10 Things You Didn't Know About Forrest Gump

[@Sureokay]

Forrest Gump is a masterpiece that I hope they never try to remake, redo, reboot or re anything. Just leave it alone.

[@candjim]

The thing I love'd about Forest Gump was the fact he was always the most genuine and sincere character. He never pretended to be someone he was not.

[@ketocajun7451]

The movie ended beautifully, left you happy & sad for Forrest because of the ending of his journey loving Jenny but the beginning of his love/adventure with his son. It was a movie of a life lived fully. It shines like a beacon of hope for everyone.

[@skullraptor59]

bonus fun fact: Kurt Russel also plays a part in 3000 Miles to Graceland as a member of a Casino Robber gang that all dress up as Elvis for their heist.

[@TheRudeNoise]

thanks mate, was gunna add this too. So many Elvis related moments in one actor's career. shoutout to Kurt

[@ryanventer9221]

Such a great movie!

[@ralphharrison6622]

love that film!

[@BigAL68xyz]

And he got his own leg kicked by a little kid.

[@TasteTestTitan]

And he had a bowel movement this morning at 8:42am.

[@77gmcnut]

I saw Forrest Gump multiple times in the theater and watch it at least once a year. It's definitely in my top ten favorites.

[@BusterGutts]

Through the movie Forrest says “was” but when he visits his mom on her death bed, it’s here where she says “is”.

[@omnihassan246]

right. I basically was going to say the same and also in the trailer is where we’re getting it from also I believe

[@axelvetter]

"was like ..." is correct as Forrest uses indirect speech thus has to use simple past tense.

[@FFVison]

She does say is, but she says "Life is a box of chocolates" and not "Life is like a box of chocolates"

[@seefitch4601]

He says both...watch the making of featurette.

[@jasonotoole2652]

So many different tenses eh!?

[@wstine79]

Life is like a Minty's "10 Things You Didn't Know About..." video. You never know what you're gonna get.

[@Me4-gc8qs]

You never know how many mistakes there will be?

[@angrybatvoice]

Ahem... Life WAS like a Minty's "10 Things You Didn't Know About..."

[@richborn6700]

Whenever I watch something from the 80s-90s I usually check to see if Minty has riffed on it

[@gwarbong]

Great comment.

[@bladedreviews]

But I know it will involve a Jenny

[@Linusgump]

My doctor always says, “Life is like sex with Jenny. You never know what you’re going to get, but hopefully penicillin will make it go away.”

[@illustriouschin]

AIDS, you'll get AIDS.

[@favoritemustard3542]

Thank God modern science has a cure for "My-Jenny" lol 💉😉

[@lowstryder1022]

Too soon 🤣 😂

[@Robzombie847]

Lmao

[@Selfamused]

"Life 'was' like sex with Jenny." lol

[@jvondd]

Saying "My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates" makes sense because at this point in time, his mother has passed away, so he can only refer to her in the past tense.

[@AaronLevine-t3j]

What makes the WB decision to not make Forest Gump even funnier is that fact Kurt Russell starred in the executive decision movie while providing the voice of Elvis in Forest Gump. Either way he got paid.

[@MorbinNecrim86]

Forrest Gump will always be one of the greatest films of all time

[@martinmeoni8152]

Is one of the few movies that makes me cry like a baby...and I'm a grown ass man

[@MorbinNecrim86]

@@martinmeoni8152 it's an emotional rollercoaster, but a goodun

[@kerry-j4m]

AGREED.

[@Fister_of_Muppets]

The story writing and acting is 1000% top-notch.

[@trinaq]

I always thought that Forrest Jr. looked familiar, but didn't realise until watching "The Movies that Made Us" documentary that he was played by Haley Joel Osment, five years before "The Sixth Sense." He was discovered in a pizza commercial, and the casting directors thought that he would be perfect for the role.

[@MoviesAtTheBar]

He played Billy Bob Thornton's Hick son in Entourage the Movie, too.

