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1   EXT. A SAVANNAH STREET - DAY (1981)                              1

    A feather floats through the air. The falling feather.

    A city, Savannah, is revealed in the background. The
    feather floats down toward the city below. The feather
    drops down toward the street below, as people walk past and
    cars drive by, and nearly lands on a man's shoulder.

    He walks across the street, causing the feather to be
    whisked back on its journey. The feather floats above a
    stopped car.

    The car drives off right as the feather floats down
    towardthe street.

    The feather floats under a passing car, then is sent flying
    back up in the air. A MAN sits on a bus bench. The feather
    floats above the ground and finally lands on the man's
    mudsoaked shoe.

    The man reached down and picks up the feather. His name is
    FORREST GUMP. He looks at the feather oddly, moves aside a
    box of chocolates from an old suitcase, then opens the
    case.

    Inside the old suitcase are an assortment of clothes, a
    pingpong paddle, toothpaste and other personal items.

    Forrest pulls out a book titled "Curious George," then
    places the feather inside the book. Forrest closes the
    suitcase.

    Something in his eyes reveals that Forrest may not be all
    there.

    Forrest looks right as the sound of an arriving bus is
    heard.

    A bus pulls up. Forrest remains on the bus bench as the bus
    continues on.

    A BLACK WOMAN in a nurse's outfit steps up and sits down at
    the bus bench next to Forrest. The nurse begins to read a
    magazine as Forrest looks at her.

                      FORREST
            Hello. My name's Forrest Gump.

    He opens a box of chocolates and holds it out for the
    nurse.
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                      FORREST
            You want a chocolate?

    The nurse shakes her head, a bit apprehensive about this
    strange man next to her.

                      FORREST
            I could eat about a million and a
            half of these. My momma always
            said, "Life was like a box of
            chocolates. You never know what
            you're gonna
            get."

    Forrest eats a chocolate as he looks down at the nurse's
    shoes.

                      FORREST
            Those must be comfortable shoes.
            I'll bet you could walk all day in
            shoes like that and not feel a
            thing.
            I wish I had shoes like that.

                      BLACK WOMAN
            My feet hurt.

                      FORREST
            Momma always says there's an awful
            lot you could tell about a person
            by their shoes. Where they're
            going.
            Where they've been.

    The black woman stares at Forrest as he looks down at his

    own shoes.

                      FORREST
            I've worn lots of shoes. I bet if I
            think about it real hard I could
            remember my first pair of shoes.

    Forrest closes his eyes tightly.

                      FORREST
            Momma said they'd take my anywhere.


2   INT. COUNTRY DOCTOR'S OFFICE - GREENBOW, ALABAMA - DAY           2
    (1951)
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    A little boy closes his eyes tightly. It is young Forrest
    as

    he sits in a doctor's office.

                        FORREST (V.O.)
              She said they was my magic shoes.

    Forrest has been fitted with orthopedic shoes and metal leg

    braces.

                        DOCTOR
              All right, Forrest, you can open
              your eyes now. Let's take a little
              walk around.

    The doctor sets Forrest down on its feet. Forrest walks
    around stiffly. Forrest's mother, MRS. GUMP, watches him as
    he clanks around the room awkwardly.

                        DOCTOR
              How do those feel? His legs are
              strong, Mrs. Gump. As strong as
              I've
              ever seen. But his back is as
              crooked
              as a politician.

    Forrest walks foreground past the doctor and Mrs. Gump.

                        DOCTOR
              But we're gonna straighten him
              right
              up now, won't we, Forrest?

    A loud thud is heard as, outside, Forrest falls.

                         MRS. GUMP
              Forrest!


3   EXT. GREENBOW, ALABAMA                                           3

    Mrs. Gump and young Forrest walk across the street. Forrest

    walks stiffly next to his mother.

                        FORREST (V.O.)
              Now, when I was a baby, Momma named
              me after the great Civil War hero,
              General Nathan Bedford Forrest...
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4   EXT. RURAL ALABAMA                                               4

    A black and white photo of General Nathan Bedford Forrest.

    The photo turns into live action as the General dons a
    hooded sheet over his head.

    The General is in full Ku Klux Klan garb, including his
    horse.

    The General rides off, followed by a large group of Klan

    members dressed in full uniform.

                      FORREST (V.O.)
            She said we was related to him in
            some way. And, what he did was, he
            started up this club called the Ku
            Klux Klan. They'd all dress up in
            their robes and their bedsheets and
            act like a bunch of ghosts or
            spooks
            or something. They'd even put
            bedsheets on their horses and ride
            around. And anyway, that's how I
            got
            my name. Forrest Gump.


5   EXT. GREENBOW                                                    5

    Mrs. Gump and Forrest walk across the street.

                      FORREST (V.O.)
            Momma said that the Forrest part
            was
            to remind me that sometimes we all
            do things that, well, just don't
            make no sense.

    Forrest stops suddenly as his brace gets stuck. Forrest's

    brace is caught in a gutter grate. Mrs. Gump bends down and

    tries to free Forrest. Two old cronies sit in front of a

    barber shop and watch.

                      MRS. GUMP
            Just wait, let me get it.

    Mrs. Gump struggles to pull the stuck brace from the grate.
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                      MRS. GUMP
            Let me get it. Wait, get it this
            way. Hold on.

    Forrest pulls his foot out of the grate.

                      MRS. GUMP
            All right.

    Mrs. Gump helps Forrest up onto the sidewalk. She looks up

    and notices the two old man.

                      MRS. GUMP
            Oooh. All right. What are you all
            staring at? Haven't you ever seen a
            little boy with braces on his legs
            before?

    Mrs. Gump and Forrest walk along the sidewalk past the two

    old men. Mrs. Gump holds tightly onto Forrest's hand.

                      MRS. GUMP
            Don't ever let anybody tell you
            they're better than you, Forrest.
            If God intended everybody to be the
            same, he'd have given us all braces
            on our legs.

                      FORREST (V.O.)
            Momma always had a way of
            explaining things so I could
            understand them.


6   EXT. OAK ALLEY/THE GUMP BOARDING HOUSE                        6

    Mrs. Gump and Forrest walk along a dirt road. A row of

    mailboxes stands left.

                      FORREST (V.O.)
            We lived about a quarter mile of
            Route 17, about a half mile from
            thetown of Greenbow, Alabama.
            That's in the county of Greenbow.
            Our house had been in Momma's
            family since hergrandpa's grandpa's
            grandpa had comeacross the ocean
            about a thousandyears ago.
            Something like that.
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    Mrs. Gump and Forrest walk along the Gump Boarding House

    driveway.

                      FORREST (V.O.)
            Since it was just me and Momma and
            we had all these empty rooms, Momma
            decided to let those rooms out.
            Mostly
            to people passing through. Like
            from,
            oh, Mobile, Montgomery, place like
            that. That's how me and Mommy got
            money. Mommy was a real smart lady.

                      MRS. GUMP
            Remember what I told you, Forrest.
            You're no different than anybody
            else is.

    Mrs. Gump heads Forrest to the porch. She bends down to
    look

    Forrest in the eye.

                      MRS. GUMP
            Did you hear what I said, Forrest?
            You're the same as everybody else.
            You are no different.


7   INT. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL / PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE - DAY               7

                      PRINCIPAL
            Your boy's... different, Mrs. Gump.
            Now, his I.Q. is seventy-five.

                      MRS. GUMP
            Well, we're all different, Mr.
            Hancock.

    The principal sighs, then stands up.


8   INT. HALLWAY                                                    8

    Forrest sits outside the principal's office and waits.

                      FORREST (V.O.)
            She wanted me to have the finest
            education, so she took me to the
            Greenbow County Central School. I
            met the principal and all.
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     The principal stands in front of Mrs. Gump. Forrest,
     sitting

     left, listens.

                       PRINCIPAL
             I want to show you something, Mrs.
             Gump. Now, this is normal.

     The principal holds up a chart with a designations
     according

     to I.Q. and points to the center of the graph, labeled

     "Normal." A red line below the normal area is labeled
     "State

     Acceptance." The principal points to the section below the

     acceptance line labeled "Below."

                       PRINCIPAL
             Forrest is right here. The   state
             requires a minimum I.Q. of   eighty
             to
             attend public school, Mrs.   Gump.
             He's gonna have to go to a   special
             school. Now, he'll be just   fine.

                       MRS. GUMP
             What does normal mean, anyway? He
             might be a bit on the slow side,
             but my boy Forrest is going to get
             the same opportunities as everyone
             else. He's not going to some
             special schoolto learn to how to
             re-tread tires.
             We're talking about five little
             points here. There must be
             something can be done.


9    INT. HALLWAY                                                  9

     Forrest sits outside the principal's office.

                       PRINCIPAL
             We're a progressive school system.
             We don't want to see anybody left
             behind.


10   INT. PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE                                       10
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                       PRINCIPAL
             Is there a Mr. Gump, Mrs. Gump?

                       MRS. GUMP
             He's on vacation.


11   EXT. GUMP BOARDING HOUSE - NIGHT                                 11

     Forrest sits on a swing outside the house. Loud organic
     male

     grunts are heard coming from inside the house. Forrest sits

     on the swing as the grunts continue. The principal steps
     out

     of the Gump House and wipes the sweat from his face.

     Forrest is sitting on the porch.

                       PRINCIPAL
             Well, your momma sure does care
             about
             your schooling, son. Mm-mm-mm.

     The principal wipes the sweat from his neck, then looks
     back

     at Forrest.

                       PRINCIPAL
             You don't say much, do you?

     Forrest grunts, imitating him. The principal, embarrassed,

     turns and walks away.


12   INT. GUMP BOARDING HOUSE/FORREST'S BEDROOM                       12

     Mrs. Gump reads from the book "Curious George" as Forrest

     sits on the bed and listens.

                       MRS. GUMP
             Finally, he had to try it. It
             looked easy, but, oh, what
             happened. First
             there...

                       FORREST
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             Momma, what's vacation mean?

                         MRS. GUMP
             Vacation?

                       FORREST
             Where Daddy went?

                       MRS. GUMP
             Vacation's when you go somewhere,
             and you don't ever come back.

     Forrest lies down on his bed and looks up.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             Anyway, I guess you could say me
             and
             Momma was on our own.


13   EXT. GUMP BOARDING HOUSE - DAY                                 13

     A cab driver closes the trunk of the car as two women walk

     toward the house. A milkman steps down from the porch.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             But we didn't mind. Our house was
             never empty. There was always folks
             comin' and goin'.

                         MRS. GUMP (V.O.)
             Suppa.


14   INT. GUMP BOARDING HOUSE                                       14

     Mrs. Gump steps forward and speaks to all the boarders.

                       MRS. GUMP
             It's suppa, everyone. Forrest...

     A MAN WITH A CANE steps left across the hall.

                       MAN WITH CANE
             My, my. That sure looks special.

     Mrs. Gump looks into a sitting room and informs the
     boarders

     about dinner.
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                  MRS. GUMP
        Gentlemen, would you care to join
        us
        for supper? Hurry up and get it
        before
        the flies do. I prefer you don't
        smoke that cigar so close to
        mealtime.

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        Sometimes we had so many people
        stayin' with us that every room was
        filled with travelers. You know,
        folks livin' out of their
        suitcases,
        and hat cases, and sample cases.

                  MRS. GUMP
        Well, you go ahead and start. I
        can't
        find Forrest.

Mrs. Gump walks up the stairs.

                  MRS. GUMP
        Forrest... Forrest...

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        One time a young man was staying
        with us, and he had him a guitar
        case.

Mrs. Gump looks into Forrest's room. She hears singing
coming

from another room and walks over to a closed door. Mrs.
Gump

opens the door, revealing a young man with long sideburns
as

he plays the guitar and sings. Forrest holds onto a broom

and dances oddly. The young man is ELVIS PRESLEY.

                  ELVIS PRESLEY
             (sings)
        "Well, you ain't never caught a
        rabbit, and you ain't no friend of
        mine."

Forrest's legs rock back and forth to the guitar.
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                   MRS. GUMP
         Forrest! I told you not to bother
         this nice young man.

                   ELVIS
         Oh, no, that's all right, ma'am. I
         was just showin' him a thing or two
         on the guitar here.

                   MRS. GUMP
         All right, but your supper's ready
         if y'all want to eat.

                   ELVIS
         Yeah, that sounds good. Thank you,
         ma'am.

Mrs. Gump leaves and closes the door. Elvis sits back down.

Forrest stands left, and looks himself in a mirror.

                   ELVIS
         Say, man, show me that crazy little
         walk you just did there. Slow it
         down some.

Forrest begins to dance again as Elvis plays the guitar and

sings.

                    ELVIS
               (sings)
         "You ain't nothin' but a hound,
         hound
         dog..."

                   FORREST (V.O.)
         I liked that guitar.

Forrest dances as he watches himself in the mirror.

                   FORREST (V.O.)
         It sounded good.

                   ELVIS
              (sings)
         "...cryin' all the time"

Forrest rocks up and down on his braced legs, then begins
to

step.
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                       ELVIS
                  (sings)
             "You ain't nothin' but a hound
             dog..."

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             I started moving around to the
             music,
             swinging my hips. This one night me
             and Momma...


15   EXT. GREENBOW - NIGHT                                            15

     Mrs. Gump and Forrest walk along a sidewalk. A television

     inside a store window reveals Elvis Presley as he performs

     "Houng Dog" on a stage.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             ...was out shoppin', and we walked
             right by Benson's Furniture and
             Appliance store, and guess what.

     The television reveals Elvis as he thrusts his hips and
     sings.

                       ELVIS
                  (sings)
             You ain't nothin' but a hound
             dog...

     Mrs. Gump and Forrest watch the television. Elvis dances

     around in the same manner Forrest did. A woman in the
     audience

     screaming and applauding.

                       ELVIS
                  (sings)
             You ain't nothin' but a hound
             dog...

                       MRS. GUMP
             This is not children's eyes.

     Mrs. Gump walks away, pulling Forrest with her. Forrest
     stops

     and takes one last look. Elvis continues to perform over
     the
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     television.

                       ELVIS
                  (sings)
             "Well, you ain't never caught a
             rabbit
             and you ain't no friend of mine."

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             Some years later, that handsome
             young
             man who they called "The King,"
             well,
             he sung too many songs, had himself
             a heart attack or something.


16   EXT. SAVANNAH/BUS BENCH - DAY                                  16

     Forrest is still sitting on the bus bench. The black nurse

     looks at him.

                       FORREST
             Must be hard being a king. You
             know,
             it's funny how you remember some
             things, but some things you can't.


17   EXT. COUNTRY ROAD/ALABAMA - MORNING (1954)                     17

     Mrs. Gump and Forrest wait for the school bus. The bus
     pulls

     up as Mrs. Gump prepares Forrest for his first day of
     school.

                       MRS. GUMP
             You do your very best now, Forrest.

                       FORREST
             I sure will, Momma.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             I remember the bus ride on the
             first
             day of school very well.

     The bus driver opens the door and looks down. Forrest walks

     to the steps of the bus and looks at the bus driver. She is
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     smoking a cigarette.

                          BUS DRIVER
                Are you comin' along?

                          FORREST
                Momma said not to be taking rides
                from strangers.

                          BUS DRIVER
                This is the bus to school.

                          FORREST
                I'm Forrest Gump.

                          BUS DRIVER
                I'm Dorothy Harris.

                          FORREST
                Well, now we ain't strangers
                anymore.

     The bus driver smiles as Forrest steps up into the bus.


18   INT. BUS                                                        18

     Forrest steps up onto the bus. Mrs. Gump waves to Forrest
     as

     the bus drives away. Forrest begins to walk down the aisle.

     TWO YOUNG BOYS look up from the seat.

                          BOY #1
                This seat's taken.

                          BOY #2
                It's taken!

     Forrest looks around. A larger girl slides over so Forrest

     can't sit next to her. She shakes her head. Forrest looks
     to

     the other side where a boy sits alone on a larger seat.
     They

     boy glares up at Forrest.

                          BOY #3
                You can't sit here.
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                       FORREST (V.O.)
             You know, it's funny what a young
             man recollects. 'Cause I don't
             remember being born.


19   EXT. SAVANNAH/BUS BENCH - DAY                                    19

     Forrest continues talking as he sits on the bus bench.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             I, I... don't recall what I got for
             my first Christmas and I don't know
             when I went on my first outdoor
             picnic. But, I do remember the
             first
             time I heard the sweetiest voice...


20   INT. BUS - MORNING (1954)                                        20

     Young Forrest is still standing in the aisle on the bus.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             ...in the wide world.

                       GIRL
             You can sit here if you want.

     Forrest looks back at JENNY CURRAN, a young girl about

     Forrest's age.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             I had never seen anything so
             beautiful
             in my life. She was like an angel.

