Forrest walks up to a shack on the edge of the Bayou. A group of black
kids play in the front yard.
Forrest: (voice-over) 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
and make their introduction.
Bubba's mother named MRS. BLUE and her other children look at Forrest.
Mrs. Blue: Are you crazy, or just plain stupid?
Forrest: Stupid is as stupid does, Mrs. Blue.
Mrs. Blue: I guess.
EXT. BUBBA'S GRAVE - DAY
Forrest steps over to Bubba's tombstone.
Forrest: (voice-over) And of course, I paid my respect to Bubba
himself.
Forrest: Hey, Bubba, it's me, Forrest Gump. I remember everything
you said, and I got it all figured out.
Forrest pulls out notes from his pocket.
Forrest: I'm taking the twenty-four thousand, five hundred and
six-two dollars and forty-seven cents that I got...
EXT. BAYOU - DAY
Forrest walks across a yard where men are cleaning shrimp.
Forrest: (voice-over) ... well, that's left after a new hair cut
and a new suit and I took Momma out to real fancy dinner
and I bought a bus ticket and three Doctor Peppers.
Forrest walks along a wooden pier.
Forrest pays an old black shrimper a large wad of cash.
Old Shrimper: Tell me something. Are you stupid or something?
Forrest: Stupid is as stupid does, sir.
EXT. BUBBA'S GRAVE
Forrest stands at the grave.
Forrest: Well, 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-Ping-Pong Paddle." Which
everybody knows it isn't true, but Momma says it's just a
little white lie so it wouldn't hurt nobody. So, anyway,
I'm putting all that on gas, ropes and new nets and a
brand-new shrimpin' boat.
EXT. BAYOU - DAY
Forrest steers his shrimping boat. The boat is old and rusty.
Forrest unleashes his nets as his catch of the day drops to the deck. It
is a bunch of garbage and shells. Forrest picks up one shrimp.
Forrest: (voice-over) Now, Bubba had told me everything he knows
about shrimpin', but you know what I found out? Shrimpin'
is tough.
EXT. DOCKS
Forrest pulls a couple of shrimp out of a bucket.
Forrest: I only caught five.
Old Shrimper: A couple of more, you can have yourself a cocktail.
The old shrimper begins to walk away, then stops and looks at Forrest.
Old Shrimper: Hey, you ever think about namin' this old boat?
Forrest: (voice-over) I'd never named a boat before, but there was
only one I could think of.
Forrest paints a name on the side of his boat. The name is "Jenny."
Forrest: (voice-over) The most beautiful name in the wide world.
INT. DISCO
Disco lights FLASH and people dance. A guy asks a girl to dance.
Girl: Okay.
Jenny sits at a table with some other people. She is snorting cocaine.
Forrest: (voice-over) Now, I hadn't heard from Jenny in a long
while. But...
EXT. BAYOU LA BATRE - DAY
Forrest stands at the helm as the boat glides across the water.
Forrest: (voice-over) But I thought about her a lot. And I hoped
that whatever she was doing made her happy.
INT. APARTMENT - NIGHT
Drug paraphernalia and a large wad of cash are spread out on a table. A
man drops a syringe on the table. He reaches over and touches Jenny. She
is pale with dark lines under her eyes.
INT. BATHROOM
Jenny smears some lines of cocaine on a mirror. She looks at herself in
the mirror.
EXT. BALCONY
Jenny steps out onto the high-rise balcony. She steps up on a table and
stands on the edge of the balcony. A busy street lies many stories below.
Jenny looks down to the intersection below. She slips over the edge,
regains her balance, turns and looks back at the intersection below, and
begins to get down from the edge.
Jenny grabs a hold of the ledge and carefully climbs down. She sits down
on a chair. Jenny rocks back and forth as she cries. She looks up at the
sky.
EXT. BAYOU LA BATRE/FORREST'S BOAT - NIGHT
The moon shines above in the sky. Forrest lies in a hammock on his boat.
Forrest: (voice-over) I thought about Jenny all the time.
EXT. FORREST'S BOAT/BAYOU DOCK - DAY
Forrest stands at the helm of his boat and slowly glides by the docks.
Forrest looks around and notices something and bends down to get a clear
view.
Lt. Dan sits in his wheelchair on the deck.
Forrest looks at Lt. Dan. He smiles, surprised.
Forrest: Hi!
Forrest leaps off of his moving boat and into the water. The boat
continues as Forrest clumsily swims.
Lt. Dan sits in his wheelchair at the edge of the dock. Forrest flails
his arms as he swims up to the dock. Lt. Dan waits for Forrest, smoking a
cigar. Forrest climbs up a ladder onto the dock.
Forrest: Lieutenant Dan, what are you doing here?
Lt. Dan: Well, I thought I'd try out my sea legs.
Forrest: Well, you ain't got no legs, Lieutenant Dan.
Lt. Dan: 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
am a man of my word.
Forrest: Okay.
Forrest shakes Lt. Dan's hand.
Lt. Dan: Yeah, but don't you be thinking that I'm gonna be calling
you sir.
