Tom Hanks and ‘Forrest Gump’ director Robert Zemeckis personally funded a scene in the movie for fear of it getting cut.

One of the most unforgettable scenes in Robert Zemeckis’ 1994 Oscar-winning film Forrest Gump almost never made it into the movie. The sequence where Tom Hanks’ character sets off on a spontaneous ...

These behind-the-scenes facts about ‘Forrest Gump’ will hit you with a wave of nostalgia decades after the film’s big Oscar wins.

The exact line spoken by actor Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump in the film is: "My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." In a separate scene, the ...