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115-398: Uncle Wiggily, an engaging elderly rabbit , is lame from rheumatism . Wherever he goes, he always relies on a red, white, and blue crutch—described as being "striped like a barber-pole ", or, in later episodes, "his candy-striped walking cane", with spiral red-and-white striping like a peppermint candy stick. Uncle Wiggily is only one of many recurring characters in the series. For example,

230-407: A common ancestor between lagomorphs and rodents and place them in the clade Glires . Rabbit physiology is suited to escaping predators and surviving in various habitats , living either alone or in groups in nests or burrows. As prey animals, rabbits are constantly aware of their surroundings, having a wide field of vision and ears with high surface area to detect potential predators. The ears of

345-506: A paraphyletic grouping, and do not constitute a clade , as hares (belonging to the genus Lepus ) are nested within the Leporidae clade and are not described as rabbits. Although once considered rodents , lagomorphs diverged earlier and have a number of traits rodents lack, including two extra incisors . Similarities between rabbits and rodents were once attributed to convergent evolution , but studies in molecular biology have found

460-400: A professional wrestler , and a chess player. The book had a bidding war regarding an adaptation even before publication, with Wendy Finerman and Steve Tisch acquiring them by joining forces with Warner Bros. , where Finerman's husband Mark Canton was president of production. Groom was paid $ 500,000 and also wrote the first three first drafts of the screenplay, which leaned closer to

575-426: A 3 percent share of the film's net profits. However, Paramount and the film's producers did not pay him the percentage, using Hollywood accounting to posit that the blockbuster film lost money. Tom Hanks, by contrast, contracted for a percent share of the film's gross receipts instead of a salary, and he and director Zemeckis each received $ 40 million. In addition, Groom was not mentioned once in any of

690-518: A Leading Role (Hanks had won the previous year for Philadelphia ), Best Director , Best Visual Effects , Best Adapted Screenplay , and Best Film Editing at the 67th Academy Awards . The film was nominated for seven Golden Globe Awards , winning three of them: Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama , Best Director – Motion Picture , and Best Motion Picture – Drama . The film was also nominated for six Saturn Awards and won two for Best Fantasy Film and Best Supporting Actor (Film) . In addition to

805-492: A baby-boomer version of Disney's America ." Gump garnered comparisons to fictional character Huckleberry Finn , as well as U.S. politicians Ronald Reagan , Pat Buchanan and Bill Clinton . Peter Chomo writes that Gump acts as a "social mediator and as an agent of redemption in divided times". Peter Travers of Rolling Stone called Gump "everything we admire in the American character – honest, brave, and loyal with

920-482: A board game that has players taking cards that show how far they can move their Uncle Wiggily figurines across the board. The game was modified in 1929, 1947 and 1955. In 1987 Parker Brothers bought the rights to the game, and made further changes. As of 2018 Winning Moves was manufacturing the Uncle Wiggily Game. Uncle Wiggley was the name of a small skateboard company that operated from 1984 to 1990 and

1035-510: A borrowing from the Walloon robète , which was a diminutive of the French or Middle Dutch robbe ("rabbit"), a term of unknown origin. The term coney is a term for an adult rabbit used until the 18th century; rabbit once referred only to the young animals. More recently, the term kit or kitten has been used to refer to a young rabbit. The endearing word bunny is attested by

1150-410: A box of chocolates." In 2015, The Hollywood Reporter polled hundreds of academy members, asking them to re-vote on past controversial decisions. Academy members said that, given a second chance, they would award the 1994 Oscar for Best Picture to The Shawshank Redemption instead. Winston Groom was paid $ 350,000 for the screenplay rights to his novel Forrest Gump and was contracted for

1265-495: A bus and she sprains her ankle. Walt then says, referring to her ankle in good humor, "Poor Uncle Wiggily...". Likewise, in the movie My Foolish Heart , based on Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut , the two characters bond over childhood memories of Uncle Wiggily when Eloise ( Susan Hayward ) cuts her finger while washing Walt's ( Dana Andrews ) dishes. Walt, caring for her injured finger, says "Poor Uncle Wiggily...", referencing

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1380-537: A byproduct of meat production but occasionally selected for as in the case of the Rex rabbit , can be found in a broad range of coat colors and patterns, some of which are produced via dyeing . Some breeds are raised for their wool, such as the Angora rabbit breeds; their fur is sheared, combed or plucked , and the fibers are spun into yarn . The earliest ancestor of rabbits and hares lived 55 million years ago in what

1495-689: A cellular standpoint, is directly correlated to hind limb muscles. Action pressure from muscles creates force that is then distributed through the skeletal structures. Rabbits that generate less force, putting less stress on bones are more prone to osteoporosis due to bone rarefaction . In rabbits, the more fibers in a muscle, the more resistant to fatigue. For example, hares have a greater resistance to fatigue than cottontails . The muscles of rabbit's hind limbs can be classified into four main categories: hamstrings , quadriceps , dorsiflexors , or plantar flexors . The quadriceps muscles are in charge of force production when jumping. Complementing these muscles are

1610-411: A diet high in fiber, mostly in the form of cellulose . They will typically graze grass upon waking up and emerging from a burrow, and will move on to consume vegetation and other plants throughout the waking period; rabbits have been known to eat a wide variety of plants, including tree leaves and fruits, though consumption of fruit and lower fiber foods is common for pet rabbits where natural vegetation

