Hvor blev filmen forrest gump filmet?
Los Angeles
Optagelserne begyndte i august 1993 og sluttede i december samme år. Selv om det meste af filmen foregår i Alabama, fandt optagelserne hovedsageligt sted i og omkring Beaufort, South Carolina, samt i dele af kystområdet i Virginia og North Carolina, herunder en optagelse på Blue Ridge Parkway. Dele af den fiktive by Greenbow blev filmet i Varnville, South Carolina. Scenen, hvor Forrest løber gennem Vietnam under beskydning, blev filmet på Fripp Island, South Carolina. Yderligere optagelser fandt sted på Biltmore Estate i Asheville, North Carolina, og langs Blue Ridge Parkway nær Boone, North Carolina. Det mest bemærkelsesværdige sted var Grandfather Mountain, hvor en del af vejen har fået navnet "Forrest Gump Curve". Gump-familiens hjem blev bygget langs Combahee-floden nær Yemassee, South Carolina, og det nærliggende land blev brugt til at filme Currans hjem samt nogle af Vietnam-scenerne. Der blev plantet over 20 palmettertræer for at forbedre Vietnam-scenerne. Forrest Gump fortalte sin livshistorie i den sydlige udkant af Chippewa Square i Savannah, Georgia, mens han sad på en bænk ved et busstoppested. Der blev også filmet andre scener i og omkring Savannah-området, bl.a. en løbende optagelse på Richard V. Woods Memorial Bridge i Beaufort, mens han blev interviewet af pressen, og på West Bay Street i Savannah. De fleste af scenerne på collegecampus blev filmet i Los Angeles på University of Southern California. Det fyrtårn, som Forrest løber over for at nå Atlanterhavet første gang, er Marshall Point Lighthouse i Port Clyde, Maine. Yderligere scener blev filmet i Arizona, Monument Valley i Utah og Glacier National Park i Montana.
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Filming began in August 1993 and ended in December of that year. 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, including a running shot on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Downtown portions of the fictional town of Greenbow were filmed in Varnville, South Carolina. The scene of Forrest running through Vietnam while under fire was filmed on Fripp Island, South Carolina. Additional filming took place on the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, and along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Boone, North Carolina. The most notable place was Grandfather Mountain where a part of the road is named "Forrest Gump Curve". 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. Over 20 palmetto trees were planted to improve the Vietnam scenes. Forrest Gump narrated his life's story at the southern 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. 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.
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