Forrest: No, sir.
Forrest's boat glides, crushing a dock. Forrest and Lt. Dan look at it.
Forrest: That's my boat.
EXT. BAYOU LA BATRE WATERS - DAY
Forrest's shrimping boat is alone on the gulf waters.
Lt. Dan: I have a feeling if we head the east, we'll find some
shrimp. So, take a left. Take a left.
Forrest looks up. Lt. Dan is sitting in the rigging.
Forrest: Which way?
Lt. Dan: Over there! They're over there! Get, get on the wheel and
take a left!
Forrest: Okay.
Lt. Dan: Gump, what are you doing? Take a left! Left! That's where
we're gonna find those shrimp, my boy! That's where we'll
find 'em.
Forrest empties the net. Their "catch" is debris that falls to the deck.
Forrest: Still no shrimp, Lieutenant Dan.
Lt. Dan: Okay, so I was wrong.
Forrest: Well, how we gonna find them?
Lt. Dan: Well, maybe you should just pray for shrimp.
INT. SMALL CHURCH - DAY
The all-black gospel choir sings and claps their hands.
Forrest: (voice-over) So I went to church every Sunday...
Lt. Dan is sitting in his chair at the back of the church. He takes
swings from a liquor bottle.
Forrest: (voice-over) Sometimes Lieutenant Dan came, too. Though I
think he left the praying up to me.
EXT. BOAT - ANOTHER DAY
A catch of junk is dumped onto the deck. Lt. Dan lowers himself from the
rigging.
Forrest: No shrimp.
Lt. Dan: Where the hell's this God of yours?
The wind begins to blow strong.
Forrest: (voice-over) It's funny Lieutenant Dan said that, 'cause
right then, God showed up.
EXT. BOAT - NIGHT
Water sprays on deck during a hurricane. Lt. Dan on the rigging, shouts
and shakes his fist as he is pelted by wind and rain.
Lt. Dan: You'll never sink this boat!
Forrest: (voice-over) Now me, I was scared. But Lieutenant Dan, he
was mad.
Lt. Dan: Come on! You call this a storm?
Forrest slides back and forth as he attempts to steer the boat.
Lt. Dan: Blow, you son-of-a-bitch! Blow! It's time for a showdown!
You and me. I'm right here. Come and get me! You'll never
sink this boat!
INT. GUMP HOUSE - DAY
An ANCHORMAN over TV, is standing in front of a pier.
Anchorman: (over-television) Hurricane Carmen came through here
yesterday...
EXT. BAYOU DOCKS - DAY
The anchorman is standing in front of the ruined pier and boats.
Anchorman: ... destroying nearly everything in its path. And as in
other towns up and down the coast, Bayou La Batre's entire
shrimping industry...
INT. GUMP HOUSE
Anchorman: ... has fallen victim to Carmen and has been left in utter
ruin. Speaking with local officials, this reporter has
learned, in fact, only one shrimping boat actually
survived the storm.
Forrest's boat comes down the river.
Mrs. Gump: Louise. Louise, there's Forrest!
Forrest: (voice-over) After that, shrimpin' was easy.
FORREST'S BOAT - DAY
Lt. Dan and Forrest empty their net. A huge catch of shrimp falls onto
the deck.
Lt. Dan opens another big catch.
Another catch drops open on top of yet another huge catch. Forrest and
Lt. Dan smile.
Forrest: (voice-over) And since people still needed them shrimps
for shrimp cocktails and barbecues and all...
EXT. BUS STOP - PRESENT
The man sitting on the bench listens to Forrest. An ELDERLY WOMAN sits
next to the man.
Forrest: ... and we were the only boat left standing "Bubba-Gump"
shrimp's what they got. We got a whole bunch of boats.
Twelve Jenny's, a big ol' warehouse, we even have hats
that says "Bubba-Gump" on 'em. "Bubba-Gump Shrimp." It's a
household name.
Man: Hold on there, boy. Are you telling me you're the owner of
the Bubba-Gump Shrimp Corporation?
Forrest: Yes, sir. We've got more money than Davy Crocket.
Man: Boy, I've heard some whoppers in my time, but that tops
them all. We was sitting next to a millionaire!
The man laughs as he walks away.
Elderly Woman: Well, I thought it was a very lovely story. And you tell
it so well. With such enthusiasm.
Forrest: Would you like to see what Lieutenant Dan looks like?
Elderly Woman: Well, yes, I would!
Forrest shows her the cover of a "Fortune" magazine with Forrest and Lt.
Dan on the cover.
Forrest: That's him right there.
The elderly woman looks at the magazine and at Forrest with surprise.
Forrest: And let me tell you something about Lieutenant Dan.
EXT. BOAT/DECK - DAY
Forrest and Lt. Dan are working on the boat.
Lt. Dan: Forrest, I never thanked you for saving my life.
Forrest looks a little surprised. Lt. Dan smiles, then looks away. Lt.
Dan pulls himself out of his chair to the railing and jumps into the
water.
