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Forrest Gump Script - Dialogue Transcript Voila! Finally, the Forrest Gump script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the Robert Zemeckis movie with Tom Hanks. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay and/or viewings of Forrest Gump. I know, I know, I still need to get the cast names in there and I'll be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free to drop me a line. You won't hurt my feelings. Honest. Swing on back to Drew's Script-O-Rama afterwards for more free movie scripts! Forrest Gump Script Hello. My name's Forrest. Forrest Gump. Do you want a chocolate? I could eat about a million and a half of these. My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get. Those must be comfortable shoes. I bet you could walk all day in shoes like that and not feel a thing. - I wish I had shoes like that. - My feet hurt. Mama always said there's an awful lot you can tell about a person

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Forrest Gump Script - Dialogue TranscriptVoila! Finally, the Forrest Gump script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the Robert Zemeckis movie with Tom Hanks. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay and/or viewings of Forrest Gump. I know, I know, I still need to get the cast names in there and I'll be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free to drop me a line. You won't hurt my feelings. Honest.

Swing on back to Drew's Script-O-Rama afterwards for more free movie scripts! Forrest Gump Script Hello.My name's Forrest. Forrest Gump. Do you want a chocolate? I could eatabout a million and a half of these. My mama always saidlife was like a box of chocolates. You never knowwhat you're going to get. Those must be comfortable shoes. I bet you could walk all day in shoeslike that and not feel a thing. - I wish I had shoes like that.- My feet hurt. Mama always said there's an awful lot you can tell about a personby their shoes. Where they're going,where they've been. I've worn lots of shoes. I bet if I think about it real hard, I could remembermy first pair of shoes.

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Mama said they'd take me anywhere. She said they was my magic shoes. All right, Forrest,open your eyes now. Let's take a little walk around. How do those feel? His legs are strong, Mrs Gump,as strong as I've ever seen. But his back's ascrooked as a politician. But we're going to straighten himright up, aren't we, Forrest? When I was a baby, Mama named meafter the great Civil War hero General Nathan Bedford Forrest. She said we was related to himin some way. What he did was he started upthis club called the Ku Klux Klan. They'd all dress upin their robes and their bed sheets and act like a bunchof ghosts or spooks or something. They'd even put bed sheetson their horses and ride around.

And anyway, that's howI got my name, Forrest Gump. Mama said the Forrest part

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was to remind me that sometimes we all do things that, well,just don't make no sense. This way. Hold on. All right.What are y'all staring at? Haven't you ever seen a little boywith braces on his legs before? Don't ever let anybody tell youthey're better than you, Forrest. If God wanted everybodyto be the same, he'd have given us allbraces on our legs. Mama always had a way of explainingthings so I could understand them. We lived abouta quarter mile off Route about a half milefrom the town of Greenbow, Alabama. That's in the county of Greenbow. Our house had been in Mama's familysince her grandpa's grandpa's grandpa had come across the oceanabout a thousand years ago. Since it was just me and Mamaand we had all these empty rooms, Mama decided to let those rooms out,mostly to people passing through,

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like from Mobile,Montgomery, places like that. That's how me and Mama got money.Mama was a real smart lady. Remember what I told you, Forrest. You're no differentthan anybody else is. Did you hear what I said, Forrest?You're the same as everybody else. You are no different.

Your boy's different, Mrs Gump.His I.Q. Is . Well, we're all different,Mr Hancock. She wanted me to havethe finest education, so she took me tothe Greenbow County Central School. I met the principal and all. I want to show yousomething, Mrs Gump. Now, this is normal.Forrest is right here. The state requires a minimum I.Q.Of to attend public school. Mrs Gump, he's going to haveto go to a special school.

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- He'll be just fine.- What does normal mean anyway?

He might be a bit on the slow side,but my boy Forrest will get the same opportunitiesas everyone else. He's not going to some special schoolto learn how to retread tyres. We're talking aboutfive little points here. There must be something can be done. We're a progressive school system. We don't want to seeanybody left behind. Is there a Mr Gump, Mrs Gump? He's on vacation. Your mama sure does careabout your schooling, son. You don't say much, do you? "Finally, he had to try.It looked easy, but... "Oh, what happened. First they..." - Mama, what's vacation mean?- Vacation? Where daddy went? Vacation's when you go somewhere...and you don't ever come back.

