The chocolates line in the film is Forrest quoting his mother: 'Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates.' In the 1986 novel, how does that famous saying actually appear?

'Life is a box of chocolates left out in the sun — always melting'

'Life is like a box of chocolates, Forrest — you never know what you're gonna get' (nearly identical)

'Mama said there's a chocolates box for everyone — you just gotta pick yours'

The novel uses a very different phrase — 'bein a idiot is no box of chocolates' — unrelated to the film's famous quote

Gary Sinise's Lieutenant Dan loses his legs in Vietnam. What visual effect was primarily used to portray his double amputation?

Digital leg removal combined with prosthetics on a leg double

A practical prosthetics suit worn throughout filming

Pure CGI replacement of his legs

Creative camera framing to hide his lower body

Which recurring visual motif in Forrest Gump bookends the film — appearing in both the opening and closing shots?

A white feather drifting in the wind

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