1725-511: A girl named Jenny Curran, and the two become best friends. Forrest is often bullied because of his physical disability and low intelligence. While fleeing from several bullies, his leg braces break off, revealing Forrest to be a very fast runner. This talent eventually allows him to receive a football scholarship at the University of Alabama in 1963, where he is coached by Bear Bryant , and witnesses Governor George Wallace 's Stand in

1840-507: A hare, most likely from Flemish Giant stock originally. Common names of hare and rabbit species may also be confused; "jackrabbits" refer to hares, and the hispid hare is a rabbit. Rabbits, specifically the European rabbit ( Oryctolagus cuniculus ) species, have long been domesticated. The European rabbit has been widely kept as livestock, starting in ancient Rome from at least the first century BC. Selective breeding , which began in

1955-444: A heart of gold." The New York Times reviewer Janet Maslin called Gump a "hollow man" who is "self-congratulatory in his blissful ignorance, warmly embraced as the embodiment of absolutely nothing." Marc Vincenti of Palo Alto Weekly called the character "a pitiful stooge taking the pie of life in the face, thoughtfully licking his fingers." Bruce Kawin and Gerald Mast 's textbook on film history notes that Forrest Gump's dimness

2070-565: A man named Forrest Gump recounts his life story to strangers who sit next to him on a bench. In 1951, in Greenbow, Alabama , young Forrest is fitted with leg braces to correct a curved spine , and cannot walk properly. He lives alone with his mother, who runs a boarding house out of their home that attracts many tenants, including a young Elvis Presley , who plays the guitar for Forrest and incorporates Forrest's jerky dance movements into his performances. On his first day of school, Forrest meets

2185-433: A more digitigrade posture. Rabbits use their strong claws for digging and (along with their teeth) for defense. Each front foot has four toes plus a dewclaw . Each hind foot has four toes (but no dewclaw). Most wild rabbits (especially compared to hares ) have relatively full, egg-shaped bodies. The soft coat of the wild rabbit is agouti in coloration (or, rarely, melanistic ), which aids in camouflage . The tail of

2300-501: A rabbit are essential for thermoregulation and contain a high density of blood vessels . The bone structure of a rabbit's hind legs, which is longer than that of the fore legs, allows for quick hopping, which is beneficial for escaping predators and can provide powerful kicks if captured. Rabbits are typically nocturnal and often sleep with their eyes open. They reproduce quickly, having short pregnancies , large litters of four to twelve kits, and no particular mating season ; however,

2415-507: A rating of 82 out of 100 based on 20 reviews by mainstream critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a rare "A+" grade. The story was commended by several critics. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times wrote, "I've never met anyone like Forrest Gump in a movie before, and for that matter I've never seen a movie quite like 'Forrest Gump.' Any attempt to describe him will risk making

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2530-400: A very conservative lifestyle, Jenny's life is full of countercultural embrace, complete with drug use, promiscuity, and antiwar rallies, and that their eventual marriage might be a kind of reconciliation. Jennifer Hyland Wang argues in a Cinema Journal article that Jenny's death to an unnamed virus "symbolizes the death of liberal America and the death of the protests that defined a decade" in

2645-417: A while, Forrest proposes to her. She tells Forrest she loves him and the two have sex, but she leaves the next morning. Heartbroken, Forrest goes running and spends the next three years in a relentless cross-country marathon, becoming famous again before returning to Greenbow. In 1981, Forrest reveals that he is waiting at the bus stop because he received a letter from Jenny, who asked him to visit her. Forrest

2760-590: A year later on September 10, 1996. It was released in a two-disc DVD set on August 28, 2001. Special features included director and producer commentaries, production featurettes, and screen tests. The film was released on Blu-ray in November 2009. Paramount released the film on Ultra HD Blu-ray in June 2018. On May 7, 2019, Paramount Pictures released a newly remastered two-disc Blu-ray that contains bonus content. Forrest Gump won Best Picture , Best Actor in

2875-473: Is Lepus , the hares. There are 32 extant species within Lepus . The cladogram is from Matthee et al., 2004, based on nuclear and mitochondrial gene analysis. The term rabbit is typically used for all Leporidae species, excluding the genus Lepus . Members of that genus are known as hares or jackrabbits . Lepus species are precocial , born relatively mature and mobile with hair and good vision out in

2990-464: Is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis . An adaptation of the 1986 novel by Winston Groom , the screenplay of the film is written by Eric Roth . It stars Tom Hanks in the title role, alongside Robin Wright , Gary Sinise , Mykelti Williamson , and Sally Field in lead roles. The film follows the life of an Alabama man named Forrest Gump (Hanks) and his experiences in

3105-571: Is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism by President Lyndon B. Johnson . At the anti-war March on the Pentagon rally, Forrest meets Abbie Hoffman and briefly reunites with Jenny, who has been living a hippie lifestyle. He also develops a talent for ping-pong , and becomes a sports celebrity as he competes against Chinese teams in ping-pong diplomacy , earning him an interview alongside John Lennon on The Dick Cavett Show , influencing

3220-530: Is below their mouth and rely on their lips and whiskers to determine what they are eating. Blinking occurs 2 to 4 times an hour. The anatomy of rabbits' hind limbs is structurally similar to that of other land mammals and contributes to their specialized form of locomotion. The bones of the hind limbs consist of long bones (the femur , tibia , fibula , and phalanges ) as well as short bones (the tarsals ). These bones are created through endochondral ossification during fetal development. Like most land mammals,

3335-549: Is called a doe , derived from the Old English dā , related to dēon ("to suck"). Rabbits and hares were formerly classified in the order Rodentia (rodents) until 1912, when they were moved into the order Lagomorpha (which also includes pikas ). Since 1945, there has been support for the clade Glires that includes both rodents and lagomorphs, though the two groups have always been closely associated in taxonomy; fossil, DNA , and retrotransposon studies in

