gigl | as Musician Boyfriend |
| Jack Bowden | as National Correspondent #4 |
| Joe Alaskey | as President Richard Nixon |
| Lazarus Jackson | as Discharge Officer |
| W. Benson Terry | as Stanley Loomis |
| Matt Rebenkoff | as Drugged Out Boyfriend |
| Peter Bannon | as Local Correspondent #2 |
| Joe Washington | as Local Anchor #2 |
| Juan Singleton | as Hannibal Reporter |
| Bobby Richardson | as Hannibal Reporter |
| Michael Mattison | as Taxi Driver |
| Lenny Herb | as Young Man Running |
| Charles Boswell | as Aging Hippie |
| Timothy McNeil | as Wild Eyed Man |
| Haley Joel Osment | as Forrest Gump Jr. |
| Lonnie Hamilton | as The Minister |
| Joe Abby | as Protestor on Stage |
| Rob Adams | as College Quarterback |
| Markus Alexander | as Vietnam Vetern |
| Neil Armstrong | as Himself - Stepping onto the Moon |
| Jim Boeke | as University of Alabama Assistant Football Coach |
| Arthur Bremer | as Himself - Shooting George Wallace |
| Greg Brown | as Football Player |
| Troy Christian | as Cheerleader |
| Dick Clark | as Himself - New Year's Eve |
| John Connally | as Himself - with JFK in Dallas |
| Jim Damron | as CBS Correspondent Cooper |
| Steve DeRellian | as Wounded Soldier |
| James Ent | as Alabama College Photographer #1 |
| Gerald Ford | as Himself - Assassination Attempt |
| Christopher James Hall | as Governor |
| Bryan Hanna | as Football Coach |
| Ellsworth Hanna | as The Honeymooners |
| Zach Hanner | as Barracks Recruit |
| John Glenn Harding | as Wounded Soldier |
| Bob Hope | as Himself - in Vietnam |
| Lyndon Johnson | as Himself |
| Jim Keller | as Hippie at Commune |
| John F. Kennedy | as Himself |
| Robert F. Kennedy | as Himself - after 1968 California Primary |
| Aaron Michael Lacey | as National Guardsman |
| John Lennon | as Himself |
| Richard Nixon | as Himself |
| Elvis Presley | as Himself |
| Ronald Reagan | as Himself - Assassination Attempt |
| Mark A. Rich | as VA in Hospital |
| Kurt Russell | as Elvis Presley |
| Brendan Shanahan | as Football Player |
| William Shipman | as Black Panther |
| Robb Skyler | as Nicholas Katzenbach |
| USC Trojan Marching Band | as Alabama Marching Band |
| George Wallace | as Himself |
| Actresses | |
| Robin Wright | as Jenny Curran |
| Sally Field | as Mrs. Gump |
| Rebecca Williams | as Nurse at Park Bench |
| Margo Moorer | as Louise, Mrs. Gump's Housekeeper |
| Ione M. Telech | as Elderly Woman |
| Christine Seabrook | as Elderly Woman's Daughter |
| Siobhan Fallon | as Dorothy Harris, School Bus Driver |
| Elizabeth Hanks | as School Bus Girl |
| Hanna Hall | as Young Jenny Curran |
| Fay Genens | as Jenny's Grandmother |
| Angela Lomas | as Black Student |
| Deborah McTeer | as Woman with Child on Park Bench |
| Marlena Smalls | as Mrs. Blue, Bubba's Mother |
| Kitty K. Green | as Bubba's Great-Grandmother |
| Danté McCarthy | as Topless Girl |
| Bonnie Ann Burgess | as Army Nurse |
| Hilary Chaplain | as Hilary |
| Isabel Rose | as Isabel |
| Vanessa Roth | as Hollywood Boulevard Girlfriend |
| Emily Carey | as Hollywood Boulevard Girlfriend |
| Tiffany Salerno | as Cunning Carla, Prostitute at Bar |
| Marla Sucharetza | as Long-Limbs Lenor, Prostitute at Bar |
| Nora Dunfee | as Elderly Southern Woman on Park Bench |
| Nathalie Hendrix | as Local Anchor #3 |
| Hallie D'Amore | as Waitress in Cafe |
| Chiffonye Cobb | as Hannibal Reporter |
| Teresa Denton | as Susan, Lt. Dan's Fiancée |
| Keri-Anne Bilotta | as Hippie |
| Jeanne Hanna | as The Honeymooners |
| Shann Johnson | |
| Jacqueline Lovell | as Football Fan |
| Mary Ellen Trainor | as Jenny's Babysitter |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Filming dates: | 27 August 1993 - 9 December 1993 |
| Budget: | USD 55,000,000 |
| Gross: |
UK - 15,803,823 GBP (16 April 1995) Worldwide - 344,100,000 USD (except USA) Australia - 30,562,133 AUD (1995) Hong Kong - 33,565,555 HKD (1 June 1995) Philippines - 23,640,093 PHP (31 December 1995) |
| Plot: | The story follows the life of low I.Q. Forrest Gump and his meeting with the love of his life Jenny. The film chronicles his accidental experiences with some of the most important people and events in America from the late 1950's through the 1970's including a meeting with Elvis Presley, JFK, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, fighting in Vietnam, etc. The problem is, he's too stupid to realize the significance of his actions. Forrest becomes representative of the baby boomer generation having walked through life blindly. |
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"Lovesick Blues" by Cliff Friend & Irving Mills Performed by Hank Williams Courtesy of Polygram Special Markets "Hound Dog" by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller Performed by Elvis Presley "Rebel-'Rouser" by Duane Eddy & Lee Hazlewood Performed by Duane Eddy Courtesy of Jamie Records "(I Don't Know Why) But I Do" by Paul Gayten & Robert Charles Guidry Performed by Clarence 'Frogman' Henry Courtesy of MCA Records "Walk Right In" by H. Woods, Gus Cannon, Bill Svanoe & Eric Darling Performed by The Rooftop Singers Courtesy of Vanguard Records / A Welk Music Group, Co. by arrangement with Warner Special Products "Sugar Shack" by Keith McCormack & Fay Voss Performed by Jimmy Gilmer And The Fireballs Courtesy of Dundee Music "Paramount Newsreel Music" by Alessandro Cicognini, Sammy Fain, Jay Gorney, E.Y. Harburg, Elsie Janis, Irving Kahal & Jack King "Camelot" by Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe "Pomp And Circumstance" by Edward Elgar (as Sir Edward Elgar) Performed by Dresden Philharmonic Conducted by Herbert Kegel Courtesy of Laserlight "Hanky Panky" by Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich Performed by Tommy James & The Shondells Courtesy of Rhino Records by arrangement with Warner Special Products "Blowin' In The Wind" by Bob Dylan "Land Of 1000 Dances" by Chris Kenner Performed by Wilson Pickett Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp. by arrangement with Warner Special Products "Fortunate Son" by John Fogerty Performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival Courtesy of Fantasy Records "Respect" by Otis Redding Performed by Aretha Franklin Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp. by arrangement with Warner Special Products "I Can't Help Myself" by Eddie Holland (as Edward Holland), Lamont Dozier & Brian Holland Performed by The Four Tops Courtesy of Motown Record Company L.P. by arrangement with Polygram Special Markets "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" Written and Performed by Bob Dylan Courtesy of Columbia Records by arrangement with Sony Music Licensing "Sloop John B" by Brian Wilson Performed by The Beach Boys Courtesy of Capitol Records under license from CEMA Special Markets "All Along The Watchtower" by Bob Dylan Performed by The Jimi Hendrix Experience Courtesy of Elber B.N. "Soul Kitchen" Written and Performed by The Doors Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment by arrangement with Warner Special Products "California Dreamin'" by John Phillips & Michelle Phillips Performed by The Mamas and the Papas Courtesy of MCA Records "For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey What's That Sound)" by Stephen Stills Performed by Buffalo Springfield Courtesy of ATCO Records "What The World Needs Now Is Love" by Burt Bacharach & Hal David Performed by Jackie DeShannon Courtesy of EMI Records USA. a division of ERG under license from CEMA Special Markets "Webster's Boomer" by David Frank "Hello, I Love You" Written and Performed by The Doors Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment by arrangement with Warner Special Products "People Are Strange" Written and Performed by The Doors Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment by arrangement with Warner Special Products "Break On Through (To The Other Side)" Written and Performed by The Doors Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment by arrangement with Warner Special Products "Mrs. Robinson" by Paul Simon Performed by Simon & Garfunkel Courtesy of Columbia Records by arrangement with Sony Music Licensing "Volunteers" by Marty Balin & Paul Kantner Performed by Jefferson Airplane Courtesy of The RCA Records Label of BMG Music "Hey Joe" by Billy Roberts Performed by The Jimi Hendrix Experience Courtesy of Elber B.V. "Where Have All The Flowers Gone" by Pete Seeger "Let's Get Together" by Chet Powers Performed by The Youngbloods Courtesy of The RCA Records Label of BMG Music "San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)" by John Phillips Performed by Scott McKenzie Courtesy of EPIC Records by arrangement with Sony Music Licensing "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)" adaption and music by Pete Seeger Performed by The Byrds Courtesy of Columbia Records by arrangement with Sony Music Licensing "Aquarius" by James Rado, Gerome Ragni & Gault McDermott Performed by The Fifth Dimension Courtesy of Arista Records, Inc. "Joy To The World" by Hoyt Axton Performed by Three Dog Night Courtesy of MCA Records "Everybody's Talkin'" by Fred Neil Performed by Harry Nilsson Courtesy of The RCA Records Label of BMG Music "Silent Night" Arranged by Les Brown "Stoned Love" by Frank E. Wilson & Yennik Samoht Performed by The Supremes Courtesy of Motown Record Company, L.P. by arrangement with Polygram Special Markets "Thanks For The Memory" by Ralph Rainger & Leo Robin "Love Her Madly" Written and Performed by The Doors Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment by arrangement with Warner Special Products "Let's Work Together" by Wilbert Harrison Performed by Canned Heat Courtesy of EMI Records USA, a division of ERG under license from CEMA Special Markets "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" by Burt Bacharach & Hal David Performed by B.J. Thomas Courtesy of Highland Music, Inc. by arrangement with Celebrity Licensing Inc. "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree" by 'L. Russell Brown & Irwin Levine Performed by Tony Orlando and Dawn Courtesy of Arista Records, Inc. "Jesus On The Mainline" Arranged by Alan Silvestri Soloist: Donny Gerrard "Get Down Tonight" by Harry Wayne Casey & Richard Finch Performed by KC & The Sunshine Band Courtesy of Rhino Records by arrangement with Warner Special Products "Mr. President (Have Pity On The Working Man)" Written and Performed by Randy Newman Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc. by arrangement with Warner Special Products "Free Bird" by Allen Collins & Ronnie Van Zant Performed by Lynyrd Skynyrd Courtesy of MCA Records "My Rock" Arranged by Paul Owens Soloist: Oren Waters "Sweet Home Alabama" by Ronnie Van Zant, Edward King & Gary Rossington Performed by Lynyrd Skynyrd Courtesy of MCA Records "Plant My Feet On Higher Ground" (uncredited) by Ruth E. David "I've Got A New Home" (uncredited) Arranged by Marlena Smalls "It Keeps You Runnin'" by Michael McDonald Performed by The Doobie Brothers Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc. by arrangement with Warner Special Products "Running On Empty" Written and Performed by Jackson Browne Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment by arrangement with Warner Special Products "I've Got To Use My Imagination" by Gerry Goffin & Barry Goldberg Performed by Gladys Knight & The Pips Courtesy of Essen Entertainment, Inc. by arrangement with Celebrity Licensing Inc. "Go Your Own Way" by Lindsey Buckingham Performed by Fleetwood Mac Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc. by arrangement with Warner Special Products "Against The Wind" Written by Bob Seger Performed by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band Courtesy of Capitol Records under license from CEMA Special Markets "On The Road Again" Written and Performed by Willie Nelson Courtesy of Columbia Records by arrangement with Sony Music Licensing |
