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This stuff was really fun, because all of the special effects stuff that we did
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Forrest Gump

This stuff was really fun, because allof the special effects stuff that we did... Still,...

This stuff was really fun, because allof the special effects stuff that we did... Still, Tom had to becomea fairly good Ping-Pong player to make it lookthat it could be believable that a ball would bounce like that

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This stuff was really fun because all of the special effects stuff that we did
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Still Tom had to become a fairly good Ping Pong player
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to make it look that it could be believable
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that a ball would bounce like that
Available in 16 languages
Duration
13 seconds
Views
192
Timestamp in Movie
00:59:35
Uploaded
Jan 31, 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
We all have a destiny - Forrest Gump 01:09
We all have a destiny
Gary understood that character. - Forrest Gump 01:02
Gary understood that character.
Destiny is a very important part of the whole movie. - Forrest Gump 00:28
Destiny is a very important part of the whole movie.
See, I think that's the next point of reference, is that this wasn't supposed to happen, and that there was a plan that's gone wrong. - Forrest Gump 00:32
See, I think that's the next point of reference, is...
Than just about the Vietnam war or the 60s. - Forrest Gump 00:40
Than just about the Vietnam war or the 60s.
What was great was that Forrest went back to the White House again, and so many times in his life he did things again. - Forrest Gump 00:09
What was great was that Forrest went back to the White House...
America owes you a debt of gratitude son - Forrest Gump 00:33
America owes you a debt of gratitude son
Washington was a wonderful place to shoot. - Forrest Gump 00:23
Washington was a wonderful place to shoot.
We shot in front of the Washington Memorial. - Forrest Gump 00:34
We shot in front of the Washington Memorial.
There was this man giving a little talk - Forrest Gump 00:22
There was this man giving a little talk
I think the other part that's really fun is people like Abbie Hoffman. - Forrest Gump 00:23
I think the other part that's really fun is people like...
I had a couple of guys come up to me while we were filming this scene here at the Lincoln Memorial, and were from... - Forrest Gump 00:28
I had a couple of guys come up to me while we were filming...
Tell us a little bit about the war man - Forrest Gump 00:09
Tell us a little bit about the war man
Of course, historically, this was a demonstration that would've taken place, in our movie, in the year 1968, and there was not a demonstration in 1968. - Forrest Gump 00:25
Of course, historically, this was a demonstration that...
Washington's also a city that's very difficult to shoot in. - Forrest Gump 00:19
Washington's also a city that's very difficult to...
I remember at this time I went to this similar demonstration in San Francisco, being on the West Coast, and this actually resonated quite a bit for me, because it really did feel like... - Forrest Gump 00:25
I remember at this time I went to this similar demonstration...
We had a hard time thinking of what Forrest would say about the war in Vietnam, and we really couldn't figure out what his perfect words would be, and the idea kind of came in to have the police stop whatever his message would be, 'cause we never quite fi - Forrest Gump 00:21
We had a hard time thinking of what Forrest would say about...
By the time he started talking again, you know it was something brilliant that he must've said, even though none of us had heard what it was. - Forrest Gump 00:11
By the time he started talking again, you know it was...
What also was so wonderful is how Forrest Gump and Jenny would meet all over the world together. - Forrest Gump 00:11
What also was so wonderful is how Forrest Gump and Jenny...
The two days that we filmed there, the skies were very different. - Forrest Gump 00:10
The two days that we filmed there, the skies were very...