3450-447: Is divided into three main parts: foot, thigh, and leg. The hind limbs of a rabbit are an exaggerated feature. They are much longer and can provide more force than the forelimbs, which are structured like brakes to take the brunt of the landing after a leap. The force put out by the hind limbs is contributed by both the structural anatomy of the fusion of the tibia and fibula, and by the muscular features. Bone formation and removal, from

3565-413: Is finally reunited with Jenny, who introduces him to their son, Forrest Gump Jr. Jenny tells Forrest she is sick with an unknown incurable virus, and the three move back to Greenbow. Jenny and Forrest finally marry, but she dies a year later. The film ends with Forrest sending his son off on his first day of school. "The writer, Eric Roth, departed substantially from the book. We flipped the two elements of

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3680-429: Is frequently found helping several of these friends out of some kind of predicament just before one of the bad chaps enters the picture, intent on obtaining "ear-nibbles" from their hapless victims. In longer stories, Uncle Wiggily often is off on a camping trip or other extended journey with one of his friends, fending off repeated incursions or baffling mean-spirited pranks from a lurking villain or two—not uncommonly with

3795-685: Is his acting double in the movie for the scenes when Forrest runs across the U.S. Tom's daughter Elizabeth Hanks appears in the movie as the girl on the school bus who refuses to let young Forrest sit next to her. Joe Pesci and Kevin Bacon were considered for the role of Lieutenant Dan Taylor, which was eventually given to Gary Sinise . Sinise drew inspiration from the struggles that Vietnam veterans, some on his wife's side of his family, were going through when returning from serving in Vietnam. David Alan Grier , Ice Cube and Dave Chappelle were offered

3910-464: Is in the order Lagomorpha (which also includes pikas ). They are familiar throughout the world as a wild prey animal, a domesticated form of livestock, and a pet, having a widespread effect on ecologies and cultures. The most widespread rabbit genera are Oryctolagus and Sylvilagus . The former, Oryctolagus , includes the European rabbit , Oryctolagus cuniculus , which is the ancestor of

4025-586: Is non-political and thus non-judgmental". Nevertheless, CNN's Crossfire debated in 1994 whether the film promoted conservative values or was an indictment of the counterculture of the 1960s . Thomas Byers called it "an aggressively conservative film" in a Modern Fiction Studies article. All over the political map, people have been calling Forrest their own. But, Forrest Gump isn't about politics or conservative values. It's about humanity, it's about respect, tolerance and unconditional love. —producer Steve Tisch It has been noted that while Gump follows

4140-518: Is now Mongolia . Because the rabbit's epiglottis is engaged over the soft palate except when swallowing, the rabbit is an obligate nasal breather . As lagomorphs, rabbits have two sets of incisor teeth, one behind the other, a manner in which they differ from rodents, which only have one set of incisors. Another difference is that for rabbits, all of their teeth continue to grow, whereas for most rodents, only their incisors continue to grow. Carl Linnaeus originally grouped rabbits and rodents under

4255-538: Is scarce. Easily digestible food is processed in the gastrointestinal tract and expelled as regular feces. To get nutrients out of hard to digest fiber, rabbits ferment fiber in the cecum (part of the gastrointestinal tract) and then expel the contents as cecotropes , which are reingested (cecotrophy). The cecotropes are then absorbed in the small intestine to use the nutrients. Soft cecotropes are usually consumed during periods of rest in underground burrows. Rabbits cannot vomit; and therefore if buildup occurs within

4370-469: Is that the ears function as shock absorbers that could aid and stabilize rabbits' vision when fleeing predators, but this has typically only been seen in hares. The rest of the outer ear has bent canals that lead to the eardrum or tympanic membrane . The middle ear, separated by the outer eardrum in the back of the rabbit's skull, contains three bones: the hammer, anvil, and stirrup, collectively called ossicles , which act to decrease sound before it hits

4485-714: The 20th-century United States . Principal photography took place between August and December 1993, mainly in Georgia , North Carolina , and South Carolina . Extensive visual effects were used to incorporate Hanks into archived footage and to develop other scenes. The soundtrack features songs reflecting the different periods seen in the film. Forrest Gump was released in the United States on July 6, 1994, and received widespread critical acclaim for Zemeckis's direction, performances (particularly those of Hanks and Sinise), visual effects, music, and screenplay. The film

4600-494: The European hare and European or cottontail rabbits , but scientific literature since 1956 has found no evidence of aggression or undue competition between rabbits and hares. When they appear in the same habitat, rabbits and hares can co-exist on similar diets. Hares will notably force other hare species out of an area to control resources, but are not territorial. When faced with predators, hares will escape by outrunning them, whereas rabbits, being smaller and less able to reach

4715-683: 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 . Ken Ralston and his team at Industrial Light & Magic were responsible for the film's visual effects. Using CGI techniques, it

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4830-497: The genital tubercle and penis . The Sertoli cells triggers the production of Anti-Müllerian duct hormone , which absorbs the Müllerian duct. In an adult male rabbit, the sheath of the penis is cylinder-like and can be extruded as early as two months of age. The scrotal sacs lay lateral to the penis and contain epididymal fat pads which protect the testes. Between 10 and 14 weeks, the testes descend and are able to retract into

4945-400: The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 76% of 157 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.90/10. The website's consensus reads: "Tom Hanks' rigorously earnest performance keeps Forrest Gump sincere even when it gets glib with American history, making for a whimsical odyssey of debatable wisdom but undeniable heart." At the website Metacritic , the film earned