                       JENNY
             Well, are you gonna sit down, or
             aren't ya?

     Forrest sits down next to Jenny.

                       JENNY
             What's wrong with your legs?

                       FORREST
             Um, nothing at all, thank you. My
             legs are just fine and dandy.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             I just sat next to her on that bus
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             and had conversation all the way to
             school.

                       JENNY
             Then why do you have those shoes
             on?

                       FORREST
             My momma said my back's crooked
             like
             a question mark. These are going to
             make me as straight as an arrow.
             They're my magic shoes.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             And next to Momma, no one ever
             talked
             to me or asked me questions.

                       JENNY
             Are you stupid or something.

                       FORREST
             Mommy says stupid is as stupid
             does.

     Jenny puts her hand out toward Forrest. Forrest reaches
     over

     and shakes her hand.

                       JENNY
             I'm Jenny.

                       FORREST
             I'm Forrest Gump. Forrest Gump.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             From that day on, we was always
             together. Jenny and me was like
             peas
             and carrots.


21   EXT. OAK TREE - DAY                                             21

     Young Jenny and Forrest run toward a large oak tree.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             She taught me how to climb...

     Jenny sits on a large branch and calls down to Forrest.
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                       JENNY
             Come on, Forrest, you can do it.

     Forrest dangles from the branch.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             ...I showed her how to dangle.

     Jenny and Forrest sit on a tree branch and read.

                       FORREST
             "...a good little monkey and..."

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             She helped me to learn how to read.

     Forrest hangs upside down from a branch and swings back and

     forth. Forrest's braces are wedged in the tree.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             And I showed her to swing.


22   EXT. OAK TREE - NIGHT                                            22

     The silhouete of the oak tree, Jenny and Forrest as they
     sit

     on a branch.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             Sometimes we'd just sit out and
             wait
             for the stars.

                       FORREST
             Momma's gonna worry about me.

     Jenny puts her hand on Forrest's hand.

                       JENNY
             Just stay a little longer.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             For some reason, Jenny didn't never
             want to go home.

                       FORREST
             Okay, Jenny. I'll stay.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
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             She was my most special friend.


23   INT. SAVANNAH/BUS STOP - DAY                                     23

     Forrest nods as he remembers.

                       FORREST
             My only friend.

     Forrest continues talking to the black woman. She doesn't

     seem to be listening as she reads her magazine. She looks
     up

     from her magazine.

                       FORREST
             Now, my Momma always told me that
             miracles happen every day. Some
             people
             don't think so, but they do.


24   EXT. OAK ALLEY - ANOTHER DAY (1954)                              24

     Jenny and Forrest walk. A dirt clod hits Forrest in the
     back

     of the head. Jenny looks as Forrest rubs his head. THREE

     YOUNG BOYS get off their bikes and pick up more rocks.

                       BOY #1
             Hey... dummy!

     Forrest is hit in the eye with another dirt clod. Forrest

     falls backward onto the ground as the boys glare at him.

                       BOY #2
             Are you retarded, or just plain
             stupid?

                       BOY #3
             Look, I'm Forrest Gump.

     Jenny helps Forrest back up. Boy #1 and Boy #2 throw more

     dirt clods at Forrest.

                          JENNY
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         Just run away, Forrest.

Another dirt clod hits Forrest in the arm.

                   JENNY
         Run, Forrest!

Forrest tries to run along the road, but his braces makes
it

impossible. He hobbles along as Jenny yells after him.

                   JENNY
         Run away! Hurry!

Boy #1 and Boy #2 turn back toward the bikes.

                   BOY #2
         Get the bikes!

                     BOY #3
         Hurry up!

The boys pick up their bikes and ride after Forrest.

                   BOY #3
         Let's get him! Come on!

                   BOY #2
         Look out, dummy, here we come!

The boys ride after Forrest. Jenny stands and watches.

                   BOY #2
         We're gonna get you!

                   JENNY
         Run, Forrest! Run!

Forrest hobbles along the dirt road.

                   JENNY
         Run, Forrest!

Forrest looks over his shoulder. The three boys race on
their

bikes.

                   BOY #1
         Come back here, you!
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     Forrest begins to run faster with his braces on. Forrest

     continues running as the boys chase him. Blood drips down

     from a cut on his head. The boys on the bikes are gaining
     on

     Forrest. Forrest hobbles along. He begins to gain speed.

                          JENNY
                Run, Forrest! Run!

     SLOW MOTION --

     Forrest runs from the chasing room. He looks over his
     shoulder

     in fear.

     The boys on the bikes peddle faster as they gain on
     Forrest,

     running.

     Forrest tries to run even faster to get away. Suddenly his

     braces shatter, sending steel and plastic flying into the

     air.

     Forrest runs and look down at his legs in surprise.

     Forrest continues to run faster as the metal braces and
     straps

     fly off his legs.

     Forrest runs free of his braces and begins to pick up
     speed.

     The chasing boys ride over the remains of Forrest's braces.

                          FORREST (V.O.)
                Now, you wouldn't believe it if I
                told you.


25   EXT. SAVANNAH/ BUS BENCH - DAY                                   25

                          FORREST
                But I can run like the wind blows.
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     The black woman continues to read her magazine. Forrest
     smiles

     as he remembers.

                       FORREST
             From that day on, if I was going
             somewhere, I was running!


26   EXT. OAK ALLEY - DAY (1954)                                      26

     Forrest sprints away from the boys. The boys stop the chase

     and watch in disbelief. Forrest is already at the far end
     of

     the road, clear of the chasing boys.

                       BOY #2
             He's gettin' away! Stop him!

     Boy #1 throws his bike down in frustration. Forrest runs

     across a field.


27   EXT. COUNTRY ROAD                                                27

     Forrest runs past a chain gang in their prison uniforms.

     They are cutting at the weeds on the side of the road.


28   EXT. GREENBOW                                                    28

     Forrest runs across the street. THE TWO OLD MEN sit in
     front

     of the barber shop.

                       OLD CRONY
             That boy sure is a running fool.


29   EXT. JENNY'S HOUSE                                               29

     Forrest runs down a driveway toward Jenny's small house.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             Now remember how I told you that
             Jenny never seemed to want to go
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        home? Well, she lived in a house
        that was as old as Alabama. Her
        Momma
        had gone up to heaven when she was
        five and her daddy was some kind of
        a farmer.

Forrest knocks on Jenny's door.

                  FORREST
        Jenny? Jenny?

Forrest look around the field at the left. He notices Jenny

and runs toward her.

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        He was a very lovin' man. He was
        always kissing and touchin' her and
        her sisters. And then this one
        time,
        Jenny wasn't on the bus to go to
        school.

Forrest runs to Jenny.

                  FORREST
        Jenny, why didn't you come to
        school
        today?

                  JENNY
        Hsh! Daddy's takin' a nap.

Jenny grabs Forrest's hand and runs into the field. Jenny's

DAD drunk, steps out onto the porch and shouts.

                   JENNY'S DAD
        Jenny!

                   JENNY
        Come on!

                  JENNY'S DAD
        Jenny, where'd you run to? You'd
        better come back here, girl!

Jenny's dad steps out toward the field. Jenny leads Forrest

into the thick tobacco field. Jenny's dad runs through the

field searching for Jenny with a liquor bottle in his hand.
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                       JENNY'S DAD
             Where you at?

     Jenny and Forrest run into a corn field as Jenny's dad
     tries

     to chase her.

                       JENNY'S DAD
             Jenny! Jenny! Where you at? Jenny!

     Jenny drops to her knees and pulls Forrest down with her.

                       JENNY
             Pray with me, Forrest. Pray with
             me.

                       JENNY'S DAD
             Jenny!

                       JENNY
             Dear God, make me   a bird so   I can
             fly far, far, far   away from   here.
             Dear God, make me   a bird so   I can
             fly far, far, far   away from   here.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             Momma always said that God is
             mysterious.

                       JENNY'S DAD
             Jenny! Get back here!

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             He didn't turn Jenny into a bird
             that day. Instead...


30   EXT. TRAILER PARK/ALABAMA - DAY (1955)                         30

     A police officer escorts Jenny to her grandmother's
     trailer.

     Jenny's grandmother meets Jenny outside and leads her
     toward

     the trailer.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             ...he had the police say Jenny
             didn't
             have to stay in that house no more.
             She went to live with her grandma
                                                                24.


             just over on Creekmore Avenue,
             which
             made me happy 'cause she was so
             close.


31   EXT. GUMP HOUSE - NIGHT (1955)                                   31

     Jenny climbs over a second-floor railing and enters the
     house.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             Some nights, Jenny'd sneak out and
             come over to my house, just 'cause
             she said she was scared. Scared of
             what, I don't know...


32   INT. GUMP HOUSE/FORREST'S BEDROOM                                32

     Jenny lies in bed next to young Forrest. She hugs him.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             ...but I think it was her grandma's
             dog. He was a mean dog. Anyway,
             Jenny
             and me was best friends...


33   EXT. GREENBOW/OAK ALLEY - DAY (1961)                             33

     Forrest and Jenny are teenagers now. They walk along an

     oaklined road.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             ...all the way to high school.

     Suddenly Forrest is hit in the back with a rock. Forrest
     and

     Jenny turn around.

                       OLDER BOY #1
             Hey, stupid!

                          JENNY
             Quit it!

     A teenage boy throws another rock as a pickup truck pulls
     up

     behind him. Jenny turns and looks at Forrest.
                                                                25.


                       JENNY
             Run, Forrest, run!

                       OLDER BOY #1
             Hey. Did you hear me, stupid?

                       JENNY
             Run, Forrest!

     Forrest drops his books and runs down the road. The teenage

     boy jumps into the back of the pickup truck with another
     boy

     as the truck speeds after Forrest. Jenny steps left and
     gets

     out of the way.

                       OLDER BOY #2
             Come on, he's getting away! Move
             it!

                       JENNY
             Run, Forrest! Run!

                       OLDER BOY #1
             You better be runnin', stupid.

     Forrest runs along the road. The truck speeds after him.

                       OLDER BOY #2
             Come on, dummy!

                       OLDER BOY #1
             Haul ass, dummy!

     Older Boy throws rocks at Forrest.

                       OLDER BOY #1
             Yeah, you better be runnin'!


34   INT. TRUCK                                                       34

                       BOY
             Ya-hoo!


35   EXT. OAK ALLEY                                                   35

     The boys in the back of the truck throw rocks at Forrest as
                                                                26.


     they drive up to him.

                       OLDER BOY #1
             Move it, jack rabbit!

     The truck follows right on Forrest's heels. A rebel flag

     license plate adorns the truck's grill.

                        OLDER BOY #1
             Come on!

     Forrest runs along the road as the truck chases him. The

     boys in the back of the truck pound on the roof as the
     truck

     turns right, after Forrest. The truck drives into a field.

     Forrest runs toward a fence.

                       BOY
             Run! Faster! Yeah! Go! Go! Come on,
             Forrest! Yeah!

                       JENNY
             Run, Forrest!

     Forrest leaps over a five-foot fence as the boys try to
     catch

     him.


36   EXT. SAVANNAH/BUS BENCH - DAY (1981)                             36

     Forrest looks left as he continues telling his life story.

                       FORREST
             Now, it used to be, I ran to get
             where I was goin'. I never thought
             it would take me anywhere.


37   EXT. HIGH SCHOOL/ROAD - DAY (1961)                               37

     Forrest runs along the road in front of the high school.
     The

     truck continues to chase him as the boys pound on the roof.

                        OLDER BOY
                                                               27.


             Come on. Whoo-hoo!

     The truck speeds past Forrest as he turns from the road and

     runs onto the high school football field. Forrest runs
     across

     the field during a football scrimmage.

     In the stands watching the scrimmage is the legendary

     University of Alabama football coach BEAR BRYANT, wearing

     his trademark plaid hat.

     A group of assistant coaches sit around him, as well as the

     high school football coach. The quarterback throws the ball

     into the air.

     Forrest runs past the quarterback. The receiver catches the

     ball. Forrest runs past the receiver as an opposing player

     tackles the stunned receiver.

     The football coach stands, followed by the assistant
     coaches.

                       FOOTBALL COACH
             Who in the hell is that?

                       HIGH SCHOOL COACH
             That there is Forrest Gump. Coach.
             Just a local idiot.

     Forrest runs under the field goal post and through the end

     zone.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             And can you believe it? I got to go
             to college, too.


38   EXT. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA STADIUM - DAY (1962)                 38

     The crowd roars with excitement as a football is kicked
     off.

     The football players run around on the field. The crowd of
                                                           28.


cheering fans create a huge sign that reads: "GO."

Forrest is in a University of Alabama football uniform. He

looks up into the cheering crowd as his teammate fields the

kickoff. The teammate runs over to Forrest and hands him
the

ball.

                  FOOTBALL COACH
        Okay! Run!

The football coach, the assistants, and Alabama players
cheer

for Forrest.

                  FOOTBALL COACH
        Run, you stupid son-of-a-bitch!
        Run!

Forrest runs across the field. He speeds past the defending

players. Forrest runs past the opposite players. The crowd

cheers wildly, holding up cards, making a large sign that

reads: "Go."

They turn the cards over, creating the word: "ALABAMA." The

football coach runs along the sidelines as he yells.

                  FOOTBALL COACH
        You stupid son-of-a-bitch! Run! Go!
        Run!

Forrest cuts and runs toward the sidelines. Two opposing

players collide. The football coach, the assistants and the

players all motion for Forrest to run toward the end zone.

                  FOOTBALL COACH
        Run! Turn! Go!

Forrest turns up the sidelines and runs toward the end
zone.

Some opposing players fall down. Forrest runs along the
                                                              29.


     sidelines. The opposing players try to catch him.

     Forrest runs into the end zone as an opposing player dives

     at his feet. The referee holds up his arm, signaling a
     touch

     down. The crowd cheers wildly.

     Forrest continues to run, smashing through the band
     members,

     then all the way toward the team tunnel. The football coach

     looks at an assistant coach.

                       FOOTBALL COACH
             He must be the stupidest son-of-a-
             bitch alive. But he sure is fast!

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             Now, maybe it was just me but
             college
             was very confusing times.


39   INT. GREENBOW/BARBER SHOT - BLACK & WHITE TELEVISION (JUNE     39

     11, 1963)

     An anchorman named CHET HUNTLEY appears over the
     television.

                       CHET HUNTLEY
                  (on TV)
             Federal troops enforcing a court
             order integrated the University of
             Alabama today.


40   EXT. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA - DAY                               40

     Forrest walks through a crowd of people.

                       CHET HUNTLEY
             Governor George Wallace had carried
             out his symbolic threat to stand in
             the schoolhouse door.

                       GOVERNOR WALLACE
             We hereby denounce and forbid this
             illegal and unwarranted action by
             the central government.
                                                               30.


41   INT. GREENBOW/BARBER SHOP                                       41

     A black & white television reveals George Wallace as he
     stands in the doorway of the schoolhouse.

                       KATZENBACH
                  (on TV)
             Governor Wallace, I take it from
             that, uh...


42   EXT. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA                                      42

     Forrest steps over to a young man as the crowd looks at the

     demonstration.

                       KATZENBACH
             ...statement that you are going to
             stand in that door, and that you
             are
             not going to carry out the orders
             of
             this court, and that you are going
             to resist us from doing so. I would
             ask you once again to
             responsibility
             step aside and if you do not, I'm
             going to assure you...

                       FORREST
             Earl, what's going on?

                       EARL
             Coons are tryin' to get into
             school.

                       FORREST
             Coons? When raccoons try to get on
             our back porch, Momma just chase
             'em
             off with a broom.

                       EARL
             Not raccoons, you idiot, niggas.
             And
             they want to go to school with us.

                       FORREST
             With us? They do?

     Forrest walks toward the schoolhouse.
                                                               31.


43   INT. COACHES' OFFICE                                            43

     A football coach looks at a black and white television as a

     newsman outside the schoolhouse speaks to the camera.

                         NEWSMAN
                    (on TV)
               ...block the doorway, President
               Kennedy ordered the Secretary of
               Defense then to use the military
               force.

     BLACK AND WHITE FOOTAGE

     The footage cuts to Governor Wallace as he speaks to
     General

     Graham.

                         NEWSMAN
               Here by videotape is the encounter
               by General Graham, Commander of the
               National Guard, and Governor
               Wallace.

     Forrest stands next to George Wallace and listens.

                         GOVERNOR WALLACE
               We must have no violence today, or
               any other day, because these
               National
               Guardsmen are here today as Federal
               Soldiers for Alabamans. And they
               live within our borders and they
               are
               all our brothers. We are winning in
               this fight because we are awakening
               the American people to the dangers
               that we have spoken about so many
               times, just so evident today, the
               trend toward military dictatorship
               in this country.


