Factual error: Jenny shows Forrest a clipping of him in U.S.A Today magazine (first published in September 1982), but on Jenny's grave it says she died on March 22 1982.
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Forrest Gump: But Lieutenant Dan, you don't have any legs!
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Continuity: In the scene where Forrest goes and visits Jenny (and is introduced to his son), there is an iron on the ironing board in the background. It stands up, then down, then up. The child's artwork in the background also disappears.
Continuity: When Forrest firsts meets Jenny on the bus to school, a girl is sitting behind them, then disappears, then reappears again..
Factual error: In the scene where Forrest gets his discharge papers, he is practicing table tennis in a gym. The gym floor has a three-point line on the basketball court. It is a college or high school three point line- 19 feet, 9 inches. There was no three pointer in basketball at that time, especially at that distance.
Continuity: When Forrest finally catches shrimp on the boat, the net drops DEAD shrimp on the deck.
Continuity: When Forrest is running the football field and passing all the players, he passes everyone except the referee, who can be seen moving down the sidelines at a faster pace than Forrest.
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