Goofs
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Continuity: The feather is visible on Forrest's shoe and floating in the air at the same time, when the camera is approximately ten feet above Forrest's head. Continuity: Forrest's hands on the swing ropes when listening to his mother entertain the school inspector. Continuity: The girl behind Forrest and Jenny on the school bus disappears and reappears between shots. Continuity: During the Protest Rally at the Washington Monument, the tree leaves are not consistent. Behind Forrest on the podium, the trees in the background have no leaves as if it were late autumn or winter. The trees surrounding the reflection pool in front of Forrest are all Green as if it were summer, and in a later scene as Forrest watches Jenny board the bus back to Berkeley, the leaves on all the trees are different colors as if it were the heart of autumn. Continuity: When Forrest sits down to watch TV with his son, the iron behind Jenny changes from being down and sitting up between shots. Continuity: Forrest leaves the mower with grass in front of it when he goes to meet Jenny. When they cut back to him, the mower is sitting next to the cut grass, not in the middle of it. Continuity: When Forrest first gets on the school bus, the shots from inside the bus show the driver's hand on the door lever, while shots from the outside show it on the gear shift lever. Continuity: Bubba's lower lip when he and Forrest are on their way to Vietnam in the helicopter. Continuity: Paul 'Bear' Bryant stands up twice to watch Forrest. DATE: During the 1972 New Year's Eve celebration, Forrest drinks a Dr. Pepper with a logo that wasn't devised until the mid-1980s. Fact errors: The moon is shown as waxing, almost full, and is lit from the top right; an impossible situation at night. DATE: The letter from Apple Computer is dated 21 September 1975 (a Sunday), when Apple wasn't a public company open for investment. Apple Computer was not incorporated until 3 January 1977, and didn't become publicly traded until its initial public offering (IPO) on 12 December 1980. GEOG: The woman on the bench in Savannah tells Forrest to go a few blocks ahead to Henry St. though it is actually behind them. Continuity: Forrest can't run with his braces; he can barely walk. When he and Jenny run to their favorite tree, he is running normally. Yet when the bullies from school chase him on their bikes, he is back to his old gait. It is only after the braces are lost that he runs normally. DATE: In 1974, one of Forrest's shrimping attempts yields, among other pieces of garbage, a Mello Yello can. Mello Yello was introduced in 1979, and the can bears the revised logo introduced circa 1989. Revealing mistakes: In the montage of Forrest's and Lt. Dan's first successful shrimp catch after the hurricane where they are emptying their full shrimp nets onto the deck of the boat, the shrimp nets are full of headless shrimp. Shrimp caught in nets are complete animals, and they are processed on the boat after they are dumped, at which time their heads are removed. Shrimp boats do not catch pre-processed shrimp from the waters of the gulf. Continuity: The ramp outside the stage door at "The Dick Cavett Show" (1968) as seen over Forrest's shoulder is clear of snow, yet moments later it covered with snow as Lt. Dan slides down it. Revealing mistakes: When Forrest is playing ping pong, the computerized ball starts moving very quickly. If you follow it closely, you can see that it bounces off his elbow at one point instead of the paddle (right before the ball bounces and then seems to hit the camera). DATE: During the 4th of July 1976 celebration scene at Forest's house with Jenny, the fireworks show on the television shows the Statue of Liberty after it was restored. The Statue was restored in 1986. Continuity: When Forrest stops running, there are no shadows in the overhead shots (overcast weather) but a clear shadow from his cap in the close-up of his face. Revealing mistakes: When the bullies first throw rocks at Forrest, the second one clearly hits him below his eye, but he starts to bleed up on the top of his forehead. Continuity: When Forrest is giving his speech about the war in front of the reflecting pool and he runs down to meet Jenny, he walks by the same guy twice. Continuity: When little Forrest and Jenny are on the bus, the bus seems to be traveling at different speeds, depending on the shot... Revealing mistakes: When Lt. Dan falls off the wheelchair, he gets up with the help of his (invisible) legs. Continuity: When Forrest is originally running from the bullies he is in a plaid shirt, the shirt then changes, and he ends up in the same plaid shirt by the end of the shot. DATE: When Forrest is playing ping-pong before being discharged, the gymnasium where he's playing shows the 3-point line on the basketball court. The 3-point line was first used 29 November 1980 in a college basketball game at Reid Gym in Cullowhee, North Carolina. GEOG: Several times during the movie, road signs for US 17 are visible. US 17 does not run thru Alabama. It does run thru the SC coast where the movie was filmed, Continuity: In the scene where Forrest sees Lt. Dan on the dock and jumps from his shrimping boat to meet him, the boat is moving right in the point of view of Lt. Dan. However, when the boat crashes, it had been moving left, impossible in such a short amount of time without a person steering it. Continuity: When Lt. Dan meets Forrest after Forrest becomes a shrimp boat captain, Lt. Dan smokes a cigar. The ash on the end of the cigar changes between shots; it's longer when the camera is facing Forrest than when the