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Anyway, I guess you could sayme and Mama was on our own. But we didn't mind.Our house was never empty. There was alwaysfolks coming and going. - Supper! It's supper, everyone!- That sure looks special. Sometimes, we had so many peoplestaying with us that every room was filled,with travellers, you know, folks living out of their suitcasesand hat cases and sample cases. Forrest Gump,it's suppertime! Forrest? One time, a young man was stayingwith us, and he had a guitar case. Forrest, I told you not to botherthis nice young man. No, that's all right, ma'am.

I was showing hima thing or two on the guitar. All right. Supper's readyif y'all want to eat. Yeah, that sounds good.Thank you, ma'am. Say, show me that crazy little walkyou did there. Slow it down some.

I liked that guitar. It sounded good.

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I started moving around to the music,swinging my hips. This one night,me and Mama was out shopping, and we walked by Benson's furnitureand appliance store, and guess what? This is not for children's eyes.

Some years later, that handsomeyoung man who they called The King,well, he sung too many songs.

Had himself a heart attackor something. It must be hard being a king. It's funny how you remember somethings, but some things you can't. - You do your very best now, Forrest.- I sure will, Mama.

I remember the bus rideon the first day of school very well.

Are you coming along?

Mama said not to take ridesfrom strangers. This is the bus to school.

- I'm Forrest, Forrest Gump.- I'm Dorothy Harris.

Well, now we ain't strangers anymore.

This seat's taken.

It's taken.

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You can't sit here.

You know, it's funny whata young man recollects, 'cause I don't remember being born.

I don't recall what I gotfor my first Christmas, and I don't know when I wenton my first outdoor picnic, but I do rememberthe first time I heard the sweetest voice in the wide world. You can sit here if you want. I had never seen anythingso beautiful in my life. She was like an angel. Well, are you goingto sit down or aren't you? What's wrong with your legs? Nothing at all, thank you.My legs are just fine and dandy. I just sat next to her on that bus and had a conversationall the way to school. My back's crookedlike a question mark. Next to Mama, no one ever talkedto me or asked me questions.

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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 mewas 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 outand 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 methat miracles happen every day. Some people don't think so,but they do. Hey, dummy!

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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'tbelieve it if I told you,

but I can run like the wind blows.

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From that day on, if I wasgoing somewhere, I was running.

That boy sure is a running fool.

Remember how I told you that Jennynever seemed to want to go home?

She lived in a housethat was as old as Alabama.

Her mama had gone to heavenwhen she was five,

and her daddy wassome kind of a farmer.

Jenny?

He was a very loving man.

He was always kissingand touching her and her sisters.

And then this one time, Jennywasn't on the bus to go to school.

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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 flyfar, far, far away from here.

Dear God, make me a birdso I can fly far...

Mama always said God is mysterious.

He didn't turn Jenny

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into a bird that day.

Instead, he had the police say

Jenny didn't have to stayin 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 outand 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 friendsall the way up through high school.

- Hey, stupid!- Quit it!

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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 beI ran to get where I was going.

I never thoughtit 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.

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- 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 ofa 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,

integratedthe University of Alabama today.

Two Negroes were admitted,

but only after Governor GeorgeWallace had carried out

his symbolic threat

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to stand in the schoolhouse door.

Earl, what's going on?

Coons are trying to get into school.

Coons? When racoonstried getting on our back porch,

Mama just chased them offwith 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 promiseto block the doorway,

President Kennedyordered the Secretary of Defence

to use military force.

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Here, by videotape,is the encounter by General Graham,

commander of the national guard,and Governor Wallace.

Because these national guardsmenare 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 awakeningthe American people to the dangers

that we have spoken aboutso many times, so evident today,

a trend toward militarydictatorship in this country.

And so, at day's end,

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the University of Alabamain Tuscaloosa had been desegregated,

and students Jimmy Hoodand Vivian Malone

had been signed upfor summer classes.

Ma'am, you dropped your book. Ma'am.

Governor Wallacedid 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 angrylittle man at the schoolhouse door

thought it'd be a good ideaand ran for President.

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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, whenWallace got shot. I was in college.