[@jackwatsonepic626]

And don't forget his iconic role in AI. Artificial intelligence 2001. To me his best performance. If you haven't seen it, look it up. You will watch it again and again and again.​@@MoviesAtTheBar

[@Mackeroney]

Minty, you are on fire. Your vids also help me with my anxiety. FORREST!

[@geraldmantanona6116]

Fact 11: Michael Connor Humphreys, the boy who played the young Forrest Gump enlisted in the US Army when he was a young adult & deployed to Iraq (Anbar province) with 1st Armored Division. He later served in the famous 1st Infantry Division (Big Red One) and got out in 2008. 😃🇺🇸👍🏾

[@roymctarsney5655]

A truly great movie with a kick ass sound track! Thanks Minty for bringing back some awesome memories…

[@whooooaa1]

Forrest Gump is one of my favorite movies. I watched it five times in the theater and I know every word of it. I used to come home from high school and put it in the VHS player and just let in play over and over while being a teenager and talking on the phone with friends all night. Such great memories for me. Been to most all the filming locations and will be in Monument Valley this summer to knock another one off the list. Zemeckis and Silvestri are brilliant bringing this movie to life and of course Hanks who is the man!

[@jackbits6397]

so what do you think then, is it "was" like a box of chocolates or "is" like a box of chocolates? I honestly don't remember but if he did say "was" with his mom being dead at the time he's sitting on the bench it could be was.

[@italosblogtalkradio4279]

I just realized that every time i start this video stating I’ll be hearing 10 facts about the movie, Minty has a funny way of squeezing as many details as possible so you end up learning 100 facts by the end. That’s a great achievement so well done 👍🏼

[@CupcakeFairy777]

I never realized that I love that thanks 🙏🏻 God bless

[@shannon_w.]

Minty you are the best! I just adore your videos! Oh and I remember VERY vividly everyone saying (and of course in the Forest Gump voice) "Life IS like a box of chocolate, you never know what you're gonna get." Also, they should have had Forrest Whitaker play Bubba! That would have been pretty funny 😉

[@Baysidemom2]

Minty your videos are so comforting, I don't know why but I just find them soothing. I even like the ones for movies I've never heard of. keep up the awesome work mate 💕

[@VictorHernandez-sd3fw]

Forrest Gump somewhat went into space. The next time you watch Apollo 13, you can pretend Tom Hanks was reprising his role as Forrest Gump for the film. And as a bonus, you can pretend Gary Sinise grew back his legs.

[@hunterolaughlin]

Or had his prosthetic legs replaced with more advanced looking prosthetic legs that looks identical to his original legs. Similar to Luke’s prosthetic hand in The Empire Strikes Back.

[@Linklex7]

Magic legs

[@garrettbays6942]

Also, in Apollo 13, it was mentioned in the epilogue that the person Sinise was acting as later flew the space shuttle. Plus, keep in mind what the reference was to what Dan said his artificial legs were made out of, "Titanium alloy. It's what the use on the space shuttle." Now, this is not a fortuitous prediction of Gary Sinise's appearance in Apollo 13 (though I am sure that a lot of people will say it is), but a reference to when he said earlier in the film, "If you are ever a shrimp boat captain, that's the day I'm an astronaut!"

[@garystinten9339]

​@@Linklex7maaaagiieec leegggss!!

[@curtisjackson1121]

He did go to space in the book

[@TheStrykerProject]

I thought I had watched a Minty '10 Things...' for Forrest Gump...but, hey, worth a second watch, for sure!

[@briwanderz]

You might have, the description says this is a "reupload with some edits and new bits"

[@TheStrykerProject]

@@briwanderz Yep! 😁

[@emaliciously]

I'm super excited that I asked for this and you are doing it. Thanks, Minty, you're the best.

[@alemander_01]

I still remember seeing the poster for the movie at the local mall and never forgot the tagline, "You'll never see life the same once you see it through the eyes of Forrest Gump."

[@glenndouglas8822]

Don't read the book then. Gump is a different person, really.

[@mariovaccarella6854]

Great Video, as usual, Minty. It was a great movie that had showed things throughout the World History.