5060-476: The shrimping business with him after their service. In 1967, they are sent to Vietnam , serving with the 9th Infantry Division in the Mekong Delta region. After months of routine operations, their platoon is ambushed while on patrol, and Bubba is killed in action. Forrest saves several wounded platoon mates – including his lieutenant, Dan Taylor, who loses both his legs – and

5175-483: The 100 Greatest Movies of All Time. In December 2011, Forrest Gump was selected for preservation in the Library of Congress ' National Film Registry . The Registry said that the film was "honored for its technological innovations (the digital insertion of Gump seamlessly into vintage archival footage ), its resonance within the culture that has elevated Gump (and what he represents in terms of American innocence) to

5290-594: The 1680s as a diminutive of bun , a term used in Scotland to refer to rabbits and squirrels . Coney is derived from cuniculus , a Latin term referring to rabbits which has been in use from at least the first century BCE in Hispania . The word cuniculus may originate from a diminutive form of the word for " dog " in the Celtic languages . A group of rabbits is known as a colony, nest , or warren , though

5405-810: The 2000s have solidified support for the clade. Studies in paleontology and molecular biology suggest that rodents and lagomorphs diverged at the start of the Tertiary period. Nesolagus (striped rabbits) Poelagus (Bunyoro rabbit) Pronolagus  (red rock hares) Romerolagus (volcano rabbit) Sylvilagus (cottontails) [REDACTED] Brachylagus  (pygmy rabbit) Caprolagus (hispid hare) Oryctolagus  (European rabbit) [REDACTED] Bunolagus (riverine rabbit) Pentalagus  (Amami rabbit) Lepus (hares) [REDACTED] The extant species of family Leporidae, of which there are more than 70, are contained within 11 genera , one of which

5520-466: The European rabbit have been developed to suit each of these products; the practice of raising and breeding rabbits as livestock is known as cuniculture . Rabbits are seen in human culture globally, appearing as a symbol of fertility, cunning, and innocence in major religions , historical and contemporary art. The word rabbit derives from the Middle English rabet ("young of the coney"),

5635-524: The European rabbit will form large social groups in burrows , which are grouped together to form warrens . Burrowing by hares varies by location, and is more prominent in younger members of the genus; many rabbit species that do not dig their own burrows will use the burrows of other animals. Rabbits and hares have historically not occupied the same locations, and only became sympatric relatively recently; historic accounts describe antagonistic relationships between rabbits and hares, specifically between

5750-530: The Lost Ark . Forrest Gump held the record for being the highest-grossing Paramount film until it was taken by Titanic three years later in 1997. However, it remained the highest-grossing film solely distributed by Paramount until it was surpassed by Shrek the Third 13 years later in 2007. Ultimately, it finished as the 4th highest grossing film of the 1990s domestically. For 12 years, it remained as

5865-663: The Middle Ages, has generated a wide variety of rabbit breeds , of which many (since the early 19th century) are also kept as pets. Some strains of European rabbit have been bred specifically as research subjects , such as the New Zealand white . As livestock, European rabbits are bred for their meat and fur . The earliest breeds were important sources of meat, and so were bred to be larger than wild rabbits at younger ages, but domestic rabbits in modern times range in size from dwarf to giant . Rabbit fur, produced as

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5980-459: The Pipsisewah is an unsavory bully who appears as a rhinoceros -like creature. His head has a snout with two small horns and large, snorting nostrils; he wears a black, conical cloth hat and patched scarlet trousers, is stout with a giraffe-skin body and bovine tail, and walks upright on two legs. As do the other characters, he has hands, but boar's hooves for feet. He is normally accompanied by

6095-656: The Schoolhouse Door , during which he returns a dropped book to Vivian Malone Jones . Forrest becomes a top kick returner , is named on the All-American team , and meets President John F. Kennedy at the White House . After graduating college in 1966, Forrest enlists in the U.S. Army . During basic training, he befriends a fellow soldier named Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue, who convinces Forrest to go into

6210-592: The September 4, 2013 episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon , Uncle Wiggly's Rheumatism book was featured on the "Do Not Read List" skit. Uncle Wiggily appears as a reference between the two characters, Eloise and Walt, in Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut - one of the nine short stories in J.D. Salinger's collection of short stories, 'Nine Stories'. Specifically, the story's title refers to an event recalled by Eloise in which she and Walt were running to catch

6325-795: The Skillery Skallery Alligator by thrusting it into the creature's mouth and opening it, thus preventing his biting the old gentleman rabbit. Uncle Wiggily also encounters amicable animal characters from his neighborhood, such as Sammie and Susie Littletail (Uncle Wiggily's young nephew and niece), Lulu, Alice, and Jimmie Wibblewobble (duck children), Dr. Possum (local physician), Uncle Butter (goat), Charlie and Arabella Chick, Jackie and Peetie Bow-Wow, Billie and Johnnie Bushytail (squirrel boys), Joie, Tommie, and Kittie Kat, Jennie Chipmunk, Munchie Trot (pony boy), Dottie and Willie Lambkin, Neddie and Beckie Stubtail (friendly bear cubs), as well as many others. In shorter stories, Uncle Wiggily

6440-552: The United States and Canada grossing $ 24,450,602 in its opening weekend. Motion picture business consultant and screenwriter Jeffrey Hilton suggested to producer Wendy Finerman to double the P&;A (film marketing budget) based on his viewing of an early print of the film. The budget was immediately increased, in line with his advice. In its opening weekend, the film placed first at the US box office , narrowly beating The Lion King , which

