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