Production note Tom Hanks took backend points rather than a large upfront salary and reportedly made over $40 million.
Production note Hanks’s younger brother Jim doubled for him in the running scenes.
Production note The screenplay sequel was written in 2001 but abandoned after 9/11.
Production note The bench scene was filmed in Chippewa Square in Savannah and the bench later went to the Smithsonian.
Production note The production used CGI to expand crowd scenes, especially the Vietnam rally.
Production note Six Doors songs are listed in the film.
Production note The movie’s studio once traded away rights to the project for another film title.
Pulp Fiction Used as the major Best Picture rival Forrest Gump beat at the Oscars.
Shawshank Redemption Named as another Best Picture nominee Gump beat.
Zelig Used as a comparison for the film’s historical insert style.
Being There Used as a comparison for a naive protagonist moving through society.
The Midnight Cowboy theme Referenced for the New York wheelchair sequence with Lieutenant Dan.
The Doors Used as the most obvious soundtrack presence in the film.
Scorsese Referenced as another director who uses obvious music cues.
Jurassic Park Cited as having much better CGI than Forrest Gump.
Back to the Future Named as Zemeckis’s real career apex, superseding Forrest Gump.
The Stand Mentioned as an earlier Gary Sinise role.
Apollo 13 Referenced as another Tom Hanks hit and a comparison point for his career.
Nell Cited as a terrible Best Actress nominee-year counterpart to Forrest Gump.
The Client Mentioned positively as a movie Sean likes from the Best Actress field.