44   EXT. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA                                      44

     Some of the Alabama policeman and citizens clap their hands

     as the National Guardsmen stand at attention with their

     weapons in front of them. Forrest walks through the crowd.
                                                               32.


     Two black students were being led toward the schoolhouse.

                          NEWSMAN
                And so at day's end the University
                of Alabama in Tuscaloosa had been
                desegregated and students Jimmy
                Hood and Vivian Malone had been
                signed upfor summer classes.

     The young black girl drops one of her books. Forrest
     notices

     and steps past the policeman toward the book on the ground.

     Forrest steps out from the crowd and picks up the book. He

     brings it up to the girl.

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


45   INT. COACHES' OFFICE - NIGHT (1963)                             45

     A coach looks at the television. The television reveals

     Forrest as he stands at the schoolhouse door. He looks
     around, then waves.

                          CHET HUNTLEY
                     (on TV)
                Governor Wallace did what he
                promised
                to do. By being on the Tuscaloosa
                campus, he kept the mob from
                gathering
                and prevented violence.

     An assistant coach looks at the television, then at the
     other

     coaches.

                          ASSISTANT COACH
                Say, wasn't that Gump?

     The football coach and two assistant coaches look. Forrest

     dries himself off with a towel as he steps from the
     showers.

                         CHET HUNTLEY
                                                               33.


                  (on TV)
             NBC News will present a special
             program on the Alabama integration
             story at 7:30 p.m. tonight...

                       ASSISTANT COACH
             Naw, that couldn't be.

                       FOOTBALL COACH
             It sure as hell was.

                       CHET HUNTLEY
             ...standard Eastern Daylight Time.
             Now a word from Anacin.

     Forrest steps up to the coaches' area and grabs a clean
     towel.

     The coaches turn and stare at Forrest. Forrest gives them

     one of his silly waves, then walks away.

     COLOR FOOTAGE - Governor Wallace waves to the crowd as he

     stands behind a podium with his wife.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             A few years later, that angry
             little
             man at the schoolhouse door thought
             it would be a good idea, and ran
             for
             President.

     COLOR FOOTAGE - Governor Wallace mingles in a crowd.
     Gunshots

     are fired, wounding him. Some men wrestle the shooter.
     Wallace

     lies wounded on the ground.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             But, somebody thought that it
             wasn't.


46   EXT. SAVANNAH/BUS BENCH - DAY (1981)                            46

     Forrest sits on the bench as the black woman looks at him.
     A

     WHITE WOMAN with a bay sits left.
                                                                34.


                       FORREST
             But he didn't die.

     A bus pulls up to the bus stop. The BLACK WOMAN looks down

     at her watch.

                       BLACK WOMAN
             My bus is here.

                       FORREST
             Is it the number 9?

                       BLACK WOMAN
             No, it's the number 4.

     The Black Woman gets up and steps over to the bus.

                       FORREST
             It was nice talkin' to you.

     The white woman sits closer to Forrest.

                       WHITE WOMAN
             I remember when that happened, when
             Wallace got shot. I was in college.

                       FORREST
             Did you go to a girls' college, or
             to a girls' and boys' together
             college?

                       WHITE WOMAN
             It was co-ed.

                       FORREST
             'Cause Jenny went to a college I
             couldn't go to. It was a college
             just for girls.


47   EXT. GIRLS' COLLEGE/JENNY'S DORM - NIGHT (1963)                  47

     Forrest sits outside Jenny's dorm in the rain.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             But, I'd go and visit her every
             chance
             I got.

     A car pulls up. A song is heard from the radio. Forrest,
                                                           35.


holding a box of chocolates, looks at the car. The two
people

inside the car begins to kiss and embrace each other. Jenny

is inside the car with a boy. She leans back against the

passenger side door as they struggle to get comfortable.

                  JENNY
        Ouch! That hurts.

Forrest gets up and runs toward the car. He tries to look
in

the window as he steps over to the driver's side door. He

opens the door and begins to punch the boy inside. Jenny

jump out of the car and runs over to Forrest.

                  JENNY
        Forrest! Forrest! Forrest, stop it!
        Stop it!

                  BILLY
        Jesus!

                  JENNY
        What are you doing?

                  FORREST
        He was hurtin' you.

Jenny's date, named BILLY, gets out of the car angrily.

                  BILLY
        What the hell is going on here?

                  JENNY
        No, he's not!

                  BILLY
        Who is that? Who is that?

                  JENNY
        Get over there!

Jenny turns and looks at Billy. He shoves Jenny's hands
away

from him.
                                                               36.


                       JENNY
             Billy, I'm sorry.

                       BILLY
             What in the hell, git, would you
             git
             away from me!

                       JENNY
             Don't... Wait a second!

                       BILLY
             Git, just git away from me!

                       JENNY
             Don't go! Billy, wait a second!

     Billy gets back into the car.

                       JENNY
             He doesn't know any better!

     Billy pulls away as Jenny steps toward Forrest.

                       JENNY
             Forrest, why'd you do that?

     Forrest holds out the box of chocolates.

                       FORREST
             I brought you some chocolates. I'm
             sorry. I'll go back to my college
             now.

                       JENNY
             Forrest, look at you! Come on. Come
             on.

     Jenny grabs Forrest hand and leads him toward the dorm.


48   INT. JENNY'S DORM/HALLWAY                                       48

     Jenny and Forrest sneak to Jenny's door.

                       FORREST
             Is this your room?

                       JENNY
             Shh!

     Jenny unlocks the door and they step inside.
                                                               37.


49   INT. JENNY'S DORM ROOM                                          49

     Jenny pulls a robe off of her sleeping roommate's bed.
     Jenny

     hands the robe to Forrest, sitting on Jenny's bed.

                       JENNY
             Do you ever dream, Forrest, about
             who you're gonna be?

                       FORREST
             Who I'm gonna be?

                       JENNY
             Yeah.

                       FORREST
             Aren't I going to be me?

                       JENNY
             Well, you'll always be you, just
             another kind of you. You know? I
             want to be famous.

     Jenny picks up a towel, then walks back toward Forrest.
     Jenny

     dries the water from her hair.

                       JENNY
             I want to be a singer like Joan
             Baez.
             I just want to be an empty stage
             with my guitar, my voice... just
             me.

     Jenny takes off her slip and sits on the bed next to him.

     She is only wearing her bra and panties. Forrest looks at

     Jenny like he's never seen a woman in her underwear before.

                       JENNY
             And I want to reach people on a
             personal level. I want to be able
             to
             say things, just one-to-one.

     Forrest looks down at Jenny's breasts. Jenny realizes that

     he is looking at her.
                                                           38.


                  JENNY
        Have you ever been with a girl,
        Forrest?

                  FORREST
        I sit next to them in my home
        economics class all the time.

                  DJ
             (over radio)
        You're listening to WHHY in
        Birmingham, the clear A.M. voice of
        Northern Alabama. I'm Joel Dorn...

Forrest looks at Jenny as she removes her bra. Forrest
looks

away, a bit shamed. Jenny takes his hand and guides it up
to

her breast.

                   DJ
              (over radio)
        ...coming to you on a night that is
        anything but clear. The weatherman
        says that rain's gonna fall all
        night
        long so stay with us, get warm, get
        cozy, get under the covers to the
        cool sounds of WHHY.

Forrest looks over at Jenny's breasts, the shudder as he
has

an orgasm.

                  FORREST
        Ohh... Oh... I'm sorry. Sorry.

                  JENNY
        It's okay.

                  DJ
             (over radio)
        ...444-6789, with ya till sunrise,
        playing the music you want to hear
        when you want to hear it. If you
        have a request or dedication, give
        us a call. We guarantee you'll hear
        your requests within one hour.

Forrest breathes heavily. Jenny puts her bra back on.
                                                                39.


                       JENNY
             It's all right.

     Jenny leans over and puts her head on Forrest's shoulder.

                       DJ
                  (over radio)
             Candy is on the line tonight.
             Candy's
             answering the phones, give Candy
             your request, your dedication, and
             ask her why she won't go out with
             me, would you? Here's more music.

                       JENNY
             It's okay.

                       FORREST
             Oh, I'm dizzy.

     A song is coming over the radio. Jenny hugs Forrest.

                       JENNY
             I bet that never happened in home
             ec.

                       FORREST
             No.

     Jenny laughs and kisses Forrest on the cheek. Forrest and

     Jenny hug on the bed as Jenny's roommate pretends to be

     asleep, but is listening, horrified, with her eyes open.

                       FORREST
             I think I ruined your roommate's
             bathrobe.

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


50   EXT. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA/FOOTBALL STADIUM - DAY (1963)         50

     Forrest runs across the field as the defending team chases

     him. The crowd yells for Forrest. They flip a sign that
     reads:

     "Go Forrest."
                                                           40.


                  CROWD
        Run! Run! Run!

Forrest runs along the field. The crowd cheers.

                  CROWD
        Run! Run! Run!

Forrest runs into the end zone. The band members rush
toward

Forrest with their hands up, signaling him to stop. The
crowd

flips over cards, creating a sign that reads "STOP."

                  CROWD
        Stop!

Forrest stops in the end zone as he hears the crowd yells.

The band motions for Forrest to stop and stay in the end

zone. A group of defending players fall over each other in

the end zone. Forrest looks as the crowd cheers wildly.

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        College ran by real fast 'cause I
        played so much football.

BLACK AND WHITE PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL - DAY (1963)

The White House with the words "The eyes and ears of the

world Paramount News" superimposed.

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        They even put me on a thing called
        the All-America Team where you get
        to meet the President of the United
        States.

BLACK AND WHITE NEWSREEL

PRESIDENT KENNEDY holds an autographed football as the All-

American Team stands behind him. Forrest is among the
players

in suits.
                                                                41.


                        ANNOUNCER
                   (over newsreel)
              President Kennedy met with the
              Collegiate All-American Football
              Team at the Oval Office today.


51   INT. WHITE HOUSE RECEPTION AREA - DAY (1963)                     51

     The All-American players mingle around the food table.
     Forrest

     steps up to the table. A large spread of food and soda is
     on

     the table.

                        FORREST (V.O.)
              Now, the real good thing about
              meeting
              the President of the United States
              is the food.

     Forrest takes a bottle of Dr. Pepper from the buffet table.

     Numerous bottle of Dr. Pepper are displayed on the table. A

     servant opens the bottle for him.

                        FORREST (V.O.)
              They put you in this little room
              with just about anything you'd want
              to eat or drink. And since number
              one, I wasn't hungry, but
              thirsty...

     Forrest begins to guzzle the Dr. Pepper.

                        FORREST (V.O.)
              ...and number two, they was free, I
              musta drank me about fifteen Dr.
              Peppers.

     Forrest sets down an empty Dr. Pepper bottle next to a
     large

     number of other empty bottles. Forrest holds his stomach
     and

     burps.

     BLACK AND WHITE FOOTAGE - President Kennedy shakes hands
                                                               42.


     with the All-American football players.

                       PRESIDENT KENNEDY
             Congratulations. How does it feel
             to
             be an All-American?

                       1ST PLAYER
             It's an honor, Sir.

     Another player steps up to the President and shakes the

     President's hand.

                       PRESIDENT KENNEDY
             Congratulations. How does it feel
             to
             be an All-American?

                       2ND PLAYER
             Very good, Sir.

                       PRESIDENT KENNEDY
             Congratulations. How does it feel
             to
             be an All-American?

                       3RD PLAYER
             Very good, Sir.

     The player walks away. Forrest steps up to the President.

     The President shakes his hand.

                       PRESIDENT KENNEDY
             Congratulations. How do you feel?

                       FORREST
             I gotta pee.

     President Kennedy turns and smiles.

                       PRESIDENT KENNEDY
             I believe he said he had to go pee.


52   INT. WHITE HOUSE/BATHROOM                                       52

     Forrest urinates in the bathroom, then lowers the lid and

     flashes. Forrest washes his hands, then notices an
     autographed
                                                                43.


     photo from Marilyn Monroe and a photo of John with his
     brother

     Bobby.

                        FORREST (V.O.)
              Sometime later, for no particular
              reason, somebody shot that nice
              young
              President when he was ridin' in his
              car.

     ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE - DAY SLOW MOTION - President Kennedy
     rises

     in a convertible and smiles.

                        FORREST
              And a few years after that...

     ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE - Robert Kennedy stands at a podium as
     people

     around him applaud.

                        FORREST (V.O.)
              ...somebody shot his little
              brother,
              too, only he was in a hotel
              kitchen.


53   EXT. SAVANNHA/BUS BENCH - DAY (1981)                             53

     Forrest sits on the bench and shakes his head.

                        FORREST
              It must be hard being brothers. I
              wouldn't know.


54   EXT. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA - DAY - GRADUATION DAY (1966)         54

     Students in their caps and gowns step forward the podium to

     receive their diplomas. Forrest's name is called. He steps

     up and accepts his diploma.

                        DEAN
              Forrest Gump.
                                                           44.


                  FORREST (V.O.)
        Now can you believe it? After only
        five years of playing football, I
        got a college degree.

The dean shakes Forrest's hand vigorously. Forrest looks
out

into the crowd.

                  DEAN
        Congratulations, son.

Mrs. Gump, sitting in the audience, cries.

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        Momma was proud.

Forrest and Mrs. Gump have their picure taken in front of a

large statue. A military recruiter spots Forrest and steps

up to him.

                  MRS. GUMP
        Forrest, I'm so proud of you. Here,
        I'll hold this for you.

Mrs. Gump takes the diploma from Forrest. The recruiter
slaps

Forrest on the shoulder and hands him some military

literature.

                  MILITARY RECRUITER
        Congratulations, son. Have you
        given
        any thought to your future?

                   FORREST
        Thought?

Forrest looks at a pamphlet with a photo of "Uncle Sam" and

the caption "EXCELLENT CAREERS FOR EXCELLENT YOUNG MAN.
Apply

now at your local U.S. Army Recruiting Center."

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        Hello, I'm Forrest...
                                                                45.


55   INT. ARMY BUS - DAY (1966)                                       55

     Forrest steps onto the army bus. Rain pours outside as the

     army bus driver yells at Forrest.

                       FORREST
             ...Forrest Gump.

                       ARMY BUS DRIVER
             Nobody gives a hunk of shit who you
             are, fuzzball! You're not even a
             lowlife scum sucking maggot! Get
             your faggoty ass on the bus. You're
             in the Army now!

     Forrest is about to sit on the first available seat, but
     the

     recruit sitting there refuses Forrest.

                       RECRUIT #1
             This seat's taken.

     Forrest tries to sit on the next seat, but the 2nd recruit

     slides over, blocking him.

                       RECRUIT #2
             It's taken.

     Forrest steps forward, looking much like he did on his
     first

     bus ride to school years ago.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             At first, it seemed like I made a
             mistake.

     A large black recruit with a strange look on his face, much

     like Forrest's, looks up from his seat. His name is BUBBA.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             ...seeing how it was my induction
             day and I was already gettin'
             yelled
             at.

     Bubba moves his case over, making room for Forrest to sit
                                                             46.


     down.

                       BUBBA
             You can sit down... if you want to.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             I didn't know who I might meet or
             what they might ask.

     Bubba hands Forrest a handkerchief.

                       BUBBA
             You ever been on a real shrimp
             boat?

                       FORREST
             No, but I been on a real big boat.

                       BUBBA
             I'm talkin' about a shrimp catchin'
             boat. I've been workin' on shrimp
             boats all my life. I started out my
             uncle's boat, that's my mother's
             brother, when I was about maybe
             nine.
             I was just lookin' into buyin' a
             boat of my own and got drafted. My
             given name is Benjamin Buford Blue.

     Bubba and Forrest shake hands.

                       BUBBA
             People call me Bubba. Just like one
             of them redneck boys. Can you
             believe
             that?

                       FORREST
             My name's Forrest Gump. People call
             me Forrest Gump.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             So Bubba was from Bayou La Batre,
             Alabama, and his momma cooked
             shrimp.


56   INT. LOUISIANA/KITCHEN - DAY (1966)                           56

     Bubba's mother, a robust woman in a cook's uniform, carries

     a bowl of shrimp into a dining room. She sets it down on a
                                                                47.


     table in front of a wealthy white man.

                          FORREST (V.O.)
                And her momma before her cooked
                shrimp.


57   INT. SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH/KITCHEN - DAY (EARLY DAYS OF         57

     SLAVERY)

     Bubba's grandmother carries a bowl of shrimp into a dining

     room. She sets it down on a table in front of a wealthy
     white

     man.

                          FORREST (V.O.)
                And her momma before her momma
                cooked
                shrimp, too. Bubba's family knew
                everything...


