Tom Hanks had won an Oscar award in the year 1994, which was his first Academy Award.
Many scenes of the movie were filmed in Savannah, Georgia. However, some of the scenes were filmed in South Carolina, Fripp Island and also the hunting island were some of the filming locations. This enabled the movie to look historical and also easily relatable.
According to some sources, the movie was able to get $600 million, however by the end of the year the movie was released, it had yet to make a profit.
Jenny who was the lover and wife to Forrest was born in the year 1945. She later died in the year 1982.
Mykelti Williamson claims that he could not get any opportunities to act in other films after acting in the Forrest Gump movie due to typecasting.