Famous Figure
Throughout the film Forrest meets with many famous and historical icons like Elvis, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, John Lennon and Richard Nixon. There was one more famous figure he got to meet but that figure was cut out from the film completely. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. The scene in mention showed riot police releasing German shepherds onto King and his supporters. Forrest then quickly jumps in and distracts the dogs with a game of fetch. The director felt it was best to leave this scene out as he believed it cheapened the real injustice of racial inequality.
Famous Figure
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