58   INT. ARMY BUS - DAY (1966)                                       58

                          FORREST (V.O.)
                ...there was to know about the
                shrimpin' business.

                          BUBBA
                I know everything there is to know
                about the shrimpin' business.
                Matter
                of fact, I'm goin' into the
                shrimpin'
                business for myself after I get out
                the Army.

                         FORREST
                Okay.


59   INT. BARRACKS - DAY                                              59

     A DRILL SERGEANT is in Forrest's face as Forrest stands in

     line with the other recruits.

                          DRILL SERGEANT
                Gump! What's your sole purpose in
                this Army?
                                                          48.


                  FORREST
        To do whatever you tell me, Drill
        Sergeant!

                  DRILL SERGEANT
        Godamnit, Gump! You're a goddamned
        genius! That's the most outstanding
        answer I've ever heard. You must
        have a godamned I.Q. of a hundred
        and sixty! You are godamned gifted,
        Private Gump!

The Drill Sergeant moves down the line to the next man.

                  DRILL SERGEANT
        Listen up, people...

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        Now, for some reason, I fit in the
        Army like one of them round pegs.
        It's not really hard. You just make
        your bed real neat and remember to
        stand up straight.

                  DRILL SERGEANT
        That is one very intelligent
        individual! You lock your scuzzy
        bodies up behind that private and
        do
        exactly what he does and you will
        go
        far in this man's army!

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        And always answer every question
        with "Yes, Drill Sergeant!"

                  DRILL SERGEANT
        Is that clear?

                  FORREST & RECRUITS
        Yes, Drill Sergeant!

ANOTHER DAY

The recruits are sitting at the base of their bunks
assembling

their rifles. Bubba speaks to Forrest.

                  BUBBA
        What you do is you just drag your
        nets across the bottom. On a good
                                                        49.


        day, you can catch over a hundred
        pounds of shrimp. If everything
        goes
        all right, two men shrimpin' ten
        hours, less what you spends on gas,
        you can...

Forrest finishes assembling his rifle as the other recruits

are still working on theirs.

                  FORREST
        Done, Drill Sergeant!

                  DRILL SERGEANT
        Gump!

The Drill Sergeant rushes up to Forrest.

                  DRILL SERGEANT
        Why did you put that weapon
        together
        so quickly, Gump?

                  FORREST
        You told me to, Drill Sergeant.

The Drill Sergeant looks at his stop watch.

                  DRILL SERGEANT
        Jesus Christ! This is a new company
        record. If it wouldn't be a waste
        of
        such a damn fine enlisted man, I'd
        recommended you for O.C.S., Private
        Gump. You are gonna be a General
        some day, Gump! Now, disassemble
        your weapon and continue!

The Drill Sergeant walks away as Forrest begins to
disassemble

his rifle. After the Drill Sergeant walks past Bubba, Bubba

looks up at Forrest. Bubba continues talking about shrimp
in

his slow southern drawl.

                  BUBBA
        Anyway, like I was sayin', shrimp
        is
                                                          50.


        the fruit of the sea. You can
        barbecue
        it, boil it, broil it, bake it,
        saute
        it. There, uh, shrimp kabobs,
        shrimp
        creole...

ANOTHER DAY

Bubba and Forrest shine their boots.

                  BUBBA
        ...shrimp gumbo, panfried, deep
        fried,
        stir fried. There's pineapple
        shrimp,
        lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp,
        pepper
        shrimp...

ANOTHER DAY

Bubba and Forrest are on their hands and knees as they
scrub

the floor with toothbrushes.

                  BUBBA
        ...shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp
        salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp
        burger, shrimp sandwich... that's,
        that's about it.

NIGHT

Bubba lies in his bunk and looks up quietly.

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        Nighttime in the Army is a lovely
        time.

Forrest lies in his bunk and looks up.

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        We'd lay there in our bunks, and
        I'd
        miss my momma. And I'd miss Jenny.

A young private tosses a Playboy magazine onto Forrest.

                  YOUNG PRIVATE
                                                               51.


             Hey, Gump. Get a load of the tits
             on
             her!

     Forrest pick up the magazine and turns the page, revealing

     Jenny as she poses with a school sweater on, and that's
     all.

     The pictorial is titled: "Girls of the South." Forrest
     looks

     up with shock. He cranes his head up for a closer look.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             Turns out, Jenny had gotten into
             some trouble over... some photos of
             her in her college sweater. And she
             was thrown out of school.

                       SONG
             "My baby does the hanky-panky..."


60   INT. NASHVILLE/NIGHT CLUB - NIGHT (1966)                        60

     Forrest, in his army uniform, steps into the foyer of the

     club.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             But that wasn't a bad thing.
             Because
             a man who owns a theater in
             Memphis,
             Tennessee, saw those photo and
             offered
             Jenny a job singing in a show. The
             first chance I got, I took the bus
             up to Memphis to see her perform in
             that show.

     EMCEE steps out onto the stage.

                       EMCEE
             That was Amber, Amber Flame. Give
             her a big hand, guys. Good job,
             Amber.
             And now, for your listening and
             viewing pleasure, direct from
             Hollywood, California, our very own
             beatnik beauty, let's give a big
             round of applause to the luscious
                                                           52.


        Bobbie Dylan.

                  CROWD
        Bobbie... Bobbie...

The emcee walks back off the stage and the curtain opens,

revealing Jenny as she sits on a stool on the stage. She

holds a guitar up and begins to play. She is topless.

                  JENNY
             (sings)
        "Yes, and how many seas must the
        white dove said, before she sleeps
        in the sand."

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        Her dream had come true. She was a
        folk singer.

                  JENNY
             (sings)
        "Yes, how many times must the
        cannonballs fly before they're
        forever
        banned."

                  MAN #1
        You gotta lose the guitar, darling.

                  MAN #2
        Hey, come on, baby. Shake it up.
        Shake it up now.

                  MAN #3
        Hey, somebody ought to get her a
        harmonica.

The men laugh.

                   JENNY
              (sings)
        "The answer, my friend is blowing
        in
        the wind. The answer is blowing
        in...

                  MAN #
        ...skin, honey. This isn't Captain
        Kangaroo.

                  MEN
                                                           53.


        Yeah! Come on!

Man #5 reaches up and tries to stick some money in Jenny's

shoe.

                  MAN #5 :
        Hey, honey, I got something here
        for
        you.

Jenny kicks his hand. He yells angrily as he sits back
down,

then tosses his drink on her.

                  MAN #5
        Goddamnit!

                  JENNY
        Hey! Hey! Stupid jerk! I'm singing
        a
        song here. Polly, get out here!

                  MAN #
        Hey, show us some stuff, honey!

                  JENNY
        Shut up! Oh, shut up!

Forrest walks up to Man #5 and grabs him and tosses him
down

on the ground. Man #4 tries to grab Forrest, but Forrest

shoves him down too.

                  JENNY
        Forrest, what are you doing here?
        What are you doing?

Forrest climbs up onto the stage and picks Jenny up, guitar

and all, and carries her.

                   FORREST
        Come on.

                  JENNY
        What are you doing? Forrest, let me
        down!
                                                               54.


     Jenny struggles and frees herself from Forrest. Forrest
     steps

     back in surprise. Jenny shoves the guitar at Forrest. Jenny

     walks off as Forrest holds the guitar. He follows after
     her.


61   EXT. MEMPHIS BRIDGE - NIGHT                                     61

     Forrest follows Jenny over a bridge outside the night club.

                       JENNY
             You can't keep doing this, Forrest.
             You can't keep tryin' to rescue me
             all the time.

                       FORREST
             They was tryin' to grab you.

                       JENNY
             A lot of people try to grab me.
             Just --
             you can't keep doing this all the
             time!

                       FORREST
             I can't help it. I love you.

                       JENNY
             Forrest, you don't know what love
             is.

     Jenny turns and looks over the bridge.

                       JENNY
             You remember that time we prayed,
             Forrest? We prayed for God to turn
             me into a bird so I could fly far,
             far away?

                       FORREST
             Yes, I do.

                       JENNY
             You think I can fly off this
             bridge?

                       FORREST
             What do you mean, Jenny?

                       JENNY
                                                          55.


        Nothing.

Jenny turns and looks at the light of an approaching
vehicle.

She steps into the street.

                  JENNY
        I gotta get outta here.

Jenny runs and flags down the approaching vehicle.

                  FORREST
        But wait. Jenny!

                  JENNY
        Forrest, you stay away from me,
        okay?
        You just stay away from me, please.

A pickup truck pulls over as Jenny looks at the driver.

                  JENNY
        Can I have a ride?

                  DRIVER
        Where you going?

                  JENNY
        I don't care.

                  DRIVER
        Get in the truck.

                  FORREST
        So bye-bye, Jenny. They sendin' me
        to Vietnam. It's this whole other
        country.

Jenny walks toward Forrest. She looks at the driver.

                  JENNY
        Just hang on a minute.

Jenny walks up to Forrest.

                  JENNY
        Listen, you promise me something,
        okay? Just if you're ever in
        trouble,
        don't try to be brave, you just
        run,
        okay? Just run away.
                                                                56.


                       FORREST
             Okay. Jenny, I'll write you all the
             time.

     Jenny takes a last look at Forrest, then climbs into the

     truck. Forrest watches Jenny in the pickup as it drives
     away.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             And just like that.


62   EXT. GREENBOW/GUMP BOARDING HOUSE/RIVER - DAY                    62

     Forrest, dressed in his uniform, sits on a log and looks
     out

     at a river.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             ...she was gone.

     Mrs. Gump walks toward Forrest and sits down next to him on

     the log. Forrest leans down, placing his head on his
     mother's

     shoulder.

                       MRS. GUMP
             You come back safe to me, do ya
             hear?


63   EXT. VIETNAM/MEKONG DELTA - MORNING (1967)                       63

     The shadow of a helicopter over the rice field below. A

     soldier is manning a gun from inside the helicopter. The

     solider looks left, Forrest and Bubba ride in the
     helicopter.


64   EXT. FIREBASE/4TH PLATOON                                        64

     The helicopter circles overhead, then lands at the
     firebase.

                       SONG
             "Some folks are born made to wave
                                                           57.


        the flag. Ooh, they're red, white
        and blue. And when the band plays
        "Hail to the Chief," ohh, they
        point
        the cannon at you all. It ain't me.
        It ain't me. I ain't no Senator's
        son, no. It ain't me. It ain't
        me..."

Bubba and Forrest jump out of the helicopter with their
gear/

They walk and look around oddly.

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        Now, they told us that Vietnam was
        gonna be very different from the
        United Sates of America.

The soldier places a case of beer on a large stack of
cases.

He takes two beers out and walks away. In the background,

soldiers are barbecuing steaks and drinking beer.

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        Except for all the beer cans and
        the
        barbecue, it was.

                  BUBBA
        Y'know, I bet there's shrimp all in
        these waters. They tell me these
        Vietnams is good shrimp. You know,
        after we win this war, and we take
        over everything we can get American
        shrimpers to come on here and
        shrimp
        these waters. We'll just shrimp all
        the time, man. So much shrimp, why,
        you wouldn't believe it.

Lieutenant DAN TAYLOR steps out of a tent. Shirtless, he

holds a roll of toilet paper in his hand.

                  LT. DAN
        You must be my F.N.G.'s.

                  BUBBA AND FORREST
        Morning', sir!
                                                        58.


                  LT. DAN
        Ho! Get your hands down. Do not
        salute
        me. There are goddamned snipers all
        around this area who would love to
        grease an officer. I'm Lieutenant
        Dan Taylor. Welcome to Fourth
        Platoon.

Lt. Dan looks at Bubba.

                  LT. DAN
        What's wrong with your lips?

                  BUBBA
        I was born with big gums, sir.

                  LT. DAN
        Yeah, well, you better tuck that
        in.
        Gonna get that caught on a trip
        wire.
        Where you boys from in the world?

                  BUBBA & FORREST
        Alabama, sir!

                  LT. DAN
        You twins?

Forrest and Bubba look at each other oddly, they don't get

the joke.

                  FORREST
        No, we are not relations, sir.

                  LT. DAN
        Look, it's pretty basic here.

Lt. Dan starts to walk. Bubba and Forrest grab their gear

and follow him.

                  LT. DAN
        You stick with me, you learn from
        the guys who been in country
        awhile,
        you'll be right. There is one item
        of G.I. gear that can be the
        difference between a live grunt and
        a dead grunt.
                                                                59.


     Lt. Dan stops and looks at the boys.

                       LT. DAN
             Socks, cushion, sole, O.D. green.
             Try and keep your feet dry when
             we're
             out humpin'. I want you boys to
             remember to change your socks
             wherever
             we stop. The Mekong will eat a
             grunt's
             feet right off his legs.

     Lt. Dan steps over to a large black soldier named SERGEANT

     SIMS.

                       LT. DAN
             Sergeant Sims! Goddamnit, where is
             that sling-rope I told you to
             order.

                       SGT. SIMS
             I put in requisitions at Battalion.

                       LT. DAN
             Yeah, yeah, yeah, well you call
             those
             sonabitches again, call them again
             and again and again. I don't care
             how much it takes...

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             Lt. Dan sure knew his stuff. I felt
             real lucky he was my lieutenant. He
             was from a long, great military
             tradition. Somebody in his family
             had fought and died in every single
             American war.


65   EXT. VALLEY FORGE/THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR - DAY (1778)             65

     A distant relative of Lt. Dan's, wearing a revolutionary
     war

     uniform, falls dead in the snow.


66   EXT. GETTYSBURG/THE CIVIL WAR - DAY (1863)                       66

     Another relative, wearing a civil war uniform and bearing a
                                                             60.


     striking resemblance to Lt. Dan, falls down dead.


67   EXT. NORMANDY/WORLD WAR II - DAY (1944)                       67

     Another relative, wearing a World War II, falls down dead
     on

     the beach at Normandy.


68   EXT. VETNAM/MEKONG DELTA/FIREBASE - DAY (1967)                68

                       LT. DAN
             Goddamnit, kick some ass!

                       SGT. SIMS
             I'm on it, Lieutenant.

                       LT. DAN
             Get on it!

     Lt. Dan steps back up to Bubba and Forrest.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             I guess you could say he had a lot
             to live up to.

     Lt. Dan walks along the walkway and Bubba and Forrest
     follow.

                       LT. DAN
             So, you boys are from Arkansas,
             huh?
             Well, I've been through there.
             Little
             Rock's a fine town. Now, go shake
             down your gear, see the platoon
             sergeant, draw what you need for
             the
             field.

     Lt. Dan steps inside the latrine, still holding the roll of

     toilet paper.

                       LT. DAN
             If you boys are hungry, we got
             steaks
             burnin' right here.

     Lt. Dan sits down out of sight in the latrine, then stands
                                                                61.


     up, looking at the boys.

                       LT. DAN
             Two standing orders in this
             platoon.
             One, take good care of your feet.
             Two, try not to do anything stupid,
             like gettin' yourself killed.

     Lt. Dan sits back down out of sight in the latrine. Bubba

     and Forrest look at each other.

                       FORREST
             I sure hope I don't let him down.


69   EXT. RICE FIELD - ANOTHER DAY                                    69

     Forrest, Bubba, and other soldiers in the Fourth Platoon

     walk across the rice field. Some Vietnamese rice farmers
     are

     working as the soldiers walk past.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             I got to see a lot of countryside.
             We would take these real long
             walks.


70   EXT. JUNGLE/DIRT ROAD - ANOTHER DAY                              70

     Forrest's unit walks along a dirt road.

                       SONG
             And we were always lookin' for this
             guy named Charlie. I can't get no
             relief.

     Suddenly Lt. Dan holds up his fist, a signal for the unit
     to

     stop. He motions for them to get down.

                       LT. DAN
             Hold it up!

                       SGT. SIMS
             Hold up, boys!
                                                         62.


Forrest gets down and looks around.

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        It wasn't always fun. Lt. Dan
        always
        gettin' these funny feelings about
        a
        rock or a trail, or the road, so
        he'd tell you to get down, shut up!

                  LT. DAN
        Get down! Shut up!

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        So we did.

Lt. Dan motions for the lead soldier to get down. Lt. Dan

crouches down. Lt. Dan looks at the soldiers and points to

his eyes. He lies down on the dirt road and crawls.

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        Now, I don't know much about
        anything,
        but I think some of American's best
        young men served in this war. There
        was Dallas, from Phoenix.
        Cleveland,
        he was from Detroit.

                  CLEVELAND
        Hey, Tex. Hey, Tex. Man, what the
        hell's going on?

Tex holds up his hand, motioning that he doesn't know.

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        And Tex was, well, I don't remember
        where Tex come from.

