20 Things You Somehow Missed In Forrest Gump
19. Dirty Shoes, Clean Laces
One of the very first shots in the film is of Forrest sat on that iconic bus stop bench, with Zemeckis paying particular attention to the muddied shoes he's wearing.
This is telling not only because the condition of the shoes makes it clear that Forrest has been running, a lot, but that they're the same Nike running shoes Jenny (Robin Wright) gave him, and which he called "the best gift anyone could ever get in the wide world."
And so while Forrest surely replaced the shoes after spending so many years running across the U.S., he kept buying that exact same make.
Plus, per Lt. Dan's (Gary Sinise) advice to take good care of his feet, he ensured he had clean new laces to keep the shoes in good working order.