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“Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” Well you do when you shop at TruffleShuffle… You can guarantee that you will find some great movie t-shirts amongst pages and pages of the best retro gear on the web. If [like me] you’re a fan of the slightly slow-witted southern boy and his extraodinary life story then we have some great Forrest Gump T-Shirts that you will definitely love. As with other famous block-busters there is lots of great facts and trivia surrounding the making of this epic romantic comedy-drama classic, so I thought I’d share 10 of my favourite facts about the making of the story surrounding the Bubba Gump shrimp entrepreneur. |
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1 – John Travolta, Chevy Chase, and Bill Murray all turned down the role of Forrest Gump. |
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2 – Sally Field, who played the mother of Forrest, is only 10 years older than Tom Hanks. Sally Field had previously co-starred with Tom Hanks, in the film “Punchline” 1988. In this film the character of Hanks makes proposal to heroine of Sally. |
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3 – With the first scene of each age transition one thing remains the same, Forrest always wears a blue plaid shirt. |
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4 – Apparently, the line Forrest says when his microphone is turned off at the Vietnam rally is: “Sometimes when people go to Vietnam, they go home to their mommas without any legs. Sometimes they don’t go home at all. That’s a bad thing. That’s all I have to say about that.” |
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5 – There was no ball in the Ping-Pong matches scenes; it was entirely CGI. |
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6 – Gary Sinise’s lower legs were wrapped in a special blue fabric that allowed them to be digitally removed later. |
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7 – Tom Hanks’ younger brother Jim Hanks doubled for him in many of his numerous running sequences. |
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8 – The traffic flow around squares in Savannah is normally counterclockwise. The flow was reversed for the movie in order to have the bus doors open into the square. |
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9 – This was Haley Joel Osment’s first film role. |
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10 – Forrest has his eyes closed in every photo you see of him in the movie. |
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So there you have it, 10 facts you hopefully didn’t know another one of my favourite retro films. Thankfully we have some great retro tshirts to show your appreciation too!! |
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Men’s Forrest Gump Bench |
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Ladies Forrest Gump Box Of Chocolates Quote T-Shirt from TruffleShuffle |
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