Forrest: (voice-over) He never actually said so, but I think he
made his peach with God.
EXT. BOAT
Forrest and Lt. Dan have dinner on the deck. The television shows an
assassination attempt on President Gerald Ford.
Anchorman: (over television) For the second time in seventeen days,
President Ford escaped possible assassination today when a
woman, Sarah Jane Moore, fired on him as he stepped out of
a hotel in San Francisco.
Margo: (over radio) Base to Jenny One. Base to Jenny One.
Lt. Dan: Jenny One, go Margo.
Margo: (over radio) Forrest has a phone call.
Lt. Dan: Yeah, well you'll have to tell them to call him back. He
is indisposed at the moment.
Margo: (over radio) His momma's sick.
Anchorman: (over television) Lynett Alice Fromme, a follower of
Charles Manson better known as "Squeaky," attempted to
assassinate the President as he was...
Forrest dives into the water as he reacts.
EXT. ROAD/GUMP HOUSE - DAY
Forrest carries a suitcase as he runs down the road. Forrest runs past
the row of mailboxes and turns into the drive.
Louise and others are on the front porch.
Forrest: Where's Momma?
Louise: She's upstairs.
INT. GUMP HOUSE - WOMAN'S BED ROOM
Forrest opens the door, the doctor stands next to Mrs. Gump in bed.
Mrs. Gump: Hi, Forrest.
Doctor: I'll see you tomorrow.
Mrs. Gump: Oh, all right.
The doctor looks down at Forrest's legs.
Doctor: We sure got you straightened out, didn't we, boy?
The doctor leaves and closes the door. Forrest takes off his hat and
steps over to her.
Forrest: What's the matter, Momma?
Mrs. Gump: I'm dyin', Forrest. Come on in, sit down over here.
Forrest: Why are you dyin', Momma?
Mrs. Gump: It's my time. It's just my time. Oh, now, don't you be
afraid, sweetheart. Death is just a part of life. It's
something we're all destined to do. I didn't know it, but
I was destined to be your momma. I did the best I could.
Forrest: You did good, Momma.
Mrs. Gump: Well, I happened to believe you make your own destiny. You
have to do the best with what God gave you.
Forrest: What's my destiny, Momma?
Mrs. Gump: You're gonna have to figure that out for yourself. Life is
a box of chocolates, Forrest. You never know what you're
gonna get.
Forrest: (voice-over) Momma always had a way of explaining things
so I could understand them.
Mrs. Gump: I will miss you, Forrest.
Forrest: (voice-over) She had got the cancer and died on a Tuesday.
I bought her a new hat with little flowers on it.
EXT. BUS STOP - PRESENT
The elderly woman and Forrest sit. The woman is crying and wipes her eyes
with a hankie.
Forrest: And that's all I have to say about that.
A bus stops. Forrest looks at the elderly woman.
Forrest: Didn't you say you were waiting for the Number Seven bus?
Elderly Woman: There'll be another one along shortly.
Forrest: Now, because I had been a football star, and a war hero,
and a national celebrity, and a shrimpin' boat captain,
and a college graduate, the city of fathers of GREenbow,
Alabama, decided to get together and offered me a fine
job.
EXT. FOOTBALL FIELD - DAY
Forrest rides a lawn tractor as he moves the football field lawn.
Forrest: (voice-over) So, I never went back to work for Lieutenant
Dan.
EXT. GUMP HOUSE MAILBOXES
Forrest takes out a letter and opens it.
Forrest: (voice-over) Though he did take care of my Bubba-Gump
money. He got me invested in some kind of fruit company.
And so then I got a call from him saying we don't have to
worry about money no more.
EXT. BUS STOP
Forrest: And I said, "That's good. One less thing."
INT. CHURCH - DAY
The choir and members are singing.
Forrest: (voice-over) Now, Momma said there's only so much fortune
a man really needs...
EXT. CHURCH
The sign reads: "Four Square Baptist Church." A new cross is placed on
the steeple. New furniture is taken inside.
Reverend: Praise the Lord.
Forrest: (voice-over) ... and the rest is just for showing off. So,
I gave a whole bunch of it to the Four Square Gospel
Church.
EXT. HOSPITAL - DAY
The sign reads: "Gump Medical Center Bayou La Batre, Alabama." The
ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Forrest: (voice-over) And I gave a whole bunch to the Bayou La
Batre Fishing Hospital.
EXT. BUBBA'S MOM'S HOUSE
A postman delivers a letter to Bubba's mom. She opens the letter.
Forrest: (voice-over) And even though Bubba was dead, and
Lieutenant Dan said I was nuts. I gave Bubba's mommy
Bubba's share.
She is surrounded by her many children. She looks at the check and
faints.
EXT. BUS STOP
Forrest: And you know what...
INT. FLORIDA CONDO
A door opens as a white woman serves Bubba's mom some shrimp.
Forrest: (voice-over) She didn't have to work in nobody's kitchen
no more.
Mrs. Blue: Smells wonderful!
EXT. FOOTBALL FIELD
Forrest rides the mower.
