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''Forrest Gump'' is a 1994 film starring Creator/TomHanks and directed by Creator/RobertZemeckis, and based on a 1986 novel by Winston Groom.
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''Forrest Gump'' is a 1994 film starring Creator/TomHanks and directed by Creator/RobertZemeckis, and based on a 1986 novel by Winston Groom.
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* AlmightyJanitor: After his myriad accomplishments that leave him a war hero, shaper of history, and gazillionaire, Forrest accepts the prestigious job of...groundskeeper at the University of Alabama, which he ends up doing for free because he likes it so much.
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* AlmightyJanitor: After his myriad accomplishments that leave him a war hero, shaper of history, and gazillionaire, Forrest accepts the prestigious job of... groundskeeper at the University of Alabama, which he ends up doing for free because he likes it so much.
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--->'''Jenny''': Dear God, make me a bird, so I can fly far. Far, far away from here.
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--->'''Jenny''': Dear God, make me a bird, so I can fly far. Far, far away from here.
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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: A poor nameless RedShirt dies of BoomHeadshot at the start of the ambush that also kills [[spoiler: Bubba]] (who ironically ends up being the last of the squad to die that death)
* BookEnds: The ObjectTrackingShot of the feather and Forrest waiting for a bus.
* BookEnds: The ObjectTrackingShot of the feather and Forrest waiting for a bus.
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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: A poor nameless RedShirt dies of BoomHeadshot at the start of the ambush that also kills [[spoiler: Bubba]] (who ironically ends up being the last of the squad to die that death)
death).
* BookEnds: The ObjectTrackingShot of the feather and Forrest waiting for a bus.
* BookEnds: The ObjectTrackingShot of the feather and Forrest waiting for a bus.
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** At the beginning of the movie, Forrest tries to get to know the bus driver, Dorothy Harris, because his mother has told him not to take rides from strangers and , Forrest being as dense as he is, to him introducing themselves won't make them strangers anymore. At the end, [[spoiler:Forrest Jr. immediately says upon being greeted onto the bus: "You're Dorothy Harris, and I'm Forrest Gump."]]
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** At the beginning of the movie, Forrest tries to get to know the bus driver, Dorothy Harris, because his mother has told him not to take rides from strangers and , Forrest being as dense as he is, to him introducing themselves won't make them strangers anymore. At the end, [[spoiler:Forrest [[spoiler: Forrest Jr. immediately says upon being greeted onto the bus: "You're Dorothy Harris, and I'm Forrest Gump."]]
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* CallingYourBathroomBreaks: Forrest announces this while meeting [=JFK=] of all people …
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* CallingYourBathroomBreaks: Forrest announces this while meeting [=JFK=] of all people …people...
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** "Stupid is as stupid does." "
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** "And that's all I have to say about that…"
** "…But most of all, I thought about Jenny."
** "…But most of all, I thought about Jenny."
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** "And that's all I have to say about that…"
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**"…But "...But most of all, I thought about Jenny."
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---> '''Forrest''': You know what I think? I think you, should go back, to Green-Bow, AL-A-BAM-A!
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* DeadPresidents and NotSoDeadPresidents: "I went [to the White House], ''a-gain'', [and met] the President, ''a-gain''." The RunningGag is that he meets almost all of the ones he reasonably could. He even moons LBJ (sort of on request).
** He asked if he could see the spot…
** He asked if he could see the spot…
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* DeadPresidents and NotSoDeadPresidents: DeadPresidents[=/=]NotSoDeadPresidents: "I went [to the White House], ''a-gain'', [and met] the President, ''a-gain''." The RunningGag is that he meets almost all of the ones he reasonably could. He even moons LBJ (sort of on request).
** He asked if he could see thespot…spot...
** He asked if he could see the
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---> '''Hanks''': *inflecting Forrest's voice* So I went to the Academy Award, ''a-gain''. And I won an Oscar, ''a-gain''.
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-->''Somebody from his family had fought and died in [[PunctuatedForEmphasis every single American war]]''
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war.]]''
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* TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed: It's debatable whether or not it's a fictional disease, but [[spoiler:Jenny mentions that the virus she's suffering from is a terminal disease]], in which it's left up to the audience on whether or not it is AIDS.
* DrillSergeantNasty: A subversion is that he frequently praises Forrest for his dedication and obedience … in the exact same tone of voice he'd use to berate anyone else. Of course, he does offer some backhanded compliments along the way:
* DrillSergeantNasty: A subversion is that he frequently praises Forrest for his dedication and obedience … in the exact same tone of voice he'd use to berate anyone else. Of course, he does offer some backhanded compliments along the way:
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* TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed: It's debatable whether or not it's a fictional disease, but [[spoiler:Jenny [[spoiler: Jenny mentions that the virus she's suffering from is a terminal disease]], in which it's left up to the audience on whether or not it is AIDS.