6555-407: The United States. Gump's core character and personality are also changed from the novel; among other things, his film character is less of a savant —in the novel, while playing football at the university, he fails craft and gym but receives a perfect score in an advanced physics class he is enrolled in by his coach to satisfy his college requirements. The novel also features Gump as an astronaut ,

6670-735: The Vietnam scenes. 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. Most of the college campus scenes were filmed in Los Angeles at

6785-594: The aid of his animal friends. There are also several other "bad chaps" in the stories: the Woozy Wolf, Bushy Bear, Skillery Skallery Alligator and the fierce Bobcat, to name but a few. They all seem bent on nibbling the "souse" off Uncle Wiggily's ears, but he always escapes. In shorter, more formulaic stories, his escape is generally enabled by some implement he has just purchased at the store—often while on an errand for his muskrat housekeeper, Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy. For example, Uncle Wiggily once used an umbrella to foil

6900-436: The aid of his crutch or a "thing-a-ma-bob" he happens to have brought along in his satchel. Howard Garis published 79 books of Uncle Wiggily stories. A few of these included: Howard Garis published 32 picture books of Uncle Wiggily stories with Lang Cambell . Each contains three stories, the title story and two more: The Uncle Wiggily Game has been manufactured for more than a century. In 1916 Milton Bradley began selling

7015-403: The book, making the love story primary and the fantastic adventures secondary. Also, the book was cynical and colder than the movie. In the movie, Gump is a completely decent character, always true to his word. He has no agenda and no opinion about anything except Jenny, his mother and God." —director Robert Zemeckis The film is based on the 1986 novel by Winston Groom . Both center on

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7130-423: The brain, allowing it to recognize different sound frequencies. Within the vestibular apparatus three semicircular canals help detect angular motion . The pinnae, which contain a vascular network and arteriovenous shunts, aid in thermoregulation. In a rabbit, the optimal body temperature is around 38.5–40.0 °C (101.3–104.0 °F). If their body temperature exceeds or does not meet this optimal temperature,

7245-449: The bronchi split into progressively more narrow and numerous branches. The bronchi branch into bronchioles, into respiratory bronchioles, and ultimately terminate at the alveolar ducts. The branching that is typically found in rabbit lungs is a clear example of monopodial branching, in which smaller branches divide out laterally from a larger central branch. The structure of the rabbit's nasal and oral cavities necessitates breathing through

7360-418: The character of Forrest Gump. However, the film primarily focuses on the first eleven chapters of the novel before skipping ahead to the end of the novel, with the founding of Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. and the meeting with Forrest Jr. In addition to skipping some parts of the novel, the film adds several aspects to Gump's life that do not occur in the novel, such as his needing leg braces as a child and his run across

7475-571: The class Glires ; later, they were separated as the scientific consensus is that many of their similarities were a result of convergent evolution . DNA analysis and the discovery of a common ancestor have supported the view that they share a common lineage, so rabbits and rodents are now often grouped together in the clade or superorder Glires. Since speed and agility are a rabbit's main defenses against predators, rabbits have large hind leg bones and well-developed musculature. Though plantigrade at rest, rabbits are on their toes while running, assuming

7590-441: The cranial, middle, caudal, and accessory lobes. The right lung is made up of all four lobes, while the left lung only has two: the cranial and caudal lobes. To provide space for the heart, the left cranial lobe of the lungs is significantly smaller than that of the right. The diaphragm is a muscular structure that lies caudal to the lungs and contracts to facilitate respiration. Rabbits are strict herbivores and are suited to

7705-524: The crow-like Skeezicks, in his tall red cap and red-and-yellow-striped suit, and the two of them rarely engage in anything other than mischief harmless to the other characters in the storyline. The Bazumpus, the Crozokus, and the Scuttlemagoon appear less frequently, but are just as outlandish as the aforementioned "Pip" and "Skee", and always require appropriate "handling" by Uncle Wiggily—often with

7820-412: The difficult feat of being an intimate, even delicate tale played with an appealingly light touch against an epic backdrop." In contrast, Anthony Lane of The New Yorker called the film "Warm, wise, and wearisome as hell." Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly said that the film was "glib, shallow, and monotonous" and "reduces the tumult of the last few decades to a virtual-reality theme park:

7935-500: The embodiment of the feather as it comes in. Here is this thing that can land anywhere and that it lands at your feet. It has theological implications that are really huge." Sally Field compared the feather to fate, saying: "It blows in the wind and just touches down here or there. Was it planned or was it just perchance?" Visual effects supervisor Ken Ralston compared the feather to an abstract painting: "It can mean so many things to so many different people." Hanks states that "the film

8050-526: The events of the novel. After Rain Man told the story of a savant, Warner lost interest in the picture, and by 1990 the project was in turnaround . Finerman contacted Columbia Pictures , who went on to reject it, while hiring Eric Roth to rewrite the script. Roth and Finerman kept in contact with Groom to ensure the script was historically accurate. Roth delivered a screenplay in 1992, which Paramount Pictures chairwoman Sherry Lansing liked enough to bring

8165-420: The feather present at the opening and conclusion of the film. Sarah Lyall of The New York Times noted several suggestions made about the feather: "Does the white feather symbolize The Unbearable Lightness of Being ? Forrest Gump's impaired intellect? The randomness of experience?" Hanks interpreted the feather as: "Our destiny is only defined by how we deal with the chance elements to our life and that's kind of