Forrest: (voice-over) And 'cause I was godzillionaire and I liked
doing it so much. I cut that grass for free.
EXT. GUMP HOUSE BALCONY - NIGHT
Forrest looks down the road as he steps onto the porch.
Forrest: (voice-over) But at nighttime, when there was nothing to
do and the house was all empty, I'd always think of Jenny.
Jenny's image walks, then vanishes.
Forrest looks away. He turns and walks into the house.
EXT. GUMP HOUSE - DAY
Jenny walks across the lawn to Forrest.
Forrest: (voice-over) And then, she was there.
Jenny: Hello, Forrest.
Forrest: Hello, Jenny.
Forrest: (voice-over) Jenny came back and stayed with me.
INT. GUMP HOUSE
Jenny lies asleep in bed.
Forrest: (voice-over) Maybe it was because she had nowhere else to
go. Or maybe it was because she was so tired, because she
went to bed and slept and slept like she hadn't slept in
years. It was wonderful having her home.
EXT. COUNTRYSIDE - DAY
Forrest and Jenny walking.
Forrest: (voice-over) Every day we'd take a walk, and I'd jabber on
like a monkey in a tree. And she'd listen about ping-pong
and shrimpin' boat and Momma makin' a trip to heaven. I
did all the talkin'. Jenny most of the time was real
quiet.
Forrest: ... big ol' gobs of rain and little bitty stinging rain
and rain...
Jenny's old house stands at the end of the dirt road. It appears to be
deserted. Jenny walks toward the house and stops. She stares at the
house. Forrest walks toward Jenny. Jenny suddenly heaves a rock angrily
at the house. She throws other things at the house.
Jenny: How could you do this?
She breaks a window. Jenny collapses to the ground and sobs. Forrest
knees down next to her.
Forrest: (voice-over) Sometimes I guess there just aren't enough
rocks.
EXT. OLD OAK TREE - DAY
Jenny and Forrest sit on a limb together.
Forrest: (voice-over) 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.
INT. GUMP HOUSE - DAY
Jenny sits by the vase of flowers and look out the window.
Forrest: (voice-over) Every day I'd pick pretty flowers and put
them in her room for her.
EXT. GUMP HOUSE - DAY
Forrest closes his eyes as he sits on the porch. Jenny places a box of
Nike running shoes in his lap.
Forrest: (voice-over) And she gave me the best gift anyone could
ever get in the wide world.
Jenny: Okay, you can open your eyes.
Forrest: New shoes.
Jenny: They make them just for running.
EXT. GUMP HOUSE - NIGHT
Through the windows, Forrest and Jenny are dancing as it rains outside.
Forrest: (voice-over) And she even showed me how to dance. And,
well, we was like family... Jenny and me.
EXT. RIVER - NIGHT
Jenny and Forrest sit on a log together and look at the river. Jenny
places her arms around Forrest.
Forrest: (voice-over) And it was the happiest time of my life.
The fireworks explode in the sky.
INT. GUMP'S HOUSE - NIGHT
The Statue of Liberty is shown on the TV. Fireworks go off. Forrest and
Jenny are watching the 4th of July celebration on TV.
Announcer: (over television) And this Fourth is witnessing one of the
largest fireworks displays in the nation's two-hundred
year history...
Jenny: You done watching it?
Forrest: Mm-hmm.
Announcer: (over television) ... here in New York Harbor. After the
spectacular display of tall ships earlier, the Statue of
Liberty...
Jenny stands up and kisses Forrest on the cheek.
Jenny: I'm going to bed.
Jenny turns off the TV and walks outside. Forrest stands as he puts down
his Dr. Pepper.
Jenny walks toward the stairs.
Forrest: Will you marry me? I'd make a good husband, Jenny.
Jenny: You would, Forrest.
Forrest: But you won't marry me.
Jenny: You don't wan to marry me.
Forrest: Why don't you love me, Jenny? I'm not a smart man, but I
know what love is.
Forrest turns and walks toward the door.
Jenny turns and walks up the stairs.
Forrest stands outside.
EXT. GUMP HOUSE - NIGHT
The house stands in the rain.
EXT. GUMP HOUSE - NIGHT
Forrest lies in his bed as the door opens. Jenny gets into bed next to
Forrest.
Forrest: Jenny?
Jenny: Forest, I do love you.
Jenny and Forrest kiss. Jenny takes off her nightgown as they make love.
EXT. GUMP HOUSE - MORNING
Jenny carries her purse and walks toward a waiting cab.
Cab Driver: Where are you running off to?
Jenny: I'm not running.
INT. GUMP HOUSE
The cab drives away as Forrest is asleep in his bed.
The ConGREssional Medal lies on a table by a ping-pong paddle. Forrest
holds a glass of milk and wears his bathrobe. He looks at the medal he
had give to Jenny.
Jenny's bed is made. Forrest stands in the doorway looking at the room
and bed where Jenny had been.
