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Hello.
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My name's Forrest. Forrest Gump.
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Do you want a chocolate?
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I could eat
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about a million and a half of these.
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My mama always said
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life was like a box of chocolates.
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You never know
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what you're going to get.
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Those must be comfortable shoes.
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I bet you could walk all day in shoes
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like that and not feel a thing.
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- I wish I had shoes like that.
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- My feet hurt.
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Mama always said there's an awful lot
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you can tell about a person
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by their shoes.
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Where they're going,
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where they've been.
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I've worn lots of shoes.
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I bet if I think about it real hard,
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I could remember
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my first pair of shoes.
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Mama said they'd take me anywhere.
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She said they was my magic shoes.
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All right, Forrest,
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open your eyes now.
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Let's take a little walk around.
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How do those feel?
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His legs are strong, Mrs Gump,
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as strong as I've ever seen.
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But his back's as
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crooked as a politician.
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But we're going to straighten him
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right up, aren't we, Forrest?
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When I was a baby, Mama named me
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after the great Civil War hero
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General Nathan Bedford Forrest.
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She said we was related to him
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in some way.
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What he did was he started up
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this club called the Ku Klux Klan.
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They'd all dress up
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in their robes and their bed sheets
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and act like a bunch
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of ghosts or spooks or something.
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They'd even put bed sheets
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on their horses and ride around.
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And anyway, that's how
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I got my name, Forrest Gump.
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Mama said the Forrest part
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was to remind me that sometimes
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we all do things that, well,
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just don't make no sense.
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This way. Hold on.
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All right.
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What are y'all staring at?
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Haven't you ever seen a little boy
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with braces on his legs before?
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Don't ever let anybody tell you
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they're better than you, Forrest.
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If God wanted everybody
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to be the same,
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he'd have given us all
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braces on our legs.
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Mama always had a way of explaining
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things so I could understand them.
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We lived about
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a quarter mile off Route 
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about a half mile
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from the town of Greenbow, Alabama.
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That's in the county of Greenbow.
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Our house had been in Mama's family
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since her grandpa's grandpa's grandpa
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had come across the ocean
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about a thousand years ago.
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Since it was just me and Mama
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and we had all these empty rooms,
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Mama decided to let those rooms out,
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mostly to people passing through,
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like from Mobile,
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Montgomery, places like that.
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That's how me and Mama got money.
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Mama was a real smart lady.
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Remember what I told you, Forrest.
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You're no different
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than anybody else is.
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Did you hear what I said, Forrest?
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You're the same as everybody else.
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You are no different.
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Your boy's different, Mrs Gump.
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His I.Q. Is  .
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Well, we're all different,
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Mr Hancock.
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She wanted me to have
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the finest education,
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so she took me to
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the Greenbow County Central School.
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I met the principal and all.
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I want to show you
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something, Mrs Gump.
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Now, this is normal.
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Forrest is right here.
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The state requires a minimum I.Q.
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Of    to attend public school.
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Mrs Gump, he's going to have
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to go to a special school.
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- He'll be just fine.
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- What does normal mean anyway?
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He might be a bit on the slow side,
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but my boy Forrest
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will get the same opportunities
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as everyone else.
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He's not going to some special school
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to learn how to retread tyres.
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We're talking about
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five little points here.
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There must be something can be done.
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We're a progressive school system.
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We don't want to see
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anybody left behind.
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Is there a Mr Gump, Mrs Gump?
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He's on vacation.
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Your mama sure does care
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about your schooling, son.
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You don't say much, do you?
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"Finally, he had to try.
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It looked easy, but...
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"Oh, what happened. First they..."
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- Mama, what's vacation mean?
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- Vacation?
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Where daddy went?
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Vacation's when you go somewhere...
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and you don't ever come back.
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Anyway, I guess you could say
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me and Mama was on our own.
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But we didn't mind.
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Our house was never empty.
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There was always
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folks coming and going.
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- Supper! It's supper, everyone!
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- That sure looks special.
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Sometimes, we had so many people
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staying with us
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that every room was filled,
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with travellers, you know,
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folks living out of their suitcases
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and hat cases and sample cases.
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Forrest Gump,
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it's suppertime! Forrest?
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One time, a young man was staying
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with us, and he had a guitar case.
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Forrest, I told you not to bother
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this nice young man.
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No, that's all right, ma'am.
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I was showing him
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a thing or two on the guitar.
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All right. Supper's ready
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if y'all want to eat.
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Yeah, that sounds good.
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Thank you, ma'am.
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Say, show me that crazy little walk
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you did there. Slow it down some.
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I liked that guitar. It sounded good.
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I started moving around to the music,
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swinging my hips.
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This one night,
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me and Mama was out shopping,
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and we walked by Benson's furniture
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and appliance store, and guess what?
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This is not for children's eyes.
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Some years later, that handsome
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young man who they called The King,
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well, he sung too many songs.
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Had himself a heart attack
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or something.
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It must be hard being a king.
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It's funny how you remember some
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things, but some things you can't.
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- You do your very best now, Forrest.
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- I sure will, Mama.
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I remember the bus ride
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on the first day of school very well.
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Are you coming along?
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Mama said not to take rides
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from strangers.
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This is the bus to school.
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- I'm Forrest, Forrest Gump.
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- I'm Dorothy Harris.
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Well, now we ain't strangers anymore.
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This seat's taken.
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It's taken.
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You can't sit here.
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You know, it's funny what
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a young man recollects,
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'cause I don't remember being born.
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I don't recall what I got
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for my first Christmas,
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and I don't know when I went
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on my first outdoor picnic,
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but I do remember
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the first time I heard
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the sweetest voice in the wide world.
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You can sit here if you want.
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I had never seen anything
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so beautiful in my life.
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She was like an angel.
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Well, are you going
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to sit down or aren't you?
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What's wrong with your legs?
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Nothing at all, thank you.
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My legs are just fine and dandy.
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I just sat next to her on that bus
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and had a conversation
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all the way to school.
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My back's crooked
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like a question mark.
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 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Next to Mama, no one ever talked
 +
 +
to me or asked me questions.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Are you stupid or something?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Mama says,
 +
 +
"Stupid is as stupid does."
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- I'm Jenny.
 +
 +
- I'm Forrest, Forrest Gump.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
From that day on,
 +
 +
we was always together.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Jenny and me
 +
 +
was like peas and carrots.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
She taught me how to climb.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Come on, Forrest, you can do it.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I showed her how to dangle.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
She helped me learn how to read,
 +
 +
and I showed her how to swing.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Sometimes, we'd just sit out
 +
 +
and wait for the stars.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Mama's going to worry about me.
 +
 +
- Just stay a little longer.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
For some reason,
 +
 +
Jenny never wanted to go home.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
OK, Jenny, I'll stay.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
She was my most special friend.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
My only friend.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
My Mama always told me
 +
 +
that miracles happen every day.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Some people don't think so,
 +
 +
but they do.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Hey, dummy!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Are you retarded,
 +
 +
or just plain stupid?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Look, I'm Forrest Gimp.
 +
 +
- Just run away, Forrest.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Run, Forrest! Run away! Hurry!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Get the bikes!
 +
 +
- Let's get him! Come on!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Look out, dummy!
 +
 +
We're going to get you!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Run, Forrest, run! Run, Forrest!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Come back here, you!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Run, Forrest! Run!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You wouldn't
 +
 +
believe it if I told you,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
but I can run like the wind blows.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
From that day on, if I was
 +
 +
going somewhere, I was running.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
That boy sure is a running fool.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Remember how I told you that Jenny
 +
 +
never seemed to want to go home?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
She lived in a house
 +
 +
that was as old as Alabama.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Her mama had gone to heaven
 +
 +
when she was five,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
and her daddy was
 +
 +
some kind of a farmer.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Jenny?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
He was a very loving man.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
He was always kissing
 +
 +
and touching her and her sisters.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And then this one time, Jenny
 +
 +
wasn't on the bus to go to school.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Jenny,
 +
 +
why didn't you come to school today?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Daddy's taking a nap.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Come on!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Jenny, where'd you run to?
 +
 +
You better get back here, girl!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Where you at?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Jenny! Jenny, where you at?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Pray with me, Forrest. Pray with me.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Dear God, make me a bird so I can fly
 +
 +
far, far, far away from here.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Dear God, make me a bird
 +
 +
so I can fly far...