camera is facing Lt. Dan. Continuity: When the boys are chasing Forrest in their car, from the front it is obvious that they are right on his heels. However, whenever the shot changes to a side view, he is at least ten feet ahead of their car. Then the shot changes and they are again almost running over him. Continuity: In the New Year's Eve sequence, Dick Clark is on the TV in the bar, wearing a brown jacket. When the scene switches to Jenny on that same New Year's Eve, Dick is wearing a blue jacket on her TV. DATE: The Stroh's neon beer sign shown outside the Times Square bar in the early 70's, is a blue, block lettered logo. This logo did not appear until the mid-late 80's. They used a red-script logo up until that time. Continuity: When Forrest runs Tex out of the Vietnam forest, he is holding onto to a leg in one shot, his arm in the next shot, and then his leg again in the last shot. Fact errors: The original tropical jackets in Vietnam era had a much smaller collar length, more like a shirt collar measuring no more than 3.5 inch, while the jackets appeared in the movie were sewn with a much longer collar. Revealing mistakes: In the scene where Forrest and Jenny are reunited in the reflecting pool in Washington, the Washington Monument is clearly visible in the background, with a reflection in the pool. As the camera pans back for the wide shot at the end of the scene, the reflection is still visible in the pool, but the monument has disappeared completely in the background. Revealing mistakes: There's a scene where the Chinese flag appears backwards. Apparently the video frames were reversed in editing. DATE: In a sequence set around 1970, someone is shown reading a copy of USA Today. The newspaper wasn't created until 1982. DATE: The film suggests that Forrest Gump inspired the happy face logo in the late 1970s. Although there is dispute as to when and who originated the smiley face (sometime in the mid 1960s) it was being commonly used in the early 1970s by brothers Murray and Bernard Spain, who used the image in a campaign to sell novelty items such as pin back buttons. The smiley face had already passed its peak of popularity by the late 1970s when the film suggests it was first created. Continuity: Forrest is standing in Jenny's foyer upon entry to her apartment. While they are talking it's possible to see in the background there is an ironing board with the iron laying flat, as if it had been knocked over. While screen shot quickly focuses on the son watching television then quickly back to Forrest and Jenny, the iron has been stood up correctly. Forrest and Jenny had not moved. Continuity: At the Black Panther office in DC, after Jenny's boyfriend smacks her and Forrest attacks him, the two of them slide off of a table onto the floor fighting. When they cut away, then back to the fight, the now-collapsed table is under them. GEOG: Through most of the Vietnam scenes we see groves of palm trees that are not found in Asia. In the foreground shots we see the Sabal palmetto (a.k.a. the Cabbage Palm). Sabal is a genus of New World palms, exclusively. This distinctive palm thrives in its native range where the Vietnam parts of the film were actually shot - in South Carolina, which also bears this palm on their state flag. Background matte paintings or computer graphics may fill in related scenes accurately, but the Sabal palms we see betrays the movie's depicted location of Vietnam. Revealing mistakes: When Jenny is playing guitar at the strip club, The camera pans out and shows her on stage nude. She is clearly wearing a skin tone colored thong and pantyhose. DATE: When Forrest and Bubba get off the helicopter upon arriving in Viet Nam, they stare at a big pile of beer cans that someone is stacking up nearby. The tops of the beer cans are clearly visible with pull tabs, a feature that was not available on any cans during the Viet Nam era. DATE: The letter from Apple Computer, dated 1975, uses the 'Apple Garamond' font below the logo. Apple did not use this font before the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. Until then, the logo featured the Motter Tektura font. The Garamond font itself was only designed in 1977. Continuity: In the scene where Forrest sees Lt. Dan on the dock and jumps from his shrimping boat, he pushes off on his left foot. In the reverse shot, from the front, he's pushing off with his right foot. DATE: During the scene when they are patrolling along the road in Vietnam, several of the soldiers are seen carrying poncho liners made out of woodland camouflage pattern material. This specific pattern did not appear on U.S. uniforms and equipment until the mid-1980s. DATE: In the scene where Forrest and his mother are Christmas shopping in 1956, they see Elvis Presley's controversial appearance "The Milton Berle Show" (1948) {(#8.10)}). The episode aired in June, and would not be rerun in December. CHAR: On seeing Gump on the shrimp boat, Lt. Dan says, "they gave you the Congressional Medal of Honor?" The medal is frequently, albeit incorrectly, called the Congressional Medal of Honor, stemming from its award by the Department of Defense "in the name of Congress." It is correctly the "Medal of Honor". CHAR: When Forrest is in the hospital with a butt injury, he is given back all the letters he wrote to Jenny. On the first envelope, the zip code of her address is 39902. On the second envelope, the zip code is 96602. The third and remaining zip codes are again 39902. Revealing mistakes: SPOILER: When Forrest visits his mom when she's sick and the doctor walks out of the room after talking to Forrest, you can see where his wig ends on the back of his head. DATE: In the New Year's Eve scene at Times Square, Forrest is drinking a Dr. Pepper, which wasn't distributed in New York at that time. SYNC: Forrest belches after drinking all those