Did you go to a girls collegeor a girls and boys together college?

It was coed.

Jenny went to a college I couldn't goto. It was a college just for girls.

But I'd go and visit herevery chance I got.

That hurts.

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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?

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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 singerlike Joan Baez.

I just want to be on an empty stagewith my guitar, my voice.

Just me.

And I want to reach peopleon a personal level.

I want to be able to say things,just one to one.

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Have you ever been with a girl,Forrest?

I sit next to them in my homeeconomics 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 neverhappened in home ec.

No.

I think I ruinedyour roommate's bathrobe.

I don't care.I don't like her anyway.

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College ran by real fast'cause I played so much football.

They even put me on a thingcalled the All-America team

where you get to meet the Presidentof the United States.

President Kennedy met with thecollegiate All-American football team

at the Oval Office today.

The really good thing about meetingthe President of the United States

is the food.They put you in this little room

with just about anythingyou'd want to eat or drink.

But since, number one,I wasn't hungry, but thirsty,

and number two, they was free, I must

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have drank about Dr Peppers.

How does it feelto be an All-American?

It's an honour, sir.

How does it feelto be an All-American?

Very good, sir.

How does it feelto 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

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President when he was in his car.

And a few years after that, somebodyshot 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 playingfootball, 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 givenany thought to your future?

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Thought?

Hello. I'm Forrest. Forrest Gump.

Nobody gives a horse's shitwho 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 seemedlike 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

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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 abouta shrimp catching boat.

I been working on shrimp boatsall my life.

I started out on my uncle's boatwhen I was about maybe nine.

I was just looking into buyingmy own boat and got drafted.

My given nameis Benjamin Buford Blue.

People call me Bubba, just likeone of them old redneck boys.

Can you believe that?

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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 hercooked shrimp,

and her mama before her mamacooked shrimp, too.

Bubba's family kneweverything there was to know

about the shrimping business.

I know everything there is to knowabout the shrimping business.

I'm going into the shrimping businessmyself after I get out of the army.

Gump! What's your sole purposein this army?

To do whatever you tell me,drill sergeant!

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God damn it, Gump,you're a goddamn genius.

That's the most outstanding answerI'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 armylike 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 questionwith "Yes, drill sergeant."

- Is that clear?- Yes, drill sergeant!

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What you do isdrag your nets along the bottom.

On a good day, you can catchover 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 weapontogether so quickly?

You told me to, drill sergeant.

Jesus H. Christ.This is a new company record.

If it wasn't a wasteof a fine enlisted man,

I'd recommend you for O.C.S.,Private Gump.

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You're going to be a general someday!

Now disassemble your weaponand 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 shrimpand lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp,

pepper shrimp,shrimp soup, shrimp stew,

shrimp salad, shrimp in potatoes,shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich.

That's about it.

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Night-time in the armyis 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 gotteninto some trouble

over some photos of herin her college sweater.

And she was thrown out of school.

But that wasn't a bad thing,

'cause a man who owns a theatrein Memphis, Tennessee,

saw those photos and offered Jennya job singing in a show.

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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 listeningand viewing pleasure,

direct from Hollywood, California,our very own beatnik beauty.

Let's give a big round of applauseto 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.

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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 keepdoing this all the time.

I can't help it. I love you.

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You don't know what love is.

You remember that timewe prayed, Forrest?

We prayed for God to turn meinto a bird so I could fly far away?

Yes, I do.

You thinkI 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?

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- 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.

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You come back safe to me.Do you hear?

They told us that Vietnamwas going to be very different

from the United States of America.

Except for all the beer cansand barbecues, it was.

I'll bet there's shrimpall in these waters.

They tell me these Vietnamsis good shrimp.

After we win this warand we take over everything,

we can get American shrimpers outhere and shrimp these waters.

Just shrimp all the time, man.

- You must be my FNGs.- Morning, sir.

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Get your hands down.Do not salute me.

There are goddamn snipersall 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.

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You stick with me and learn

from the guys who've been in countrya while, you'll be all right.

There is one item of G.I. Gear

that can be the differencebetween 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 eata grunt's feet right off his legs.

Sergeant Sims. God damn it, where'sthat sling rope I said to order?