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Mama always said God is mysterious.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
He didn't turn Jenny
 +
 +
into a bird that day.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Instead, he had the police say
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Jenny didn't have to stay
 +
 +
in that house no more.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
She was to live with her grandma,
 +
 +
just over on Creekmore Avenue,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
which made me happy,
 +
 +
'cause she was so close.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Some nights, Jenny'd sneak out
 +
 +
and come on over to my house,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
just 'cause she said she was scared.
 +
 +
Scared of what, I don't know.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
But I think it was her grandma's dog.
 +
 +
He was a mean dog.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Anyway, Jenny and me was best friends
 +
 +
all the way up through high school.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Hey, stupid!
 +
 +
- Quit it!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Run, Forrest, run!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Didn't you hear me, stupid?
 +
 +
- Run, Forrest!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Get in the truck!
 +
 +
Come on! He's getting away! Move it!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Run, Forrest! Run!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Run, Forrest!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Now, it used to be
 +
 +
I ran to get where I was going.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I never thought
 +
 +
it would take me anywhere.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Who in the hell is that?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
That is Forrest Gump, coach.
 +
 +
Just a local idiot.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And can you believe it?
 +
 +
I got to go to college, too.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Forrest, move it! Run!
 +
 +
- OK!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Run!
 +
 +
- Run, you stupid son of a bitch!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Run, son of a bitch, run! Go! Run!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
He must be the stupidest son of
 +
 +
a bitch alive, but he sure is fast.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Now, maybe it's just me,
 +
 +
but college was very confusing times.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Federal troops,
 +
 +
enforcing a court order,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
integrated
 +
 +
the University of Alabama today.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Two Negroes were admitted,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
but only after Governor George
 +
 +
Wallace had carried out
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
his symbolic threat
 +
 +
to stand in the schoolhouse door.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Earl, what's going on?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Coons are trying to get into school.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Coons? When racoons
 +
 +
tried getting on our back porch,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Mama just chased them off
 +
 +
with a broom.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Not racoons, you idiot. Niggers.
 +
 +
They want to go to school with us.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
With us? They do?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Shortly after Governor Wallace
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
had carried out his promise
 +
 +
to block the doorway,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
President Kennedy
 +
 +
ordered the Secretary of Defence
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
to use military force.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Here, by videotape,
 +
 +
is the encounter by General Graham,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
commander of the national guard,
 +
 +
and Governor Wallace.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Because these national guardsmen
 +
 +
are here today
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
as federal soldiers for Alabama,
 +
 +
and they live within our borders.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
They are our brothers.
 +
 +
We are winning in this fight,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
because we are awakening
 +
 +
the American people to the dangers
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
that we have spoken about
 +
 +
so many times, so evident today,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
a trend toward military
 +
 +
dictatorship in this country.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And so, at day's end,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
the University of Alabama
 +
 +
in Tuscaloosa had been desegregated,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
and students Jimmy Hood
 +
 +
and Vivian Malone
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
had been signed up
 +
 +
for summer classes.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Ma'am, you dropped your book. Ma'am.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Governor Wallace
 +
 +
did what he promised.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
By being on the Tuscaloosa campus,
 +
 +
he kept the mob from gathering...
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Say, wasn't that Gump?
 +
 +
- Naw, that couldn't be.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
It sure as hell was.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
A few years later, that angry
 +
 +
little man at the schoolhouse door
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
thought it'd be a good idea
 +
 +
and ran for President.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
But somebody thought that it wasn't.
 +
 +
But he didn't die.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- My bus is here.
 +
 +
- Is it the number nine?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- No, it's the number four.
 +
 +
- It was nice talking to you.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I remember when that happened, when
 +
 +
Wallace got shot. I was in college.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Did you go to a girls college
 +
 +
or a girls and boys together college?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
It was coed.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Jenny went to a college I couldn't go
 +
 +
to. It was a college just for girls.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
But I'd go and visit her
 +
 +
every chance I got.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
That hurts.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Forrest, stop it! Stop it!
 +
 +
What are you doing?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- He was hurting you.
 +
 +
- No, he wasn't! Get over there!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Billy, I'm sorry.
 +
 +
- Just keep away from me.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Don't be such a... Don't go.
 +
 +
Billy, wait a second.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
He doesn't know any better.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Forrest, why'd you do that?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I brought you some chocolate.
 +
 +
I'm sorry.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I'll go back to my college now.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Look at you.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Come on. Come on.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Is this your own room?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Do you ever dream, Forrest,
 +
 +
about who you're going to be?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Who I'm going to be?
 +
 +
Aren't I going to be me?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You'll always be you,
 +
 +
just another kind of you.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You know? I want to be famous.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I want to be a singer
 +
 +
like Joan Baez.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I just want to be on an empty stage
 +
 +
with my guitar, my voice.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Just me.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And I want to reach people
 +
 +
on a personal level.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I want to be able to say things,
 +
 +
just one to one.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Have you ever been with a girl,
 +
 +
Forrest?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I sit next to them in my home
 +
 +
economics class all the time.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I'm sorry.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- It's OK.
 +
 +
- Sorry.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
It's all right.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- It's OK.
 +
 +
- I'm dizzy.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I'll bet that never
 +
 +
happened in home ec.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
No.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I think I ruined
 +
 +
your roommate's bathrobe.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I don't care.
 +
 +
I don't like her anyway.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
College ran by real fast
 +
 +
'cause I played so much football.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
They even put me on a thing
 +
 +
called the All-America team
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
where you get to meet the President
 +
 +
of the United States.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
President Kennedy met with the
 +
 +
collegiate All-American football team
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
at the Oval Office today.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
The really good thing about meeting
 +
 +
the President of the United States
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
is the food.
 +
 +
They put you in this little room
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
with just about anything
 +
 +
you'd want to eat or drink.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
But since, number one,
 +
 +
I wasn't hungry, but thirsty,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
and number two, they was free, I must
 +
 +
have drank about    Dr Peppers.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
How does it feel
 +
 +
to be an All-American?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
It's an honour, sir.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
How does it feel
 +
 +
to be an All-American?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Very good, sir.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
How does it feel
 +
 +
to be an All-American?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Very good, sir.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Congratulations. How do you feel?
 +
 +
- I got to pee.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I believe he said he had to pee.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Some time later,
 +
 +
for no particular reason,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
somebody shot that nice young
 +
 +
President when he was in his car.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And a few years after that, somebody
 +
 +
shot his little brother, too,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
only he was in a hotel kitchen.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Must be hard being brothers.
 +
 +
I wouldn't know.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Now can you believe it?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
After only five years of playing
 +
 +
football, I got a college degree.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Congratulations, son.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Mama was so proud.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Forrest, I'm so proud of you.
 +
 +
I'll hold this for you.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Congratulations, son.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Have you given
 +
 +
any thought to your future?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Thought?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Hello. I'm Forrest. Forrest Gump.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Nobody gives a horse's shit
 +
 +
who you are, pus ball!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You're not even a lowlife,
 +
 +
scum-sucking maggot!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Get your maggoty ass on the bus!
 +
 +
You're in the army now!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Seat's taken.
 +
 +
- Taken.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
At first it seemed
 +
 +
like I made a mistake.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
It was only my induction day,
 +
 +
and I was getting yelled at.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Sit down if you want to.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I didn't know who I might meet
 +
 +
or what they might ask.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You ever been on a real shrimp boat?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
No. But I been on a real big boat.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I'm talking about
 +
 +
a shrimp catching boat.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I been working on shrimp boats
 +
 +
all my life.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I started out on my uncle's boat
 +
 +
when I was about maybe nine.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I was just looking into buying
 +
 +
my own boat and got drafted.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
My given name
 +
 +
is Benjamin Buford Blue.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
People call me Bubba, just like
 +
 +
one of them old redneck boys.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Can you believe that?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
My name's Forrest Gump.