EXT. FRONT PORCH - DAY
Forrest sit on a rocking chair with his running shoes on. He is still, as
if in a trance. He slowly puts on his Bubba-Gump cap. Forrest stands. He
walks off the porch. He begins to job across the lawn. His speed
increases as he runs farther away. Forrest runs down the drive away from
his house.
Forrest: (voice-over) That day, for no particular reason, I decided
to go for a little run.
Forrest runs to the end of the drive, then turns right and runs down the
highway.
Forrest: (voice-over) 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.
INT. BARBER SHOP - DAY
The three men sit as they watch the television. Forrest runs through the
main street of town.
Newscaster: President Carter, suffering from heat exhaustion fell into
the arms of security agents.
Forrest: (voice-over) And when I got there...
EXT. ALABAMA ROAD
The sign reads "Entering GREenbow County."
Forrest: (voice-over) ... I thought maybe I'd just run across
GREenbow County. And I figured since I run this far, maybe
I'd just run across the GREat...
Forrest runs by a sign that reads "Mississippi welcomes you. The Magnolia
State."
Forrest: (voice-over) ... state of Alabama. And that's what I did I
ran clear across Alabama.
EXT. BUS STOP - PRESENT
Forrest: For no particular reason, I just kept on going. I ran
clear to the ocean.
EXT. SANTA MONICA - DAY
The sign reads "Santa Monica yacht harbor sports fishing - boating -
cafes." Forrest runs under the sign and onto the pier.
Forrest: (voice-over) And when I got there, I figured since I'd
gone this far, I might as well turn around, just keep on
going.
EXT. ATLANTIC OCEAN
Forrest runs to a pier at the Atlantic Ocean.
Forrest: (voice-over) When I got to another ocean, I figured since
I've gone this far, I might as well just turn back, keep
right on going.
Forrest runs across the pier. A lighthouse stands at the end of the pier.
Forrest: (voice-over) When I got tired, I slept. When I got hungry,
I ate.
EXT. BUS STOP - PRESENT
Forrest: When I had to go, you know, I went.
Elderly Woman: And so, you just ran?
Forrest: Yeah.
EXT. HIGHWAY
Forrest is running along the highway.
Forrest runs down a road between field of wheat.
A Mountain river. Forrest runs across a cobble-stone bridge. The Rocky
Mountains are behind him in distance.
Forrest runs through some meadowland. Split rail fences line the road.
Forrest: (voice-over) I'd think a lot about Momma and Bubba, and
Lieutenant Dan, but most of all, I thought about Jenny. I
thought about her a lot.
EXT. BARBER SHOP
The three men in the barber shop watch the news on television.
Newscaster: For more than two years now, a man named Forrest Gump, a
gardener from GREenbow, Alabama, stopping only to sleep,
has been running across America.
INT. COFFEE SHOP
Jenny fills customer's coffee cups.
Newscaster: Charles Cooper brings us this report.
Newsman: For the fourth time on his journey across America, Forrest
Gump, a gardener from GREenbow, Alabama, is about to cross
the Mississippi River again today.
The TV shows Forrest runs across a bridge that reads "Mississippi River."
Jenny: I'll be damned. Forrest...
EXT. MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE
Newsman: Sir, why are you running?
1st Reporter: Why are you running?
2nd Reporter: Are you doing this for world peace?
3rd Reporter: Are you doing this for women's right?
Newsman: Or for the environment?
Reporter: Or for animals?
3rd Reporter: Or for nuclear arms?
Forrest: (voice-over) They just couldn't believe that somebody
would do all that running for no particular reason.
2nd Reporter: Why are you doing this?
Forrest: I just felt like running.
EXT. BUS STOP - PRESENT
Forrest: I just left like running.
EXT. SMALL EASTERN TOWN
Forrest runs as a YOUNG MAN runs up to him.
Young Man: It's you. I can't believe it's really you.
EXT. BUS STOP - PRESENT
Forrest: Now, for some reason what I was doing seemed to make sense
to people.
EXT. SMALL EASTERN TOWN
The young man jobs behind Forrest.
Young Man: I mean, it was like an alarm went off in my head, you
know. I said, here's a guy that's got his act together.
Here's somebody who's got it, all figured out. Here's
somebody who has the answer. I'll follow you anywhere, Mr.
Gump.
Forrest: (voice-over) So, I got company.
Forrest runs up a slope on a high mountain road. A group of people are
jogging behind him.
Forrest: (voice-over) And after that I got more company. And
then...
A large group jogs behind Forrest across the desert road.
Forrest: (voice-over) ... even more people joined in. Somebody
later told me...
EXT. BUS STOP - PRESENT
Forrest: ... it gave people hope. Now... Now, I don't know anything
about that, but...
Forrest and his followers job through a small town. A man runs up and
talks to Forrest.
Forrest: (voice-over) Some of those people asked me if I could help
them out.
Aging Hippie: Hey, man, hey, listen. I was wondering if you might help
me, huh? Listen, I'm in the bumper sticker business and
I've been trying to think up a good slogan. And since you
have been such a big inspiration to the people around
here, I thought you might be able to help me jump into...
Whoa! Man, you just ran through a big pile of dogshit!