[@harrisonallen651]

Thank you for covering my favourite movie of all time

[@perthanality]

A forrest gump sequel with historical events like 9/11, the war on terror, The global financial crisis, and Covid would be just depressing

[@MoviesAtTheBar]

All inside jobs

[@TuckerUp]

I’m working on a script now.

[@MoviesAtTheBar]

@@TuckerUp on what?

[@1969chgoodwin]

There was already a sequel. The book Gump and company had him being a father to his son and ending in the early 90's

[@lilbeanshawty]

literally my life

[@AnnieBananie316]

A “Forrest Gump in Space” was sort of made … by MAD Magazine. In the 90’s they did an Apollo 13 parody where instead Hanks and Senise play Gump and Lt. Dan in the premiss of Apollo 13, where hilarity ensues. Also, does anyone remember MAD TV’s “Gump Fiction”?

[@AustynSN]

"It may just be me, but I do believe we're gonna have to go medieval on their buttocks."

[@BigAL68xyz]

"I believe we're gonna hafta get medieval on your butt-tocks."

[@mangrove]

Phil LaMarr reprised his role as Marvin in Gump Fiction, yelling "Not again!"

[@Nomad_Dad]

Hey Minty, id love to see a '10 things you didnt know about IRON EAGLE' that was one of my favourite movies as a kid. Joined Air Cadets because of it lol..anyways love ya work mate and your home video store looks killa

[@yurdp]

His mama was dead in the chronology of the story when he said it so “was” makes sense for his simple way of thinking. When his mama said it to him she used “is”.

[@mikewritz]

I’m surprised you haven’t done a video on Forrest Gump yet. What a great movie, all time classic IMO.

[@Surreal469]

The "box of chocolates" line is just another line that got misquoted even at the time. It was a line used everywhere at the time so it got mangled by everyone including other writers who used it as a punchline. It's like "Beam me up, Scotty" or "Play it again, Sam".

[@Flint-Dibble-the-Don]

Or, " Luke, I'm your father."

[@krs4976]

😂 Not experienced any yet? You will and at that point you'll then be faced with a choice.

[@Danko_Sekulic]

Hello, Clarice !

[@Wonderouz]

Your videos are so refreshing. Feel like the 90s at my grandma's house

[@favoritemustard3542]

Yes! Everyone was playing this movie in the 90s, that's exactly what my comment was about 👍👍

[@ScottLatimer2486]

Forrest Gump is a wonderful movie about shoes. Think about it, the first and last scene of the movie are his shoes. Each stage of his life is defined by the shoes he is wearing: Leg braces for childhood, cleats for College, army boots for after college, sea legs, running shoes. A wonderful movie about shoes.

[@ajthetrfan4348]

Wow learnt a fair but there minty thank you for that Been watching your videos a few years now I wish you all the success you deserve

[@haactgaming9687]

This is one of the best movies of all time! An emotional roller coaster! One of my favourites!

[@marvac-r7916]

Best sfx splicing ev!!! They were my fav part. And def a movie that will be a forever classic! (A 4th grader could watch and pass his Am history test.) Loved your bits about family playing parts. 👊🏼

[@KyleGreenhow]

i love this video, so much good info, thank you!

[@jasonhill9088]

OK. I'm starting a petition for Minty to consider doing a review of Fight Club. Thumbs up for Yeah, thumbs down for Nay.

[@ddr_darkhorse]

Yes!!!!….👊🏼🩸

[@kennethlindahl9206]

He can't because what is the first rule of fight club

[@jasonhill9088]

@@kennethlindahl9206 that's so funny! But technically it's the first two rules of some club.

[@DukeCityExplorer]

1st rule of Minty's Fight Club... 🤫🤣

[@MoviesAtTheBar]

Rule one....Minty can't break that rule!!

[@thejonathandoan]

Outstanding work as usual, Minty. Great video!!

[@jacejan3128]

It does make sense for Forrest to say "was". He was talking about a saying his late mother taught him. In the scene when he visited his mom when she is sick she says "is".