 +
 +
People call me Forrest Gump.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
So Bubba was from Bayou La Batre,
 +
 +
Alabama, and his mama cooked shrimp.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And her mama before her
 +
 +
cooked shrimp,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
and her mama before her mama
 +
 +
cooked shrimp, too.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Bubba's family knew
 +
 +
everything there was to know
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
about the shrimping business.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I know everything there is to know
 +
 +
about the shrimping business.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I'm going into the shrimping business
 +
 +
myself after I get out of the army.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Gump! What's your sole purpose
 +
 +
in this army?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
To do whatever you tell me,
 +
 +
drill sergeant!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
God damn it, Gump,
 +
 +
you're a goddamn genius.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
That's the most outstanding answer
 +
 +
I've ever heard.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You must have a goddamn I.Q. Of    .
 +
 +
You are goddamn gifted, Private Gump.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Listen up, people!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
For some reason, I fit in the army
 +
 +
like one of them round pegs.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
It's not really hard.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You just make your bed neat,
 +
 +
remember to stand up straight,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
and always answer every question
 +
 +
with "Yes, drill sergeant."
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Is that clear?
 +
 +
- Yes, drill sergeant!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
What you do is
 +
 +
drag your nets along the bottom.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
On a good day, you can catch
 +
 +
over a hundred pounds of shrimp.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Everything goes all right,
 +
 +
two men shrimping ten hours,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
less what you spends on gas...
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Done, drill sergeant!
 +
 +
- Gump!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Why did you put that weapon
 +
 +
together so quickly?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You told me to, drill sergeant.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Jesus H. Christ.
 +
 +
This is a new company record.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
If it wasn't a waste
 +
 +
of a fine enlisted man,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I'd recommend you for O.C.S.,
 +
 +
Private Gump.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You're going to be a general someday!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Now disassemble your weapon
 +
 +
and continue!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Anyway, like I was saying,
 +
 +
shrimp is the fruit of the sea.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You can barbecue it,
 +
 +
boil it, broil it, bake it, sauté it.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
There's shrimp kabobs, shrimp creole,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
shrimp gumbo, pan fried,
 +
 +
deep fried, stir fried.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
There's pineapple shrimp
 +
 +
and lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
pepper shrimp,
 +
 +
shrimp soup, shrimp stew,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
shrimp salad, shrimp in potatoes,
 +
 +
shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
That's about it.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Night-time in the army
 +
 +
is a lonely time.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
We'd lay there in our bunks,
 +
 +
and I'd miss my mama,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
and I'd miss Jenny.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Gump, get a load of the tits on her.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Turns out Jenny had gotten
 +
 +
into some trouble
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
over some photos of her
 +
 +
in her college sweater.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And she was thrown out of school.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
But that wasn't a bad thing,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
'cause a man who owns a theatre
 +
 +
in Memphis, Tennessee,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
saw those photos and offered Jenny
 +
 +
a job singing in a show.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
The first chance I got,
 +
 +
I took the bus up to Memphis
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
to see her perform in that show.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
That was Amber, Amber Flame.
 +
 +
Give her a big hand.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And now, for your listening
 +
 +
and viewing pleasure,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
direct from Hollywood, California,
 +
 +
our very own beatnik beauty.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Let's give a big round of applause
 +
 +
to the luscious Bobbie Dylon.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Her dream had come true.
 +
 +
She was a folk singer.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Come on baby, shake it up now!
 +
 +
- Somebody get her a harmonica.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- This ain't Captain Kangaroo!
 +
 +
- I got something here for you.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
God damn it!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Hey, you stupid jerk!
 +
 +
I'm singing a song here.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Paulie, get out here!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Shut up!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Forrest! What are you doing here?
 +
 +
What are you doing?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
What are you doing, Forrest?
 +
 +
Let me down!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You can't keep doing this, Forrest.
 +
 +
You can't keep trying to rescue me.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- They was trying to grab you.
 +
 +
- A lot of people try to grab me.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You can't keep
 +
 +
doing this all the time.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I can't help it. I love you.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You don't know what love is.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You remember that time
 +
 +
we prayed, Forrest?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
We prayed for God to turn me
 +
 +
into a bird so I could fly far away?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Yes, I do.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You think
 +
 +
I could fly off this bridge?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
What do you mean, Jenny?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Nothing.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I gotta get out of here.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Wait, Jenny.
 +
 +
- Forrest, you stay away from me, OK?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Just stay away from me, please.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Can I have a ride?
 +
 +
- Where are you going?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- I don't care.
 +
 +
- Get in the truck.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
So bye-bye, Jenny.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
They sending me to Vietnam.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
It's this whole other country.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Just hang on a minute.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Listen, you promise me something, OK?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Just if you're ever in trouble,
 +
 +
don't be brave.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- You just run, OK? Just run away.
 +
 +
- OK.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I'll write you all the time.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And just like that, she was gone.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You come back safe to me.
 +
 +
Do you hear?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
They told us that Vietnam
 +
 +
was going to be very different
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
from the United States of America.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Except for all the beer cans
 +
 +
and barbecues, it was.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I'll bet there's shrimp
 +
 +
all in these waters.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
They tell me these Vietnams
 +
 +
is good shrimp.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
After we win this war
 +
 +
and we take over everything,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
we can get American shrimpers out
 +
 +
here and shrimp these waters.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Just shrimp all the time, man.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- You must be my FNGs.
 +
 +
- Morning, sir.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Get your hands down.
 +
 +
Do not salute me.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
There are goddamn snipers
 +
 +
all around this area
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
who'd love to grease an officer.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I'm Lieutenant Dan Taylor.
 +
 +
Welcome to Fort Platoon.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- What's wrong with your lip?
 +
 +
- I was born with big gums, sir.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Well, you better tuck that in.
 +
 +
Gonna get that caught on a trip wire.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Where are you boys from in the world?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Alabama, sir!
 +
 +
- You twins?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
No. We are not relations, sir.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Look, it's pretty basic here.
 +
 +
You stick with me and learn
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
from the guys who've been in country
 +
 +
a while, you'll be all right.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
There is one item of G.I. Gear
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
that can be the difference
 +
 +
between life and death. Socks.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Cushioned sole, O.D. Green.
 +
 +
Try and keep your feet dry.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
When we're out humpin',
 +
 +
change your socks whenever we stop.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
The Mekong will eat
 +
 +
a grunt's feet right off his legs.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Sergeant Sims. God damn it, where's
 +
 +
that sling rope I said to order?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- I put in the requisitions.
 +
 +
- Well, call those sons of bitches...
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Lieutenant Dan knew his stuff. I felt
 +
 +
real lucky he was my lieutenant.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
He was from a long,
 +
 +
great military tradition.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Somebody in his family
 +
 +
had fought and died
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
in every single American war.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
God damn it, kick some ass.
 +
 +
Get on it!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I guess you could say
 +
 +
he had a lot to live up to.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
So, you boys from Arkansas?
 +
 +
Well, I been through there.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Little Rock's a fine town.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Now, shake down your gear.
 +
 +
See the platoon sergeant.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Draw what you need for the field.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
If you boys are hungry, we got
 +
 +
steaks burning right over here.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Two standing orders in this platoon.
 +
 +
One, take good care of your feet.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Two, try not to do anything stupid,
 +
 +
like getting yourself killed.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I sure hope I don't let him down.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I got to see a lot of countryside.
 +
 +
We would take these real long walks.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And we were always lookin'
 +
 +
for this guy named Charlie.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Hold it up!
 +
 +
- Hold up, boys!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
It wasn't always fun.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Lieutenant Dan was always getting
 +
 +
these funny feelings
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
about a rock or a trail or the road,
 +
 +
so he'd tell us to get down, shut up.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Get down! Shut up!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
So we did.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I don't know much about anything,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
but I think some of America's
 +
 +
best young men served in this war.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
There was Dallas from Phoenix.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Cleveland, he was from Detroit.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Hey, Tex. What the hell's going on?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And Tex was... Well, I don't
 +
 +
remember where Tex come from.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Ah, nothing.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Fourth platoon, on your feet.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Y'all got    clicks
 +
 +
to go to that river. Move out.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- One, two, hup!
 +
 +
- Step it up! Look alive out there.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
The good thing about Vietnam
 +
 +
is there was always someplace to go.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Fire in the hole!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Gump, check out that hole.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And there was always something to do.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Mount 'em up!
 +
 +
Spread out! Cover his back!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
One day it started raining,
 +
 +
and it didn't quit for four months.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
We've been through every
 +
 +
kind of rain there is.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Little bitty stinging rain
 +
 +
and big old fat rain,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
rain that flew in sideways,
 +
 +
and sometimes rain even seemed
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
to come straight up from underneath.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Shoot, it even rained at night.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Hey, Forrest.