- I put in the requisitions.- Well, call those sons of bitches...

Lieutenant Dan knew his stuff. I feltreal lucky he was my lieutenant.

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He was from a long,great military tradition.

Somebody in his familyhad fought and died

in every single American war.

God damn it, kick some ass.Get on it!

I guess you could sayhe 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 gotsteaks burning right over here.

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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 gettingthese funny feelings

about a rock or a trail or the road,so he'd tell us to get down, shut up.

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Get down! Shut up!

So we did.

I don't know much about anything,

but I think some of America'sbest 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'tremember where Tex come from.

Ah, nothing.

Fourth platoon, on your feet.

Y'all got clicksto go to that river. Move out.

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- One, two, hup!- Step it up! Look alive out there.

The good thing about Vietnamis 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 everykind of rain there is.

Little bitty stinging rainand big old fat rain,

rain that flew in sideways,and sometimes rain even seemed

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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 sleepwith our heads in the mud.

You know whywe're a good partnership, Forrest?

'Cause we be watching out for oneanother, like brothers and stuff.

Hey, Forrest,something I been thinking about.

I got a very important questionto ask you.

How would you like to go

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into the shrimping business with me?

- OK.- Man, I tell you what.

I got it all figured out, too.

So many pounds of shrimpwill 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, spliteverything 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

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and told her all about it.

I sent her letters.Not every day, but almost.

I told her what I was doingand asked her what she was doing,

and told herhow I thought about her always.

And how I was looking forwardto getting a letter from her

just as soon as she had the time.

I'd always let her knowthat 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,

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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 incomingfrom 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 unfuckedand put it in the treeline!

They got us down, hard and hurt.

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We're going to move backto 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 ranjust like Jenny told me to.

I ran so far so fast that soon I wasall 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.

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Tex. OK.

I couldn't let him lay thereall alone, scared the way he was,

so I grabbed him upand run him out of there.

Every time I went backlooking 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 scaredthat I might never find Bubba.

I know my position is danger close!We got Charlie all over this area.

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I got to have those fast moversin here now. Over.

Lieutenant Dan, Coleman's dead!

I know he's dead! My wholegoddamn 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 fastmovers are inbound. Over.

Then it felt like somethingjust jumped up and bit me.

Something bit me!

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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 outof there, God damn you!

- Where do you think you're going?- To get Bubba.

I got an air strikeinbound 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.

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- 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 goingto be the last time me and Bubba

was gonna talk, I'd of thoughtof something better to say.

- Hey, Bubba.- Hey, Forrest.

- Forrest, why did this happen?- You got shot.

Then Bubba said somethingI won't ever forget.

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I want to go home.

Bubba was my best good friend.

And even I know that ain't somethingyou can find just around the corner.

Bubba was going to bea shrimping boat captain,

but instead, he died rightthere 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 milliondollar wound, but...

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The army must keep that money,

'cause I still ain't seen a nickelof that million dollars.

The only good thingabout being wounded in the but-tocks

is the ice cream.

They gave me all the ice creamI could eat. And guess what?

A good friend of mine wasin 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!

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Cooper. Larson.

Webster. Gump.

- Gump!- I'm Forrest Gump.

Kyle. Nichols.

McMill. Johnson.

Gump, how can you watchthat stupid shit? Turn it off.

You are tuned to the American ForcesVietnam Network.

This is Channel Saigon.

Good catch, Gump.You know how to play this?

Come on. Let me show you.

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The secret to this game isno matter what happens,

never, ever take your eyeoff the ball.

All right.

For some reason, ping-pongcame 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'thave anyone to play ping-pong with.

The hospital's people said itmade me look like a duck in water,

whatever that means.

Even Lieutenant Danwould come and watch me play.

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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 diedout there with my men,

but now, I'm nothing buta goddamn cripple, a legless freak!

Look. Look! Look at me!You see that?

Do you know what it's likenot 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 fieldwith honour!

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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 awardedthe Medal of Honour.

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Guess what, Lieutenant Dan?They want to give me a med...

Ma'am, what did they dowith Lieutenant Dan?

They sent him home.

Two weeks later, I left Vietnam.

The ceremony was kicked offwith a candid speech by the President

regarding the need for furtherescalation of the war in Vietnam.