                  LT. DAN
        Ah, nothin'. Fourth Platoon, on
        your
        feet! Still got ten clicks to go to
        that river.

Forrest stands up and begins to walk with the platoon.

                  LT. DAN
        All right, move out! Comin' out.
        Look alive out there.
                                                             63.


                          FORREST (V.O.)
                The good thing about Vietnam is
                there
                was always someplace to go.

                          LT. DAN (V.O.)
                Fire in the hole!


71   EXT. VIETNAM/VIET CONG FOXHOLE - ANOTHER DAY                  71

     Lt. Dan walks away as Forrest rushes over, aims two pistols

     in the hole, then climbs inside.

                          FORREST (V.O.)
                And there was always something to
                do.

                          LT. DAN
                Mount 'em up.

                          SGT. SIMS
                Spread out! Cover his back.

     ANOTHER DAY - The platoon walks through a rice paddy, waits

     deep in water. It begins to rain.

                          FORREST (V.O.)
                One day it started raining, and it
                didn't quit for four months.


72   EXT. JUNGLE                                                   72

     The rain pours down on Forrest and Bubba as they sit in a

     foxhole.

                          FORREST (V.O.)
                We been through every kind of rain
                there is. Little bitty stingin'
                rain...

     ANOTHER DAY - The platoon walks through the jungle as rain

     pours down on them.

                          FORREST (V.O.)
                ...and big ol' fat rain.
                                                                64.


     ANOTHER DAY - The platoon shelters themselves as they walk

     through the wind and rain.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             Rain that flew in sideways.

     ANOTHER DAY - Forrest and other soldiers walk chest-deep

     through a river. The rain splatters back up from the river,

     hitting the soldiers. Forrest holds his hand up to protect

     his face.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             And sometimes rain even seemed to
             come straight up from underneath.


73   EXT. ENCAMPMENT - NIGHT                                          73

     The rain pours down on the men of the platoon as they sit
     in

     a camp. Bubba sits down next to Forrest.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             Shoot, it even rained at night.

     Bubba leans his back up against Forrest's back.

                       BUBBA
             Hey Forrest...

                       FORREST
             Hey Bubba...

                       BUBBA
             I'm gonna lean up against you, you
             just lean right back against me.

                       BUBBA
             This way, we don't have to sleep
             with our heads in the mud. You know
             why we a good partnership, Forrest?
             'Cause we be watchin' out for one
             another. Like brothers and stuff.
             Hey, Forrest, there's somethin'
             I've
             been thinkin' about. I got a very
             important question to ask you. How
             would you like to go into the
                                                             65.


             shrimpin' business with me?

                       FORREST
             Okay.

                       BUBBA
             Man, I tell you what, I got it all
             figured out, too. So many pounds of
             shrimp to pay off the boat, so many
             pounds for gas, we can just live
             right on the boat. We ain't got to
             pay no rent. I'll be the captain;
             we
             can just work it together. Split
             everything right down the middle.
             Man, I'm tellin' you, fifty-fifty.
             And, hey, Forrest, all the shrimp
             you can get.

                       FORREST
             That's a fine idea.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             Bubba did have a fine idea.

     ANOTHER NIGHT - Some soldiers patrol the area. Forrest lies

     in a pup tent and writes a litter as the rain pours down.
     He

     uses his flashlight to see.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             I even wrote Jenny and told her all
             about it. I sent her letters. Not
             every day, but almost. I told her
             what I was doin' and asked her what
             she was doing, and I told her how I
             thought about her always.


74   EXT. JENNY'S GRANDMOTHER'S TRAILER - DAY                      74

     Jenny steps out of the trailer with a backpack and a
     guitar.

     She hugs a hippie guy, then jumps into the back of a

     Volkswagen bus with another guy.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             And how I was looking forward to
             getting a letter from her just as
                                                                66.


             soon as she had the time I'd always
             let her know that I was okay.


75   EXT. VIETNAM - NIGHT                                             75

     Forrest writes a letter in his tent.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             Then I'd sign each letter, "Love,
             Forrest Gump."


76   EXT. JUNGLE - DAY                                                76

     The Fourth Platoon makes their way through the jungle and
     rain.

                       SONG
             "There's something happenin' here.
             What it is ain't exactly clear.
             There's a man with a gun over
             there,
             telling' me I got to beware."

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             This one day, we was out walking,
             like always, and then, just like
             that, somebody turned off the rain
             and the sun come out.

     Forrest looks up as the sun suddenly appears. Forrest's

     platoon is attacked. A bullet kills the soldier standing

     next to Forrest. Bombs explode all around as the soldiers

     scramble to the ground.

                       LT. DAN
             Take cover!

     Forrest crawls over a berm as bullets fly overhead and
     explodeall around him. Forrest rolls over and pulls his
     pack off Lt. Dan lies next to Forrest.

                       LT. DAN
             Get that pig up here, goddammit!

                       BUBBA
             Forrest, you okay?

     Two soldiers with a machine gun fire into the jungle. Lt.
                                                           67.


Dan shouts into the radio. Forrest begins firing his weapon

into the jungle.

                  LT. DAN
        ...Strongarm, please be advised...

Two soldiers pull a wounded soldier into the jungle.

                  BUBBA
        Medic, we got a man down!

                  LT. DAN
        Strongarm, this is Leg Lima 6,
        over!

                  LT. DAN
        Roger, Strongarm, be advised we
        have
        incoming from the treeline at point
        blue plus two. A.K's and rockets...

The machine gunner fires into the treeline. Another soldier

helps him with the ammunition. The machine gun jams.

                  SOLDIER WITH BIG MACHINE GUN
        Misfire! Misfire!

                  LT. DAN
        Goddammit, Mac! Get that pig
        unfucked
        and get it in the treeline!

A rocket explodes on the machine gunner and the other
soldier, killing them. Forrest looks down and covers his
head as rockets explodes all around him.

                  LT. DAN
             (into radio)
        Ah, Jesus! My unit is down hard and
        hurting! 6 pulling back to the blue
        line, Leg Lima 6 out! Pull back!
        Pull back!

                  BUBBA
        Forrest! Run! Run, Forrest!

                  LT. DAN
        Pull back!

                  BUBBA
        Forrest! Run! Run, Forrest! Run!
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        Run!

                  SGT. SIMS
        Pull back! Let's go!

Lt. Dan gets up and grabs Forrest by the collar.

                  LT. DAN
        Run, goddammit, run!

The platoon gets up and runs toward the cover of the
jungle.

Rockets explode all around the field. Forrest runs into the

jungle. The soldiers run through the jungle as bullets
explode all around. A soldier is blown up by a rocket. A
soldier runs through the jungle. Forrest runs past the
soldier.

                  SOLDIER
        Medic! Medic! Jesus, can I get a
        medic?

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        I ran and ran, just like Jenny told
        me to.

Rockets explode in the jungle as Forrest runs out toward a

clearing.

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        I ran so far and so fast that
        pretty
        soon I was all by myself, which was
        a bad thing.

                  FORREST
        Bubba!

Forrest turns around, then runs back into the jungle.

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        Bubba was my best good friend. I
        had
        to make sure he was okay.

Rockets explode in the jungle. Forrest runs back into the

jungle to look for Bubba.
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                  1ST SOLDIER
        Any friendlies out there?

                  2ND SOLDIER
        Yeah, I've got three over there.

                  1ST SOLDIER
        Where the hell are you?

Forrest stops and aims his weapon. He looks around, scared.

                  FORREST
        Bubba?

Something moves. Forrest turns and looks, then rushes over.

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        And on my way back to find Bubba,
        well, there was this boy laying on
        the ground.

                  FORREST
        Tex!

Tex lies on the ground, his face distorted with pain.

                  FORREST
        Okay.

Forrest reaches down and picks up Tex from the ground.
Forrest pulls Tex up over his shoulder, then runs.

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        I couldn't just let him lay there
        all alone, scared the way he was,
        so
        I grabbed him up and run him out of
        there.

Forrest carries Tex out of the jungle and into the
clearing.

He sets Tex down on the bank of a river, and runs back into

the jungle.

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        And every time I went back looking
        for Bubba, somebody else was
        saying,
        "Help me, Forrest. Help me."

Forrest drops another wounded soldier down at the bank of
                                                           70.


the river next to Tex, and then runs back toward the
jungle.

Forrest grabs the third wounded soldier up from the ground

and turns him over. It is DALLAS.

                  DALLAS
        Can't hear... Can't hear...

Dallas is dropped off at the bank next to the other wounded

soldiers. Forrest turns to go back to the jungle.

                  2ND WOUNDED SOLDIER
        No sweat, man. Just lay back.
        You're
        gonna be okay. You're gonna be
        okay.

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        I started to get scared that I
        might
        never find Bubba.

                   STRONGARM
              (over radio)
        You're danger close for crack air,
        over.

Forrest trips over something and falls to the ground. He

looks up to find two bloody legs. It is Lt. Dan, who is

wounded. He speaks into the radio.

                  LT. DAN
             (into radio)
        Roger, Strongarm, I know my
        position
        is danger close! We got Charlie all
        over this area! I gotta have those
        fast movers in here now! Over!

                  STRONGARM
             (over radio)
        Six, Strongarm, we want...

                  FORREST
        Lieutenant Dan, Coleman's dead!

                  LT. DAN
                                                           71.


          I know he's dead! My whole
          goddamned
          platoon is wiped out!

                    STRONGARM
               (over radio)
          Leg Lima 6, Leg Lima 6, how copy
          you
          this transmission? Over.

Forrest tries to pick up Lt. Dan, who tries to push Forrest

away.

                    LT. DAN
          Goddammit! What are you doing?
          Leave
          me here! Get away. Just leave me
          here! Get out!

Forrest pulls Lt. Dan over his shoulder and runs through
the

jungle.

                    STRONGARM
          Leg Lima 6, Leg Lima 6. This is
          Strongarm, be advised, your fast
          movers are inbound at this time,
          over.

                    FORREST (V.O.)
          Then it felt like something just
          jumped up and bit me.

Forrest falls down.

                    FORREST
          Ah, something bit me!

Forrest gets up as Lt. Dan yells. Lt. Dan fires his pistol

at the unseen enemy as Forrest pulls him away.

                    LT. DAN
          You dink 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! Goddammit, pull me
          down!
          Get your ass out of here!
                                                           72.


Forrest drops Lt. Dan down at the bank, next to the other

wounded soldiers. Lt. Dan grabs Forrest by the shirt,
angry.

                  LT. DAN
        I didn't ask you to pull me out of
        there, goddamn you! What the hell
        do
        you think you're going?

                  FORREST
        To get Bubba.

                  LT. DAN
        I got an air strike inbound right
        now. They're gonna nape the whole
        area.

Forrest gets up and runs as Lt. Dan yells after him.

                  LT. DAN
        Gump, you stay here, goddammit!
        That's
        an order!

                  FORREST
        I gotta find Bubba!

Forrest runs through the jungle searching for Bubba.
Forrest

slows down and looks around carefully.

                  BUBBA
        Forrest...

                    FORREST
        Bubba...

Bubba looks up as he lies on the ground.

                    BUBBA
        I'm okay.

Bubba holds a palm frond over his wound. Forrest removes
the

frond to look at the wound. Bubba's chest has been blown

open.
                                                           73.


                  FORREST
        Oh, Bubba, no...

                  BUBBA
        Naw, I'm gonna be all right.

Forrest looks around as he hear the voices of the enemy.

                  FORREST
        Come on. Come on. Come here...

Forrest carries Bubba through the jungle. The sound of

approaching planes fills the air.

                  BUBBA
        I'm okay, Forrest. I'm all right.

The roar of approaching planes is deafening. Forrest looks

up in fear. Three planes dive down toward the jungle. They

fire napalm as the jungle explodes with massive fireballs.

Forrest runs, carrying Bubba. The fireballs explode behind

him. The entire jungle area is in flames as Forrest runs.

Forrest carries Bubba to the bank of the river. Lt. Dan and

the other wounded soldiers wait for a rescue helicopter.

                  LT. DAN
        Helo's inbound. Pop smoke, get it
        up
        there!

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        If I'd a known this was gonna be
        the
        last time me and Bubba was gonna
        talk, I'd a thought of something
        better to say.

Forrest looks down at Bubba. A soldier releases a smoke

canister.

                  FORREST
        Hey, Bubba...

                  BUBBA
                                                               74.


             Hey, Forrest. Forrest, why'd this
             happen?

                       FORREST
             You got shot.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             Then Bubba said something I won't
             even forget.

                       BUBBA
             I wanna go home.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             Bubba was my best good friend. And
             even I know that ain't something
             you
             can find just around the corner.
             Bubba was gonna be a shrimpin' boat
             captain, but instead he died right
             there by that river in Vietnam.

     The helicopter fly overhead.


77   EXT. BUS STATION - DAY                                          77

     Forrest continues with his life story. A MAN is sitting
     next

     to Forrest on the bus bench.

                       FORREST
             That's all I have to say about
             that.

                       MAN
             It was a bullet, wasn't it?

                         FORREST
             A bullet?

                       MAN
             That jumped up and bit you.

                       FORREST
             Oh, yes sir. Bit me directly in the
             buttocks. They said it was a
             million
             dollar wound, but the Army must
             keep
             that money, 'cause I still ain't
                                                                75.


             seen a nickel of that million
             dollars.
             The only good thing about being
             wounded in the buttocks...


78   FLASHBACK - INT. US. ARMY HOSPITAL/VIETNAM - DAY                 78

     Forrest holds two ice cream cones in his hands as he is

     wheeled on a rolling stretcher.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             ...is the ice cream. They   gave me
             all the ice cream I could   eat. And
             guess what. A good friend   of mine
             was in the bed right next   door.

     Forrest, lying on his stomach, is wheeled to his bed.

     Forrest's butt sticks up and is bandaged. Forrest looks at

     Lt. Dan lying on the bed. Forrest holds out an ice cream

     cone for Lt. Dan.

                       FORREST
             Lieutenant Dan, I got you some ice
             cream. Lieutenant Dan, ice cream.

     Lt. Dan, annoyed, takes the ice cream cone and drops it
     into

     his bed pan. Forrest slides himself onto his bed. A NURSE

     reaches toward Lt. Dan.

                       MALE NURSE
             It's time for your bath,
             Lieutenant.

     The male nurse places Lt. Dan's hands on a pull-up bar,
     then

     picks up Lt. Dan, whose legs have been amputated.

                         MALE NURSE
             Harper...

     Another nurse wheels the rolling bed under Lt. Dan. The
     male
                                                               76.


     nurse sets Lt. Dan down on the rolling bed. Forrest looks
     up

     at Lt. Dan as he is wheeled away. A soldier reads the names

     from a pile of letters.

                       SOLDIER
             Cooper, Larson, Webster, Gump,
             Gump...

                       FORREST
             I'm Forrest Gump.

     The soldier hands Forrest a large pile of letters.

     "Undeliverable as addressed. No forwarding order on file."

     Jenny Curran Rural Route 2 Greenbow, Ala. 39902 Forrest
     looks

     down at the pile of letters.


79   INT. ARMY HOSPITAL/VIETNAM - DAY                                79

     A group of wounded soldiers hang out in the hospital,

     recuperating. Forrest sits and watches "Gomer Pyle" on the

     television.

                       SOLDIER
             Gump, how can you watch that stupid
             shit? Turn it off!

                       ANNOUNCER
             From the D.M.Z. to the Delta, you
             are tuned to the American Forces
             Vietnam Network. This is Channel 6,
             Saigon.

     Forrest turns the TV off and he is hit on the back of the

     head by a ping-pong ball.

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

     Forrest shakes his head.
                                                           77.


                    SOLDIER
          Come on, let me show you. Here.

The wounded ping-pong player hands Forrest a paddle.
Forrest

and the wounded ping-pong player step toward the ping-pong

table.

                    SOLDIER
          Now the secret to this game is, no
          matter what happens, never, never
          take your eye off the ball.

He holds the ball up and moves it back and forth. Forrest

keeps his eyes on the ball.

                    SOLDIER
          All right...

The wounded ping-pong player tosses the ball down onto the

table. Forrest begins to hit the ball back to the other

player.

                    FORREST (V.O.)
          For some reason, ping pong came
          very
          natural to me.

                    SOLDIER
          See, any idiot can play.

                    FORREST (V.O.)
          So I started playing it all the
          time.

Forrest hits ping-pong balls.

                    FORREST (V.O.)
          I played ping-pong even when I
          didn't
          have anyone to play ping-pong with.

The balls at land in a bed pan positioned on a chair. A
group of wounded soldier sit and watch Forrest play with
himself.
                                                         78.


Forrest hits two balls at a time against the opposite side
of the table.

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        The hospital's people said it made
        me look like a duck in water,
        whatever that means. Even
        Lieutenant Dan would come and watch
        me play.