 +
 +
- Hey, Bubba.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I'm going to lean up against you.
 +
 +
You lean up against me.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
This way we don't have to sleep
 +
 +
with our heads in the mud.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You know why
 +
 +
we're a good partnership, Forrest?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
'Cause we be watching out for one
 +
 +
another, like brothers and stuff.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Hey, Forrest,
 +
 +
something I been thinking about.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I got a very important question
 +
 +
to ask you.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
How would you like to go
 +
 +
into the shrimping business with me?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- OK.
 +
 +
- Man, I tell you what.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I got it all figured out, too.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
So many pounds of shrimp
 +
 +
will pay off the boat.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
So many pounds for gas.
 +
 +
We'll live right on the boat.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
We ain't got to pay no rent.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
We can just work it together, split
 +
 +
everything right down the middle.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Man, I'm telling you,  -  . Hey,
 +
 +
Forrest, all the shrimp you can eat.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
That's a fine idea.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Bubba did have a fine idea.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I even wrote Jenny
 +
 +
and told her all about it.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I sent her letters.
 +
 +
Not every day, but almost.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I told her what I was doing
 +
 +
and asked her what she was doing,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
and told her
 +
 +
how I thought about her always.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And how I was looking forward
 +
 +
to getting a letter from her
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
just as soon as she had the time.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I'd always let her know
 +
 +
that I was OK.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Then I'd sign each letter
 +
 +
"Love, Forrest Gump."
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
This one day,
 +
 +
we was out walking like always,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
and then, just like that,
 +
 +
somebody turned off the rain,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
and the sun come out.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Ambush! Take cover!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Get that pig up here, God damn it!
 +
 +
- Forrest, are you OK?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Strong Arm, Strong Arm!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- We've got a man down.
 +
 +
- Strong Arm, this is Leg Lima  !
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Roger, Strong Arm! We have incoming
 +
 +
from the treeline at Point Blue...
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
...plus two! A.K. S and rockets!
 +
 +
We're getting it hard!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Misfire! Misfire!
 +
 +
- God damn it!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Get that pig unfucked
 +
 +
and put it in the treeline!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
They got us down, hard and hurt.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
We're going to move back
 +
 +
to the blue line.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Pull back! Pull back!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Forrest! Run, Forrest!
 +
 +
- Pull back!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Run! Run, man! Run!
 +
 +
- Pull back, Gump!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Run, God damn it! Run!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I ran and ran
 +
 +
just like Jenny told me to.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I ran so far so fast that soon I was
 +
 +
all by myself, which was a bad thing.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Bubba was my best good friend.
 +
 +
I had to make sure he was OK.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Where the hell are you?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And on my way back to find Bubba,
 +
 +
there was a boy laying on the ground.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Tex. OK.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I couldn't let him lay there
 +
 +
all alone, scared the way he was,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
so I grabbed him up
 +
 +
and run him out of there.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Every time I went back
 +
 +
looking for Bubba,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
somebody else was saying,
 +
 +
"Help me, Forrest, help me!"
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
OK. Here. Here.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
No sweat, man.
 +
 +
Lay back. You'll be OK.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I started to get scared
 +
 +
that I might never find Bubba.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I know my position is danger close!
 +
 +
We got Charlie all over this area.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I got to have those fast movers
 +
 +
in here now. Over.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Lieutenant Dan, Coleman's dead!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I know he's dead! My whole
 +
 +
goddamn platoon is wiped out!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
God damn it! What are you doing?
 +
 +
You leave me here!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Get away.
 +
 +
Just leave me here! Get out!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
God, I said leave me here,
 +
 +
God damn it!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Leg Lima six, this is strong-arm.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Be advised your fast
 +
 +
movers are inbound. Over.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Then it felt like something
 +
 +
just jumped up and bit me.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Something bit me!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Goddamn son of a bitch!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I can't leave the platoon.
 +
 +
I told you to leave me there, Gump.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Forget about me. Get yourself out!
 +
 +
Did you hear what I said?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Gump, damn it, put me down.
 +
 +
Get your ass out of here.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I didn't ask you to pull me out
 +
 +
of there, God damn you!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Where do you think you're going?
 +
 +
- To get Bubba.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I got an air strike
 +
 +
inbound right now.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
They're going to nape the whole area.
 +
 +
Stay here! That's an order.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I gotta find Bubba!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I'm OK, Forrest. I'm OK.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Bubba, no.
 +
 +
- I'll be all right.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Come on. Come on. Come on.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I'm OK, Forrest.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I'm OK. I'm fine.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Top smoke. Get it up there.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
If I'd have known this was going
 +
 +
to be the last time me and Bubba
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
was gonna talk, I'd of thought
 +
 +
of something better to say.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Hey, Bubba.
 +
 +
- Hey, Forrest.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Forrest, why did this happen?
 +
 +
- You got shot.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Then Bubba said something
 +
 +
I won't ever forget.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I want to go home.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Bubba was my best good friend.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And even I know that ain't something
 +
 +
you can find just around the corner.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Bubba was going to be
 +
 +
a shrimping boat captain,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
but instead, he died right
 +
 +
there by that river in Vietnam.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
That's all I have to say about that.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
It was a bullet, wasn't it?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- A bullet?
 +
 +
- That jumped up and bit you.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Yes, sir.
 +
 +
Bit me directly in the but-tocks.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
They said it was a million
 +
 +
dollar wound, but...
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
The army must keep that money,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
'cause I still ain't seen a nickel
 +
 +
of that million dollars.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
The only good thing
 +
 +
about being wounded in the but-tocks
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
is the ice cream.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
They gave me all the ice cream
 +
 +
I could eat. And guess what?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
A good friend of mine was
 +
 +
in the bed right next door.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Lieutenant Dan,
 +
 +
I got you some ice cream.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Lieutenant Dan, ice cream!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
It's time for your bath,
 +
 +
Lieutenant.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Harper!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Cooper. Larson.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Webster. Gump.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Gump!
 +
 +
- I'm Forrest Gump.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Kyle. Nichols.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
McMill. Johnson.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Gump, how can you watch
 +
 +
that stupid shit? Turn it off.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You are tuned to the American Forces
 +
 +
Vietnam Network.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
This is Channel  Saigon.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Good catch, Gump.
 +
 +
You know how to play this?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Come on. Let me show you.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
The secret to this game is
 +
 +
no matter what happens,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
never, ever take your eye
 +
 +
off the ball.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
All right.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
For some reason, ping-pong
 +
 +
came very natural to me.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
See? Any idiot can play.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
So I started playing it all the time.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I played ping-pong even when I didn't
 +
 +
have anyone to play ping-pong with.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
The hospital's people said it
 +
 +
made me look like a duck in water,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
whatever that means.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Even Lieutenant Dan
 +
 +
would come and watch me play.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I played ping-pong so much,
 +
 +
I even played it in my sleep.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Now, you listen to me.
 +
 +
We all have a destiny.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Nothing just happens.
 +
 +
It's all part of a plan!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I should have died
 +
 +
out there with my men,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
but now, I'm nothing but
 +
 +
a goddamn cripple, a legless freak!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Look. Look! Look at me!
 +
 +
You see that?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Do you know what it's like
 +
 +
not to be able to use your legs?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Yes, sir, I do.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Did you hear what I said?
 +
 +
You cheated me! I had a destiny.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I was supposed to die in the field
 +
 +
with honour!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
That was my destiny,
 +
 +
and you cheated me out of it!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You understand what I'm saying, Gump?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
This wasn't supposed to happen,
 +
 +
not to me. I had a destiny.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I was Lieutenant Dan Taylor.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You're still Lieutenant Dan.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Look at me.
 +
 +
What am I going to do now?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
What am I going to do now?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
PFC Gump?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Yes, sir!
 +
 +
- As you were.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Son, you been awarded
 +
 +
the Medal of Honour.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Guess what, Lieutenant Dan?
 +
 +
They want to give me a med...
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Ma'am, what did they do
 +
 +
with Lieutenant Dan?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
They sent him home.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Two weeks later, I left Vietnam.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
The ceremony was kicked off
 +
 +
with a candid speech by the President
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
regarding the need for further
 +
 +
escalation of the war in Vietnam.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
President Johnson awarded four medals
 +
 +
of honour to men from each...
