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5 miles/day x 42 days = 240 miles.
However it turns out the guy, Alvin Boone Straight, ran in to all kinds of trouble with his tractor over the course of his trip and it did in fact take him ~6 weeks to get to his brother's place according to Wikipedia.
He should have hitchhiked.
#20 I honestly don't know if the film is better or worse for the fact that we could not hear Forrest say those lines.
#33 This is the type of person I want as a neighbor. One that thinks of the whole instead of just about themselves.
Why not simply follow the power poles until you reach civilization?
#22 Jealousy is a hell of a thing
Stupid idiot
Also noteworthy: at that time, men would call other men 'boy' as often as they called a woman 'girl'. It was not about condescension.
#44 Pet ownership: a humanoid relationship with another species, often superseding human relationships. This is a sickness.