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Forrest Gump

I've actually spokento Vietnam veterans who... And Dale Dye, actually,our consultant on...

I've actually spokento Vietnam veterans who... And Dale Dye, actually,our consultant on the film, who said that the terrain that we foundin South Carolina is the closest to the terrain in Vietnam that he's ever seen depictedin a motion picture. And it always makes you feel great when you knowthat you haven't just created a setting that doesn't look like the real thing. And also, in this area here,there were actual water moccasins that had to be cleared outbefore these guys went in there. Yeah, I think we putsome charges in there to wake them up and scare them off. - Didn't we? The day we shot?- That's right. And also some chain-link down,so they could walk in there. And Tom Hanks was wearing protectivegarb on his legs, in case he got bitten. They couldn't penetrateand actually bite him in the leg

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I've actually spoken to Vietnam veterans who
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And Dale Dye actually our consultant on the film
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who said that the terrain that we found in South Carolina
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is the closest to the terrain in Vietnam
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that he's ever seen depicted in a motion picture
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And it always makes you feel great
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when you know that you haven't just created a setting
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that doesn't look like the real thing
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And also in this area here there were actual water moccasins
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that had to be cleared out before these guys went in there
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Yeah I think we put some charges in there
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to wake them up and scare them off
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Didn't we The day we shot That's right
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And also some chain link down so they could walk in there
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And Tom Hanks was wearing protective garb on his legs in case he got bitten
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They couldn't penetrate and actually bite him in the leg
Available in 14 languages
Duration
59 seconds
Views
209
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:07
Uploaded
Jan 28, 2026
Genres
drama, romance
Production
Paramount Pictures,The Steve Tisch Company,Wendy Finerman Productions

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Movie Summary

The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal and other historical events unfold from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, whose only desire is to be reunited with his childhood sweeth
One day it started raining and it didn't quit for four months - Forrest Gump 00:29
One day it started raining and it didn't quit for four...
Shoot it even rained at night - Forrest Gump 00:33
Shoot it even rained at night
Just as you're having a yearning for what's going on back home, the story comes and gives you kind of what you would like. - Forrest Gump 00:21
Just as you're having a yearning for what's going...
One of the things that you begin to notice here... - Forrest Gump 00:26
One of the things that you begin to notice here...
One of the few things that was taken from the book was Forrest's friendship with Bubba. - Forrest Gump 00:47
One of the few things that was taken from the book was...
I told her what I was doing and asked her what she was doing - Forrest Gump 00:37
I told her what I was doing and asked her what she was doing
What was great with Jenny was she let us have a little notion of everything that was happening during the '60s and the early '70s. - Forrest Gump 00:18
What was great with Jenny was she let us have a little...
The filming of this sequence was terrifying. - Forrest Gump 00:36
The filming of this sequence was terrifying.
Get that thing Fuck it get it in the tree line - Forrest Gump 00:06
Get that thing Fuck it get it in the tree line
No matter how crazy and intense Lieutenant Dan was, you really did know he cared about his boys, and you really did feel that he had a true sense of responsibility for them, and he understood that both Forrest and Bubba were probably a little more limited - Forrest Gump 00:18
No matter how crazy and intense Lieutenant Dan was, you...
FORREST I ran and ran just like Jenny told me to - Forrest Gump 00:36
FORREST I ran and ran just like Jenny told me to
For someone who people thought had such a limited sense of intelligence, Forrest was terribly devoted and terribly responsible. - Forrest Gump 00:12
For someone who people thought had such a limited sense of...
And I think everybody's heart sank when he knew that Bubba wasn't with him, and he knew that Bubba was probably in trouble. - Forrest Gump 00:11
And I think everybody's heart sank when he knew that...
I gotta find Bubba - Forrest Gump 00:04
I gotta find Bubba
The moment that Forrest finds Bubba is probably the largest moment of growth that he's had in his life up until this very moment. - Forrest Gump 00:18
The moment that Forrest finds Bubba is probably the largest...
But, see, his heart was true. - Forrest Gump 00:06
But, see, his heart was true.
When I think he's witnessed loss right before him. - Forrest Gump 00:07
When I think he's witnessed loss right before him.
I would've thought of something better to say - Forrest Gump 00:14
I would've thought of something better to say
And for me, from the moment you read the script to the moment that Bubba is in his arms, the word "home" is the kind of thing that resonates with me to this day. - Forrest Gump 00:16
And for me, from the moment you read the script to the...
Then Bubba said something I won't ever forget - Forrest Gump 00:25
Then Bubba said something I won't ever forget