Thousand Oaks is a city in southeastern Ventura County, California, United States. It is in the northwestern part of the Greater Los Angeles Area, approximately 35 miles (56 km) from Downtown Los Angeles and is less than 15 mi (24 km) from the Los Angeles city neighborhood of Woodland Hills.
Tom Hanks, I owe you so much of my heart. 1. Talk to strangers, you never know who you are going to meet. Forrest Gump is almost entirely a story told by a man sitting on a park bench, waiting for the number 9 bus as he talks to anyone who will sit down next to him.
Follow on Twitter. on July 06, 2014 at 8:00 AM, updated July 07, 2014 at 11:35 AM. comments. Forrest Gump, which ran onto the big screen on July 6, 1994, was based on the book written by Mobile native Winston Groom.