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
America owes you
 +
 +
a debt of gratitude, son.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I understand you were wounded.
 +
 +
Where were you hit?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
In the but-tocks, sir.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Well, that must be a sight.
 +
 +
I'd kinda like to see that.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
God damn, son!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
After that, Mama went
 +
 +
to the hotel to lay down,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
so I went out for a walk
 +
 +
to see our capital.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Hilary! I got the vets.
 +
 +
What do you want to do with them?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
It's a good thing Mama was resting,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
'cause the streets was
 +
 +
awful crowded with people
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
lookin' at all the statues
 +
 +
and monuments,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
and some of them people
 +
 +
were loud and pushy.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
OK, follow me! Move it out!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Everywhere I went,
 +
 +
I had to stand in line.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Come on. Go!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You're a good man
 +
 +
for doing this. Good.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
OK.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
There was this man
 +
 +
giving a little talk.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And for some reason, he was wearing
 +
 +
an American flag for a shirt.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And he liked to say
 +
 +
the "F" Word a lot.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
"F" This and "F" That.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And every time he said the "F" Word,
 +
 +
people, for some reason, cheered.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Come on, man. Come up here, man.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Come on. Come on. Yeah, you!
 +
 +
Come on. Move, move!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Go on. Let's get up there.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Tell us a little bit
 +
 +
about the war, man.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- The war in Vietnam?
 +
 +
- The war in Viet-fuckin'-nam!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Well...
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
There was only one thing
 +
 +
I could say about the war in Vietnam.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
There's only one thing
 +
 +
I can say about the war in Vietnam.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
In Vietnam...
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
What the hell are you do...
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I'll beat your head in,
 +
 +
you goddamn oinker!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Jesus Christ!
 +
 +
What did they do with this?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Can't hear you!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Can't hear anything!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
This... This one! Give me that!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Speak up!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
That's it.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And that's all I have to say
 +
 +
about that.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
That's so right on, man.
 +
 +
You said it all.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- What's your name, man?
 +
 +
- My name is Forrest. Forrest Gump.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Forrest Gump.
 +
 +
- Gump!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
It was the happiest moment
 +
 +
of my life.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Jenny and me were just
 +
 +
like peas and carrots again.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
She showed me around and introduced
 +
 +
me to some of her new friends.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Shut that blind, man! And get your
 +
 +
white ass away from that window.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Don't you know we in a war here?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- He's cool. He's one of us.
 +
 +
- Let me tell you about us.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Our purpose here
 +
 +
is to protect our black leaders
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
from the racial onslaught of the pig
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
who wishes to brutalise
 +
 +
our black leaders,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
rape our women,
 +
 +
and destroy our black communities.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Who's the baby killer?
 +
 +
- This is my friend I told you about.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
This is Forrest Gump.
 +
 +
Forrest, this is Wesley.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Wesley and I
 +
 +
lived together in Berkeley,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
and he's the president
 +
 +
of the Berkeley chapter of SDS.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
We are here to offer
 +
 +
protection and help
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
for all those who need our help,
 +
 +
because we, the Black Panthers,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
are against the war in Vietnam.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
We are against any war where black
 +
 +
soldiers are sent to the front line
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
to die for a country that hates them.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
We are against any war
 +
 +
where black soldiers go to fight
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
and come to be brutalised
 +
 +
and killed in their own communities.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
We are against all these racist
 +
 +
and imperial acts...
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Forrest! Stop it! Stop it!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I shouldn't have brought you here.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I should have known it was going
 +
 +
to be some bullshit hassle!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
He should not be hitting you, Jenny.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Come on, Forrest.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Sorry I had a fight in the middle
 +
 +
of your Black Panther party.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
He doesn't mean it
 +
 +
when he does things like this.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I would never hurt you, Jenny.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- I know you wouldn't, Forrest.
 +
 +
- I wanted to be your boyfriend.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
That uniform is a trip, Forrest.
 +
 +
You look handsome in it. You do.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- You know what?
 +
 +
- What?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I'm glad we were here together
 +
 +
in our nation's capital.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Me, too, Forrest.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
We walked around all night,
 +
 +
Jenny and me, just talkin'.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
She told me about
 +
 +
all the travelling she'd done
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
and how she discovered
 +
 +
ways to expand her mind
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
and learn how to live in harmony,
 +
 +
which must be out west somewhere,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
'cause she made it
 +
 +
all the way to California.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Hey. Anybody
 +
 +
want to go to San Francisco?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- I'll go.
 +
 +
- Far out!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
It was a very special night
 +
 +
for the two of us.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I didn't want it to end.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Wish you wouldn't go, Jenny.
 +
 +
- I have to, Forrest.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Jenny?
 +
 +
Things got a little out of hand.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
It's just this war and that lying
 +
 +
son of a bitch Johnson and...
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I would never hurt you.
 +
 +
You know that.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Know what I think?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I think you should go home
 +
 +
to Greenbow, Alabama!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Forrest, we have very different
 +
 +
lives, you know.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I want you to have this.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Forrest, I can't keep this.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I got it just by doing
 +
 +
what you told me to do.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Why are you so good to me?
 +
 +
- You're my girl.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I'll always be your girl.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And just like that,
 +
 +
she was gone out of my life again.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
It's one small step for man,
 +
 +
one giant leap for mankind.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I thought I was going back
 +
 +
to Vietnam, but instead they decided
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
the best way for me to fight
 +
 +
the communists was to play ping-pong,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
so I was in the Special Services,
 +
 +
travelling around the country,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
cheering up wounded veterans and
 +
 +
showing 'em how to play ping-pong.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I was so good,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
the Army decided I should be
 +
 +
on the All-American ping-pong team.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
We were the first Americans
 +
 +
to visit the land of China
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
in a million years or something.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Somebody said world peace
 +
 +
was in our hands,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
but all I did was play ping-pong.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
When I got home,
 +
 +
I was a national celebrity,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
famouser even than Captain Kangaroo.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Here he is, Forrest Gump. Right here.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Forrest Gump, John Lennon.
 +
 +
- Welcome home.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Can you tell us, what was China like?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
In the land of China,
 +
 +
people hardly got nothin' at all.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
No possessions?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And in China,
 +
 +
they never go to church.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- No religion, too?
 +
 +
- Hard to imagine.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Well, it's easy if you try, Dick.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Some years later,
 +
 +
that nice young man from England
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
was on his way home to see his little
 +
 +
boy and was signing some autographs.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
For no particular reason at all,
 +
 +
somebody shot him.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
They gave you
 +
 +
The Congressional Medal of Honour.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Now, that's Lieutenant Dan.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Lieutenant Dan!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
They gave you
 +
 +
the Congressional Medal of Honour.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Yes, sir. They surely did.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
They gave you, an imbecile,
 +
 +
a moron who goes on television
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
and makes a fool out of himself
 +
 +
in front of the whole damn country,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
the Congressional Medal of Honour.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Yes, sir.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Well, that's just perfect!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Well, I just got one thing to say
 +
 +
to that. Goddamn bless America.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Lieutenant Dan!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Lieutenant Dan
 +
 +
said he was living in a hotel.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Because he didn't have no legs, he
 +
 +
spent his time exercising his arms.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Take a right. Take a right!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Come on, already!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
What do you do here in New York,
 +
 +
Lieutenant Dan?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I'm living off the government tit.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Are you blind? I'm walking here!
 +
 +
Get out! Come on. Go, go, go!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I stayed with Lieutenant Dan
 +
 +
and celebrated the holidays.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You have a great year,
 +
 +
and hurry home. God bless you.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Have you found Jesus yet, Gump?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I didn't know I was supposed
 +
 +
to be looking for him, sir.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
That's all these cripples at the VA,
 +
 +
that's all they ever talk about.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Jesus this and Jesus that.
 +
 +
Have I found Jesus?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
They even had a priest
 +
 +
come and talk to me.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
He said God is listening,
 +
 +
but I have to help myself.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Now, if I accept Jesus into my heart,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I'll get to walk beside him
 +
 +
in the kingdom of heaven.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Did you hear what I said?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Walk beside him
 +
 +
in the kingdom of heaven.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Well, kiss my crippled ass. God
 +
 +
is listening? What a crock of shit.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I'm going to heaven, Lieutenant Dan.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Well...