Lt. Dan stares out the window. Forrest lies in his bed
asleep.

A hand reaches and grabs him.

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        I played ping-pong so much, I even
        played it in my sleep.

Lt. Dan pulls Forrest to the floor, and holds Forrest down.

                  LT. DAN
        Now, you listen to me. We all have
        a
        destiny. Nothing just happens, it's
        all part of a plan. I should have
        died out there with my men! But
        now,
        I'm nothing but a goddamned
        cripple!
        A legless freak. Look! Look! Look
        at
        me! Do you see that? Do you know
        what it's like not to be able to
        use
        your legs?

                  FORREST
        Well... Yes, sir, I do.

                  LT. DAN
        Did you hear what I said? You
        cheated me. I had a destiny. I was
        supposed to die in the field! With
        honor! 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 Tyler.

                  FORREST
        Yo-You're still Lieutenant Dan.
                                                                79.


     Lt. Dan looks at Forrest, lets go of Forrest and rolls.

     Lt. Dan sits up as Forrest looks at him.

                       LT. DAN
             Look at me. What am I gonna do now?
             What am I gonna do now?


80   INT. REC ROOM/VIETNAM HOSPITAL - ANOTHER DAY                     80

     Forrest plays ping-pong by himself. An OFFICER walks up to

     him.

                       OFFICER
             P.F.C. Gump?

     Forrest immediately grabs the ball and places it down on
     the

     table under its paddle. Stands at attention.

                         FORREST
             Yes, sir!

                       OFFICER
             As you were.

     The officer holds up an envelope.

                       OFFICER
             Son, you've been awarded the Medal
             of Honor.


81   INT. VIETNAM HOSPITAL WARD                                       81

     Forrest steps up to Lt. Dan's bed.

                       FORREST
             Guess what, Lieutenant Dan, they
             want to give me a me...

     Forrest stops in mid-sentence as he looks down at the bed.
     A

     heavily bandaged soldier with bloodstains lies there.
     Forrest

     turns and look at the NURSE.
                                                                80.


                       FORREST
             Ma'am, what'd they do with
             Lieutenant
             Dan?

                       NURSE
             They sent him home.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             Two weeks later, I left Vietnam.


82   INT. BARBER SHOP/GREENBOW - DAY                                  82

                       ANCHORMAN
                  (on T.V.)
             The ceremony was kicked off with a
             candid speech by the President
             regarding the need for further
             escalation of the war in Vietnam.
             President Johnson awarded four
             Medals
             of Honor to men from each of the
             Armed Services.

     The television reveals Forrest as he is awarded the Medal
     of

     Honor by President Johnson.

                       PRESIDENT JOHNSON
             America owes you a debt of
             gratitude,
             son.

     Color footage revealing President Johnson as he places the

     award around Forrest's neck and shakes hands.

                       PRESIDENT JOHNSON
             I understand you were wounded.
             Where
             were you hit?

                       FORREST
             In the buttocks, sir.

                       PRESIDENT JOHNSON
             Oh, that must be a sight.

     President Johnson leans and whispers into Forrest's ear.

                       PRESIDENT JOHNSON
                                                                81.


              I'd kinda like to see that.


83   INT. BARBER SHOP                                                 83

     The television revealing Forrest as he drops his pants,
     bends

     over and shows the bullet wound on his bare buttocks.

     President Johnson looks down and smiles. The three men in

     the barber shop look up in disbelief. Mrs. Gump looks up in

     shock.

                        PRESIDENT JOHNSON
              Goddamn, son.


84   EXT. LINCOLN MEMORIAL - DAY                                      84

     Forrest walks by the Lincoln Memorial. A fence surrounds
     the

     Memorial, as well as armed military guards.

                        FORREST (V.O.)
              After that, Momma went to the hotel
              to lay down, so I went out for a
              walk to see our national capital.

                        ISABEL
              Hilary, all right, I've got the
              vets,
              what do you want me to do with
              them?

                        HILARY
              What are you doing here so late?

     Forrest takes a photo of the memorial as a woman named
     Hilary

     gathers together some veterans against the Vietnam War.

                        HILARY
              We've been waiting for you for half
              an hour, so just get them in a
              line,
              will you. Hey, hey, come on,
              pictures
              later. You look great. Oh come on,
                                                          82.


        get in this line, come on, come on
        right in line. Come on, let him
        here,
        let him in here.

Hilary grabs Forrest and puts him in the line with the
other

vets against the war.

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        It's a good thing Momma was
        resting,
        'cause the street was awful crowded
        with people looking at all the
        statues
        and monuments. And some of them
        people
        were loud and pushy.

Hilary leads the line of vets toward the large anti-Vietnam

War rally.

                  HILARY
        Okay, follow me! Come on.

The group of vets walk as Forrest tries to take another

picture. A vet behind him pushes him along.

                  HILARY
        Let's move it out.

                  VET
        Hey, buddy, come on. We could use
        your help.

Forrest walks in the line. A banner reads "Veterans against

the War in Vietnam."

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        Everywhere I went, I had to stand
        in
        line.

                  HILARY
        Follow me, let's go!

Hilary leads the vets through a crowd of people outside the
                                                        83.


rally. Another woman, named Isabel, leads the vets toward
the back of a stage.

                  ISABEL
        All right, come on, guys.

                  HILARY
        Stand here.

                  VET
        Hey, you're a good man for doin'
        this. Good!

                  FORREST
        Okay.

A man, wearing an American flag shirt, stands on the stage.

He is anti-war activist ABBIE HOFFMAN.

                  ABBIE HOFFMAN
        We must declare to that fucking
        impostor in the White House --
        Johnson. We ain't going to work on
        your farm no more! Yeah!

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        There was this man, giving a little
        talk. And for some reason, he was
        wearing an American flag for a
        shirt...

                  ABBIE HOFFMAN
        Now, I'm going to bring up some
        soldiers that are going to talk
        about
        the war, man...

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        ...and he liked to say the "F"
        word.
        A lot. "F" this and "F" that. And
        every time...

                  ABBIE HOFFMAN
        ...that war has come home, and we
        have to stop these politicians...

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        ...he said "F" word, people, for
        some reason, well, they'd cheer.

                  ABBIE HOFFMAN
                                                          84.


        ...these guys just told Lyndon
        Johnson
        where to stick this fucking war!
        Yeah!

Forrest looks up at the cheering crowd. Abbie turns and

motions for Forrest to come up on the stage.

                  ABBIE HOFFMAN
        Come on, man. Come up here, man.

                  HILARY
        Come on. Come on. Yeah, you!

Hilary pulls Forrest up onto the stage.

                  HILARY
        Come on, get up there. Come on.
        Move,
        move. Let's go! Let's go.

The other vets follow Forrest pushes onto the stage and
push

him toward the microphones.

                  VET
        Come on, go. You can do it. Just
        get
        up there. Go on. That's it.

Thousands of cheering protesters stand around the
Washington

Monument. Forrest looks at the crowd. Abbie Hoffmann steps

up to Forrest.

                  ABBIE HOFFMAN
        Tell us a little bit about the war,
        man.

                  FORREST
        The war in Vietnam?

                  ABBIE HOFFMAN
        The war in Viet-fucking-nam!

Abbie raises his fist as the crowd cheers wildly.

                  FORREST
                                                        85.


        Well...

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        There was only one thing I could
        say
        about the war in Vietnam.

                  FORREST
        ...there was only one thing I could
        say about the war in Vietnam.

Forrest looks at the crowd as he speaks. A policeman looks

around as he sneaks over to the audio circuit board.

                  FORREST
        In Vietnam war...

The policeman pulls the patch cords out of the audio board.

Forrest's amplified voice becomes inaudible. Forrest
continues

to speak into the microphone, even though no one can hear

what he is saying. Hilary looks over and notices the

policeman. Hilary rushes over toward the audio board,
pushes

the policeman away and grabs his night stick. Another

protester grabs the policeman and pulls him away.

                  POLICEMAN
        Hey, what the hell are you doing?

                  HILARY
        I'll beat your head in, you
        goddamned
        oinker!

Isabel, Hilary and another protester try to plug the
tangled

mess of wires back into the audio board.

                  ISABEL
        Christ, what'd they do with this?

Forrest continues to speak into the microphone. The crowd
                                                        86.


grows restless.

                  CROWD
        We can't hear you! We can't hear
        anything!

                  HILARY
        This one! This one! Give me that!

Hilary plugs in the right patch cord.

                  HILARY
        That's it.

                  FORREST
        ...and that's all I have to say
        about
        that.

Forrest looks at the massive crowd. They are silent. Abbie

Hoffman steps over to Forrest and pats him on the shoulder.

                  ABBIE HOFFMAN
        That's so right on, man. You said
        it
        all. What's your name, man?

                  FORREST
        My name is Forrest Gump. Forrest
        Gump.

                  ABBIE HOFFMAN
        Forrest Gump!

Abbie raises his fist into the air. Abbie steps away from

Forrest. The crowd cheers.

                  CROWD
        Forrest Gump!

                  JENNY
             (screaming)
        Forrest! Forrest!

Jenny wades out into the reflection pool and waves her hand

into the air. Forrest recognizes her.

                  FORREST
        Jenny!
                                                                87.


     Forrest rushes off the stage as Jenny makes her way out
     into

     the pool.

                         JENNY
             Forrest!

     Forrest jumps down into the crowd and runs. Jenny smiles as

     she tries to run through the water. The crowd parts as
     Forrest

     runs into the pool. Jenny rushes toward him.

                         JENNY
             Hey! Hey!

     The massive crowd cheers for the embracing couple in the

     pool.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             It was the happiest moment of my
             life.


85   EXT. WASHINGTON MONUMENT/PROTESTER'S ENCAMPMENT - NIGHT          85

     Forrest and Jenny walk past the protesters who are camping

     out on the lawn.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             Jenny and me were just peas and
             carrots again. She showed me
             around,
             and even introduced me...


86   INT. BLACK PANTHER HEADQUARTERS/STOREFRONT, D.C. - NIGHT         86

     Forrest stands at an open window and looks at the White
     House.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             ...to some of her new friends.

     A Black Panther, named RUBEN, steps over and pulls the
     shades

     down.
                                                           88.


                  RUBEN
        Shut that blind, man. And get your
        white ass away from that window.
        Don't you know we in war here?

Another Black Panther named MASAI grabs Forrest and pats
him

down.

                  JENNY
        Hey man, he's cool. He's cool. He's
        one of us. He's one of us.

                  MASAI
        Let me tell you about us.

                  WESLEY
        Where the hell have you been?

                  JENNY
        I ran into a friend.

                  MASAI
        Our purpose here is to protect our
        black leaders from the racial
        onslaught of the pig who wishes to
        brutalize our black leaders, rape
        our women, and destroy our black
        communists.

                  BLACK PANTHER
        Masai, phone. Talk to these guys.

                  WESLEY
        Who's the baby killer?

                  JENNY
        This is my good friend I told you
        about. This is Forrest Gump.
        Forrest,
        this is Wesley. Wesley and I live
        together in Berkeley, and he's the
        president of the Berkeley chapter
        of
        S.D.S.

                  MASAI
        Let me tell you something else.

                  WESLEY
        I want to talk to you.
                                                           89.


                  JENNY
        Okay, but...

                  WESLEY
        No. Now! Goddammit!

                  MASAI
        We are here to offer protection and
        help for all of those who need our
        help, because we, the Black
        Panthers,
        are against the war in Vietnam.
        Yes,
        we are against any war where black
        soldiers are sent to the front line
        to die for a country that hates
        them.
        Yes, we are against any war where
        black soldiers go to fight and come
        to be brutalized and killed in
        their
        own communities as they sleep in
        their beds at night. Yes, we are
        against all these racists and
        imperial
        dog acts.

                  JENNY
        You are a fucking asshole!

Wesley hits Jenny across the face. Slow motion -- Jenny
falls

back. Slow motion -- Forrest steps forward with rage.

Slow motion -- Wesley turns and looks at Forrest. Forrest

tackles Wesley and slams him onto a table. Jenny turns and

looks as Masai pulls out a gun.

                  JENNY
        Forrest! Quit it! Quit it! Forrest!
        Stop it!

Jenny rushes over to Forrest and pulls Forrest off Wesley.

                   JENNY
        Stop it!

Jenny tries to help Wesley as he moans on the floor. Wesley

knocks Jenny's hand away. He gets up, holding his bloody
                                                               90.


     lip.

                       WESLEY
             Oh, God. I shouldn't have brought
             you here. I should have known it
             was
             just gonna be some bullshit hassle.

                       FORREST
             He should not be hitting you,
             Jenny.

                       JENNY
             Come on, Forrest.

     Jenny steps out the door as Forrest picks up his hat.

                       FORREST
             Sorry I had a fight in the middle
             of
             your Black Panther party.

     The group of Black Panthers glare at Forrest. Forrest turns

     and walks out the room.


87   EXT. WASHINGTON D.C. - NIGHT                                    87

     Forrest and Jenny walk past the White House. Protesters
     hold

     a candlelight vigil behind them.

                       JENNY
             He doesn't mean it when he does
             things
             like this. He doesn't.

                       FORREST
             I would never hurt you, Jenny.

                       JENNY
             I know you wouldn't, Forrest.

                       FORREST
             I wanted to be your boyfriend.

     They walk in silence. Jenny touches Forrest's uniform.

                       JENNY
             That uniform is a trip, Forrest.
             You
                                                                91.


             look handsome in it. You do.

                       FORREST
             You know what?

                       JENNY
             What?

                       FORREST
             I'm glad we were here together in
             our national capitol.

                       JENNY
             Me too, Forrest. I have so much to
             tell you, you won't believe what's
             been going on...

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             We walked around all night, Jenny
             and me, just talkin'.


88   EXT. ROUTE 66 - FLASHBACK - DAY                                  88

     Jenny stands in the rain, hitchhiking. A car pulls over to

     pick her up. Jenny and other other girls get into the car.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             She told me about all the
             travellin'
             she's done.


89   EXT. COMMUNE IN NEW MEXICO - NIGHT                               89

     A hippie gives Jenny a sugar cube of acid as they sit in

     front of a roaring fire.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             And how she'd discovered ways to
             expand her mind and learn how to
             live in harmony...


90   EXT. HOLLYWOOD/WALK OF FAME - DAY                                90

     A star with the name "Jean Harlow" on the sidewalk. Jenny

     and two other girls sing on the sidewalk and collect change
                                                               92.


     from the passersby. Jenny plays the guitar.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             ...which must be out west
             somewhere,
             'cause she made it all the way to
             California.

                       JENNY
                  (sings)
             "Smile on your brother, everybody
             get together, try to love on
             another
             right now"

     A young hippie looks over his faded Volkswagen at the
     girls.

                       YOUNG HIPPIE
             Hey, anybody want to go to San
             Francisco?

                        JENNY
             I'll go.

                        YOUNG HIPPIE
             Far out!


91   EXT. WASHINGTON D.C. - DAWN                                     91

     Forrest and Jenny walk through the park.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             I was a very special night for the
             two of us. I didn't want it to end.


92   EXT. PARKING LOT - EARLY MORNING                                92

     Jenny carries a backpack as she prepares to board a bus
     back

     to Berkeley.

                       FORREST
             I wish you wouldn't go, Jenny.

                       JENNY
             I have to, Forrest.

                       WESLEY
             Jenny? Things got a little out of
                                                           93.


        hand. It's just this war and that,
        that lyin' son-of-a-bitch Johnson.
        I
        would never hurt you. You know
        that.

                  FORREST
        You know what I think? I think you
        should go home to Greenbow.
        Alabama!

                  JENNY
        Forrest, we have very different
        lives,
        you know.

Forrest looks down at Jenny. He pulls his Medal of Honor

from around his neck.

                  FORREST
        I want you to have this.

Forrest places the Medal of Honor in Jenny's hand. Jenny

looks up at him.

                  JENNY
        Forrest, I can't keep this.

                  FORREST
        I got it just by doing what you
        told
        me to do.

                  JENNY
        Why're you so good to me?

                  FORREST
        You're my girl.

                  JENNY
        I'll always be your girl.

Jenny and Forrest hug each other. Wesley waits for Jenny.

Jenny turns and walks up to Wesley. They walk toward the

entrance of the bus. Forrest smiles as Jenny looks at her.

Jenny climbs up into the bus. Wesley glares at Forrest.
                                                                94.


     Forrest gives Wesley the "evil eye." Jenny through the near

     window of the bus, knocks on the window. Forrest turns and

     looks. Jenny waves to Forrest. Forrest looks up and smiles

     sadly. Jenny gives Forrest the peace sign as the bus pulls

     away. The sign on the back of the bus reads "Berkeley to

     D.C." Forrest gives Jenny the peace sign.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             And just like that, she was gone
             out
             of my life again.