President Johnson awarded four medalsof honour to men from each...

America owes youa debt of gratitude, son.

I understand you were wounded.Where were you hit?

In the but-tocks, sir.

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Well, that must be a sight.I'd kinda like to see that.

God damn, son!

After that, Mama wentto the hotel to lay down,

so I went out for a walkto 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 wasawful crowded with people

lookin' at all the statuesand monuments,

and some of them peoplewere loud and pushy.

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OK, follow me! Move it out!

Everywhere I went,I had to stand in line.

Come on. Go!

You're a good manfor doing this. Good.

OK.

There was this mangiving a little talk.

And for some reason, he was wearingan American flag for a shirt.

And he liked to saythe "F" Word a lot.

"F" This and "F" That.

And every time he said the "F" Word,people, for some reason, cheered.

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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 bitabout the war, man.

- The war in Vietnam?- The war in Viet-fuckin'-nam!

Well...

There was only one thingI could say about the war in Vietnam.

There's only one thingI can say about the war in Vietnam.

In Vietnam...

What the hell are you do...

I'll beat your head in,

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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 sayabout 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!

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It was the happiest momentof my life.

Jenny and me were justlike peas and carrots again.

She showed me around and introducedme to some of her new friends.

Shut that blind, man! And get yourwhite 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 hereis to protect our black leaders

from the racial onslaught of the pig

who wishes to brutaliseour black leaders,

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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 Ilived together in Berkeley,

and he's the presidentof the Berkeley chapter of SDS.

We are here to offerprotection 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 blacksoldiers are sent to the front line

to die for a country that hates them.

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We are against any warwhere black soldiers go to fight

and come to be brutalisedand killed in their own communities.

We are against all these racistand imperial acts...

Forrest! Stop it! Stop it!

I shouldn't have brought you here.

I should have known it was goingto be some bullshit hassle!

He should not be hitting you, Jenny.

Come on, Forrest.

Sorry I had a fight in the middleof your Black Panther party.

He doesn't mean itwhen he does things like this.

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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 togetherin our nation's capital.

Me, too, Forrest.

We walked around all night,Jenny and me, just talkin'.

She told me aboutall the travelling she'd done

and how she discoveredways to expand her mind

and learn how to live in harmony,

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which must be out west somewhere,

'cause she made itall the way to California.

Hey. Anybodywant to go to San Francisco?

- I'll go.- Far out!

It was a very special nightfor 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 lyingson of a bitch Johnson and...

I would never hurt you.You know that.

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Know what I think?

I think you should go hometo Greenbow, Alabama!

Forrest, we have very differentlives, you know.

I want you to have this.

Forrest, I can't keep this.

I got it just by doingwhat 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.

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I thought I was going backto Vietnam, but instead they decided

the best way for me to fightthe communists was to play ping-pong,

so I was in the Special Services,travelling around the country,

cheering up wounded veterans andshowing 'em how to play ping-pong.

I was so good,

the Army decided I should beon the All-American ping-pong team.

We were the first Americansto visit the land of China

in a million years or something.

Somebody said world peacewas in our hands,

but all I did was play ping-pong.

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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.

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Some years later,that nice young man from England

was on his way home to see his littleboy and was signing some autographs.

For no particular reason at all,somebody shot him.

They gave youThe Congressional Medal of Honour.

Now, that's Lieutenant Dan.

Lieutenant Dan!

They gave youthe 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 himselfin front of the whole damn country,

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the Congressional Medal of Honour.

Yes, sir.

Well, that's just perfect!

Well, I just got one thing to sayto that. Goddamn bless America.

Lieutenant Dan!

Lieutenant Dansaid he was living in a hotel.

Because he didn't have no legs, hespent his time exercising his arms.

Take a right. Take a right!

Come on, already!

What do you do here in New York,Lieutenant Dan?

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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 Danand 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 supposedto 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 priestcome and talk to me.

He said God is listening,but I have to help myself.

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Now, if I accept Jesus into my heart,

I'll get to walk beside himin the kingdom of heaven.

Did you hear what I said?

Walk beside himin the kingdom of heaven.

Well, kiss my crippled ass. Godis listening? What a crock of shit.

I'm going to heaven, Lieutenant Dan.