[@auntiewewe972]

When Forrest was saying " Life was like a box of chocolate " he was quoting his mom's PAST saying. Which makes total sense. Lets say your dad asked where your mom is. She told you she is going to the store . But you tell your dad mom said she WAS going to the store. Forrest's mom probably said " Life IS like a box of chocolate " to him. But when telling the story he says was. But it's easy to confuse the both together because you think of both conversations. It's always been was. The Mandela effect is nothing more than a tricky, faulty memory.

[@NZBigfoot]

I believe Forrests mum DOES infact say 'Life is like' during the movie... while Forrest says 'Life was like'. That being said there are some Mandela Effects that are far more interesting and chin scratching (That Bernstein Bears one is one I know for certain doesnt sit right with me as a kid that was an avid reader and watcher of the books and cartoons), and im not sure when the idea became linked to conspiracy... granted that doesnt mean its a real thing.

[@edkeaton]

"Forrest Gump" was such an amazing film. Tom Hanks did such a phenomenal job in the film. The soundtrack was superb as well! 😎👍🎉🎊

[@Skorpio420]

I would say the Forrest Gump soundtrack is the modern American Graffiti soundtrack.

[@GrinderCB]

I've eaten at Bubba Gump's Shrimp Co. Specifically the one in Monterey, California. Good experience. We sat at a table overlooking Monterey Bay with the otters swimming around just outside the window. There was a mock-up of the bus bench out front with Forrest's shoes, suitcase and box of chocolates, where you could sit and pose for photos. In the men's room, the large, handicapped stall with grab bars and room for a wheelchair had a sign on the door, "Lieutenant Dan's". Bottom line, the food and service were good and not all shrimp dishes. I'd eat there again.

[@gerardwayseyelash]

I saw one in Florida but it was so busy we couldn't get in :(

[@adakahless]

I only eat seafood locally (I'm in the town this movie was filmed in) so I get all the good local shrimps. I doubt anyone wants a Bubba Gump Shrimp Co here when we have so many local restaurants that get their catch right off the water and the boats. XD

[@ironghostrotation]

Great video minty

[@favoritemustard3542]

For like a couple of years after Gump came out, it seemed like everyone had it playing. It happened 4-5 times when visiting a friend's house; they or their parents would just randomly have it on. Despite loving the film, it kind of weirded me out lol

[@DerHesse1984]

Great Video Minty, to a film, that will always be in my top 10 😎 Funny thing, in the german Version is no Mandela Effect. It was always the line: "Das Leben, ist wie eine Schachtel Pralinen. Man weiß nie was man kriegt." Not in english version "was", just in the present (german dub) "is". In my childhood we have the same discussion in my family, about the legs from Leutnant Dan 😂 I hope too that Forrest Gump will fly to the Stars

[@Candybar11]

Another great video Minty!

[@kase20033]

Love your channel. Leaves a fresh feeling in my movie knowledge.

[@Rkatondonegal]

Hey Minty! Thank you for all you do ❤. Can you do a video on the movie, “ What’s Eating Gilbert Grape’?

[@bulldogsnbunniesUK]

I appreciate your work, Minty. Thank you. 🙏🏼❤️

[@mikeyfn-a6684]

Btw..it's pretty clear if you look at the scene at 5:06 , in the movie as he gets himself back in the chair, it's clear he used his "invisible" legs to get up, and into, the chair.

[@michaeljlyons5565]

Thanks for all the videos minty!

[@Cinnabuns75]

I live just outside of Washington DC. 2 of my friends in high school were recruited to be extras in the movie, because they looked like hippies. They were in the protest scene where Jenny runs through the water at the National Mall. The best part is they each got paid $500 a day! And I think they shot for 2 or 3 days. Not bad for 2 high school girls in 1994.

[@prophez23]

There's a book called Illusions the journey of a reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach and if you read the book and compare the overall main concept of it to the movie of Forrest Gump there's a lot of connections to it. And ironically on the cover of the book there's a single blueish color feather and at the end of Forrest Gump when the feather takes flight it reminds me of the book. If you haven't read the book I highly recommend it. It's a very short book that's easy to read in a couple hours but it's storyline and message is life changing. And even though it's about a Messiah it's really not religious or pushing any religious beliefs. It's just a good way of looking at life. Anyway thanks Minty. Cheers!

