Where was Forrest Gump filmed?
1994 film directed by Robert Zemeckis
Forrest Gump (1994) was filmed in Santa Monica, Ambassador Hotel, Paramount Pictures Studios, Chippewa Square, Bovard Administration Building and Marks Tower: 6 recorded filming locations in the United States. Every one is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
Filming locations
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Towns & cities
Santa Monica
United States
beachfront city in Los Angeles County, California, United States
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Landmarks & buildings
Ambassador Hotel
United States
defunct hotel in Los Angeles, California, United States
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Studios & sets
Paramount Pictures Studios
United States
film studio
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Landmarks & buildings
Bovard Administration Building
United States
building on the campus of the University of Southern California
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Landmarks & buildings
Marks Tower
United States
freshmen residence hall at University of Souther California (USC)
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Landscapes & nature
Chippewa Square
United States
park in the United States of America
“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.” Wikipedia
Also per Wikipedia's article
The article names 21 more places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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Towns & cities
Los Angeles
United States
seat of Los Angeles County, and largest city in California, United States
“Most of the college campus scenes were filmed in Los Angeles at the University of Southern California.” Wikipedia
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Towns & cities
New York City
United States
most populous city in the United States
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Towns & cities
Washington, D.C.
United States
capital city of the United States of America
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Towns & cities
Savannah
United States
city in and county seat of Chatham County, Georgia, United States
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Landscapes & nature
Monument Valley
United States
basin of the Colorado Plateau on the Arizona–Utah border in the western United States
“Additional scenes were filmed in Arizona, Utah's Monument Valley, and Montana's Glacier National Park.” Wikipedia
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Landmarks & buildings
University of Southern California
United States
private university in Los Angeles, California, United States
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Towns & cities
Asheville
United States
county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States
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Towns & cities
Beaufort
United States
city in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States
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Landscapes & nature
Glacier National Park
United States
national park in Flathead and Glacier counties in Montana, United States
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Landmarks & buildings
Biltmore Estate
United States
historic house museum and tourist attraction in Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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Landscapes & nature
Grandfather Mountain
United States
mountain in North Carolina, United States
“The scene in the 1994 film Forrest Gump where the title character runs on a curvy mountain road was filmed here.” Wikipedia
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Towns & cities
Varnville
United States
human settlement in Hampton County, South Carolina, United States of America
“Downtown portions of the fictional town of Greenbow were filmed in Varnville, South Carolina.” Wikipedia
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Landscapes & nature
Hunting Island State Park
United States
barrier island and state park in South Carolina, United States
“The scene of Forrest running through Vietnam while under fire was filmed on Hunting Island State Park and Fripp Island, South Carolina.” Wikipedia
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Landscapes & nature
Fripp Island
United States
island in the United States of America
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Towns & cities
Port Clyde
United States
unincorporated community in Maine
“The lighthouse that Forrest runs across to reach the Atlantic Ocean the first time is the Marshall Point Lighthouse in Port Clyde, Maine.” Wikipedia
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Towns & cities
Port Wentworth
United States
city in Chatham County, Georgia, USA
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Streets & squares
U.S. Route 163
United States
U.S. Numbered Highway in Navajo County, Arizona and San Juan County, Utah in the United States
“While Monument Valley and US 163 have been featured in numerous western movies, a specific view area near Utah mile marker 13 has recently been given the nickname Forrest Gump hill, as a location from the movie Forrest Gump.” Wikipedia
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Landscapes & nature
Combahee River
United States
river in the United States of America
“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.” Wikipedia
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Towns & cities
Yemassee
United States
town in Beaufort and Hampton Counties, South Carolina
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Streets & squares
Richard V. Woods Memorial Bridge
United States
bridge in United States of America
“The bridge was featured in the film Forrest Gump (1994) as a stand-in for a bridge across the Mississippi River.” Wikipedia
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Landmarks & buildings
Marshall Point Light
United States
lighthouse in Maine, United States
From published sources
Places a newspaper, a film office, a broadcaster or the production itself names, where no wiki records them. Each sentence below was found on its page and read before the place was added, and its publisher is linked beside it.
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Landmarks & buildings
Palace of Fine Arts
United States
structure in San Francisco
Filming permit: Palace of Fine Arts (3301 Lyon Street) San Francisco Film Commission, 1994
Places whose own article says it was shot there
5 places whose own Wikipedia article names this film as something shot there, where Wikidata records nothing and this film’s own article does not say so either. The weakest evidence on this atlas: no pin on the map, and nothing in the downloads. Each sentence is quoted whole and linked to the article it came from, so it can be judged rather than taken on trust.
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Savannah United States
“In popular culture, the square is the location of the park bench seen in the 1994 film Forrest Gump from which the title character dispenses wisdom to others waiting for a bus.” Wikipedia
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Fripp Island United States
“The Vietnam War scenes from the movie Forrest Gump (1994) were filmed on Fripp Island.” Wikipedia
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Hunting Island State Park United States
“In 1993, most of the Vietnam War scenes in Forrest Gump were filmed on Hunting Island and neighboring Fripp Island.” Wikipedia
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Varnville United States
“In 1993, several scenes from the film Forrest Gump were shot in Varnville, of which some were used to create the fictional town of Greenbow, Alabama.” Wikipedia
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Chippewa Square United States
“The "park bench" scene which opens the 1994 film Forrest Gump was filmed on the north side of Chippewa Square.” Wikipedia
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in Arizona, California, Maine, North Carolina, South Carolina, Utah, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable (a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote), so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
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Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Forrest Gump have?
6 places recorded on Wikidata, and 21 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, all in the United States.
Was Forrest Gump filmed at a studio?
Yes. Paramount Pictures Studios, recorded on Wikidata as a filming location.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), The Social Network (2010), Rocky (1976), Donnie Darko (2001) and 8 more, each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.