93   INT. VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL/REC ROOM - DAY             93

     A footage of Neil Armstrong's first step on the moon on

     television.

                       NEIL ARMSTRONG
             That's one small step for man, one
             giant leap for mankind. The, uh,
             the
             surface is fine and powdery. I can,
             I can pick it up loosely.

     Forrest demonstrates a ping-pong to some wounded vets.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             I thought I was going back to
             Vietnam,
             but instead, they decided the best
             way for me to fight communists was
             to play ping-pong. So I was in the
             Special Services, traveling around
             the country cheering up all them
             wounded veterans and showing them
             how to play...


94   EXT. BUS STOP - PRESENT - DAY                                    94

     Forrest looks at a man.

                       FORREST
             ...ping-pong. I was so good that
             some years later...
                                                               95.


95   EXT. CHINA/PING-PONG TOURNAMENT - FLASHBACK - DAY               95

     Forrest plays ping-pong against a Chinese player. A large

     mural of Mao Tse-tung hangs on the wall. A crowd of
     communist

     leaders sit and watch.

                         FORREST (V.O.)
               ...the Army decided I should be on
               the All-American Ping-Pong Team. We
               were the first Americans to visit
               the land of China in like a million
               years or something like that, and
               somebody said that world peace was
               in our hands. But all I did was
               play
               ping-pong. When I got home...


96   EXT. BUS STOP - PRESENT - DAY                                   96

                         FORREST
               ...I was national celebrity.
               Famouser
               even than Captain Kangaroo.

     Color footage of the DICK CAVETT Show. Dick Cavett stands
     up

     as he introduces Forrest.

                         DICK CAVETT
               Here he is, Forrest Gump, right
               here.

     Forrest makes his way onto the stage, shakes hands with
     Dick

     Cavett.

                         DICK CAVETT
               Mr. Gump, have a seat.

     Forrest sits down between JOHN LENNON and Dick Cavett.

                         DICK CAVETT
               Forrest Gump, John Lennon.

                         JOHN LENNON
               Welcome home.
                                                               96.


                         DICK CAVETT
               You had quite a trip. Can you, uh,
               tell us, uh, what was China like?

     John Lennon lights a cigarette.

                         FORREST
               Well, in the land of China, people
               hardly got nothing at all.

                         JOHN LENNON
               No possessions?

                         FORREST
               And in China, they never go to
               church.

                         JOHN LENNON
               No religion, too?

                         DICK CAVETT
               Oh. Hard to imagine.

                         JOHN LENNON
               Well, it's easy if you try, Dick.

     Forrest looks oddly at John Lennon.

                         FORREST (V.O.)
               Some years later, that nice young
               man from England was on his way
               home
               to see his little boy and was
               signing
               some autographs. For no particular
               reason at all, somebody shot him.


97   EXT. STUDIO - LATER                                             97

     A guard lets Forrest out a side entrance door. Forrest
     steps,

     an then stops as he hears s man sitting in a wheelchair
     speak

     to him.

                         LT. DAN
               They gave you the Congressional
               Medal
               of Honor.
                                                               97.


                       FORREST
             Now that's Lieutenant Dan.
             Lieutenant
             Dan!

     Forrest looks at Lt. Dan. He is a dirty with long hair.

                       LT. DAN
             They gave you the Congressional
             Medal
             of Honor!

                       FORREST
             Yes sir, they sure did.

                       LT. DAN
             They gave you an imbecile, a moron
             who goes on television and makes a
             fool out himself in front of the
             whole damn country, the
             Congressional
             Medal of Honor.

                         FORREST
             Yes, sir.

                       LT. DAN
             Well, then, that's just perfect!
             Yeah, well I just got one thing to
             say to that. Goddamn bless America.

     Lt. Dan's wheelchair begins to slide down the ramp and
     spins

     around on the icy ground. Forrest looks down at Lt. Dan

     crashes at the bottom of the ramp.

                       FORREST
             Lieutenant Dan!


98   EXT. NEW YORK CITY STREETS - NIGHT                              98

     Taxi cabs crowd the street as Forrest pushes Lt. Dan along

     the sidewalk.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             Lieutenant Dan said he was living
             in
             a hotel. And because he didn't have
             no legs, he spent most of his time
                                                                98.


             exercising his arms.

                       LT. DAN
             Take a right, take a right.

     A taxi driver honks his horn as Forrest wheels Lt. Dan out

     in front of the taxi.

                       TAXI DRIVER #1
             Hey! Come on already!

                       LT. DAN
             Ah!

                       FORREST
             What are you doing here in New
             York,
             Lieutenant Dan?

                       LT. DAN
             I'm living off the government tit.
             Sucking it dry.

     A taxi skids to a stop, almost hitting them as they cross

     the street. The taxi honks at Lt. Dan. Lt. Dan slaps the

     bumper of the taxi.

                       LT. DAN
             Hey! Hey! Hey! Are you blind? I'm
             walking here! Ah, get out...

                       TAXI DRIVER #2
             Why don't you go home before you
             kill yourself? Get out of the way!

                       LT. DAN
             Come on, go! Go! Go!


99   EXT. LT. DAN'S HOTEL ROOM - LATER                                99

     A Bob Hope Christmas special in Vietnam on television. Lt.

     Dan and Forrest watch the television.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             I stayed with Lieutenant Dan and
             celebrated the holidays.
                                                          99.


                  BOB HOPE
        You have a great year and hurry
        home.
        God bless you.

                  LT. DAN
        Have you found Jesus yet, Gump?

                  FORREST
        I didn't know I was supposed to be
        looking for him, sir.

Lt. Dan chuckles, drinks the rest of a bottle of wine and

tosses it down. He looks at Forrest. He wheels himself over

to television and turns it off.

                  LT. DAN
        That's all these cripples, down at
        the V.A., that's all they ever talk
        about.

Lt. Dan picks up another bottle of port wine, but it is
empty.

He tosses it onto the floor.

                  LT. DAN
        Jesus this and Jesus that. Have I
        found Jesus? They even had a priest
        come and talk to me. He said God is
        listening, but I have to help
        myself.
        Now, if I accept Jesus into my
        heart,
        I'll get to walk beside him in the
        Kingdom of Heaven.

Lt. Dan tosses the empty liquor bottle down and picks
another

bottle. He becomes enraged as he throws the bottle and
looks

at Forrest.

                  LT. DAN
        Did you hear what I said? Walk
        beside
        him in the Kingdom of Heaven. Well,
        kiss my crippled ass. God is
        listening. What a crock of shit.
                                                           100.


                       FORREST
             I'm going to heaven, Lieutenant
             Dan.

                       LT. DAN
             Huh? Ah, well, before you go, why
             don't you get your ass down to the
             corner and get us another bottle of
             wine.

                         FORREST
             Yes, sir.


100 INT. TIMES SQUARE BAR - NIGHT                                 100

    A television shows DICK CLARK as he emcees the Times Square

    New York Eve celebration.

                       DICK CLARK
             We are at approximately 45th Street
             in New York City at One Astor
             Plaza.
             This is the site of the old Astor
             Hotel. Down below us, well over a
             hundred thousand people are milling
             about, cheering with horns and
             whistles and hats...

                       LT. DAN
             What the hell's in Bayou La Batre?

                       FORREST
             Shrimpin' boats.

                       LT. DAN
             Shrimpin' boats? Who gives a shit
             about shrimpin' boats?

                       FORREST
             I gotta buy me one of them
             shrimpin'
             boats as soon as I have some money.
             I made me a promise to Bubba in
             Vietnam, that as soon as the war
             was
             over, we'd go in partners. He'd be
             the captain of the shrimpin' boat
             and I'd be his first mate. But now
             that he's dead, that means that I
             gotta be the captain.
                                                         101.


                  LT. DAN
        A shrimp boat captain.

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

                  LT. DAN
        Now hear this! Private Gump here is
        gonna be a shrimp boat captain.
        Well,
        I tell you what, Gilligan, the day
        that you are a shrimp boat captain,
        I will come and be your first mate.

                    FORREST
        Okay.

                  LT. DAN
        If you're ever a shrimp boat
        captain,
        that's the day I'm an astronaut.

Two sleazy women, named LENORE and CARLA, walk up to Lt.

Dan.

                  LENORE
        Danny, what are you complaining
        about?

                  CARLA
        What are you doing, huh?

                  LENORE
        Mr. Hot Wheels. Who's your friend?

                  FORREST
        My name is Forrest, Forrest Gump.

                  LT. DAN
        This is Cunning Carla, and Long-
        Limbs
        Lenore.

Carla puts a "Happy New Year" crown on Lt. Dan's head.
Lenore

fixes her makeup.

                  CARLA
        So where you been, baby-cakes, huh?
        Haven't seen you around lately. You
                                                   102.


             know, you should have been here for
             Christmas 'cause Tommy bought a
             round
             on the house and gave everybody a
             turkey sandwich.

                       LT. DAN
             Well, well, I had, uh, company.

                       LENORE
             Hey, hey! We was, we was just
             there.
             That's at Times Square.

    Lenore leans and speaks into Forrest's ear.

                       LENORE
             Don't you just love New Year's? You
             get to start all over.

                       CARLA
             Hey, Lenore.

                       LENORE
             Everybody gets a second chance.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             It's funny, but in the middle of
             all
             that fun, I began to think about
             Jenny.

                       DICK CLARK
                  (on television)
             ...getting wild out there. It's
             beginning to...


101 INT. APARTMENT/L.A. - NIGHT                           101

    The New Year's Eve celebration over the T.V.

                        DICK CLARK
                   (over television)
             ...pour here in Times Square. It's
             been off-and-on all night, but
             these
             people hang in there.

    Jenny fills her bag with her belongings.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             Wondering how she was spending her
                                                           103.


             New Year's night out in California.

    A man lies passed out on the bed. Jenny looks at her black

    eye in a mirror, then leaves the apartment. The TV shows
    the

    ball in Times Square.

                       CROWD
                  (over television)


102 INT. TIMES SQUARE BAR - NIGHT                                 102

    The ball is lowered, lighting up a sign that reads "1972."

                       CROWD
                  (over television)
             ...1! Happy New Year!

    The people in the bar cheer and kiss each other. They blow

    horns and toss confetti into the air. Forrest looks around

    as Carla and Lenore lean over and kiss him.

                       PATRONS
                  (sing)
             "Should auld acquaintance be forgot
             and never brought to mind...

                       FORREST
             Happy New Year, Lieutenant Dan!

                       PATRONS
                  (sing)
             Should auld acquaintance be forgot
             and days of auld lang syne."


103 INT. LT. DAN'S HOTEL ROOM - LATER                             103

    Carla removes her top and sits on top of Dan in his

    wheelchair. They kiss and play around. Forrest sits in a

    chair. Lenore leaps on him and begins to kiss Forrest. She

    reaches down to Forrest's crotch. Forrest stands up
    nervously,
                                                       104.


causing Lenore to fall down on the floor. Lenore stands up,

angry.

                   LENORE
         What are you, stupid or something?
         What's your problem? What's his
         problem? Did you lose your pecker
         in
         the war or something?

                   CARLA
         What, is your friend stupid or
         something?

                   LT. DAN
         What did you say?

                   CARLA
         I said, is your friend stupid or
         something?

                   LT. DAN
         Hey! Don't call him stupid!

Lt. Dan throws Carla back onto the bed.

                   CARLA
         Don't push me like that!

                   LENORE
         Hey, don't you push her!

                   LT. DAN
         You shut up! Don't you ever call
         him
         stupid!

                   CARLA
         What's the matter, baby? Why you
         treating me like shit?

                   LT. DAN
         Get the hell out of here!

                   LENORE
         You stupid gimp. You belong in
         "Ripley's Believe It Or Not."

                   LT. DAN
         Get the hell out of here! Go on!

                  LENORE
                                                       105.


        You should be in a side show!

                  LT. DAN
        Go on! Get out of here! Get out of
        here!

                  LENORE
        You big loser!

                  CARLA
        Come on, Lenore. We don't need this
        shit!

                  LENORE
        You're so pathetic.

                  LT. DAN
        Get out of here!

Lt. Dan falls out of his wheelchair and lands down on the

floor. Carla and Lenore laugh as they leave the apartment.

                  CARLA
        You retard!

                  LENORE
        You loser! You freak!

Forrest tries to help Lt. Dan. Lt. Dan pushes Forrest away.

                  LT. DAN
        No!

Forrest steps back as Lt. Dan flips back over, then pulls

himself back up onto his wheelchair. He breathes heavily.

                  FORREST
        I'm sorry I ruined your New Year's
        Eve party, Lieutenant Dan. She
        tastes
        like cigarettes.

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        I guess Lieutenant Dan figured
        there's
        some things you just can't change.
        He didn't want to be called
        crippled,
        just like I didn't want to be
        called
        stupid.
                                                              106.


                       LT. DAN
             Happy New Year.


104 EXT. WHITE HOUSE - NIGHT                                         104

    An ANCHORMAN reports in front of the White House.

                       ANCHORMAN
             The U.S. Ping-Pong Team met with
             President Nixon today at an Oval
             Office ceremony...

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             And wouldn't you know it...

    PRESENT - BUS STOP

    Forrest looks at the fat man on the bus bench.

                       FORREST
             ...a few months later they invited
             me and the ping-pong team to visit
             the White House. So I went again.
             And I met the President of the
             United
             States again.


105 INT. WHITE HOUSE - DAY                                           105

    A plaque, presented to Forrest, reads "Presented to Forrest

    Gump, member of the United States table tennis team as
    player

    of the year for 1971. President NIXON holds the plaque.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             Only this time they didn't get us
             rooms in a real fancy hotel.

                       PRESIDENT NIXON
             So are you enjoying yourself in our
             national capital, young man?

                         FORREST
             Yes, sir.

                       PRESIDENT NIXON
             Well, where are you staying?

                         FORREST
                                                             107.


             It's called the Hotel Ebbott.

                       PRESIDENT NIXON
             Oh, no, no, no, no. I know of a
             much
             nicer hotel. It's brand-new. Very
             modern. I'll have my people take
             care of it for you.


106 INT. WATERGATE HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT                               106

    Forrest speaks on the phone.

                       SECURITY GUARD
             Security, Frank Wills.

    Forrest steps over to a window. Flashlights are moving
    around

    in an office across from Forrest's room.

                       FORREST
             Yeah, sir, you might want to send a
             maintenance man over to that office
             across the way. The lights are off,
             and they must be looking for the
             fuse box or something, 'cause them
             flashlights they're, they're
             keeping
             me awake.

                       SECURITY GUARD
             Okay, sir. I'll check it out.

                       FORREST
             Thank you.

                       SECURITY GUARD
             No problem.

                       FORREST
             Good night.

                       SECURITY GUARD
             Good night.

    Forrest hangs up the phone. The camera tilts down,
    revealing

    the hotel stationary, which reads "The Watergate Hotel."
                                                              108.


107 INT. GYMNASIUM - DAY                                             107

    President Nixon makes a resignation speech on TV.

                       PRESIDENT NIXON
                  (over television)
             Therefore, I shall resign the
             Presidency effective at noon
             tomorrow.

    The television cuts to a shot of President Nixon standing

    outside Air Force One with his hands in the peace sign.

                       PRESIDENT NIXON
                  (over television)
             Vice President Ford will be sworn
             in
             as President at that hour in this
             office. As I recall the high hopes
             for America with which we began
             this
             second term, I feel a great sadness
             that I will not be here in this
             office...

    Forrest is playing ping-pong by himself at the gymnasium.
    An

    officer steps up to him.

                       OFFICER
             Sergeant Gump!

                         FORREST
             Yes, sir!

                       OFFICER
             As you were. I have your discharge
             papers. Your service is up, son.

    The officer hands Forrest an envelope, then walks away.

                       FORREST
             Does this mean I can't play ping
             pong no more?

                       OFFICER
             For the Army it does.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             And just like that, my service in
             the United States Army was over. So
                                                              109.


             I went home.

    Forrest takes his paddle and runs out of the gymnasium.


108 EXT. GUMP HOUSE - DAY                                            108

    Mrs. Gump walks out of the house and smiles. Forrest walks

    up to the house, wearing his uniform.

                       FORREST
             I'm home, Momma.

                       MRS. GUMP
             I know, I know.


109 INT. GUMP HOUSE                                                  109

    Mrs. Gump and Forrest walk into the house.

                       MRS. GUMP
             Louise, he's here. He's here,
             everybody.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             Now, when I got home, I had no idea
             that Momma had had all sorts of
             visitors.

    In the house are stacks of ping-pong paddles and life-sized

    cardboard cutouts of Forrest playing ping-pong. The name on

    the ping-pong paddles boxes reads: "Gump-Mao table tennis."