* DrillSergeantNasty: A subversion is that he frequently praises Forrest for his dedication andobedience … obedience... in the exact same tone of voice he'd use to berate anyone else. Of course, he does offer some backhanded compliments along the way:
* DrillSergeantNasty: A subversion is that he frequently praises Forrest for his dedication and
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'''Forrest Gump:''' … You told me to, Drill Sergeant?\\
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'''Forrest Gump:''' … Gump:''' ... You told me to, Drill Sergeant?\\
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* EndOfAnAge: Many have interpreted [[spoiler:Jenny's death from a disease that might be [=AIDS=]]] as being symbolic of the death of the 1960s/1970s counterculture in the early 1980s.
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* EndOfAnAge: Many have interpreted [[spoiler:Jenny's [[spoiler: Jenny's death from a disease that might be [=AIDS=]]] as being symbolic of the death of the 1960s/1970s counterculture in the early 1980s.
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** Jenny gets caught by this trope too, after she tells Forrest "I wanna be up on a stage with just my guitar and my voice…" She later gets that dream. But she never specified whether she'd be wearing clothes at the time, and ends up with ''just'' her guitar and her voice.
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** Jenny gets caught by this trope too, after she tells Forrest "I wanna be up on a stage with just my guitar and my voice…" voice..." She later gets that dream. But she never specified whether she'd be wearing clothes at the time, and ends up with ''just'' her guitar and her voice.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: "I wanna be up on a stage with just my guitar and my voice…"
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* HistoricalInJoke: So many that not all of them made it to the movie. Gump inspired and named for a while the trope that is now BeenThereShapedHistory.
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* HistoricalInJoke: So many that not all of them made it to the movie. Gump inspired and named for a while the trope that is now BeenThereShapedHistory.
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* TheKlan: Gump says he was named after Nathan Bedford Forrest, the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
* TheLongList: "Shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo …"
* TheLongList: "Shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo …"
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* TheKlan: Gump says he was named after Nathan Bedford Forrest, the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
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* TheLongList: "Shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp
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* MentorOccupationalHazard: Lt. Dan tries to be this to a T he gives Forrest and Bubba advice on how to survive 'Nam concluding the mentor part and then tries to die fighting in the war believing that it was his [[YouCantFightFate destiny.]] However he didn't count on Forrest to [[ScrewDestiny subvert that.]]
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* MentorOccupationalHazard: Lt. Dan tries to be this to a T he gives Forrest and Bubba advice on how to survive 'Nam concluding the mentor part and then tries to die fighting in the war believing that it was his [[YouCantFightFate destiny.]] However he didn't count on Forrest to [[ScrewDestiny subvert that.]] ]]
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* PinballProtagonistPinballProtagonist: Forrest just does whatever he feels like doing at the time. At one point, he becomes sort of a running guru and unintentionally leads a group of literal cross-country runners for months. At one point he stops running ("Listen, he's about to say something!") and he just says "I'm kinda tired. I'm going to go home now," and just walks home (from the Nevada desert!)
-->'''Runner''': What are we going to do now?
-->'''Runner''': What are we going to do now?
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** In a darker extent, many celebrities that Forrest met or talked about end up getting killed, most of them getting shot.
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--> '''Lt. Dan:''' Where's this god of yours now?
--> '''Forrest:''' (narrating) It's funny Lt. Dan said that, 'cause right then, [[HostileWeather God showed up.]]
--> '''Forrest:''' (narrating) It's funny Lt. Dan said that, 'cause right then, [[HostileWeather God showed up.]]
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*ArcWords: People are always telling Forrest to "Run".
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* ReactionaryFantasy: This the story of how a GoodOlBoy who sincerely believes he lives in {{Eagleland}} type 1 founds happiness and wealth by JustFollowingOrders [[hottip:*:"Run Forrest, Run", "[Because] you told me to, Drill Sergeant?", "The secret of ping pong is never taking your eye off the ball", "I got it -The Medal of Honor - just by doing what you told me to do"]] because DumbIsGood. It is mirrored by the story of an intelligent girl who ReallyGetsAround due to AbusiveParents who sincerely believes she lives in {{Eagleland}} type 2, becomes a SoapBoxSadie trying to change things for the better, and lives a live that goes FromBadToWorse because AntiIntellectualism (and it's implied to end with DeathBySex).
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* ReactionaryFantasy: This the story of how a GoodOlBoy who sincerely believes he lives in {{Eagleland}} type 1 founds happiness and wealth by JustFollowingOrders [[hottip:*:"Run Forrest, Run", "[Because] you told me to, Drill Sergeant?", "The secret of ping pong is never taking your eye off the ball", "I got it -The Medal of Honor - just by doing what you told me to do"]] because DumbIsGood. It is mirrored by the story of an intelligent girl [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]] who ReallyGetsAround due to AbusiveParents who sincerely believes she lives in {{Eagleland}} type 2, becomes a SoapBoxSadie trying to change things for the better, and lives a live that goes FromBadToWorse because AntiIntellectualism (and it's implied to end with DeathBySex).