[@jreyes7977]

One of my favorite movies of all time. Thanks Minty!

[@rebeccatavel554]

Minty, thanks for this one!!

[@AtheistOrphan]

“You ever been with a girl Forest?” - That scene with his er, ‘premature’ problem always makes me laugh!

[@mindful_clip]

5:34 the line is "Well WHOSE the dummy now!" --Major Payne (They thought it was a dummy grenade) =D

[@AtheistOrphan]

*Who’s

[@Profess84]

The King? This one of the few films, I know every line. I am glad they went with Tom Hanks.

[@favoritemustard3542]

Sometimes when you hear who else was up for the part, it's just "no... nope... uh uh... no!" & this is def one of those times.

[@Profess84]

@@favoritemustard3542 🤣🤣🤣

[@trevonpernell0814]

7:30 🎵 You ain't nothing but a hound dog 🎵 Imagine a world where WARNER BROTHERS made Forrest Gump...

[@djdulerep]

.... on the bench he is saying his life story that already happened so it's in past tense ... Good video as always , thank you !

[@pokerguvna978]

Punchline is a criminally underrated and overlooked movie. So many laughs and some genuine family dynamics between Sally Field, John Goodman, and Candice Cameron.

[@MegaCorey1977]

Great work Minty !!!!!!!! Nailed It ❤

[@clintbreezy9627]

Thank you Minty. Your videos kept me while I was really sick in the hospital. Now I’m much better and can walk again I’ve always enjoyed your work. I actually went to the movies to see Forrest Gump. (Yeah I’m that old!) And why sir, did you not cover that Jenny tragically died from complications from aids? Yeah, that part.

[@JOSH-lw2jv]

There is another scene - which was scripted and shot - that got cut from the film, and that scene involved little Jenny being responsible for her abusive father's death by releasing the tractor handbrake so it runs him down in the corn field. This element was removed as the filmmakers decided audiences wouldn't forgive Jenny for such a violent act, no matter how evil her father was.

[@timthegem]

Great job, Minty! This was a rare instance where the movie was much better than the book it is based on. I hate the book version of Forrest even more than I hate the book version of Katniss Everdeen.

[@zeb3144]

Still a favourite of mine. Fantastic movie.

[@Keep-Believing-Mark536]

Great review. I love watching this film. I remember seeing it on the big screen back in 94. That was a great experience. I love that Forrest was going to be a wrestler and was going to have a pet monkey, even going into the space would have been cool. Just imagine Forrest in space saying "Mama, we have a problem"!

[@jimmcclements5229]

I had heard that Tom Hanks took the roll because Forrest meets Tom Hanks in the book. I am glad that Gary Sinise took the roll of Lieutenant Dan. It was like the part was written just for him. Have you read the book Grateful American? It was written by Gary Sinise. Gary formed a band called “The Lieutenant Dan Band” they travel all over performing for the armed services.

[@hainuspilot]

Thank for all these memories

[@VictoriaGates]

Another great video! Thank you. :)

[@stormdcw]

I love your Videos Minty

[@deshaunx776]

“Life is like a box of chocolates” shouldn’t really count as Mandela effect. If anything, it just shows how flawed the English language is. Mrs. Gump said, laying in her death bed: “Life is a box of chocolates, Forrest. You never know what you’re gonna get.” Forrest paraphrased her metaphor, making it a simile by adding “like”. The word “was” simply replaced “is” because he was using past tense. When we paraphrase the quote, we combine Mrs. Gump’s present tense usage with Forrest’s simile. The phrase becomes, “Life is like a box of chocolates.” That’s a bit more complex than the whole “Luke, I am your father” thing.

[@ingersollelliott]

Excellent show Minty - that shirt looks fantastic by the way. You got me wondering if you’d do a show on the mini-series THE STAND. What do you think?