Well...

Before you go, why don't youget your ass down to the corner

- and get us more ripple?- Yes, sir.

We're at approximately th streetin New York City at One Astor Plaza.

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This is the siteof the old Astor Hotel...

- What the hell is in Bayou La Batre?- Shrimping boats.

Shrimping boats? Who gives a shitabout shrimping boats?

I got to buy me onesoon 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 captainand I'd be his first mate.

But now that he's dead,I got to be the captain.

A shrimp boat captain.

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Yes, sir. A promise is a promise,Lieutenant Dan.

Now hear this!

Private Gump here is gonna bea shrimp boat captain.

Tell you what, Gilligan. The dayyou 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 complainingabout? How you doing?

- Mr Hot Wheels. Who's your friend?- My name is Forrest. Forrest Gump.

This is Cunning Carlaand Long-limbs Lenore.

So where you been, babycakes?Haven't seen you around lately.

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You should have been herefor Christmas,

'cause Tommy bought a free roundand 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 herNew Year's night out in California.

Nine, eight, seven, six,

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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 loseyour packet in the war or something?

- Is your friend stupid or something?- What did you say?

I said is your friendstupid 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

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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'sEve party, Lieutenant Dan.

She tastes like cigarettes.

I guess Lieutenant Dan figuredthere's some things you can't change.

He didn't want to be called crippled

like I didn't wantto be called stupid.

Happy New Year, Gump.

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The U.S. Ping-pong team metwith President Nixon today...

Wouldn't you know it?A few months later,

they invited me and the ping-pongteam to visit the White House.

So I went, again.

And I met the Presidentof the United States again.

Only this time, they didn't get usrooms in a real fancy hotel.

Are you enjoying yourselfin our nation's capital, young man?

- Where are you staying?- It's called the Hotel Ebbott.

Oh, no. I know a much nicer hotel.

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It's brand-new. Very modern.I'll have my people take care of it.

- Security.- Yeah. Sir...

You might want to send a maintenanceman to that office across the way.

The lights are off and they must belooking 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 Presidentat that hour in this office.

- Forrest Gump.

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- Yes, sir!

As you were. I have yourdischarge papers. Service is up, son.

Does this meanI can't play ping-pong no more?

For the Army, it does.

And just like that, my servicein 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

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their ping-pong stuff.

One man even left a check for $

if you'd be agreeable to sayingyou 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 maybeyou 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,

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and I always try to keep my promise,

so I went on down to Bayou La Batreto 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 haircutand a new suit

and I took Mama outto a real fancy dinner,

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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 Chinaon the All-America ping-pong team,

"I just loved playing ping-pong

"with my Flex-o-liteping-pong paddle,"

which everybody knows isn't true,

but Mama said it was just a littlewhite lie, it wasn't hurting nobody.

So anyway,I'm putting all that on gas, ropes,

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and new netsand a brand-new shrimping boat.

Bubba told me everythinghe 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 aboutnaming this old boat?

It's bad luckto have a boat without a name.

I'd never named a boat before,

but there was only oneI could think of,

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the most beautiful namein the wide world.

I hadn't heard from Jenny in a longwhile, but I thought about her a lot.

I hoped whatever she was doingmade her happy.

I thought about Jenny all the time.

Lieutenant Dan,what are you doing here?

Well, thought I'd try outmy 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 wereever a shrimp boat captain,

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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 thatI'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.

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Gump, what are you doing?Take a left! Left!

That's where we're goingto 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 shouldjust 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,

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'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 Carmencame through here yesterday,

destroying nearly everythingin its path.

And as in other townsup and down the coast,

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Bayou La Batre'sentire shrimping industry

has fallen victim to Carmenand has been left in utter ruin.

This reporter has learned,

in fact, only one shrimping boatactually survived the storm.

Louise. Louise, there's Forrest.

After that, shrimping was easy.

Since people still neededthem shrimps for shrimp cocktails

and barbecues and all, and we werethe only boat left standing,

Bubba-Gump shrimp's what they got.We got a whole bunch of boats.

Twelve Jennys, big old warehouse.

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We even have hatsthat say "Bubba-Gump" on them.

Bubba-Gump Shrimp. A household name.

Hold on there, boy.

