Cut-Out Scene
One of the scenes from the movie was cut out because director Zemeckis thought it had racial overtones and might be offensive toward African-American people. The scene featured riot police releasing a German Shepherd dog on Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. as Forrest Gump jumps to distract the dogs with a game of fetch. That scene can be viewed on the special collector’s edition DVD.
Forrest Gumps’s Many Talents
In the movie, Forrest Gump has great success in football because of his extraordinary running skills. Following his participation in the Vietnam War, he was a dominant player in an international ping pong championship. But in the novel Gump’s areas of expertise are even bigger: Forrest Gump is a brilliant chess player, an astronaut and a professional wrestler as well.
