Editing Forrest Gump (section)

=== Filming ===
[[File:ForrestGump-Jenny-Boat-2055.jpg|thumb|The shrimping boat Gump used in the film]]
Filming began in August 1993 and ended in December of that year.<ref name="FilminDates">{{cite news|last=McKenna|first=Kristine|author-link=Kristine McKenna|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/60281832.html?dids=60281832:60281832&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+19%2C+1993&author=KRISTINE+McKENNA&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=Cover+Story+He%27s+Serious+About+This+One+For+Tom+Hanks%2C+it%27s+been+a+long+ride+from+%60Splash%27+to+%60Philadelphia%2C%27+in+which+the+likable+comedy+actor+plays+an+AIDS+patient+who%27s+fired+from+his+job.+What+made+him+take+the+leap%3F+It+has+a+lot+to+do+with+what+he%27s+done+so+far%2C+the+times+and%2C+well%2C+life&pqatl=google|title=He's Serious About This One For Tom Hanks, it's been a long ride from 'Splash' to 'Philadelphia,' in which the likable comedy actor plays an AIDS patient who's fired from his job|work=Los Angeles Times|format=Fee required|date=December 19, 1993|access-date=June 13, 2010|archive-date=January 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111205510/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/60281832.html?dids=60281832:60281832&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+19%2C+1993&author=KRISTINE+McKENNA&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=Cover+Story+He%27s+Serious+About+This+One+For+Tom+Hanks%2C+it%27s+been+a+long+ride+from+%60Splash%27+to+%60Philadelphia%2C%27+in+which+the+likable+comedy+actor+plays+an+AIDS+patient+who%27s+fired+from+his+job.+What+made+him+take+the+leap%3F+It+has+a+lot+to+do+with+what+he%27s+done+so+far%2C+the+times+and%2C+well%2C+life&pqatl=google|url-status=dead}}</ref> Although most of the film is set in Alabama, filming took place mainly in and around [[Beaufort, South Carolina]], as well as parts of coastal Virginia and North Carolina,<ref name="HankSign" /> including a running shot on the [[Blue Ridge Parkway]] near [[Grandfather Mountain]] where a part of the road subsequently became known as "Forrest Gump Curve".<ref>Grandfather Mountain audio tour</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20130126081418/http://www.indianagazette.com/a_news/article_6088508b-000c-5c86-a60e-5ea14a1d9112.html Must-see sites abound along Blue Ridge Parkway – The Indiana Gazette Online: Indiana County Area News]. Indianagazette.com (June 12, 2011). Retrieved on March 7, 2013.</ref> Downtown portions of the fictional town of Greenbow were filmed in [[Varnville, South Carolina]].<ref>[http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/f/ForrestGump.html Film locations for Forrest Gump (1994)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806231350/http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/f/ForrestGump.html |date=August 6, 2019}}. Movie-locations.com. Retrieved on March 7, 2013.</ref> The studio was about to pull the plug on the film, until Zemeckis and Hanks cut the running sequence in the middle, Hanks used his own money for the sequence.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/tom-hanks-and-steven-spielberg-on-indiana-jones-173307833.html | title=Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg on 'Indiana Jones 5' and Saving 'Forrest Gump' | date=October 9, 2015 }}</ref> The scene of Forrest running through Vietnam while under fire was filmed on [[Hunting Island State Park]] and [[Fripp Island, South Carolina]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Katherine |title=Island getaway is motion-picture perfect |work=St. Petersburg Times |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2004/06/27/Travel/Island_getaway_is_mot.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917010438/http://www.sptimes.com/2004/06/27/Travel/Island_getaway_is_mot.shtml |archive-date=September 17, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Additional filming took place on the [[Biltmore Estate]] in [[Asheville, North Carolina]]. 
[[File:Forrest Gump Point Monument Valley November 2018 003.jpg|thumb|left|The location along [[U.S. Route 163]] in [[Monument Valley]] where Forrest ends his run]]
The Gump family home set was built along the [[Combahee River]] near [[Yemassee, South Carolina]], and the nearby land was used to film Curran's home as well as some of the Vietnam scenes.<ref name="DVDProdDesign">{{cite video|title=Forrest Gump-(Building the World of Gump: Production Design)|medium=DVD|publisher=[[Paramount Pictures]]|date=August 28, 2001}}</ref> Over 20&nbsp;[[sabal|palmetto]] trees were planted to improve the Vietnam scenes.<ref name="DVDProdDesign" /> Forrest Gump narrated his life's story at the northern edge of [[Chippewa Square]] in [[Savannah, Georgia]], as he sat at a bus stop bench. There were other scenes filmed in and around the Savannah area as well, including a running shot on the [[Richard V. Woods Memorial Bridge]] in Beaufort while he was being interviewed by the press, and on West Bay Street in Savannah.<ref name="DVDProdDesign" /> Most of the college campus scenes were filmed in [[Los Angeles]] at the [[University of Southern California]]. The lighthouse that Forrest runs across to reach the Atlantic Ocean the first time is the [[Marshall Point Lighthouse]] in [[Port Clyde, Maine]]. Additional scenes were filmed in Arizona, Utah's [[Monument Valley]], and Montana's [[Glacier National Park (U.S.)|Glacier National Park]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=D'Arc|first1=James V.|title=When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah|date=2010|publisher=Gibbs Smith|location=Layton, Utah|isbn=9781423605874|edition=1st}}</ref>