A Real Runner
Forrest’s cross country run was inspired by 16-year-old Louis Michael Figueroa who ran from New Jersey to San Francisco to show support for the American Cancer Society.
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These Forrest Gump Facts Are Better Than a Box of Chocolates
The More You Know
- The first toilet did not flush on the American big screen until 1960
- Leonardo DiCaprio did not do the drawing in ‘Titanic’
- Pixar’s, UP was the first ever animated film and 3D film to open the Cannes Film Festival.
- While filming Rocky IV, Dolph Lundgren punched Sylvester Stallone's chest so hard, his heart slammed against his breastbone, causing it to swell and his systolic blood pressure shot to over 200. Filming was halted as Stallone was flown to a nearby hospital and spent eight days in intensive care.