Based on the book of the same name, the movie "Forrest Gump" is as much the life story of its titular character as it is a journey through American history and pop culture between the 1950s and the 1980s. Forrest seems to find himself involved in one major historical event after another, as well as both meeting and influencing some of the most famous figures from those eras. What makes the film all the more endearing is the framing device, which has Forrest recounting the stories from his remarkable life to random strangers on a bus stop bench, completely oblivious to all the ways he literally guided the course of history multiple times over.

Among the best historical references in "Forrest Gump" is when a young Forrest meets an up and coming rockabilly musician, and inadvertently teaches

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