These Forrest Gump Facts Are Better Than a Box of Chocolates

Sitting Pretty

Forrest tells his story from the comfort of a bus stop bench. That same bench was sold at auction for $25,000 and now sits in a museum.

The Candyman, played by Tony Todd, had to put real bees into his mouth to film the movie’s climax.
The film rating system began in 1968
The first-ever animated film to be nominated for Best Picture was Beauty and the Beast in 1981
Christopher Mintz-Plasse, who played the character of ‘Fogell/McLovin’ in the coming-of-age indie flick ‘Superbad,’ was only 17 when filming took place. Being a minor at the time, his mother was required to be on the set during the filming of his sex scene.