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* DeathMontage: Forrest explains Lt. Dan was from a long military tradition. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9c8Rba5NVE Then we see a montague of Gary Sinise (the actor playing Lt. Dan) playing a different ancestor just at the moment of his death, in a different battleground, with a war uniform more modern that the last]].
-->''Somebody from his family had fought and died in [[PunctuatedForEmphasis every single American war]]''
-->''Somebody from his family had fought and died in [[PunctuatedForEmphasis every single American war]]''
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* ReactionaryFantasy: This the story of how a GoodOlBoy who sincerely believes he lives in {{Eagleland}} type 1 founds happiness and wealth by JustFollowingOrders [[hottip:*:"Run Forrest, Run", "[Because] you told me to, Drill Sergeant?", "The secret of ping pong is never taking your eye off the ball", "I got it -The Medal of Honor - just by doing what you told me to do"]] because DumbIsGood. It is mirrored by the story of an intelligent girl who ReallyGetsAround due to AbusiveParents who sincerely believes she lives in {{Eagleland}} type 2, becomes a SoapBoxSadie trying to change things for the better, and lives a live that goes FromBadToWorse because AntiIntellectualism (and it's implied to end with DeathBySex).
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This is about the movie, not the book.
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* SexyDiscretionShot: Invoked in the film, where Jenny climbs into Forrest's bed and the scene fades to black. [[spoiler: Completely invalidated in the novel, where the encounter begins with Jenny taking off her dress and saying "Forrest, I want you to fuck me now," and ends with the two of them having sex in the kitchen sink.]]
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* SexyDiscretionShot: Invoked in the film, where Jenny climbs into Forrest's bed and the scene fades to black. [[spoiler: Completely invalidated in the novel, where the encounter begins with Jenny taking off her dress and saying "Forrest, I want you to fuck me now," and ends with the two of them having sex in the kitchen sink.]]
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* SexyDiscretionShot: Invoked in the film, where Jenny climbs into Forrest's bed and the scene fades to black. [[spoiler:*: Completely invalidated in the novel, where the encounter begins with Jenny taking off her dress and saying "Forrest, I want you to fuck me now," and ends with the two of them having sex in the kitchen sink.]]
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* SexyDiscretionShot: Invoked in the film, where Jenny climbs into Forrest's bed and the scene fades to black. [[spoiler:*: [[spoiler: Completely invalidated in the novel, where the encounter begins with Jenny taking off her dress and saying "Forrest, I want you to fuck me now," and ends with the two of them having sex in the kitchen sink.]]
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* PragmaticAdaptation: While the screenplay stays fairly close to the novel's structure(mostly as it relates to Forrest getting involved in life events), the character of Forrest is, in the novel, fairly smart; he just has extreme difficulty articulating his thoughts. The book is also rather dark and mean-spirited in several instances.
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* SexyDiscretionShot: Invoked in the film, where Jenny climbs into Forrest's bed and the scene fades to black. [[spoiler:*: Completely invalidated in the novel, where the encounter begins with Jenny taking off her dress and saying "Forrest, I want you to fuck me now," and ends with the two of them having sex in the kitchen sink.]]
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* DeadpanSnarker: Lt. Dan. Well, look at who plays him.
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* EndOfAnAge: Many have interpreted [[spoiler:Jenny's death from a disease that might be [=AIDS=]]] as being symbolic of the death of the 1960s/1970s counterculture in the early 1980s.
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* RapeAsBackstory: It's heavily implied that Jenny and her sisters were sexually abused by her father.
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** At the very beginning of the movie Forrest opens his suitcase and we see not only the Curious George book (which Mama reads to him and [[spoiler:Forrest Jr. takes to show-and-tell]]) but also his Bubba Gump hat and his ping-pong paddle. We also see he's wearing muddy Nikes, which he wore when he ran for two and a half years. Even the box of chocolates shows up in his story when he gives Jenny a box at college.
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It's the tale of a good-natured but simple-minded man from [[TheDeepSouth Greenbow, Alabama]], telling his life story to other people while waiting at a bus stop. As the story continues, you find Forrest [[BeenThereShapedHistory touching important events and people]] from TheFifties to TheEighties (ranging from ElvisPresley to several presidents), rising to his own measure of fame and fortune in the process, mostly by just being himself. Because he is so simple-minded, he doesn't fully understand the significance of everything that he has done and just sees himself as an average person just living his life. But he's forever pining for his childhood sweetheart Jenny (played by Hanna Hall [[TimeshiftedActor and]] Robin Wright).