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Before you go, why don't you
 +
 +
get your ass down to the corner
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- and get us more ripple?
 +
 +
- Yes, sir.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
We're at approximately  th street
 +
 +
in New York City at One Astor Plaza.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
This is the site
 +
 +
of the old Astor Hotel...
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- What the hell is in Bayou La Batre?
 +
 +
- Shrimping boats.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Shrimping boats? Who gives a shit
 +
 +
about shrimping boats?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I got to buy me one
 +
 +
soon as I have some money.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I promised Bubba in Vietnam
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
that as soon as the war was over,
 +
 +
we'd be partners.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
He'd be the captain
 +
 +
and I'd be his first mate.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
But now that he's dead,
 +
 +
I got to be the captain.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
A shrimp boat captain.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Yes, sir. A promise is a promise,
 +
 +
Lieutenant Dan.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Now hear this!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Private Gump here is gonna be
 +
 +
a shrimp boat captain.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Tell you what, Gilligan. The day
 +
 +
you are a shrimp boat captain,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I will come and be your first mate.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
If you're ever a shrimp boat captain,
 +
 +
that's the day I'm an astronaut!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Danny, what are you complaining
 +
 +
about? How you doing?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Mr Hot Wheels. Who's your friend?
 +
 +
- My name is Forrest. Forrest Gump.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
This is Cunning Carla
 +
 +
and Long-limbs Lenore.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
So where you been, babycakes?
 +
 +
Haven't seen you around lately.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You should have been here
 +
 +
for Christmas,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
'cause Tommy bought a free round
 +
 +
and gave everybody a turkey sandwich.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Well, I had company.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
We was just there!
 +
 +
That's Times Square.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Don't you just love New Year's?
 +
 +
You can start all over.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Everybody gets a second chance.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
It's funny,
 +
 +
but in the middle of all that fun,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I began to think about Jenny,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
wondering how she was spending her
 +
 +
New Year's night out in California.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Nine, eight, seven, six,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
five, four, three, two, one!
 +
 +
Happy New Year!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Happy New Year, Lieutenant Dan!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
What are you, stupid or something?
 +
 +
What's your problem?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
What's his problem? Did you lose
 +
 +
your packet in the war or something?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Is your friend stupid or something?
 +
 +
- What did you say?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I said is your friend
 +
 +
stupid or something?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Don't call him stupid!
 +
 +
- Hey, don't push her!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You shut up!
 +
 +
Don't you ever call him stupid!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Why you so upset?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Get your goddamn clothes
 +
 +
and get the hell out of here!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You should be in a sideshow.
 +
 +
You're so pathetic!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Get out of here!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- You retard!
 +
 +
- Loser. You freak!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Oh, no.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I'm sorry I ruined your New Year's
 +
 +
Eve party, Lieutenant Dan.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
She tastes like cigarettes.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I guess Lieutenant Dan figured
 +
 +
there's some things you can't change.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
He didn't want to be called crippled
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
like I didn't want
 +
 +
to be called stupid.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Happy New Year, Gump.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
The U.S. Ping-pong team met
 +
 +
with President Nixon today...
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Wouldn't you know it?
 +
 +
A few months later,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
they invited me and the ping-pong
 +
 +
team to visit the White House.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
So I went, again.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And I met the President
 +
 +
of the United States again.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Only this time, they didn't get us
 +
 +
rooms in a real fancy hotel.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Are you enjoying yourself
 +
 +
in our nation's capital, young man?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Where are you staying?
 +
 +
- It's called the Hotel Ebbott.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Oh, no. I know a much nicer hotel.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
It's brand-new. Very modern.
 +
 +
I'll have my people take care of it.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Security.
 +
 +
- Yeah. Sir...
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You might want to send a maintenance
 +
 +
man to that office across the way.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
The lights are off and they must be
 +
 +
looking for a fuse box,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
'cause them flashlights,
 +
 +
they're keeping me awake.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- OK, sir. I'll check it out.
 +
 +
- Thank you. Good night.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Therefore,
 +
 +
I shall resign the presidency
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
effective at noon tomorrow.
 +
 +
Vice President Ford
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
will be sworn in as President
 +
 +
at that hour in this office.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Forrest Gump.
 +
 +
- Yes, sir!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
As you were. I have your
 +
 +
discharge papers. Service is up, son.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Does this mean
 +
 +
I can't play ping-pong no more?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
For the Army, it does.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And just like that, my service
 +
 +
in the United States Army was over.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
So I went home.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- I'm home, Mama.
 +
 +
- I know. I know.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Louise, he's here.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
When I got home, I had no idea,
 +
 +
but Mama'd had all sorts of visitors.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
We've had all sorts of visitors.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Everybody wants you to use
 +
 +
their ping-pong stuff.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
One man even left a check for $   
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
if you'd be agreeable to saying
 +
 +
you like using their paddle.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I only like using my own paddle.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Hi, Miss Louise.
 +
 +
- Hey, Forrest.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I know that,
 +
 +
but it's $      Forrest.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I thought maybe
 +
 +
you could hold it for a while,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
see if it grows on you.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
That Mama, she sure was right.
 +
 +
It's funny how things work out.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I didn't stay home for long
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
because I'd made a promise to Bubba,
 +
 +
and I always try to keep my promise,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
so I went on down to Bayou La Batre
 +
 +
to meet Bubba's family.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Are you crazy or just plain stupid?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Stupid is as stupid does, Mrs Blue.
 +
 +
- I guess.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And, of course,
 +
 +
I paid my respect to Bubba himself.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Hey, Bubba. It's me, Forrest Gump.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I remember everything you said,
 +
 +
and I got it all figured out.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I'm taking $    .  that I got,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
that's left after a new haircut
 +
 +
and a new suit
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
and I took Mama out
 +
 +
to a real fancy dinner,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
and I bought a bus ticket,
 +
 +
and three Dr Peppers.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Tell me something.
 +
 +
Are you stupid or something?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Stupid is as stupid does, sir.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
That's what's left after me saying,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
"When I was in China
 +
 +
on the All-America ping-pong team,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
"I just loved playing ping-pong
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
"with my Flex-o-lite
 +
 +
ping-pong paddle,"
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
which everybody knows isn't true,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
but Mama said it was just a little
 +
 +
white lie, it wasn't hurting nobody.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
So anyway,
 +
 +
I'm putting all that on gas, ropes,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
and new nets
 +
 +
and a brand-new shrimping boat.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Bubba told me everything
 +
 +
he knew about shrimping,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
but you know what I found out?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Shrimping is tough.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I only caught five.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
A couple more,
 +
 +
you can have yourself a cocktail.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You ever think about
 +
 +
naming this old boat?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
It's bad luck
 +
 +
to have a boat without a name.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I'd never named a boat before,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
but there was only one
 +
 +
I could think of,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
the most beautiful name
 +
 +
in the wide world.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I hadn't heard from Jenny in a long
 +
 +
while, but I thought about her a lot.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I hoped whatever she was doing
 +
 +
made her happy.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I thought about Jenny all the time.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Lieutenant Dan,
 +
 +
what are you doing here?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Well, thought I'd try out
 +
 +
my sea legs.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Well, you ain't got no legs,
 +
 +
Lieutenant Dan.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Yes, I know that.
 +
 +
You wrote me a letter, you idiot.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Well, well. Captain Forrest Gump.
 +
 +
I had to see this for myself.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And I told you if you were
 +
 +
ever a shrimp boat captain,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
that I'd be your first mate.
 +
 +
Well, here I am.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- I'm a man of my word.
 +
 +
- OK.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
But don't you be thinking that
 +
 +
I'm going to be calling you "Sir."
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
No, sir.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
That's my boat.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I have a feeling if we head due east,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
we'll find some shrimp.
 +
 +
So take a left.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Take a left!
 +
 +
- Which way?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Over there! They're over there!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Get on the wheel and take a left.
 +
 +
- OK.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Gump, what are you doing?
 +
 +
Take a left! Left!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
That's where we're going
 +
 +
to find those shrimp, my boy!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
That's where we'll find them.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Still no shrimp, Lieutenant Dan.