Dr. Pepper bottles, but we don't see his mouth move. CHAR: Forrest and Bubba clearly state to Lt. Dan upon meeting him for the first time that they are from Alabama, but, shortly afterward, Lt. Dan says, "So you boys are from Arkansas, huh?" (Given how he acts for most of the movie, it's possible Lt. Dan probably wasn't paying any attention.) FAIR: When Forrest sits on the bench by the square and the bus passes him, the traffic is going in the wrong direction. In Savannah, traffic goes counter-clockwise round city squares. (The flow was reversed for the movie in order to have the bus doors open into the square.) Continuity: The tempo in the first song, when he is running, "running on empty," speeds up and slows down. You can tell they edited the clips together. The scenes or the music must have been sped up or slowed down. DATE: When Forrest begins his three-year run, as he passes the barbershop in town, the TV announcer says President Jimmy Carter suffered from heat exhaustion. That happened on September 15, 1979. However, Forrest begins his trip presumably on July 5, 1976, when Carter isn't President yet. Continuity: When Forrest is running across the country, the length of his hair should be progressively longer in each new shot. In one sequence, his hair is clearly long enough to be bouncing off his shoulders. However in the sequence just before the news report of him having been running for two years, his hair is noticeably shorter and thinner than it was seconds before. FAIR: Car tire tracks are visible in the segment remembering Nathan Bedford Forrest's Civil War ties with the KKK. However, this footage is taken from D.W. Griffith 's The Birth of a Nation (1915), and the CG team chose to leave the goof in. SYNC: When Forrest and Jenny watch the fireworks, the sound from the fireworks bursting comes exactly on the same time as they appear. There should be a delay as the sound travels over some distance. Continuity: When the number 4 bus arrives for the first woman that Forrest talked to on the bench, the bus takes off right when she exits the frame, clearly not giving her enough time to board it. Since only a small portion of the end of the bus is shown, the bus would have had to wait a couple more seconds for the woman to walk to the front of the bus and then board it. Fact errors: The Army Recruiter's top two ribbons on his uniform - Army Commendation Medal and Purple Heart - are out of order. Continuity: When Sgt. Forrest Gump receives his LOD (Letter of Discharge), he is only wearing five ribbons - Purple Heart, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, and the Republic of Vietnam Medal, but is missing the ribbon device for the Medal of Honor for which he was awarded by President Lyndon B. Johnson. CHAR: Prior to the Medal of Honor ceremony at the White House, a newsman announces that four service members, one from each service, are being awarded the Medal. When Forrest bends over to show President Lyndon B. Johnson his wound, there are four members from each of the services with the Medal around their necks, meaning that Forrest makes five. CHAR: SPOILER: When Jenny dies, Forrest says it was on a Saturday morning. When we see her headstone, the date of death is March 22, 1982. However, March 22, 1982 was a Monday, not a Saturday. DATE: Using George Wallace symbolic blocking of the doorway to the University of Alabama (11 June 1963) as a time reference, we know that Forrest is named to the college football All-America team in 1963 where he later meets John F Kennedy. However, the Associated Press announced their All-America team on 6 Dec 1963 - two weeks after JFK was assassinated. Forrest Gump should never have met JFK. PLOT: When Forrest is offered $25,000 to endorse a ping pong paddle, his mother convinces him to do it, stating they can use the money but after spending some on a haircut, a new suit, a fancy dinner for his mother, a bus ticket, and two Dr. Peppers, he spends the rest on a shrimp boat, leaving nothing for his mother. Continuity: When Lt. Dan calls in the air strike, there are 2 soldiers to his right, then there is an explosion and sudden fireball (supposedly killing the 2 soldiers). After the explosion, the next scene shows an M-16 being fired from that position (the person firing it is not seen). Fact errors: During the integration of the University of Alabama, the soldiers escorting the black students are depicted as paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division. This was actually performed by the Alabama National Guard, after they put under direct federal control by President Kennedy. |
Quotes
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Forrest Gump: Will you marry me? [Jenny turns and looks at him] Forrest Gump: I'd make a good husband, Jenny. Jenny Curran: You would, Forrest. Forrest Gump: ...But you won't marry me. Jenny Curran: [sadly]... You don't wanna marry me. Forrest Gump: Why don't you love me, Jenny? [Jenny says nothing] I'm not a smart man... but I know what love is. [young Jenny's father is chasing her through the fields to beat her when she stops and hides] Young Jenny Curran: Dear God, make me a bird. So I could fly far. Far far away from here. [repeated line] Forrest Gump: My momma always said, "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." Mrs. Gump: You have to do the best with what God gave you. Drill Sergeant: Gump! What's your sole purpose in this army? Forrest Gump: To do whatever you tell me, drill sergeant! Drill Sergeant: God damn it, Gump! You're a god damn genius! This is the most outstanding answer I have ever heard. You must have a goddamn I.Q. of 160. You are goddamn gifted, Private Gump. Listen up, people... Forrest Gump: [narrates] Now for some reason I fit in the army like one of them round pegs. It's not really hard. You just make your bed real neat and remember to