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It's the tale of a good-natured but simple-minded man from [[TheDeepSouth Greenbow, Alabama]], telling his life story to other people while waiting at a bus stop. As the story continues, you find Forrest [[BeenThereShapedHistory touching important events and people]] from TheFifties to TheEighties (ranging from ElvisPresley Music/ElvisPresley to several presidents), rising to his own measure of fame and fortune in the process, mostly by just being himself. Because he is so simple-minded, he doesn't fully understand the significance of everything that he has done and just sees himself as an average person just living his life. But he's forever pining for his childhood sweetheart Jenny (played by Hanna Hall [[TimeshiftedActor and]] Robin Wright).
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Jenny]] dies, but [[spoiler: left their son in Forrest's care]], and Lieutenant Dan [[spoiler: found the strength to live and love again]].
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Jenny]] dies, but [[spoiler: left their her son in Forrest's care]], and Lieutenant Dan [[spoiler: found the strength to live and love again]].
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Jenny]] dies, but [[spoiler: left her son in Forrest's care]], and Lieutenant Dan [[spoiler: found the strength to live and love again]].
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Jenny]] dies, but [[spoiler: left her their son in Forrest's care]], and Lieutenant Dan [[spoiler: found the strength to live and love again]].
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It's the tale of a good-natured but simple-minded man from [[TheDeepSouth Greenbow, Alabama]], telling his life story to other people while waiting at a bus stop. As the story continues, you find Forrest [[HistoricalInJoke [[BeenThereShapedHistory touching important events and people]] from TheFifties to TheEighties (ranging from ElvisPresley to several presidents), rising to his own measure of fame and fortune in the process, mostly by just being himself. Because he is so simple-minded, he doesn't fully understand the significance of everything that he has done and just sees himself as an average person just living his life. But he's forever pining for his childhood sweetheart Jenny (played by Hanna Hall [[TimeshiftedActor and]] Robin Wright).
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* MentorOccupationalHazard: Lt. Dan tries to be this to a T he gives Forrest and Bubba advice on how to survive 'Nam concluding the mentor part and then tries to die fighting in the war believing that it was his [[YouCantFightFate destiny.]] However he didn't count on Forrest to [[ScrewDestiny subvert that.]]
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It's the tale of a good-natured but simple-minded man from [[TheDeepSouth Greenbow, Alabama]], telling his life story to other people while waiting at a bus stop. The longer As the story continues, you find Forrest [[HistoricalInJoke touching important events and people]] from TheFifties to TheEighties (ranging from ElvisPresley to several presidents), rising to his own measure of fame and fortune in the process, mostly by just being himself. Because he is so simple-minded, he doesn't fully understand the significance of everything that he has done and just sees himself as an average person just living his life. But he's forever pining for his childhood sweetheart Jenny (played by Hanna Hall [[TimeshiftedActor and]] Robin Wright).
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It's the tale of a good-natured but simple-minded man from [[TheDeepSouth Greenbow, Alabama]] and him Alabama]], telling his life story to other people while waiting at a bus stop. The longer the story continues, you find Forrest [[HistoricalInJoke touching important events and people]] from TheFifties to TheEighties (ranging from ElvisPresley to several presidents), rising to his own measure of fame and fortune in the process, mostly by just being himself. Because he is so simple-minded, he doesn't fully understand the significance of everything that he has done and just sees himself as an average person just living his life. But he's forever pining for his childhood sweetheart Jenny (played by Hanna Hall [[TimeshiftedActor and]] Robin Wright).
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* TemptingFate:
--> '''Lt. Dan:''' Where's this god of yours now?
--> '''Forrest:''' (narrating) It's funny Lt. Dan said that, 'cause right then, [[HostileWeather God showed up.]]
--> '''Lt. Dan:''' Where's this god of yours now?
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** The latter would at first glance seem not so significant within the film's context as [[spoiler:the Columbia disaster happened long after the film's release.]] However, the backup commander for mission STS-3 was Ken Mattingly, who was portrayed by Gary Sinise (Lt.Dan) in {{Apollo 13}}, which also starred Tom Hanks.
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** The latter would at first glance seem not so significant within the film's context as [[spoiler:the Columbia disaster happened long after the film's release.]] However, the backup commander for mission STS-3 was Ken Mattingly, who was portrayed by Gary Sinise (Lt.Dan) in {{Apollo 13}}, ''{{Film/Apollo 13}}'', which also starred Tom Hanks.
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* TheKlan: Gump says he was named after Nathan Bedford Forrest, the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
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* AlmightyJanitor: After his myriad accomplishments that leave him a war hero, shaper of history, and gazillionaire, Forrest accepts the prestigious job of...groundskeeper at the University of Alabama, which he ends up doing for free because he likes it so much.