The hippie jumps over the "dogshit" as he runs along Forrest.
Forrest: It happens.
Aging Hippie: What, shit?
Forrest: Sometimes.
The hippie stops to ponder this profound thought.
Forrest: (voice-over) And some years later I heard that fella did
come up with a bumper sticker slogan...
A bumper sticker reads "Shit Happens."
Forrest: (voice-over) ... and he make a lot of money off of it.
The truck with the bumper sticker drives into an intersection. It
collides with a car.
EXT. TRUCK STOP
Forrest runs, followed by his group, as a man runs up to him.
Forrest: (voice-over) Another time I was running along, somebody
who had lost all his money in the T-shirt business, and he
wanted to put my face on a T-shirt, but he couldn't draw
that well and he didn't have a camera.
Wild-Eyed Man: I think it would be really fortunate for me if I could get
your name on these, oh, your face and name on these
T-shirts. It would be wonderful.
A truck splashes mud onto Forrest as it goes by. The man hands Forrest a
yellow T-shirt to use as a rag to wipe the mud off.
Wild-Eyed Man: Here, use this one. Nobody likes that color anyway.
Forrest wipes his face on the towel and hands it back to the man.
Forrest: Have a nice day.
The man looks at the T-shirt. He holds it up displaying the "Happy Face."
Forrest: (voice-over) And some years later I found out that that
man did come up with a idea for a T-shirt and he made a
lot of money off of it.
EXT. MONUMENT VALLEY
Forrest runs with a group that follows behind him.
Forrest: (voice-over) Anyway, like I was saying, I had a lot of
company. My Momma always said you got to 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, fourteen days, and sixteen hours.
Forrest stops running. The group stops behind him.
Forrest stands and looks as the group waits expectantly. Forrest turns
and look.
Young Man: Quiet. Quiet, he's gonna say something.
Forrest: I'm pretty tired. I think I'll go home now.
Forrest walks toward the group. The group parts for Forrest as he walks
down the middle of the road.
Young Man: Now what are we supposed to do?
Forrest: (voice-over) And just like that, my running days was over.
So, I went home to Alabama.
A television shows President Reagan and his staff as they react to
gunshots in front of a limo.
Newscaster: (over television) Moments ago, at two twenty-five p.m., as
President Reagan was leaving the Washington Hilton
Hotel...
INT. GUMP HOUSE - DAY
Forrest sits eating a sandwich, watching the news of the assassination
attempt.
Newscaster: ... five or six gunshots were fired by an unknown would-be
assassin. The President was shot in the chest and the
assailant was immediately tackled by a half a dozen
lawmen. As the Presidential...
Louise: I picked up the mail.
Forrest: Oh, thank you, Miss, Miss Louise.
Forrest: (voice-over) One day, out of the blue clear sky, I got a
letter from Jenny...
EXT. BUS STOP - PRESENT
Forrest takes the letter out of his pocket.
Forrest: ... wondering if I could come down to Savannah to 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 1-9-4-7 Henry
Street, Apartment 4.
The elderly woman looks at the letter.
Elderly Woman: Why, you don't need to take a bus. Henry Street is just
five or six blocks down that way.
Forrest: Down that way?
Elderly Woman: Down that way.
Forrest hastily grabs his suitcase and letter as he stands.
Forrest: It was nice talking' to you.
Forrest runs, the elderly woman shouts from the bus stop bench. A truck
honks its horn as Forrest runs across the street past the truck.
Elderly Woman: I hope everything works out for you.
INT. JENNY'S APARTMENT - DAY
Jenny opens the door.
Jenny: Hey! Forrest! How you doing?
Forrest: Hi.
Jenny: Come in. Come in.
Forrest: I got your letter.
Jenny: Oh, I was wondering about that.
Jenny shuts the door. Forrest looks around.
Forrest: Is this your house?
Jenny: Yeah, it's messy right now. I just got off work.
Forrest: It's nice. You got air conditioning.
Forrest hands Jenny the box of chocolates.
Forrest: Ah...
Jenny: Thank you.
Forrest: I ate some.
Jenny picks up a scrapbook and turns the pages.
Jenny: Hey, I kept, I kept a scrapbook of your, of your clippings
and everything. There you are. This, I got your running.
Forrest: I ran a long way. For a long time.
Jenny: There. Listen, Forrest. I don't know how to say this. Um,
I just... I want to apologize for anything that I ever did
to you, 'cause I was messed up for a long time, and...
There is a knock at the door. LYNN MARIE enters as she opens the door.
Lynn Marie: Yoo-hoo.
Jenny: Hey.
Lynn Marie: Hi.
Jenny grabs a young boy.
Jenny: Hey, you. This is an old friend from Alabama.
Lynn Marie: Oh, how do you do?
Jenny: Ah, listen, next week my schedule changes, so I'll be able
to... but thanks for picking up.
Lynn Marie: No problem. Got to go, Jen. I'm double-parked.
Jenny: Okay.
Lynn Marie closes the door and waves bye to Forrest.