stand up straight and always answer every question with "Yes, drill sergeant." Drill Sergeant: ...Is that clear? Forrest Gump: Yes, drill sergeant! Forrest Gump: Mama always said, dying was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn't. Forrest Gump: You died on a Saturday morning. And I had you placed here under our tree. And I had that house of your father's bulldozed to the ground. Momma always said dyin' was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn't. Little Forrest, he's doing just fine. About to start school again soon. I make his breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day. I make sure he combs his hair and brushes his teeth every day. Teaching him how to play ping-pong. He's really good. We fish a lot. And every night, we read a book. He's so smart, Jenny. You'd be so proud of him. I am. He, uh, wrote a letter, and he says I can't read it. I'm not supposed to, so I'll just leave it here for you. Jenny, I don't know if Momma was right or if, if it's Lieutenant Dan. I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just floating around accidental-like on a breeze, but I, I think maybe it's both. Maybe both is happening at the same time. I miss you, Jenny. If there's anything you need, I won't be far away. Forrest Gump: He should not be hitting you, Jenny. Forrest Gump: Lieutenant Dan, I got you some ice cream. [voice wavering] Lieutenant Dan, ice cream. Forrest Gump: And cause I was a gazillionaire, and I liked doin it so much, I cut that grass for free. Forrest Gump: I gotta find Bubba! Forrest Gump: Her dream had come true. She was a folk singer. Forrest Gump: When I was in China on the All-American Ping Pong team, I just loved playing ping-pong with my Flexolite ping pong paddle. Forrest Gump: Mama says they was magic shoes. They could take me anywhere. Lieutenant Daniel Taylor: Have you found Jesus yet, Gump? Forrest Gump: I didn't know I was supposed to be looking for him, sir. Forrest Gump: Lieutenant Dan, what are you doing here? Lieutenant Daniel Taylor: I'm here to try out my sea legs. Forrest Gump: But you ain't got no legs, Lieutenant Dan. Lieutenant Daniel Taylor: [mildly irritated, but understanding] Yes... yes, I know that. You wrote me a letter, you idiot! Jenny Curran: Do you think I could fly off this bridge, Forrest? Forrest Gump: What do you mean, Jenny? Jenny Curran: Nothing. [Forrest has finished assembling his rifle] Forrest Gump: DONE, DRILL SERGEANT! Drill Sergeant: GUUUUUUMP! Why did you put that weapon together so quickly, Gump? Forrest Gump: [confused] You told me to, Drill Sergeant? Drill Sergeant: Jesus H. Christ! [looks at stopwatch] This is a new company record! If it wouldn't be such a waste of a damn-fine enlisted man I'd recommend you for OCS! You are gonna be a general someday, Gump, now disassemble your weapon and continue! Bubba: Anyway, like I was sayin', shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that's about it. Bubba: Have you ever been on a real shrimp boat? Forrest Gump: No, but I've been on a real big boat. Forrest Gump: Now you wouldn't believe me if I told you, but I could run like the wind blows. From that day on, if I was ever going somewhere, I was running! [repeated line] Forrest Gump: Stupid is as stupid does. Pvt. Dallas from Phoenix: [Forrest is watching "Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C."] Gump, how can you watch that stupid shit? Turn it off. Forrest Gump: You know it's funny what a young man recollects? 'Cause I don't remember bein' born. I don't recall what I got for my first Christmas and I don't know when I went on my first outdoor picnic. But I do remember the first time I heard the sweetest voice in the wide world. Mrs. Gump: Life's a box of chocolates, Forrest. You never know what you're gonna get. Forrest Gump: Sometimes, I guess there just aren't enough rocks. Fat Man at Bench: It was a bullet, wasn't it? Forrest Gump: A bullet? Fat Man at Bench: That jumped up and bit you. Forrest Gump: Oh, yes sir. Bit me right in the buttocks. They said it was a million dollar wound, but the army must keep that money 'cause I still haven't seen a nickel of that million dollars. Forrest Gump: I'm sorry I had to fight in the middle of your Black Panther party. Bubba: My given name is Benjamin Buford Blue, but people call me Bubba. Just like one of them ol' redneck boys. Can you believe that? Forrest Gump: My name's Forrest Gump. People call me Forrest Gump. [first lines] Forrest Gump: Hello. My name's Forrest, Forrest Gump. You want a chocolate? Forrest Gump: I'm sorry I ruined your New Year's Eve party, Lieutenant Dan. She tasted like cigarettes. Jenny Curran: His name's Forrest. Forrest Gump: Like me. Jenny Curran: I named him after his daddy. Forrest Gump: He got a daddy named Forrest, too? Jenny Curran: You're his daddy, Forrest. Forrest Gump: When I got tired, I slept. When I got hungry, I ate. When I had to go, you know, I went. Elderly Southern Woman on Park Bench: And so, you just ran? Forrest Gump: Yeah. Lieutenant Daniel Taylor: Where are you boys from in the world? Forrest Gump, Bubba: Alabama, sir! Lieutenant Daniel Taylor: You twins? Forrest Gump: No Sir, we are not relations. Lieutenant Daniel Taylor: That's what all these cripples down at the VA talk about: Jesus this and Jesus that, have I found Jesus yet? They even had a priest come and talk to me. He said God is listening and if I found Jesus, I'd get to walk beside him in the kingdom of Heaven. Did you hear what I said? WALK beside him in the kingdom of Heaven! Well kiss my crippled ass. God is listening? What a crock of shit. [repeated line] Forrest Gump: That's all I have to say about that. Forrest Gump: Hello. I'm Forrest, Forrest Gump. Recruit Officer: Nobody gives a hunky shit who you are, pus ball. You're not even a low-life, scum-sucking maggot. Get your ass on the