These Forrest Gump Facts Are Better Than a Box of Chocolates

Spotting Jenny

When at the Lincoln Memorial peace rally, Forrest spots Jenny in the crowd. The huge crowd was created with 1500 extras and visual effects. The extras were continuously moved, then multiplied with computers in post-production.

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The More You Know

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  • Fantasia (1940) was originally a short called The Sorcerers Apprentice, but Walt Disney overspent on the score and decided to make it feature length film rather than waste money.
  • "Psycho" was the first time a flushing toilet was shown on screen.
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