 +
 +
- OK, so I was wrong.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
How are we going to find them?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Maybe you should
 +
 +
just pray for shrimp.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
So I went to church every Sunday.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Sometimes Lieutenant Dan came too,
 +
 +
though he left the praying up to me.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- No shrimp.
 +
 +
- Where the hell's this God of yours?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
It's funny Lieutenant Dan said that,
 +
 +
'cause right then God showed up.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You'll never sink this boat!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Now, me, I was scared,
 +
 +
but Lieutenant Dan, he was mad.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Come on!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You call this a storm?
 +
 +
Come on, you son of a bitch!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
It's time for a showdown! You and me!
 +
 +
I'm right here! Come and get me!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You'll never sink this boat!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Hurricane Carmen
 +
 +
came through here yesterday,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
destroying nearly everything
 +
 +
in its path.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And as in other towns
 +
 +
up and down the coast,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Bayou La Batre's
 +
 +
entire shrimping industry
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
has fallen victim to Carmen
 +
 +
and has been left in utter ruin.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
This reporter has learned,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
in fact, only one shrimping boat
 +
 +
actually survived the storm.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Louise. Louise, there's Forrest.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
After that, shrimping was easy.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Since people still needed
 +
 +
them shrimps for shrimp cocktails
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
and barbecues and all, and we were
 +
 +
the only boat left standing,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Bubba-Gump shrimp's what they got.
 +
 +
We got a whole bunch of boats.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Twelve Jennys, big old warehouse.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
We even have hats
 +
 +
that say "Bubba-Gump" on them.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Bubba-Gump Shrimp. A household name.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Hold on there, boy.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Are you telling me you're the owner
 +
 +
of the Bubba-Gump Shrimp Corporation?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Yes. We got more money
 +
 +
than Davy Crockett.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Boy, I heard some whoppers
 +
 +
in my time, but that tops them all.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
We were sitting
 +
 +
next to a millionaire.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Well, I thought it was
 +
 +
a very lovely story,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
and you tell it so well,
 +
 +
with such enthusiasm.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Would you like to see
 +
 +
what Lieutenant Dan looks like?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Yes, I would.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
That's him right there.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Let me tell you something
 +
 +
about Lieutenant Dan.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I never thanked you
 +
 +
for saving my life.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
He never actually said so, but
 +
 +
I think he made his peace with God.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
For the second time in    days,
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
President Ford escaped
 +
 +
possible assassination today.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Base to Jenny  . Base to Jenny  .
 +
 +
- Jenny  . Go, Margo.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Forrest has a phone call.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Well, you'll have to tell them
 +
 +
to call him back.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- He is indisposed at the moment.
 +
 +
- His mama's sick.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Where's Mama?
 +
 +
- She's upstairs.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Hi, Forrest.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- I'll see you tomorrow.
 +
 +
- All right.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Sure got you straightened out,
 +
 +
didn't we, boy?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- What's the matter, Mama?
 +
 +
- I'm dying, Forrest.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Come on in, sit down over here.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Why are you dying, Mama?
 +
 +
- It's my time. It's just my time.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Now, don't you be afraid, sweetheart.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Death is just a part of life.
 +
 +
Something we're all destined to do.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I didn't know it,
 +
 +
but I was destined to be your mama.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- I did the best I could.
 +
 +
- You did good.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Well, I happen to believe
 +
 +
you make your own destiny.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You have to do the best
 +
 +
with what God gave you.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
What's my destiny, Mama?
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You're going to have
 +
 +
to figure that out for yourself.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Life is a box of chocolates, Forrest.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You never know
 +
 +
what you're going to get.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Mama always had a way of explaining
 +
 +
things so I could understand them.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I will miss you, Forrest.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
She had got the cancer
 +
 +
and died on a Tuesday.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I bought her a new hat
 +
 +
with little flowers on it.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And that's all
 +
 +
I have to say about that.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Didn't you say you were waiting
 +
 +
for the number seven bus?
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
There'll be another one
 +
 +
along shortly.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Now, because I had been
 +
 +
a football star and war hero
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
and national celebrity
 +
 +
and a shrimping boat captain
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
and a college graduate, the city
 +
 +
fathers of Greenbow, Alabama,
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
decided to get together
 +
 +
and offered me a fine job.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
So I never went back
 +
 +
to work for Lieutenant Dan,
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
though he did take care
 +
 +
of my Bubba-Gump money.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
He got me invested
 +
 +
in some kind of fruit company.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I got a call from him saying we don't
 +
 +
have to worry about money no more,
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
and I said,
 +
 +
"That's good. One less thing."
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Now Mama said there's only
 +
 +
so much fortune a man really needs,
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
and the rest is just for showing off.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
So I gave a whole bunch of it
 +
 +
to the Foursquare Gospel Church.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And I gave a whole bunch to the
 +
 +
Bayou La Batre fishing hospital.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And even though Bubba was dead
 +
 +
and Lieutenant Dan said I was nuts,
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I gave Bubba's mama Bubba's share.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You know what?
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
She didn't have to work
 +
 +
in nobody's kitchen no more.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
That smells wonderful.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And 'cause I was a gozillionaire
 +
 +
and I liked doing it so much,
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I cut that grass for free.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
But at night-time
 +
 +
when there was nothing to do
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
and the house was all empty,
 +
 +
I'd always think of Jenny.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And then, she was there.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Hello, Forrest.
 +
 +
- Hello, Jenny.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Jenny came back and stayed with me.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Maybe it was because
 +
 +
she had nowhere else to go,
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
or maybe it was because she was
 +
 +
so tired, 'cause she went to bed
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
and slept and slept,
 +
 +
like she hadn't slept in years.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
It was wonderful having her home.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Every day we'd take a walk, and I'd
 +
 +
jabber on like a monkey in a tree,
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
and she'd listen about
 +
 +
ping-ponging and shrimping
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
and Mama making a trip up to heaven.
 +
 +
I did all the talking.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Jenny most of the time
 +
 +
was real quiet.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
How could you do this?
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Sometimes I guess there
 +
 +
just aren't enough rocks.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I never really knew
 +
 +
why she came back, but I didn't care.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
It was like olden times.
 +
 +
We was like peas and carrots again.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Every day, I'd pick pretty flowers
 +
 +
and put them in her room for her,
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
and she gave me the best gift anyone
 +
 +
could ever get in the wide world.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
They're just for running.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And she even showed me how to dance.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Well, we was like family,
 +
 +
Jenny and me...
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
and it was the happiest time
 +
 +
in my life.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You done watching it?
 +
 +
I'm going to bed.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Will you marry me?
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I'd make a good husband, Jenny.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You would, Forrest.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
But you won't marry me.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
You don't want to marry me.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Why don't you love me, Jenny?
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I'm not a smart man,
 +
 +
but I know what love is.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Forrest, I do love you.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Where are you running off to?
 +
 +
- I'm not running.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
That day, for no particular reason,
 +
 +
I decided to go for a little run.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
So I ran to the end of the road,
 +
 +
and when I got there
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I thought maybe I'd run
 +
 +
to the end of town.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
President Carter,
 +
 +
suffering from heat exhaustion...
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And when I got there,
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I thought maybe I'd just
 +
 +
run across Greenbow County.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Now, thinking since I'd run this far,
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
maybe I'd just run across
 +
 +
the great state of Alabama.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And that's what I did.
 +
 +
I ran clear across Alabama.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
No particular reason.
 +
 +
I just kept on going.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I ran clear to the ocean.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And when I got there,
 +
 +
I figured since I'd gone this far,
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
might as well turn around,
 +
 +
just keep on going.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And when I got to another ocean,
 +
 +
I figured since I'd gone this far,
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I might as well just turn back
 +
 +
and keep right on going.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
When I got tired, I slept.
 +
 +
When I got hungry, I ate.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
When I had to go...
 +
 +
you know... I went.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- And so, you just ran.
 +
 +
- Yeah.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I'd think a lot about Mama
 +
 +
and Bubba and Lieutenant Dan.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
But most of all, I thought about
 +
 +
Jenny. I thought about her a lot.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
For more than two years,
 +
 +
a man named Forrest Gump,
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
a gardener from Greenbow, Alabama,
 +
 +
stopping only to sleep,
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
has been running across America.
