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He is an elite distance runner, with a number of successes at the marathon and ultramarathon distances. In 2016 he began a 422-day, 15,700-mile run comprising more than 4 complete crossings of the United States, and became the first person to trace the route run by Tom Hanks' fictional character in the film Forrest Gump.
In April 2018, Robert Pope, age 39, became the first person to complete the Forrest Gump run, 15,621 miles (25,140 km), 5 times across America, in 422 days of running. This remains the biggest continuous run in history in a single country and involved him becoming the first person to run across the United states three times in one year. [2]
In honor of the Acadamy Award-winning film's 30th anniversary, we went on a tour of the spots that set the scenes of Forrest Gump's screen life. A carriage tour moves along Bull Street past St ...
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You can watch the original screen test that got him the role and hear the secrets behind the 'Run, Forrest, Run!' scene in the video below: Remembering 'Forrest Gump' 20 Years Later More on AOL:
The location along U.S. Route 163 in Monument Valley where Forrest ends his run. 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. [50] Over 20 palmetto trees were planted to improve the Vietnam scenes. [50]
In Forrest Gump (1994), Forrest ends his cross-country run here. He is running north on U.S. Route 163 before he stops running. Lightning Jack (1994) Paramount Pictures 1994 film Pontiac Moon featured this location as part of the roadtrip. The Sunchaser (1996) features the site; Wild America (1997) features scenes of Monument Valley.
A solo trip around (not across) America: Modern-day Forrest Gump nears finish line after 10,000+ miles