[@jeremiahallyn4603]

John Travolta as Forrest Gump? Lol, that's an interesting image 😂

[@scottstewart5784]

He played a really slow person in Phenomenon and did it very well.

[@conorbrierley1]

Would have flopped

[@favoritemustard3542]

Revolta Gump... naw no ty, unless he did a Face/Off with Tom lol

[@TheEnzyme94]

You did it again Minty!

[@coreyhendricks9490]

A box of chocolates indeed, cool video as always Minty, you take care and have a nice day sir

[@jakejones3563]

He says his mom said life was like a box of chocolates, in a later scene his mom says life is. So he's speaking in past tense.

[@T-Bag13]

His mother says "IS" later on.

[@AbiyBattleSpell]

Forest is my hero Ty fr the video

[@ms.donaldson2533]

Bubba Gump Shrimp had a location at the Baltimore Inner Harbor, but there was a planned takedown of the pavilions before the Key Bridge collapsed. Life IS like a box of chocolates.... Much love from Baltimore!

[@scourgeofman4980]

Interesting little side note, Gary Sinise had his legs surgically removed for the film and cryogenically frozen and subsequently reattached upon the end of filming. Truly a dedicated actor!

[@isaiahach]

the mandela effect is just stubborn people not wanting to admit that they're wrong and misremembering

[@jimcroft21]

Wrong.

[@favoritemustard3542]

You're wrong bc I've seen a lot of photoshopped evidence that says so! 😉😉

[@notavailable9919]

The reason everyone remembers "life is like a box of chocolates" is because every parody and impersonation at the time said it that way, and it caught on.

[@christophecamus3295]

I feel that you have done this movie before, great video thanks

[@williamjones6031]

Thank you for helping me learn new stuff. I knew about half of that already. Regarding "Forrest Gump&Co, don't get between me and the exit. If it ain't broke don't fix it HOLLYWOOD.🤬

[@slimblitz56]

This is my all time favorite movie. As a kid, I’d watch it over and over. We had a jailbroken cable box so when it was on PPV, I’d just sit there and watch it on repeat.

[@movieguy82]

We did get “Forrest Gump in Space”, it was called “Apollo 13”. 😂

[@larrybremer4930]

You left out that Lt. Dan was the Command Module pilot for the prime crew too.

[@kellybasham3113]

Love your videos

[@michaeldalessandro3020]

Another awesome video

[@sydneystorm753]

Great Job Minty!

[@christianwitte81]

You gomna have to do a 10 things video on Hot to Trot now lol. All i remember was John Candy as the voice saying "I also speak bird and worm"

[@seangerant653]

Elvis !!!!!!!........plus,Kurt Russell also starred in 3000 Miles to Graceland, an Elvis themed movie too !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Boltman12278]

one of my favorite movies of all time. cant wait to watch

[@triskaidekathirteen724]

Kurt Russell also played in 3000 miles from Graceland as being Elvis' offspring.....

[@brandonrene1356]

Dope content 👏🏽

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

I was quick to notice when I first watched Forrest Gump how it seamlessly appeared as if Hanks did interact with those historical figures. My older brother noted how the only instance when it was betrayed that special effects were used was the scene when Gary Sinece’ character tumbles out of his wheelchair and needs to hoist himself back in; the moment when Sinece gets back into the chair, his posture isn’t one of a guy struggling with his arms.

[@denisematthews6215]

Thank you, Minty!Yes, I did get something new out of this video. The other thing about this film, too, is that you take away something different with each viewing.

[@undrhil]

9:17 it makes sense in the context of the scene that he would say life was like a box of chocolates because he's talking about something that his mom said so he would say the phrase in that past tense form

[@adakahless]

This was filmed around my hometown in Beaufort, SC. People come here to see the settings. My brother worked security during the Vietnam scenes. It was so huge a few years after it came out. The hype died down after about 10 years. The bench he sat on in Savannah had to be removed because of vandals; there's just a sign there now. As per usual in our southern towns, you can't have nice things.