Forrest Gump (1994)
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Waiting at a Savannah bus stop, a kind-hearted Alabama man recounts a life that carried him from his small hometown to college football, the Vietnam War, Washington, a Gulf shrimping boat and a run back and forth across America.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Gump boarding house and school≈ 00:03:00Greenbow, AlabamaStated on screenFictional
Forrest grows up with his mother, befriends Jenny on the school bus and discovers he can run.
- 2University of Alabama≈ 00:19:00Tuscaloosa, AlabamaStated on screen
His running wins him a place on the college football team, and he wanders into the 1963 schoolhouse-door stand-off.
- 3Mekong Delta, Vietnam≈ 00:33:00Inferred
- 4Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool≈ 00:58:00Washington, D.C.Stated on screen
- 5Times Square, New Year's Eve≈ 01:10:00New York City, New YorkStated on screen
- 6Shrimping boat≈ 01:20:00Bayou La Batre, AlabamaStated on screen
- 7Gump house≈ 01:36:00Greenbow, AlabamaStated on screenFictional
- 8Santa Monica Pier≈ 01:51:00Inferred
- 9US Route 163≈ 01:55:00Monument Valley, Utah/ArizonaInferred
- 10Bus stop bench≈ 00:01:30Savannah, GeorgiaStated on screen
Holding a box of chocolates, Forrest tells his story to whoever sits beside him while waiting to visit Jenny.
- 11Jenny's apartment≈ 02:01:00Savannah, GeorgiaInferred
- 12Gump house≈ 02:09:00Greenbow, AlabamaStated on screenFictional
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 56,392 km
- Places
- 9
- Countries
- 2
- Stops
- 12
- Not shown: 52,555 km
- On foot: 3,837 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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