Lynn Marie: Bye.
Jenny: Thanks. This is very good friend, Mr. Gump. Can you say hi
to him?
Little Boy: Hello, Mr. Gump.
Forrest: Hello.
Little Boy: Now, can I go watch TV now?
Jenny: Yes, you can. Just keep it low.
The little boy runs into other room and picks up TV remote control.
Forrest: You're a momma, Jenny.
Jenny: I'm a momma. His name is Forrest.
Forrest: Like me.
Jenny: I named him after his Daddy.
Forrest: He got a daddy named Forrest, too?
Jenny: You're his daddy, Forrest.
Forrest continues to stare at Forrest Jr. Forrest then looks frightened
and starts to back away.
Jenny: Hey, Forrest, look at me. Look at me, Forrest. There's
nothing you need to do, okay? You didn't do anything
wrong. Okay?
Jenny turns and looks at Forrest Jr. in the other room.
Jenny: Isn't he beautiful?
Forrest: He's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. But... is,
is he smart, or is he...
Jenny: He's very smart. He's one of the smartest in his class.
Forrest breathes deep. He looks at Jenny, then at Forrest Jr.
Jenny: Yeah, it's okay. Go talk to him.
Forrest walks into the room and sits down next to Forrest Jr. "Sesame
Street" is on the TV.
Bert: Oh, GREat.
Ernie: Hey, Bert, can you give me a hand?
Bert: A hand? Well, yeah, what do you want, Ernie?
Forrest: What are you watching.
Forrest Jr.: Bert and Ernie.
Ernie: Well, it's the first stage. Bert. It's planning to write a
story, Bert. I have pencils right here to write with,
Bert. Now, we got, uh, paper. I'll take that paper, Bert.
See, we have the paper to write on.
EXT. PARK - DAY
Forrest and Jenny sit on a bench. Forrest Jr. swings behind them.
Jenny: Forrest, I'm sick.
Forrest: What, do you have a cough due to cold?
Jenny: I have some kind virus. And the doctors don't, they don't
know what it is. And there isn't anything they can do
about it.
Forrest: You could come home with me. Jenny, you and little Forrest
could come stay at my house in GREenbow. I'll take care of
you if you're sick.
Jenny: Would you marry me, Forrest?
Forrest: Okay.
EXT. GUMP HOUSE - DAY
A group has gathered on the lawn for the wedding. Louise walks up to
Forrest.
Minister: Please take your seats.
Louise: Forrest, it's time to start.
Jenny walks out of the house. Forrest walks over to GREet her. She wears
a white dress. She walks up to Forrest and adjusts his necktie.
Jenny: Hi. Your tie.
Lt. Dan is walking across the lawn. He uses a cane. A WOMAN is walking
next to him.
Forrest: Lieutenant Dan? Lieutenant Dan!
Lt. Dan: Hello, Forrest.
Jenny walks over to Forrest and Lt. Dan.
Forrest: You got new legs. New legs!
Lt. Dan: Yeah, I got new legs.
Lt. Dan lifts his pant leg to display his metal leg.
Lt. Dan: Custom-made titanium alloy. It's what they use on the
space shuttle.
Forrest: Magic legs.
Lt. Dan: This is my fiancee, Susan.
Forrest: Lieutenant Dan!
Susan shakes Forrest's hand.
Susan: Hi, Forrest.
Forrest: Lieutenant Dan, this is my Jenny.
Jenny: Hey, it's nice to meet you, finally.
Jenny steps forward and kisses Lt. Dan's cheek.
The group is seated as they watch Forrest and Jenny take vows on the
front lawn. Forrest Jr. stands next to Jenny.
Minister: Do you, Forrest, take Jenny to be your wife? Do you,
Jenny, take Forrest to be your husband? If so, I pronounce
you man and wife.
The wind blows fallen leaves across the ground. Jenny, Forrest, and
Forrest Jr. walk toward the house. They all hold hands as they walk.
INT. GUMP HOUSE - MORNING
Forrest steps into Jenny's bedroom. He carries a tray with breakfast on
it.
Forrest looks at Jenny as she sleeps. Slowly she wakes up and looks at
Forrest.
Forrest: Hey.
Jenny: Hey.
Forrest sets the tray down next to Jenny as she sits up in bed. Forrest
opens a window, then sits down next to the bed.
Jenny: Hey, Forrest, were you scared in Vietnam?
Forrest: Yes. Well, I, I don't know.
EXT. VIETNAM - FLASHBACK - NIGHT
Forrest looks up into the sky as the rain stops. Forrest removes his
helmet. The stars emerge from behind the clouds.
Forrest: (voice-over) Sometimes it would stop raining long enough
for the stars to come out. And then it was nice. It was
like just before the sun goes to bed down on the bayou...
EXT. BAYOU - FLASHBACK - SUNSET
Forrest stands on his boat and looks at a deep orange and red sunset.
Forrest: (voice-over) There was over a million sparkles on the
water. Like that mountain lake.
EXT. MOUNTAIN LAKE - FLASHBACK - DAY
Forrest runs along a highway. A lake reflects the mountains and the sky.
