21 Facts About Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Eric Roth.

Forrest Gump won six Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Hanks, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Visual Effects, and Best Film Editing.

On his first day of school, Forrest Gump meets a girl named Jenny Curran, and the two become best friends.

Bullied because of his leg braces and dim-witted appearance, Forrest Gump flees from a group of children, but when his braces break off, he is revealed to be a fast runner.

Forrest Gump spends 1972 New Year's Eve in New York City with Lieutenant Dan, who has become an alcoholic, still bitter about his disability and the government's apathy towards Vietnam veterans.

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Forrest Gump uses the earnings to buy a shrimping boat in Bayou La Batre, fulfilling his promise to Bubba.

Dan invests in early Apple stock, which Forrest Gump thinks is "some kind of fruit company", and the two become millionaires.

Forrest Gump gives half of his earnings to Bubba's family for having inspired the shrimping venture.

Forrest Gump proposes to her, and that night she tells Forrest she loves him and the two make love, though she leaves the next morning.

In 1981, Forrest Gump reveals that he is waiting at the bus stop because he received a letter from Jenny, who asked him to visit her.

Forrest Gump has no agenda and no opinion about anything except Jenny, his mother and God.

Forrest Gump initially wanted to ease Forrest's pronounced Southern accent but was eventually persuaded by director Robert Zemeckis to portray the heavy accent stressed in the novel.

The scene of Forrest Gump running through Vietnam while under fire was filmed on Hunting Island State Park and Fripp Island, South Carolina.

Forrest Gump narrated his life's story at the northern edge of Chippewa Square in Savannah, Georgia as he sat at a bus stop bench.

Forrest Gump held the record for being the highest-grossing Paramount film until it was taken by Titanic three years later in 1997.

Forrest Gump won Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Director, Best Visual Effects, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Film Editing at the 67th Academy Awards.

In December 2011, Forrest Gump was selected for preservation in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry.

Forrest Gump's argues that this sharp contrast between the decades criticizes the counterculture values and reaffirms conservatism.

Some commentators see the conservative readings of Forrest Gump as indicating the death of irony in American culture.

Forrest Gump felt that Forrest wouldn't buy anything but American.

Roth's script begins with Forrest Gump sitting on a bench waiting for his son to return from school.