Are you telling me you're the ownerof the Bubba-Gump Shrimp Corporation?

Yes. We got more moneythan Davy Crockett.

Boy, I heard some whoppersin my time, but that tops them all.

We were sittingnext to a millionaire.

Well, I thought it wasa very lovely story,

and you tell it so well,with such enthusiasm.

Would you like to seewhat Lieutenant Dan looks like?

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Yes, I would.

That's him right there.

Let me tell you somethingabout Lieutenant Dan.

I never thanked youfor saving my life.

He never actually said so, butI think he made his peace with God.

For the second time in days,

President Ford escapedpossible assassination today.

- Base to Jenny . Base to Jenny .- Jenny . Go, Margo.

Forrest has a phone call.

Well, you'll have to tell themto call him back.

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- 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.

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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 believeyou make your own destiny.

You have to do the bestwith what God gave you.

What's my destiny, Mama?

You're going to haveto figure that out for yourself.

Life is a box of chocolates, Forrest.

You never knowwhat you're going to get.

Mama always had a way of explainingthings so I could understand them.

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I will miss you, Forrest.

She had got the cancerand died on a Tuesday.

I bought her a new hatwith little flowers on it.

And that's allI have to say about that.

Didn't you say you were waitingfor the number seven bus?

There'll be another onealong shortly.

Now, because I had beena football star and war hero

and national celebrityand a shrimping boat captain

and a college graduate, the cityfathers of Greenbow, Alabama,

decided to get togetherand offered me a fine job.

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So I never went backto work for Lieutenant Dan,

though he did take careof my Bubba-Gump money.

He got me investedin some kind of fruit company.

I got a call from him saying we don'thave to worry about money no more,

and I said,"That's good. One less thing."

Now Mama said there's onlyso much fortune a man really needs,

and the rest is just for showing off.

So I gave a whole bunch of itto the Foursquare Gospel Church.

And I gave a whole bunch to theBayou La Batre fishing hospital.

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And even though Bubba was deadand Lieutenant Dan said I was nuts,

I gave Bubba's mama Bubba's share.

You know what?

She didn't have to workin nobody's kitchen no more.

That smells wonderful.

And 'cause I was a gozillionaireand I liked doing it so much,

I cut that grass for free.

But at night-timewhen there was nothing to do

and the house was all empty,I'd always think of Jenny.

And then, she was there.

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- Hello, Forrest.- Hello, Jenny.

Jenny came back and stayed with me.

Maybe it was becauseshe had nowhere else to go,

or maybe it was because she wasso 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'djabber on like a monkey in a tree,

and she'd listen aboutping-ponging and shrimping

and Mama making a trip up to heaven.I did all the talking.

Jenny most of the timewas real quiet.

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How could you do this?

Sometimes I guess therejust aren't enough rocks.

I never really knewwhy 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 flowersand put them in her room for her,

and she gave me the best gift anyonecould 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 timein my life.

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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.

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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 runto the end of town.

President Carter,suffering from heat exhaustion...

And when I got there,

I thought maybe I'd justrun across Greenbow County.

Now, thinking since I'd run this far,

maybe I'd just run acrossthe great state of Alabama.

And that's what I did.I ran clear across Alabama.

No particular reason.I just kept on going.

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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 backand 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 Mamaand Bubba and Lieutenant Dan.

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But most of all, I thought aboutJenny. 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 timeon his journey across America,

Forrest Gump the gardener will crossthe 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

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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 doingseemed to make sense to people.

It was like an alarmwent off in my head.

I said, "Here's a guythat'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.

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Somebody later told meit gave people hope.

I don't know anything about that,

but some of those people asked meif 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 sinceyou've been so inspirational,

I thoughtyou might be able to help me...

Whoa, man! You just ranthrough a big pile of dog shit!

- It happens.- What, shit?

Sometimes.

And some years later, I heardthat that fella did come up

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with a bumper sticker sloganand made a lot of money off of it.

Another time, I was running along,

somebody who'd lost all his moneyin the t-shirt business,

he wanted to put my faceon 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.

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Anyway, like I was saying,I had a lot of company.

Mama always said, "Put the pastbehind you before you can move on."

And I thinkthat'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.

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Moments ago, at . p.m., asPresident Reagan was leaving the...

