These Forrest Gump Facts Are Better Than a Box of Chocolates

Director Decisions

Though the coveted spot went to Robert Zemeckis, two other directors were considered for the movie. Both Terry Gilliam and Barry Sonnenfeld turned down the opportunity.

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The More You Know

  • Pixar’s, UP was the first ever animated film and 3D film to open the Cannes Film Festival.
  • Novelist and screenwriter Nick Hornby is brother-in-law to novelist and screenwriter Robert Harris.
  • After a slew of drug related offences, Robert Downey Jr. was a semi-blacklisted celebrity until Kiss Kiss Bang Bang reignited his career.
  • Jennifer Lopez was the first actress to have a movie and an album hit number one in the same week.
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