bus, you're in the army now! Jenny Curran: Have you ever been with a girl, Forrest? Forrest Gump: [nervously] I sit next to them in my Home Economics class all the time. John F. Kennedy: Congratulations, how do you feel? Forrest Gump: I gotta pee. John F. Kennedy: [turning to camera] I believe he said he had to go pee. Heh heh. Lyndon B. Johnson: [Putting medal on Forrest] America owes you a debt of gratitude, son. Now I understand you were wounded. Where were you hit? Forrest Gump: In the buttocks. Lyndon B. Johnson: Oh that must be a sight. [Whispering to Forrest] Lyndon B. Johnson: I'd like to see that. [Forrest shows him; Johnson walks away embarrassed] Lyndon B. Johnson: God damn, son. Abbie Hoffman: Tell us a little bit about the war, man. Forrest Gump: The war in Vietnam? Abbie Hoffman: [to audience] War in Viet-Fucking-Nam! [Audience cheers] Richard M. Nixon: Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. Vice president Ford will be sworn into office at that hour in this office. Forrest Gump: [in the Watergate hotel; on phone with security] Yeah, sir, you might want to send a maintenance man over to that office across the way. The lights are off, and they must be looking for a fuse box, 'cause them flashlights, they keep me awake. [Forrest has just graduated from college] Recruit Officer: Have you given any thought to your future, son? Forrest Gump: "Thought"? [Describing Vietnam] Forrest Gump: We was always taking long walks, and we was always looking for a guy named "Charlie". Forrest Gump: The best thing about visiting the President is the food! Now, since it was all free, and I wasn't hungry but thirsty, I must've drank me fifteen Dr. Peppers. Forrest Gump: [dejected] No shrimp. Lieutenant Daniel Taylor: Where the Hell is this God of yours? Forrest Gump: [narrating] It's funny Lieutenant Dan said that, 'cause right then, God showed up. Forrest Gump: My Mama always said you've got to put the past behind you before you can move on. [Forrest Gump referring to Apple Computer] Forrest Gump: Lieutenant Dan got me invested in some kind of fruit company. So then I got a call from him, saying we don't have to worry about money no more. And I said, that's good! One less thing. Bumper Sticker Guy: [running after Forrest] Hey man! Hey listen, I was wondering if you might help me. 'Cause I'm in the bumper sticker business and I've been trying to think of a good slogan, and since you've been such a big inspiration to the people around here I thought you might be able to help me jump into - WOAH! Man, you just ran through a big pile of dog shit! Forrest Gump: It happens. Bumper Sticker guy: What, shit? Forrest Gump: Sometimes. Forrest Gump: [running] I had run for 3 years, 2 months, 14 days, and 16 hours. [he stops and turns around] Young Man Running: Quiet, quiet! He's gonna say something! Forrest Gump: [pause] I'm pretty tired... I think I'll go home now. Dorothy Harris: Are you coming along? Young Forrest Gump: Mama said not to be taking rides from strangers. Dorothy Harris: This is the bus to school. Young Forrest Gump: I'm Forrest, Forrest Gump. Dorothy Harris: I'm Dorothy Harris. Young Forrest Gump: Well, now we ain't strangers anymore. [last lines] Dorothy Harris: You understand this is the bus to the school, now, don'tcha? Forrest Gump Jr.: Of course; you're Dorothy Harris, and I'm Forrest Gump. Jenny Curran: Were you scared in Vietnam? Forrest Gump: Yes. Well, I-I don't know. Sometimes it would stop raining long enough for the stars to come out... and then it was nice. It was like just before the sun goes to bed down on the bayou. There was always a million sparkles on the water... like that mountain lake. It was so clear, Jenny, it looked like there were two skies one on top of the other. And then in the desert, when the sun comes up, I couldn't tell where heaven stopped and the earth began. It's so beautiful. Jenny Curran: I wish I could've been there with you. Forrest Gump: You were. Old man in barbershop: That boy sure is a runnin' fool! Forrest Gump: Mama always had a way of explaining things so I could understand them. Forrest Gump: What's my destiny, Mama? Mrs. Gump: You're gonna have to figure that out for yourself. Forrest Gump: That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a little run. So I ran to the end of the road. And when I got there, I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got there, I thought maybe I'd just run across Greenbow County. And I figured, since I run this far, maybe I'd just run across the great state of Alabama. And that's what I did. I ran clear across Alabama. For no particular reason I just kept on going. I ran clear to the ocean. And when I got there, I figured, since I'd gone this far, I might as well turn around, just keep on going. When I got to another ocean, I figured, since I'd gone this far, I might as well just turn back, keep right on going. Forrest Gump: In the land of China, people hardly got nothing at all. John Lennon: No possessions? Forrest Gump: And in China they never go to church. John Lennon: No religion too? Dick Cavett: Ah. Hard to imagine. John Lennon: Well it's easy if you try, Dick. Coach Bryant: That kid may be the stupidest son of a bitch I've ever seen, but he sure is fast! Mrs. Gump: Remember what I told you, Forrest. You're no different than anybody else is. Did you hear what I said, Forrest? You're the same as everybody else. You are no different. Principal: Your boy's... different, Miz Gump. His IQ's 75. Mrs. Gump: Well, we're all different, Mr. Hancock. There must be something that can be done? Principal: Is there a Mr. Gump, Miz Gump? Mrs. Gump: He's on vacation. Young Forrest Gump: Mama. What's vacation? Mrs. Gump: Vacation's when you go somewhere... and you never come back. Jenny Curran: Do you ever dream, Forrest, about who you're gonna be? Forrest Gump: Who I'm gonna