...five or six gunshots were firedby an unknown would-be assassin.

The President was shotin the chest...

I picked up the mail.

And one day, out of the blue clearsky, I got a letter from Jenny

wondering if I could come downto 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 ninebus to Richmond Street

and get off and go one block leftto Henry Street, apartment .

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Why, you don't need to take a bus.

Henry Street is just fiveor 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.

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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 apologisefor anything that I ever did to you

'cause I was messed upfor a long time, and...

- Hi.- Hey, you.

- This is an old friend from Alabama.- How do you do?

Next week my schedule changes,so I can...

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No problem. Got to go.I'm double-parked.

OK. Thanks.

This is my very good friend Mr Gump.Can you say hi?

- Hello, Mr Gump.- Hello.

- Can I go watch TV now?- Yes. Just keep it low.

- You're a mama, Jenny.- I'm a mama.

- His name's Forrest.- Like me!

- I named him after his daddy.- He got a daddy named Forrest, too?

You're his daddy, Forrest.

Forrest, look at me.

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Look at me, Forrest.

There's nothing you need to do.You didn't do anything wrong. OK?

Isn't he beautiful?

He's the most beautiful thingI've ever seen.

But...

Is he smart? Can he...

He's very smart. He's oneof the smartest in his class.

Yeah, it's OK. Go talk to him.

- What are you watching?- Bert and Ernie.

Forrest, I'm sick.

What, do you havea cough due to a cold?

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I have some virus, and the doctors,they don't know what it is,

and there isn'tanything they can do about it.

You could come home with me.

You and little Forrest couldcome stay at my house in Greenbow.

I'll take care of you if you're sick.

Would you marry me, Forrest?

OK.

Please take your seats.

Forrest? It's time to start.

Hi. Your tie.

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Lieutenant Dan.

- Lieutenant Dan.- Hello, Forrest.

You got new legs. New legs!

Yeah. I got new legs. Custom-made.

Titanium alloy. It's what they useon the space shuttle.

Magic legs.

This is my fiancée, Susan.

- Lieutenant Dan.- Hi, Forrest.

- Lieutenant Dan, this is my Jenny.- Hi. It's nice to meet you finally.

Do you, Forrest, take Jennyto be your wife?

Do you, Jenny,

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take Forrest to be your husband?

And so I pronounce you man and wife.

- Hey.- Hi.

Were you scared in Vietnam?

Yes. Well, I don't know.

Sometimes it would stop raining longenough for the stars to come out.

And then it was nice.

It was like just before the sungoes to bed down on the bayou.

There was alwaysa million sparkles on the water.

Like that mountain lake.It was so clear, Jenny,

it looked like there were two skies

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one on top of the other.

And then in the desert,when the sun comes up,

I couldn't tell where heaven stoppedand the earth began.

It was so beautiful.

I wish I could've been therewith you.

You were.

I love you.

You died on a Saturday morning.

And I had you placedhere under our tree.

And I had that house of your father'sbulldozed to the ground.

Mama always said

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that dyin' was a part of life.

I sure wish it wasn't.

Little Forrest is doing just fine.

About to start school again soon,

and I make his breakfast,lunch, and dinner every day.

I make sure he combs his hairand brushes his teeth every day.

Teaching him how to play ping-pong.He's really good.

Forrest, you go.

We fish a lot.

And every night, we read a book.He's so smart, Jenny.

You'd be so proud of him. I am.

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He wrote you a letter.

And he says I can't read it.

I'm not supposed to,so I'll just leave it here for you.

I don't know if mama was rightor if it's Lieutenant Dan.

I don't know ifwe each have a destiny,

or if we're all just floating aroundaccidental-like on a breeze.

But I think maybe it's both.

Maybe both is happeningat the same time.

But I miss you, Jenny.

If there's anything you need,I won't be far away.

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Here's your bus. OK.

I know this.

I'm gonna share that forshow-and-tell

because Grandmaused to read it to you.

My favourite book.

Here you go.

Don't...

- I want to tell you I love you.- I love you, too, Daddy.

I'll be right here when you get back.

You understand this isthe bus to school, don't you?

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Of course, and you're Dorothy Harris,and I'm Forrest Gump.

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