8280-650: 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 near Grandfather Mountain where a part of the road subsequently became known as "Forrest Gump Curve". Downtown portions of the fictional town of Greenbow were filmed in Varnville, South Carolina . The scene of Forrest running through Vietnam while under fire

8395-591: The film's multiple awards and nominations, it has also been recognized by the American Film Institute on several of its lists. The film ranks 37th on 100 Years...100 Cheers , 71st on 100 Years...100 Movies , and 76th on 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) . In addition, the quote "Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get," was ranked 40th on 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes . The film also ranked at number 61 on Empire ' s list of

8510-430: The film's six Oscar-winner speeches. Groom's dispute with Paramount was later effectively resolved after Groom declared he was satisfied with Paramount's explanation of their accounting, this coinciding with Groom receiving a seven-figure contract with Paramount for film rights to another of his books, Gump & Co. This film was never made, remaining in development hell for at least a dozen years. Forrest Gump

8625-629: The hamstrings, which aid in short bursts of action. These muscles play off of one another in the same way as the plantar flexors and dorsiflexors, contributing to the generation and actions associated with force. Within the order of lagomorphs , the ears are used to detect and avoid predators. In the family Leporidae , the ears are typically longer than they are wide, and are in general relatively long compared to other mammals. According to Allen's rule , endothermic animals adapted to colder climates have shorter, thicker limbs and appendages than those of similar animals adapted to warm climates. The rule

8740-453: The high speeds of longer-legged hares, will try to seek cover. Descendants of the European rabbit are commonly bred as livestock and kept as pets, whereas no hares have been domesticated , though populations have been introduced to non-native habitats for use as a food source. The breed known as the Belgian hare is actually a domestic rabbit which has been selectively bred to resemble

8855-420: The highest-grossing film starring Tom Hanks; it was surpassed in 2006 by The Da Vinci Code . Box Office Mojo estimates that the film sold over 78.5 million tickets in the US and Canada in its initial theatrical run. The film took 66 days to surpass $ 250 million and was the fastest grossing Paramount film to pass $ 100 million, $ 200 million, and $ 300 million in box office receipts (at

8970-480: The hundreds of breeds of domestic rabbit and has been introduced on every continent except Antarctica . The latter, Sylvilagus , includes over 13 wild rabbit species, among them the cottontails and tapetis . Wild rabbits not included in Oryctolagus and Sylvilagus include several species of limited distribution , including the pygmy rabbit , volcano rabbit , and Sumatran striped rabbit . Rabbits are

9085-465: The inner ear; in general, the ossicles act as a barrier to the inner ear for sound energy. Inner ear fluid, called endolymph , receives the sound energy. After receiving the energy. The inner ear comprises two parts: the cochlea that uses sound waves from the ossicles, and the vestibular apparatus that manages the rabbit's position in regard to movement. Within the cochlea a basilar membrane contains sensory hair structures that send nerve signals to

9200-520: The intestines (due often to a diet with insufficient fibre), intestinal blockage can occur. The adult male reproductive system forms the same as most mammals with the seminiferous tubular compartment containing the Sertoli cells and an adluminal compartment that contains the Leydig cells . The Leydig cells produce testosterone , which maintains libido and creates secondary sex characteristics such as

9315-408: The large crowd of people. Over two days of filming, approximately 1,500 extras were used. At each successive take, the extras were rearranged and moved into a different quadrant away from the camera. With the help of computers, the extras were multiplied to create a crowd of several hundred thousand people. Produced on a budget of $ 55 million, Forrest Gump opened in 1,595 theaters in

9430-470: The latter term more commonly refers to where the rabbits live. A group of baby rabbits produced from a single mating is referred to as a litter and a group of domestic rabbits living together is sometimes called a herd . A male rabbit is called a buck , as are male goats and deer , derived from the Old English bucca or bucc , meaning "he-goat" or "male deer", respectively. A female

9545-435: The mortality rate of rabbit embryos is high, and there exist several widespread diseases that affect rabbits, such as rabbit hemorrhagic disease and myxomatosis . In some regions, especially Australia , rabbits have caused ecological problems and are regarded as a pest. Humans have used rabbits as livestock since at least the first century BC in ancient Rome , raising them for their meat, fur and wool. The various breeds of

9660-439: The movie seem more conventional than it is, but let me try. It's a comedy, I guess. Or maybe a drama. Or a dream. The screenplay by Eric Roth has the complexity of modern fiction...The performance is a breathtaking balancing act between comedy and sadness, in a story rich in big laughs and quiet truths...What a magical movie." Todd McCarthy of Variety wrote that the film "has been very well worked out on all levels, and manages

9775-502: The name of a Baltimore-based chain of ice cream shops that was closed in January 2020. A two-part song regarding Uncle Wiggily is on Tourniquet 's albums Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance ("The Skeezix Dilemma") and Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm ("The Skeezix Dilemma Part II"). The book Uncle Wiggily and His Friends makes a brief appearance in the 1994 film Forrest Gump , being read by Jenny while Forrest "dangles". On

9890-478: The nose. This is due to the fact that the epiglottis is fixed to the backmost portion of the soft palate. Within the oral cavity, a layer of tissue sits over the opening of the glottis, which blocks airflow from the oral cavity to the trachea. The epiglottis functions to prevent the rabbit from aspirating on its food. Further, the presence of a soft and hard palate allow the rabbit to breathe through its nose while it feeds. Rabbits' lungs are divided into four lobes:

10005-632: The only one to survive Hurricane Carmen , they pull in huge amounts of shrimp and create the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company , after which Dan finally thanks Forrest for saving his life. Forrest returns home to his mother as she dies of cancer . Dan invests in Apple Inc. and the two become millionaires, but Forrest also shares their earnings with the community and Bubba's family. In 1976, Jenny returns to stay with Forrest, recovering from years of child abuse, drugs, and prostitution. After

10120-407: The open air, while rabbit species are altricial , born hairless and blind in burrows and buried nests. Hares are also generally larger than rabbits, and have longer pregnancies . Hares and some rabbits live relatively solitary lives above the ground in open grassy areas, interacting mainly during breeding season. Some rabbit species group together to reduce their chance of being preyed upon, and

10235-494: The pelvic cavity to thermoregulate. Furthermore, the secondary sex characteristics, such as the testes, are complex and secrete many compounds. These compounds include fructose , citric acid , minerals, and a uniquely high amount of catalase , all of which affect the characteristics of rabbit semen; for instance, citric acid is positively correlated with agglutination , and high amounts of catalase protect against premature capacitation . Forrest Gump Forrest Gump

10350-416: The project to her studio, who acquired the rights from Warner in exchange for the script for Executive Decision . Ivan Reitman , Penny Marshall and Terry Gilliam passed on the project before Robert Zemeckis was hired. Barry Sonnenfeld was attached to the film, but left to direct Addams Family Values . John Travolta was the original choice to play the title role and said that passing on

10465-509: The protagonist and the film's political symbolism. In 2011, the Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". An authorized Hindi remake, titled Laal Singh Chaddha , was released in 2022 in which Aamir Khan played the protagonist. In 1981, at a bus stop in Savannah, Georgia ,

10580-409: The rabbit (with the exception of the cottontail species ) is dark on top and white below. Cottontails have white on the top of their tails. As a result of the position of the eyes in its skull and the size of the cornea, the rabbit has a panoramic field of vision that encompasses nearly 360 degrees. However, there is a blind spot at the bridge of the nose, and because of this, rabbits cannot see what

10695-400: The rabbit must make efforts to return to homeostasis . Homeostasis of body temperature is maintained by changing the amount of blood flow that passes through the highly vascularized ears, as rabbits have few to no sweat glands . Rabbits may also regulate their temperature by resting in depressions in the ground, known as forms. The rabbit's nasal cavity lies dorsal to the oral cavity, and

10810-413: The rabbit's ears and then her ears, which ultimately leads to their first kiss. In 1987, Uncle Wiggily was referred to in a "rock music fable" called "Little Boy Goes to Hell", a four-record set by Mark Nichols , released on PopLlama Records . The song is titled "Your Deepest Fear". Rabbit Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also includes the hares ), which

10925-651: The role of Benjamin Buford Blue, but all three turned it down. Chappelle, who said he believed the film would be unsuccessful, has been reported as saying that he regrets not taking the role. Hanks was aware of Chappelle's disappointment in missing out on the part and agreed to work with him in a future movie, which ended up being You've Got Mail . Rapper Tupac Shakur also auditioned. Filming began in August 1993 and ended in December of that year. Although most of

11040-449: The role was a mistake. Bill Murray , Chevy Chase , and Matthew Broderick were also considered for the role. Sean Penn had stated in an interview that he had been second choice for the role, but would later portray a character with a disability in the 2001 film I Am Sam . Hanks revealed that he signed on to the film after an hour and a half of reading the script. He initially wanted to ease Forrest's pronounced Southern accent, but

11155-958: The round head of the femur articulates with the acetabulum of the os coxae , the hip bone. The femur articulates with the tibia, but not the fibula, which is fused to the tibia. The tibia and fibula articulate with the tarsals of the pes , commonly called the foot. The hind limbs of the rabbit are longer than the front limbs. This allows them to produce their hopping form of locomotion. Longer hind limbs are more capable of producing faster speeds. Hares, which have longer legs than cottontail rabbits , are able to move considerably faster. The hind feet have four long toes that allow for digitigrade movement, which are webbed to prevent them from spreading when hopping. Rabbits do not have paw pads on their feet like most other animals that use digitigrade locomotion. Instead, they have coarse compressed hair that offers protection. Rabbits have muscled hind legs that allow for maximum force, maneuverability, and acceleration that

11270-739: The song "Imagine" . He spends the 1971 New Year's Eve in New York City with Dan, who has become deeply embittered. Forrest soon meets President Richard Nixon and is put up in the Watergate complex , where he unwittingly exposes the Watergate scandal . Discharged from the army, Forrest returns to Greenbow and endorses a company that makes ping-pong paddles. He uses the earnings to buy a shrimping boat in Bayou La Batre , fulfilling his promise to Bubba. Dan joins Forrest in 1974, and they initially have little success. After their boat becomes

11385-502: The status of folk hero, and its attempt to engage both playfully and seriously with contentious aspects of the era's traumatic history." American Film Institute lists "I don't want to sound like a bad version of 'the child within'. But the childlike innocence of Forrest Gump is what we all once had. It's an emotional journey. You laugh and cry. It does what movies are supposed to do: make you feel alive." —producer Wendy Finerman Various interpretations have been suggested for

11500-545: The time of its release). After reissues, the film has gross receipts of $ 330,252,182 in the U.S. and Canada and $ 347,693,217 in international markets for a total of $ 677,945,399 worldwide. Even with such revenue, the film was known as a "successful failure"; due to distributors' and exhibitors' high fees, Paramount's "losses" clocked in at $ 62 million, leaving executives realizing the necessity of better deals. This has also been associated with Hollywood accounting , where expenses are inflated to minimize profit sharing. On

