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Forrest Gump: I got shot in the buttock. They called it a million dollar wound, but I think they gave all that money to the army, 'cause I ain't seen a nickel of it!

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While Forrest is pushing Lt. Dan through the traffic in his wheelchair, the music is from "The Midnight Cowboy". A taxi stops short and Lt. Dan says "I'm walkin' heah, I'm walkin' heah." It was a famous line said by Dustin Hoffman from that movie. See more...

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Forrest Gump (1994) - 47 mistakes

Directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Gary Sinise, Robin Wright, Robin Wright Penn, Sally Field, Tom Hanks (add more)

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

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Continuity: In the scene where Lt. Dan thanks Forrest for saving his life and "makes his peace with God", before he jumps overboard off the shrimp boat, the water is flat calm. In the next shot when he does jump and is doing the backstroke, the water is slightly choppy or rippled.

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Continuity: When Forrest is in Vietnam and they are all under attack in that little bunker, pay attention to Lt. Dan. In one shot there is a gun behind him, but a few shots later it is gone.

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Continuity: When Forrest was running in the first football scene, it shows cheerleaders and a couple of football players on the sidelines, then the next scene in closer view of Forrest running it shows the same cheerleaders and players in the same exact spot as if Forrest ran that same part of the field again.

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Factual error: When Jenny introduces Forrest to the guy from Columbia SDS during the anti-war rally, she also introduces Forrest to a Black Panther. In real life (only a grad student would actually know this) Columbia University SDS was dominated by the Maoist Progressive Labor Party, and for ideological reasons, the Black Panthers and Progressive Labor despised each other. It is very unlikely that they would be hanging out together, as they are in the film.

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Continuity: When Forrest gets hit by a stone and falls on the ground a red school book is lying on the ground next to him. When he gets up he doesn't pick it up, and when he runs away it's not on the ground either.

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Revealing: Every time Forrest recalls an assassination attempt, we hear the exact same gunshot sounds.

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Audio problem: John Lennon's lips don't sync with what he's saying.

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