These Forrest Gump Facts Are Better Than a Box of Chocolates

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While Forrest is running through America, he runs through some curved roads. A portion of the road in North Carolina where Forrest runs was later named “Forrest Gump Curve.”

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The More You Know

  • Inspiration for the Hulk came from Frankenstein’s monster.
  • Ronald Reagan was originally announced as the lead for Casablanca. The proclamation turned out to simply be a ruse to keep the actor’s name in the press.
  • There’s a Starbucks cup in every "Fight Club" scene.
  • The bridge blown up by Eli Wallach and Clint Eastwood in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly was prematurely detonated by a Spanish Army Captain. Upon learning of his mistake the Captain ordered his troops to rebuild the bridge, only for it to suffer another explosion once complete.
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