11615-420: The trachea, through the larynx , and into the lungs. The larynx functions as the rabbit's voice box, which enables it to produce a wide variety of sounds. The trachea is a long tube embedded with cartilaginous rings that prevent the tube from collapsing as air moves in and out of the lungs. The trachea then splits into a left and right bronchus, which meet the lungs at a structure called the hilum . From there,

11730-421: The two compartments are separated by the hard and soft palate. The nasal cavity itself is separated into a left and right side by a cartilage barrier, and it is covered in fine hairs that trap dust before it can enter the respiratory tract . As the rabbit breathes, air flows in through the nostrils along the alar folds. From there, the air moves into the nasal cavity, also known as the nasopharynx , down through

11845-483: The way the outer, middle, and inner ear muscles coordinate with one another. The ear muscles also aid in maintaining balance and movement when fleeing predators. The auricle , also known as the pinna, is a rabbit's outer ear. The rabbit's pinnae represent a fair part of the body surface area. It is theorized that the ears aid in dispersion of heat at temperatures above 30 °C (86 °F), with rabbits in warmer climates having longer pinnae due to this. Another theory

11960-662: Was a major success at the box office: it became the top-grossing film in the United States released that year and earned over US$ 678.2   million worldwide during its theatrical run, making it the second-highest-grossing film of 1994 , behind The Lion King . The soundtrack sold over 12 million copies. Forrest Gump won six Academy Awards : Best Picture , Best Director , Best Actor for Hanks, Best Adapted Screenplay , Best Visual Effects , and Best Film Editing . It received many award nominations , including Golden Globes , British Academy Film Awards , and Screen Actors Guild Awards . Various interpretations have been made of

12075-615: Was a metaphor for glamorized nostalgia in that he represented a blank slate onto which the Baby Boomer generation projected their memories of those events. Writing in 2004, Entertainment Weekly said, "Nearly a decade after it earned gazillions and swept the Oscars, Robert Zemeckis's ode to 20th-century America still represents one of cinema's most clearly drawn lines in the sand. One half of folks see it as an artificial piece of pop melodrama, while everyone else raves that it's sweet as

12190-535: Was achieved by wrapping his legs with a blue fabric, which later facilitated the work of the "roto-paint" team to paint out his legs from every single frame. At one point, while hoisting himself into his wheelchair , his legs are used for support. The scene where Forrest spots Jenny at a peace rally at the Lincoln Memorial and Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., required visual effects to create

12305-434: Was eventually persuaded by director Robert Zemeckis to portray the heavy accent stressed in the novel. Hanks also said it took him three days producing unusable footage in order to learn how to play the role. Winston Groom , who wrote the original novel, describes the film as having taken the "rough edges" off the character whom he had envisioned being played by John Goodman . Additionally, Tom's younger brother Jim Hanks

12420-594: Was filmed on Hunting Island State Park and Fripp Island , South Carolina . Additional filming took place on the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina . 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

12535-440: Was first released on VHS on April 27, 1995, and on Laserdisc the following day. The laserdisc was THX certified and released without chapters, requiring the film be watched start to finish. Film magazines of the period stated this was at the request of Zemeckis who wanted viewers to enjoy the film in its entirety. It became the best-selling adult sell-through video with sales of over 12 million. A widescreen VHS release debuted

12650-419: Was in its fourth week of release. For the first twelve weeks of release, the film was in the top 3 at the US box office, topping the list 5 times, including in its tenth week of release. Paramount removed the film from release in the United States when its gross hit $ 300 million in January 1995, and it was the second-highest-grossing film of the year, behind The Lion King with $ 305 million. The film

12765-561: Was integrated into it. In one Vietnam War scene, Gump carries Bubba away from an incoming napalm attack. To create the effect, stunt actors were initially used for compositing purposes. Then, Hanks and Williamson were filmed, with Williamson supported by a cable wire as Hanks ran with him. The explosion was then filmed, and the actors were digitally added to appear just in front of the explosions. The jet fighters and napalm canisters were also added by CGI. The CGI removal of actor Gary Sinise 's legs, after his character had them amputated,

12880-403: Was known for using "epoxyglass" in their skateboard manufacturing. In addition to making their own products, they also made skateboards decks for Losi, Blockhead, SGI, Magnusson Designs and Steadham Designs, as well as early H-Street decks. Sponsored professionals included Tony Magnusson (who was a part-owner) and John Schultes. Uncle Wiggly was a 1990s-era rock band. Uncle Wiggly's was also

12995-460: Was originally derived by comparing the ear lengths of Lepus species across the various climates of North America. Subsequent studies show that this rule remains true in the Leporidae for the ears specifically, in that the surface area of rabbits' and hares' ears are enlarged in warm climates; the ears are an important structure to aid thermoregulation as well as in detecting predators due to

13110-489: Was possible to depict Gump meeting deceased personages and shaking their hands. Hanks was first shot against a blue screen along with reference markers so that he could line up with the archive footage. To record the voices of the historical figures, voice actors were filmed and special effects were used to alter lip-syncing for the new dialogue. Archival footage was used and with the help of such techniques as chroma key , image warping , morphing , and rotoscoping , Hanks

13225-556: Was reissued on February 17, 1995, after the Academy Awards nominations were announced. After the reissue in 1,100 theaters, the film grossed an additional $ 29 million in the United States and Canada, bringing its total to $ 329.7 million, making it the third-highest-grossing film at that time behind only E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Jurassic Park , and was Paramount's biggest, surpassing Raiders of

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