When Forrest began to speak, a vandal pulled the plugs on the amplification system so that the crowd could not hear what he had to say. According to the "Forrest Gump" trivia page on IMDb (Internet Movie Database), Tom Hanks says that Forrest said, "Sometimes when people go to Vietnam, they go home to their mommas without any legs. Sometimes they don't go home at all. That's a bad thing. That's all I have to say about that."
The role of Bubba Gump in the 1994 film Forest Gump was played by the American actor Michael T. "Mykelti" Williamson. The actor was born in March 1957.
The movie has so much going for it that it is hard to pick one thing. The acting performances are exceptional, the soundtrack is loaded and complements the original score by Alan Silvestri. The cinematography and editing pull a very complicated storyline into a cohesive, clear story and the writing is clean. One of the best lines in the movie is when Bubba asks Forrest if he's every seen a real shrimp boat and Forrest replies, "No, but I've seen a real big boat."
That was Haley Joel Osment, who later went on to 'see dead people' in Sixth Sense.
It won 6 Oscars: Best Picture, Director, Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Editing and Visual Effects.
"Forrest Gump" was nominated for 13 Academy Award nominations and won six:
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Tom Hanks
Best Director - Robert Zemeckis
Best Effects, Visual Effects
Best Film Editing
Best Picture
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium
The era for the movie Forrest Gump began in the 1950's through the 1980's. Gump lived in the mythical town of Greenbow, AL.
Bubba didn't really have a famous line. Except for his long, long list of ways to cook shrimp.
There actually is no song playing when Forrest is shot. The song "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield plays when they are walking in the jungle in the rain, and when the rain stops, the song stops, and then they get attacked. There isn't another song until the next scene.
In the movie "Forrest Gump" we are not told Forrest's specific age/birthday. However, if we assume that he was the same age as Jenny, we know that she was born in 1945 since it was engraved on her headstone. We can further assume that they are the same age because they seemed to finish high school and go on to college at the same time.
He said Life is a Box of Chocolates, and his name was Forrest Gump, though he's not the sharpest tool in the shed, he gave Jenny all his love.
Lonely Island referrence... Anyways, good luck finding a good answer :P
Nominated along with Hanks in the category for 1994 were Morgan Freeman for "The Shawshank Redemption"; Nigel Hawthorne for "The Madness of King George"; Paul Newman for "Nobody's Fool"; and John Travolta for "Pulp Fiction."
When Hanks won, he became the first person since Spencer Tracy in 1937 and 1938 to win back-to-back Best Actor Oscars. Hanks had won the year before for his performance in the 1993 film "Philadelphia."
Just as Mrs. Gump said, Forrest had to find his own destiny, his own purpose on this earth. So it was the journey, not the ending, that was Forrest's calling. He affected many people in a positive way from beginning to end. It's what we are all meant to do, help our fellow humans wherever that leads us.
Forrest Wood died on July 22, 1996, in Los Angeles, California, USA.
I have read it was $100,000 for the role of the child Forrest Gump but cannot confirm.
The film is rated PG-13 in the U.S. by the Motion Picture Association of America for "drug content, some sensuality and war violence"
"Forrest Gump" is trademarked and copyrighted to Paramount Pictures.
Lt. Dan explained that there were snipers all around there and they might get shot if they didn't keep low.
80% of "Forrest Gump" was shot in South Carolina, so yes, in one way, Tom Hanks certainly "ran" through the state. SC stood in for Mississippi, Alabama, and even the Vietnam scenes. However, during the running period of the film, SC is never identified. Much of the 2nd Unit work involved actually going on location (Maine, CA, NC, AZ) using Tom Hanks' brother as his stand in (or in this case, "run" in).
~SC Film Commission
Of course Gump is an example of how we are to treat our fellow humans. Unfortunately things don't usually turn out as well in real life.
Forrest Gump never went to the Olympics. They may have been playing on a television set within the movie.
In "Forrest Gump", the role of Abbie Hoffman was played by Richard D'alessandro. He has since appeared in several episodes of the TV series "Law & Order" as well as "The Sopranos" and "As the World Turns". As of 2009, he is filming in "Just Wright" due out in 2010.
She knew that she would die and wanted her son taken care of.
He passed all of the University of Alabama's graduation requirements.