Forrest Gump Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details

Tom Hanks's brother Jim Hanks doubled for him for the sequence where Forrest jogs across America. As Jim put it: "Tom had other doubles, but they couldn't do the run," he says, referring to Gump's stiff, geeky stride. "That's a stupid Hanks thing."

The writing on says G(nmi)F 2/47. This stands for Gump (no middle initial) Forrest and he is in the 2/47 infantry.

At Forrest and Jenny's wedding all the guests are seated except Lieutenant Dan, who just got new prosthetic legs after years in a wheelchair

The way Forrest looks at Bubba after he stops talking indicates that he actually was listening to his shrimp ramblings the whole time, which is probably also the reason Forrest and Bubba were punished to clean the barracks even though Gump was praised by the Drill Sergeant.

When Jenny is lying sick in bed and Forrest comes to talk to her, on the nightstand behind him there is a postcard that has a smiley face on it. This is after Forrest inspired the invention of the smiley face by wiping his dirty face with a yellow t-shirt.

Lt. Dan lectures Forrest and Bubba about the dangers of Vietnam right after their arrival in country. Just as he ends his speech to squat in the latrine, Forrest and Bubba look at each other, and the Beach Boys are heard singing "This is the worst trip I've ever been on."

The Moscow-Washington Hotline is depicted as a red phone in Kennedy's bathroom. It was known as the "Redline".

Forrest Gump (1994) Forest says that Jenny died on a Saturday morning but on her tombstone is the date March 22, 1982 which was actually a Monday

Bubba's mother and siblings are at Forrest and Jenny's wedding

You can see Lieutenant Dan standing in the back row. There aren't any seats left because they expected him to be in a wheelchair due to him losing his legs while fighting in Vietnam.

Forrest Gump Lt. Dan surprises Forest with his new prosthetic legs at his wedding, hence no chair for him to sit.

The name of his Regiment is a real United States Army Infantry Regiment known as the 47th and has served in WW1, WW2, Vietnam and was inactivated during the Cold War.

The military jacket that Jenny's boyfriend is wearing is an East German Army parade jacket; further highlighting his radical political views

Forrest is told in the infirmary by a soldier to "never take your eye off the ball". In every ping-pong match after that, he never blinks and always has his eye on the ball.

When Forrest is hugging Jenny you can see the bruises from when he was hitting her boyfriend from a couple of scenes before.

How they made Lieutenant Dan (Gary Sinise) look like he didn't have legs in Forrest Gump (1994)

Anytime a picture is taken of Forrest his eyes are closed.

When Forrest joins the Army, all of the black men are at the back of the bus.

When Forrest first learns to play ping-pong in the infirmary, he is told the trick is to "keep his eye on the ball" by another soldier. After that moment, whenever he is shown playing ping-pong, he never blinks.

The security officer who answers Forrest's phone call introduces himself as Frank Wills. Frank Wills was the nightwatchman who foiled the break-in at the Watergate Complex in 1972, which ultimately led to Nixon's resignation.

From his Bubba Gump Shrimp Fortune cover to his All American ping pong cardboard cut out... his eyes are closed in every picture.

Lt. Dan orders Forrest and Bubba to "take care of their feet" and promotes "a good pair of socks". He later ends up having his legs amputated.

Forrest says "My mama always said you can tell a lot about a person by their shoes". In the scene Forrest's shoes are dirty showing all that he has been through in his life.

Forrest wears a blue plaid shirt in the first scene of each age transition. His son also wears a similarly patterned shirt at the end of the film.

When Forrest goes to the White House bathroom, there is a signed picture of Marilyn Monroe that reads "To Jack with love, Marilyn". JFK & Monroe are rumoured to have had an affair.

Forrest receives a letter from Apple to thank him for his investment, dated September 23, 1975. Apple wasn't founded until April 1, 1976.

When they are in Vietnam and Lt. Dan says to be quiet as the squad is walking, Forrest starts to whisper his voiceover.

When Forrest gives Jenny his Medal of Honor you can see his knuckles are bruised from the fight at the Black Panther party the night before.

When Forrest sits with his son for the first time they tilt their head the same way

the movie Forrest Gump, Forest Gump doesn't close his eyes while playing table tennis because he was told to "keep his eyes on the ball"

When Lt. Dan and Forrest almost get hit by a taxi, Lt. Dan screams: "I'm walking here!" This references the fact that he is in a wheelchair, but also the famous scene from Midnight Cowboy (1969).

The Beach Boys' Sloop John B plays as Lt.Dan warns Forrest and Bubba "Don't do anything stupid, like getting killed" The last line of the song is also Bubba's last line as he dies, "I wanna go home"

When Forrest is at Jenny's bedside, there is the smiley face he gave the idea for on a piece of furniture at the left.

When he recieves his Medal of Honor citation, the ping pong table set up has a small tape square on it where he is hitting the balls on. This shows how great he got at ping pong.

The news anchor's trail graphic marker is currently at the Mississippi River. The cutover to the reported is then on location, at the Mississippi River

Lieutenant Dan shows to Forrest's wedding walking with his "new legs" followed by his wife, a vietnamese woman. This shows he finally came to terms with his past in Vietnam and losing his legs during the war.

The famous line, "I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is.", is a response to what Jenny said last time he told her he loved her years before.

During the "shit happens" scene, the joggers behind Forrest all run around the poop after Forrest runs into it

Jenny sings "Blowin' In The Wind" by Bob Dylan, a song about how we don't have the answers to all life's questions. The feather also represents this idea: life is full of uncontrollable events, life can be a result of luck, and we can never know what is over the next horizon

Jenny performs at a topless bar under the pseudonym Bobbie Dylan. The song she sings is "Blowin' in the Wind" by Bob Dylan

When Forrest is saving Lieutenant Dan in Vietnam but gets shot by a Vietnamese Lieutenant Dan shoots back with his 1911. After a shot you can hear a ricochet from the bullet hitting the ground at an angle even tho you can't see the bullet.

During the The Dick Cavett Show scene, John Lennon responds to Forrest's statements about China with "no possessions?", "no religion too?", and then to Dick with "it's easy if you try, Dick". These are all lyrics from John Lennon - Imagine.

Is in Vietnam, he keeps his toothbrush in his helmet. You can see how dirty it's gotten by the black bristles.

Lazy special effects in Forrest Gump crowd scene at Lincoln Memorial.

Every famous quote & friendship is about Destiny

Forrest Gump Jr was apparently a big Trump supporter.

Lt. Dan (Gary Sinise) tells Forrest (Tom Hanks) something like, "If you're going to be a shrimping boat captain, I'm an astronaut." They would co-star a year later as astronauts Ken Mattingly (Sinise) and Jim Lovell (Hanks) in "Apollo 13" (1995).