 +
 +
Charles Cooper reports.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
For the fourth time
 +
 +
on his journey across America,
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Forrest Gump the gardener will cross
 +
 +
the Mississippi River again today.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- I'll be damned. Forrest?
 +
 +
- Why are you running?
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Are you doing this for world peace?
 +
 +
- For the homeless?
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Are you running for women's rights?
 +
 +
- The environment?
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
They couldn't believe somebody would
 +
 +
do all that running for no reason.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Why are you doing this?
 +
 +
- I just felt like running.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I just felt like runnin'.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
It's you.
 +
 +
I can't believe it's really you.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
For some reason, what I was doing
 +
 +
seemed to make sense to people.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
It was like an alarm
 +
 +
went off in my head.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I said, "Here's a guy
 +
 +
that's got his act together.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
"Here's somebody who has the answer."
 +
 +
I'll follow you anywhere, Mr Gump.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
So I got company.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And after that, I got more company.
 +
 +
And then, even more people joined in.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Somebody later told me
 +
 +
it gave people hope.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I don't know anything about that,
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
but some of those people asked me
 +
 +
if I could help them out.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I was wondering if you might help me.
 +
 +
I'm in the bumper sticker business.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I need a good slogan, and since
 +
 +
you've been so inspirational,
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I thought
 +
 +
you might be able to help me...
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Whoa, man! You just ran
 +
 +
through a big pile of dog shit!
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- It happens.
 +
 +
- What, shit?
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Sometimes.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And some years later, I heard
 +
 +
that that fella did come up
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
with a bumper sticker slogan
 +
 +
and made a lot of money off of it.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Another time, I was running along,
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
somebody who'd lost all his money
 +
 +
in the t-shirt business,
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
he wanted to put my face
 +
 +
on a t-shirt,
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
but he couldn't draw that well,
 +
 +
and he didn't have a camera.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Here, use this one.
 +
 +
Nobody likes that colour anyway.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Have a nice day.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Some years later,
 +
 +
I found out that that man did come up
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
with an idea for a t-shirt.
 +
 +
He made a lot of money.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Anyway, like I was saying,
 +
 +
I had a lot of company.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Mama always said, "Put the past
 +
 +
behind you before you can move on."
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And I think
 +
 +
that's what my running was all about.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I had run for three years,
 +
 +
two months,    days and    hours.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Quiet. Quiet.
 +
 +
He's going to say something.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I'm pretty tired.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Think I'll go home now.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Now what are we supposed to do?
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And just like that,
 +
 +
my runnin' days was over.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
So I went home to Alabama.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Moments ago, at  .  p.m., as
 +
 +
President Reagan was leaving the...
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
...five or six gunshots were fired
 +
 +
by an unknown would-be assassin.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
The President was shot
 +
 +
in the chest...
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I picked up the mail.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And one day, out of the blue clear
 +
 +
sky, I got a letter from Jenny
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
wondering if I could come down
 +
 +
to Savannah and see her,
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
and that's what I'm doing here.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
She saw me on TV, running.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I'm supposed to go on the number nine
 +
 +
bus to Richmond Street
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
and get off and go one block left
 +
 +
to      Henry Street, apartment  .
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Why, you don't need to take a bus.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Henry Street is just five
 +
 +
or six blocks down that way.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Down that way?
 +
 +
- Down that way.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
It was nice talking to you.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I hope everything works out for you!
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- How you doin'? Come in! Come in!
 +
 +
- I got your letter.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- I was wondering about that.
 +
 +
- This your house?
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Yeah. It's messy right now.
 +
 +
I just got off work.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
It's nice. You got air conditioning.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Thank you.
 +
 +
- I ate some.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I kept a scrapbook of your clippings,
 +
 +
and everything. There you are.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And this, I got you running.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I ran a long way. It's a long time.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
And there...
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
Listen, Forrest,
 +
 +
I don't know how to say this.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
I just I want to apologise
 +
 +
for anything that I ever did to you
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
'cause I was messed up
 +
 +
for a long time, and...
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- Hi.
 +
 +
- Hey, you.
 +
 +
 +
 +
   
 +
 +
                 
 +
 +
- This is an old friend from Alabama.
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- How do you do?
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Next week my schedule changes,
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so I can...
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No problem. Got to go.
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I'm double-parked.
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OK. Thanks.
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This is my very good friend Mr Gump.
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Can you say hi?
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- Hello, Mr Gump.
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- Hello.
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- Can I go watch TV now?
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- Yes. Just keep it low.
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- You're a mama, Jenny.
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- I'm a mama.
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- His name's Forrest.
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- Like me!
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- I named him after his daddy.
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- He got a daddy named Forrest, too?
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You're his daddy, Forrest.
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Forrest, look at me.
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Look at me, Forrest.
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There's nothing you need to do.
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You didn't do anything wrong. OK?
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Isn't he beautiful?
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He's the most beautiful thing
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I've ever seen.
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But...
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Is he smart? Can he...
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He's very smart. He's one
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of the smartest in his class.
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Yeah, it's OK. Go talk to him.
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- What are you watching?
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- Bert and Ernie.
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Forrest, I'm sick.
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What, do you have
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a cough due to a cold?
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 +
                 
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I have some virus, and the doctors,
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they don't know what it is,
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and there isn't
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anything they can do about it.
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You could come home with me.
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You and little Forrest could
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come stay at my house in Greenbow.
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I'll take care of you if you're sick.
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Would you marry me, Forrest?
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OK.
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Please take your seats.
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Forrest? It's time to start.
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Hi. Your tie.
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Lieutenant Dan.
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- Lieutenant Dan.
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- Hello, Forrest.
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You got new legs. New legs!
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Yeah. I got new legs. Custom-made.
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Titanium alloy. It's what they use
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 +
on the space shuttle.
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 +
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 +
                 
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Magic legs.
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This is my fiancée, Susan.
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- Lieutenant Dan.
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- Hi, Forrest.
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- Lieutenant Dan, this is my Jenny.
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- Hi. It's nice to meet you finally.
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Do you, Forrest, take Jenny
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to be your wife?
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Do you, Jenny,
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take Forrest to be your husband?
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 +
                 
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And so I pronounce you man and wife.
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- Hey.
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- Hi.
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Were you scared in Vietnam?
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Yes. Well, I don't know.
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Sometimes it would stop raining long
 +
 +
enough for the stars to come out.
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And then it was nice.
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It was like just before the sun
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goes to bed down on the bayou.
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There was always
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a million sparkles on the water.
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Like that mountain lake.
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It was so clear, Jenny,
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it looked like there were two skies
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one on top of the other.
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And then in the desert,
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when the sun comes up,
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I couldn't tell where heaven stopped
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and the earth began.
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It was so beautiful.
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I wish I could've been there
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with you.
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You were.
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I love you.
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You died on a Saturday morning.
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And I had you placed
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here under our tree.
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And I had that house of your father's
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bulldozed to the ground.
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Mama always said
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that dyin' was a part of life.
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I sure wish it wasn't.
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Little Forrest is doing just fine.
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About to start school again soon,
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and I make his breakfast,
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lunch, and dinner every day.
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I make sure he combs his hair
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and brushes his teeth every day.
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Teaching him how to play ping-pong.
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He's really good.
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Forrest, you go.
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We fish a lot.
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And every night, we read a book.
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He's so smart, Jenny.
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You'd be so proud of him. I am.
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He wrote you a letter.
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And he says I can't read it.
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I'm not supposed to,
 +
 +
so I'll just leave it here for you.
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I don't know if mama was right
 +
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or if it's Lieutenant Dan.
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 +
                 
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I don't know if
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we each have a destiny,
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 +
   
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 +
                 
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 +
or if we're all just floating around
 +
 +
accidental-like on a breeze.
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 +
                 
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 +
But I think maybe it's both.
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Maybe both is happening
 +
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at the same time.
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But I miss you, Jenny.
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If there's anything you need,
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I won't be far away.
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Here's your bus. OK.
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I know this.
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I'm gonna share that for
 +
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show-and-tell
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because Grandma
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used to read it to you.
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My favourite book.
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Here you go.
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Don't...
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- I want to tell you I love you.
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- I love you, too, Daddy.
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I'll be right here when you get back.
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You understand this is
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the bus to school, don't you?
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Of course, and you're Dorothy Harris,
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 +
and I'm Forrest Gump.
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