These Forrest Gump Facts Are Better Than a Box of Chocolates

Sweet Home Alabama

Most of the film is set in Alabama, but it wasn’t shot there. In fact, the state shots came mostly from South Carolina and Virginia, as well as some parts of North Carolina.

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