These Forrest Gump Facts Are Better Than a Box of Chocolates

Lie of Lyndon

The clip of Lyndon B. Johnson awarding Forrest with a Medal of Honor was actually real footage. The award was being given to Sammy L. Davis, and Tom Hanks’ face and body were superimposed later on.

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The More You Know

  • The film industry got its start in New Jersey
  • In the entire Lord of the Rings film trilogy, no two female characters ever speak to each other.
  • The iconic body and hand in the poster for American Beauty belong to actress/model Chloe Hunter, not Mena Suvari.
  • Jim Caviezel was struck by lightening while he was on the cross in, Passion of the Christ.
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