                       MRS. GUMP
             We've had all sorts of visitors,
             Forrest. Everybody wants you to use
             their ping-pong stuff. One man even
             left a check for twenty-five
             thousand
             dollars if you'd be agreeable to
             saying you like using their paddle.

                       FORREST
             Oh, Momma. I only like using my own
             paddle. Hi, Miss Louise.

                       LOUISE
             Hey, Forrest.
                                                              110.


                       MRS. GUMP
             I know that. I know that. But it's
             twenty-five thousand dollars,
             Forrest.
             I thought maybe you could hold it
             for a while, see if it grows on
             you.
             Oh, you look good, Forrest. You
             look
             real good.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             That Momma, she sure was right.
             It's
             funny how things work out.


110 EXT. BAYOU LA BATRE/BUBBA'S MOM'S HOUSE - DAY                    110

    Forrest walks up to a shack on the edge of the Bayou. A
    group

    of black kids play in the front yard.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             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.


111 EXT. BUBBA'S GRAVE - DAY                                         111

    Forrest steps over to Bubba's tombstone.
                                                             111.


                       FORREST (V.O.)
             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...


112 EXT. BAYOU - DAY                                                112

    Forrest walks across a yard where men are cleaning shrimp.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             ...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.


113 EXT. BUBBA'S GRAVE                                              113

    Forrest stands at the grave.

                       FORREST
             Well, that's what's left after me
                                                             112.


             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.


114 EXT. BAYOU - DAY                                                114

    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 (V.O.)
             Now, Bubba had told me everything
             he
             knows about shrimpin', but you know
             what I found out? Shrimpin' is
             tough.


115 EXT. DOCKS                                                      115

    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?
                                                              113.


                         FORREST (V.O.)
               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 (V.O.)
               The most beautiful name in the wide
               world.


116 INT. DISCO                                                       116

    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 (V.O.)
               Now, I hadn't heard from Jenny in a
               long while. But...


117 EXT. BAYOU LA BATRE - DAY                                        117

    Forrest stands at the helm as the boat glides across the
    water.

                         FORREST (V.O.)
               But I thought about her a lot. And
               I
               hoped that whatever she was doing
               made her happy.


118 INT. APARTMENT - NIGHT                                           118

    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
                                                              114.


    and touches Jenny. She is pale with dark lines under her

    eyes.


119 INT. BATHROOM                                                    119

    Jenny smears some lines of cocaine on a mirror. She looks
    at

    herself in the mirror.


120 EXT. BALCONY                                                     120

    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.


121 EXT. BAYOU LA BATRE/FORREST'S BOAT - NIGHT                       121

    The moon shines above in the sky. Forrest lies in a hammock

    on his boat.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             I thought about Jenny all the time.


122 EXT. FORREST'S BOAT/BAYOU DOCK - DAY                             122

    Forrest stands at the helm of his boat and slowly glides by
                                                       115.


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.
                                                            116.


                        FORREST
             No, sir.

    Forrest's boat glides, crushing a dock. Forrest and Lt. Dan

    look at it.

                       FORREST
             That's my boat.


123 EXT. BAYOU LA BATRE WATERS - DAY                               123

    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?
                                                              117.


                       LT. DAN
             Well, maybe you should just pray
             for
             shrimp.


124 INT. SMALL CHURCH - DAY                                          124

    The all-black gospel choir sings and claps their hands.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             So I went to church every Sunday...

    Lt. Dan is sitting in his chair at the back of the church.

    He takes swigs from a liquor bottle.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             Sometimes Lieutenant Dan came, too.
             Though I think he left the praying
             up to me.


125 EXT. BOAT - ANOTHER DAY                                          125

    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 (V.O.)
             It's funny Lieutenant Dan said
             that,
             'cause right then, God showed up.


126 EXT. BOAT - NIGHT                                                126

    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
                                                            118.


             You'll never sink this boat!

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             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!


127 INT. GUMP HOUSE - DAY                                          127

    An ANCHORMAN over TV, is standing in front of a pier.

                       ANCHORMAN
                  (over television)
             Hurricane Carmen came through here
             yesterday...


128 EXT. BAYOU DOCKS - DAY                                         128

    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...


129 INT. GUMP HOUSE                                                129

                       ANCHORMAN
             ...has fallen victim to Carmen and
             has been left in utter ruin.
             Speaking
                                                            119.


             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 (V.O.)
             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 (V.O.)
             And since people still needed them
             shrimps for shrimp cocktails and
             barbecues and all...


130 EXT. BUS STOP - PRESENT                                        130

    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
                                                             120.


             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.


131 EXT. BOAT/DECK - DAY                                            131

    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
                                                           121.


    and jumps into the water.

                      FORREST (V.O.)
            He never actually said so, but I
            think he made his peace with God.


132 EXT. BOAT                                                     132

    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.
                                                           122.


133 EXT. ROAD/GUMP HOUSE - DAY                                    133

    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.


134 INT. GUMP HOUSE - WOMAN'S BED ROOM                            134

    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?
                                                           123.


                       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 (V.O.)
             Momma always had a way of
             explaining
             things so I could understand them.

                       MRS. GUMP
             I will miss you, Forrest.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             She had got the cancer and died on
             a
             Tuesday. I bought her a new hat
             with
             little flowers on it.


135 EXT. BUS STOP - PRESENT                                       135

    The elderly woman and Forrest sit. The woman is crying and

    wipes her eyes with a hankie.
                                                           124.


                       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.


136 EXT. FOOTBALL FIELD - DAY                                     136

    Forrest rides a lawn tractor as he moves the football field
    lawn.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             So, I never went back to work for
             Lieutenant Dan.


137 EXT. GUMP HOUSE MAILBOXES                                     137

    Forrest takes out a letter and opens it.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             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.


138 EXT. BUS STOP                                                 138
                                                            125.


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


139 INT. CHURCH - DAY THE CHOIR AND MEMBERS ARE SINGING.           139

                        FORREST (V.O.)
              Now, Momma said there's only so
              much
              fortune a man really needs...


140 EXT. CHURCH                                                    140

    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 (V.O.)
              ...and the rest is just for showing
              off. So, I gave a whole bunch of it
              to the Four Square Gospel Church.


141 EXT. HOSPITAL - DAY                                            141

    The sign reads: "Gump Medical Center Bayou La Batre,
    Alabama."

    The ribbon-cutting ceremony.

                        FORREST (V.O.)
              And I gave a whole bunch to the
              Bayou
              La Batre Fishing Hospital.


142 EXT. BUBBA'S MOM'S HOUSE                                       142

    A postman delivers a letter to Bubba's mom. She opens the

    letter.

                        FORREST (V.O.)
              And even though Bubba was dead, and
              Lieutenant Dan said I was nuts. I
              gave Bubba's mommy Bubba's share.
                                                              126.


    She is surrounded by her many children. She looks at the

    check and faints.


143 EXT. BUS STOP                                                    143

                       FORREST
             And you know what...


144 INT. FLORIDA CONDO                                               144

    A door opens as a white woman serves Bubba's mom some
    shrimp.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             She didn't have to work in nobody's
             kitchen no more.

                       MRS. BLUE
             Smells wonderful!


145 EXT. FOOTBALL FIELD                                              145

    Forrest rides the mower.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             And 'cause I was godzillionaire and
             I liked doing it so much. I cut
             that
             grass for free.


146 EXT. GUMP HOUSE BALCONY - NIGHT                                  146

    Forrest looks down the road as he steps onto the porch.

                       FORREST   (V.O.)
             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.


147 EXT. GUMP HOUSE - DAY                                            147

    Jenny walks across the lawn to Forrest.
                                                           127.


                       FORREST (V.O.)
             And then, she was there.

                       JENNY
             Hello, Forrest.

                       FORREST
             Hello, Jenny.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             Jenny came back and stayed with me.


148 INT. GUMP HOUSE                                               148

    Jenny lies asleep in bed.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             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.


149 EXT. COUNTRYSIDE - DAY                                        149

    Forrest and Jenny walking.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             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' boats 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.
                                                             128.


    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 (V.O.)
             Sometimes I guess there just aren't
             enough rocks.


150 EXT. OLD OAK TREE - DAY                                         150

    Jenny and Forrest sit on a limb together.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             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.


151 INT. GUMP HOUSE - DAY                                           151

    Jenny sits by the vase of flowers and look out the window.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             Every day I'd pick pretty flowers
             and put them in her room for her.


152 EXT. GUMP HOUSE - DAY                                           152

    Forrest closes his eyes as he sits on the porch. Jenny
    places

    a box of Nike running shoes in his lap.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             And she gave me the best gift
             anyone
             could ever get in the wide world.

                       JENNY
             Okay, you can open your eyes.
                                                              129.


                       FORREST
             New shoes.

                       JENNY
             They make them just for running.


153 EXT. GUMP HOUSE - NIGHT                                          153

    Through the windows, Forrest and Jenny are dancing as it

    rains outside.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             And she even showed me how to
             dance.
             And, well, we was like family...
             Jenny and me.


154 EXT. RIVER - NIGHT                                               154

    Jenny and Forrest sit on a log together and look at the
    river.

    Jenny places her arms around Forrest.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             And it was the happiest time of my
             life.

    The fireworks explode in the sky.


155 INT. GUMP'S HOUSE - NIGHT                                        155

    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?
                                                           130.


                       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 want 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.


156 EXT. GUMP HOUSE - NIGHT                                       156

    The house stands in the rain.


157 EXT. GUMP HOUSE - NIGHT                                       157

    Forrest lies in his bed as the door opens. Jenny gets into

    bed next to Forrest.
                                                              131.


                       FORREST
             Jenny?

                       JENNY
             Forrest, I do love you.

    Jenny and Forrest kiss. Jenny takes off her nightgown as

    they make love.


158 EXT. GUMP HOUSE - MORNING                                        158

    Jenny carries her purse and walks toward a waiting cab.

                       CAB DRIVER
             Where are you running off to?

                       JENNY
             I'm not running.


159 INT. GUMP HOUSE                                                  159

    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.


160 EXT. FRONT PORCH - DAY                                           160

    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 jog across the lawn. His speed increases as he runs
    farther

    away. Forrest runs down the drive away from his house.
                                                              132.


                       FORREST (V.O.)
             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 (V.O.)
             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.


161 INT. BARBER SHOP - DAY                                           161

    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 (V.O.)
             And when I got there...


162 EXT. ALABAMA ROAD                                                162

    The sign reads "Entering Greenbow County."

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             ...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 (V.O.)
             ...state of Alabama. And that's
             what
             I did I ran clear across Alabama.
                                                           133.


163 EXT. BUS STOP - PRESENT                                       163

                       FORREST
             For no particular reason, I just
             kept on going. I ran clear to the
             ocean.


164 EXT. SANTA MONICA - DAY                                       164

    The sign reads "Santa Monica yacht harbor sports fishing -

    boating - cafes." Forrest runs under the sign and onto the

    pier.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             And when I got there, I figured
             since
             I'd gone this far, I might as well
             turn around, just keep on going.


165 EXT. ATLANTIC OCEAN                                           165

    Forrest runs to a pier at the Atlantic Ocean.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             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 (V.O.)
             When I got tired, I slept. When I
             got hungry, I ate.


166 EXT. BUS STOP - PRESENT                                       166

                       FORREST
             When I had to go, you know, I went.

                       ELDERLY WOMAN
             And so, you just ran?
                                                             134.


                       FORREST
             Yeah.


167 EXT. HIGHWAY                                                    167

    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 (V.O.)
             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.


168 EXT. BARBER SHOP                                                168

    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.


169 INT. COFFEE SHOP                                                169

    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
                                                           135.


             again today.

    The TV shows Forrest runs across a bridge that reads

    "Mississippi River."

                       JENNY
             I'll be damned. Forrest...


170 EXT. MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE                                       170

                       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 (V.O.)
             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.


171 EXT. BUS STOP - PRESENT                                       171

                       FORREST
             I just left like running.
                                                           136.


172 EXT. SMALL EASTERN TOWN                                       172

    Forrest runs as a YOUNG MAN runs up to him.

                       YOUNG MAN
             It's you. I can't believe it's
             really
             you.


173 EXT. BUS STOP - PRESENT                                       173

                       FORREST
             Now, for some reason what I was
             doing
             seemed to make sense to people.


174 EXT. SMALL EASTERN TOWN                                       174

    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 (V.O.)
             So, I got company.

    Forrest runs up a slope on a high mountain road. A group of

    people are jogging behind him.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             And after that I got more company.
             And then...

    A large group jogs behind Forrest across the desert road.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             ...even more people joined in.
             Somebody later told me...


175 EXT. BUS STOP - PRESENT                                       175

                      FORREST
                                                       137.


        ...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 (V.O.)
        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 (V.O.)
        And some years later I heard that
        fella did come up with a bumper
        sticker slogan...

A bumper sticker reads "Shit Happens."

                  FORREST (V.O.)
        ...and he make a lot of money off
        of
        it.
                                                           138.


    The truck with the bumper sticker drives into an
    intersection.

    It collides with a car.


176 EXT. TRUCK STOP                                               176

    Forrest runs, followed by his group, as a man runs up to

    him.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             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 (V.O.)
             And some years later I found out
             that that man did come up with a
                                                           139.


             idea for a T-shirt and he made a
             lot
             of money off of it.


177 EXT. MONUMENT VALLEY                                          177

    Forrest runs with a group that follows behind him.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             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 (V.O.)
             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)
                                                           140.


             Moments ago, at two twenty-five
             p.m.,
             as President Reagan was leaving the
             Washington Hilton Hotel...


178 INT. GUMP HOUSE - DAY                                         178

    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 (V.O.)
             One day, out of the blue clear sky,
             I got a letter from Jenny...


179 EXT. BUS STOP - PRESENT                                       179

    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.
                                                           141.


             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.


180 INT. JENNY'S APARTMENT - DAY                                  180

    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.
                                                         142.


                  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
                                                       143.


           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.
                                                          144.


                  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
                                                           145.


             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.


181 EXT. PARK - DAY                                               181

    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.
                                                           146.


182 EXT. GUMP HOUSE - DAY                                         182

    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
                                                              147.


             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.


183 INT. GUMP HOUSE - MORNING                                        183

    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
                                                              148.


    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.


184 EXT. VIETNAM - FLASHBACK - NIGHT                                 184

    Forrest looks up into the sky as the rain stops. Forrest

    removes his helmet. The stars emerge from behind the
    clouds.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             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...


185 EXT. BAYOU - FLASHBACK - SUNSET                                  185

    Forrest stands on his boat and looks at a deep orange and

    red sunset.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             There was over a million sparkles
             on
             the water. Like that mountain lake.


186 EXT. MOUNTAIN LAKE - FLASHBACK - DAY                             186

    Forrest runs along a highway. A lake reflects the mountains

    and the sky.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             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...
                                                             149.


187 EXT. DESERT - FLASHBACK - SUNRISE                               187

    Forrest runs along a desert highway. The morning light
    casts

    an orange glow over the desert.

                        FORREST (V.O.)
              I couldn't tell where heavens
              stopped
              and the earth began. It was so
              beautiful.


188 INT. GUMP HOUSE - MORNING                                       188

    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 (V.O.)
              You died on a Saturday morning.


189 EXT. JENNY'S GRAVE AT OLD OAK TREE - DAY                        189

    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.
                                                              150.


190 EXT. JENNY'S OLD HOUSE - DAY                                     190

    Forrest watches as Jenny's dad's house is knocked down by a

    bulldozer.

                         FORREST (V.O.)
             Momma...


191 EXT. JENNY'S GRAVE                                               191

                       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.


192 INT. GUMP HOUSE - NIGHT                                          192

    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 (V.O.)
             About to start school again soon. I
             make his breakfast, lunch, and
             dinner...


193 EXT. JENNY'S GRAVE                                               193

    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.
                                                            151.


194 EXT. GUMP HOUSE - NIGHT                                        194

    Forrest tries to teach Forrest Jr. how to play ping-pong.

                         FORREST
             Okay...

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             He's really good.

                       FORREST
             Forrest, you go.

    Forrest Jr. serves the ball, causing Forrest dive and miss

    it.


195 EXT. GUMP HOUSE/RIVER - DAY                                    195

    Forrest and Forrest Jr. sit on a log by the river and fish.

                       FORREST (V.O.)
             We fish a lot.


196 EXT. JENNY'S GRAVE                                             196

    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
             letter, 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
                                                           152.


             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.


197 EXT. ROAD - MORNING                                           197

    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
                                                          153.


        ...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 DRIVER
        You understand this is the bus to
        school now, don't you?

                  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,
                               154.


then covers the camera lens.

THE END