Forrest: (voice-over) It was so clear, Jenny. It looks like there
were two skies, one on top of the other. And then in the
desert, when the sun comes up...
EXT. DESERT - FLASHBACK - SUNRISE
Forrest runs along a desert highway. The morning light casts an orange
glow over the desert.
Forrest: (voice-over) I couldn't tell where heavens stopped and the
earth began. It was so beautiful.
INT. GUMP HOUSE - MORNING
Forrest looks at Jenny. Jenny looks out the window.
Jenny: I wish I could have been there with you.
Forrest: You were.
Jenny reaches over and takes Forrest's hand.
Jenny: I love you.
Forrest: (voice-over) You died on a Saturday morning.
EXT. JENNY'S GRAVE AT OLD OAK TREE - DAY
Forrest stands under the old oak tree where Jenny has been buried.
Forrest: And I had you placed here under our tree.
Jenny's grave marker. Forrest tries to hold back his tears.
Forrest: And I had that house of your father's bulldozed to the
ground.
EXT. JENNY'S OLD HOUSE - DAY
Forrest watches as Jenny's dad's house is knocked down by a bulldozer.
Forrest: (voice-over) Momma...
EXT. JENNY'S GRAVE
Forrest: ... always said dyin' was a part of life.
Jenny's grave marker reads:
JENNY GUMP
July 16, 1945 -- March 22, 1982
Beloved Mother, Wife and Friend
Forrest: I sure wish it wasn't Little Forrest, he's doing just
fine.
INT. GUMP HOUSE - NIGHT
Forrest Jr. reads a book to Forrest sitting next to him.
Forrest Jr.: (reading) "But he wasn't quite sure. Everywhere they went,
the new guests...
Forrest: (voice-over) About to start school again soon. I make his
breakfast, lunch, and dinner...
EXT. JENNY'S GRAVE
Forrest looks down as he sobs.
Forrest: ... every day. I make sure he combs his hair and brushes
his teeth every day. Teaching him how to play ping-pong.
EXT. GUMP HOUSE - NIGHT
Forrest tries to teach Forrest Jr. how to play ping-pong.
Forrest: Okay...
Forrest: (voice-over) He's really good.
Forrest: Forrest, you go.
Forrest Jr. serves the ball, causing Forest dive and miss it.
EXT. GUMP HOUSE/RIVER - DAY
Forrest and Forrest Jr. sit on a log by the river and fish.
Forrest: (voice-over) We fish a lot.
EXT. JENNY'S GRAVE
Forrest looks down at the grave marker.
Forrest: And every night, we read a book. He's so smart, Jenny.
You'd be so proud of him. I am. He, uh, wrote a latter,
and he says I can't read it. I'm not supposed to, so I'll
just leave it here for you.
Forrest places the letter down at the grave marker, next to fresh
flowers. The name on the envelope reads: "Mom." Forrest steps back and
looks down at the grave.
Forrest: Jenny, I don't know if Momma was right or if, if it's
Lieutenant Dan. I don't know if we each have a destiny, or
if we're all just floating around accidental-like on a
breeze, but I, I think maybe it's both. Maybe both is
happening at the same time. I miss you, Jenny. If there's
anything you need, I won't be far away.
As Forrest walks away, a flock of birds flies overhead and lands in the
tree. Forrest turns and watches.
EXT. ROAD - MORNING
Forrest walks with Forrest Jr. for the bus. The bus drives toward them.
Forrest: Here's your bus. Okay.
Forrest pulls "Curious George" out of Forrest Jr.'s backpack.
Forrest: Hey, I know this.
Forrest Jr.: I'm gonna show that for show-and-tell because grandma used
to read it to you.
Forrest looks at the book. The feather from the beginning of the movie
drops out of the book, unnoticed.
Forrest: My favorite book.
The bus comes to a stop. The door opens.
Forrest: Well...
Forrest puts the book back into Forrest Jr.'s backpack and hands it to
him.
Forrest: ... okay. Hey, there you go.
Forrest Jr. walks toward the bus. Forrest stands up.
Forrest: Hey, Forrest. Don't... I wanted to tell you I love you.
Forrest Jr.: I love you too, Daddy.
Forrest: I'll be right here when you get back.
Forrest Jr. looks into the bus and at the bus driver. It is the same bus
driver, only older now, who drove Forrest to school when he was a young
boy.
Schoold Bus: You understand this is the bus to school now, don't you?
Driver
Forrest Jr.: Of course, and you're Dorothy Harris and I'm Forrest Gump.
Forrest Jr. looks over and waves to his father. Forrest nods approvingly.
Forrest Jr. gets on the bus.
The bus pulls away. Forrest stands next to the mailbox.
Forrest sits down. The camera cranes down, revealing the feather as it
lies at Forrest's feet. A gust of wind picks the feather up. The feather
floats up into the air. Forrest sits at the side of the road. The feather
floats higher into the air. The feather soars up into the sky and travels
up and down, then covers the camera lens.