be? Jenny Curran: Yeah. Forrest Gump: Aren't-aren't I going to be me? Jenny Curran: You can't keep trying to rescue me all the time. Forrest Gump: They was trying to grab you. Jenny Curran: A lot of people try to grab me. Jenny Curran: Can I have a ride? Pickup-Truck Driver: Where are you going? Jenny Curran: I don't care. Forrest Gump: He was from a long great military tradition. Somebody from his family had fought and died in every single American war. I guess you could say he had a lot to live up to. Forrest Gump: Lieutenant Dan was always getting these funny feelings about a rock or a trail or the road, so he'd tell us to get down, shut up. Lieutenant Daniel Taylor: Get down! Shut up! Forrest Gump: So we did. [Forrest Gump listing some of his comrades] Forrest Gump: There was Dallas, from Phoenix; Cleveland - he was from Detroit; and Tex... well, I don't remember where Tex come from. [when the bullies from school were chasing him] Jenny Curran: Run, Forrest! Run! [Forrest is waiting with Forrest Jr. for the school bus on little Forrest's first day of school in Greenbow. The bus arrives and little Forrest is about to board it] Forrest Gump: Forrest, don't... [pause, then] Forrest Gump: I just wanted to tell you I love you. Forrest Gump Jr.: [smiles] I love you too, Dad. Jenny Curran: Why are you so good to me? Forrest Gump: You're my girl! Jenny Curran: [pause] I'll always be your girl. Forrest Gump: [to Jenny] They're sendin' me to Vietnam... [Jenny is despondent] Forrest Gump: ...It's this whole 'nuther country. [Jenny has told Forrest that she has an incurable disease, and the doctors don't know what to do] Forrest Gump: You could come home with me, to my house in Greenbow, Jenny. You and little Forrest. I'll take care of you if you're sick. Jenny Curran: Will you marry me, Forrest? Forrest Gump: [long pause] Okay. Lieutenant Daniel Taylor: I never thanked you for saving my life. Young Jenny Curran: You can sit here if ya want. Lieutenant Daniel Taylor: [while being ambushed] You guys get that pig unfucked and get it on the tree line! Forrest Gump: So what are you doing in New York, Lt. Dan? Lieutenant Daniel Taylor: I am living off the government tit! Sucking it dry! Forrest Gump: [Forrest narrating] Jenny taught me how to climb. And I taught her how to dangle. Mrs. Gump: What's normal anyways? Forrest Gump: She got the cancer and died on a Tuesday. I bought her a new hat with little flowers on it. And that's all I have to say about that. Principal: [after Mrs. Gump had been entertaining him] You're momma sure does care about your education, son. Principal: [Forrest remains quiet] You don't say much do you? Young Forrest Gump: [imitates the noises he has just heard] eh, eh, eh, eh, eh... Forrest Gump: One day it started raining, and it didn't quit for four months. We been through every kind of rain there is. Little bitty stingin' rain... and big ol' fat rain. Rain that flew in sideways. And sometimes rain even seemed to come straight up from underneath. Shoot, it even rained at night... Forrest Gump: Me and Jenny goes together like peas and carrots. Jenny Curran: Forrest, I'm sick. Forrest Gump: Do you have a cough due to cold? Jenny Curran: [hearing that Forrest is going to Vietnam] Listen, you promise me something, OK? Just if you're ever in trouble, don't be brave. You just run, OK? Just run away. Richard M. Nixon: [awarding Forest U.S table tennis tournament medal in 1972] So how are you enjoying yourself in our nation's capital, son? Forrest Gump: Yes, sir. Richard M. Nixon: So where are you staying? Forrest Gump: Uh... it's called the hotel airbot. Richard M. Nixon: Oh, no, I know of this much nicer hotel that's very new. It's very modern. I'll have my people set you up and take care of it for you. Forrest Gump: Those must be comfortable shoes, I bet you could walk all day in shoes like those and not feel a thing. Nurse at Park Bench: My feet hurt. Forrest Gump: My momma always said you can tell a lot about a person by their shoes, where the go, where they've been. I've worn lots of shoes, I bet if I think about it real hard I can remember my first pair of shoes. Forrest Gump: Then, Bubba said something I won't ever forget. Bubba: I wanna go home. Forrest Gump: Bubba was my best good friend... School Bus Boy: Ya can't sit heah! Lieutenant Daniel Taylor: [Forrest and Bubba salute Lt. Dan] Oh, get your hands down. Do not salute me. There are goddamn snipers all around this area who'd love to grease an officer. I'm Lieutenant Dan Taylor. Welcome to Fort Platoon. [looks at Bubba] What's wrong with your lip? Bubba: I was born with big gums, sir. Lieutenant Daniel Taylor: Well, you better tuck that in. Gonna get that caught on a tripwire. Forrest Gump: [narrating] If I'd a known that was the last time I was gonna talk to Bubba, I would of thought of something better to say. Forrest Gump: Hi Bubba. Bubba: Hey Forrest. Forrest Gump: So Bubba was from Bayou la Batrie, Alabama, and his mama cooked shrimp. And her mama before her cooked shrimp, and her mama before her mama cooked shrimp, too. Bubba's family knew everything there was to know about the shrimpin' business. Forrest Gump: Mama always said, God is mysterious. He didn't turn Jenny into a bird that day. But instead - he had the po-lice say Jenny didn't have to stay in that house no more. She went to live with her grandma, just over on Creekmore Avenue. And that made me happy, because she was close. And some nights she'd sneak out and come on over to my house, because she said she was scared. It may have been because of her grandma's dog, or somethin'. Forrest Gump: I think I ruined your roommate's bathrobe. Jenny Curran: I don't care. I don't like her, anyway. Forrest Gump: Coons? Well raccoons tried to get in our back porch, Momma just chase 'em off with a broom! |
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