"Hello" "My name's Forrest Forrest Gump" "Do you want a chocolate?" "I could eat about a million and a half of these" "My mama always said" "life was like a box of chocolates" "You never know what you're going to get" "Those must be comfortable shoes" "I bet you could walk all day in shoes like that and not feel a thing" "I wish I had shoes like that" "My feet hurt" "Mama always said there's an awful lot you can tell about a person by their shoes where they've been" "I've worn lots of shoes I could remember my first pair of shoes" "Mama said they'd take me anywhere" "'She said they was my magic shoes' you can open your eyes now" "Let's take a little walk around" "How do those feel?" "as strong as I've ever seen" "But his back's as crooked as a politician" "Forrest?" "Forrest! 'Mama named me after the great Civil War hero" "'General Nathan Bedford Forrest" "'She said we was related to him in some way 'he started up this club called the Ku Klux Klan" "'They'd all dress up in their robes and their bed sheets 'and act like a bunch of ghosts or spooks or something" "'They'd even put bed sheets on their horses and ride around" "Forrest Gump" "'Mama said the Forrest part was to remind me 'that sometimes we all do things that that just don't make no sense'" "This way Hold on Ugh!" "All right What are y'all staring at?" "Haven't you ever seen a little boy with braces on his legs before?" "Forrest he'd have given us all braces on our legs" "'Mama always had a way of explaining things so I could understand them Alabama" "'That's in the county of Greenbow" "'Our house had been in Mama's family since her grandpa's grandpa's grandpa 'had come across the ocean about a thousand years ago places like that" "'That's how me and Mama got money" "'Mama was a real smart lady'" "Forrest" "You're no different than anybody else is" "Forrest?" "You're the same as everybody else" "You are no different" "Mrs Gump" "His IQ is 75" "Mr Hancock" "'She wanted me to have the finest education 'so she took me to the Greenbow County central school 'l met the principal and all'" "Mrs Gump this is normal" "Forrest is right here" "The state requires a minimum IQ of 80 to attend public school he's going to have to go to a special school he'll be just fine anyway?" "He might be but my boy Forrest will get the same opportunities as everyone else" "He's not going to some special school to learn how to retread tyres" "We're talking about five little points here" "There must be something can be done" "We're a progressive school system" "We don't want to see anybody left behind" "Mrs Gump?" "He's on vacation" "(Principal panting and gasping)" "Eee!" "Eee!" "Eee!" "Eee!" "Eee!" "Eee!" "Eee!" "Eee!" "son" "Mmm-mmm-mmm" "do you?" "Eee!" "Eee!" "Eee!" "Eee!" "Eee!" "Eee!" "Eee!" "Eee!" "Eee!" "Eee!" "Eee!" "Eee!" "Eee!" "but what happened?" "First they what's vacation mean?" "Vacation?" "Where Daddy went?" "Vacation's when you go somewhere and you don't ever come back" "I guess you could say me and Mama was on our own" "'But we didn't mind Our house was never empty" "'There was always folks coming and going' everyone!" "(Man) That sure looks special we had so many people staying with us 'folks living out of their suitcases and hat cases and sample cases' it's suppertime!" "Forrest? 'and he had him a guitar case'" "(Strumming) you ain't never caught a rabbit" "# And you ain't no friend of mine #" "I told you not to bother this nice young man ma'am" "I was showing him a thing or two on the guitar" "All right Supper's ready if y'all want to eat ma'am show me that crazy little walk you did there" "Slow it down some" "# You ain't nothing but # 'l liked that guitar 'lt sounded good" "swinging my hips'" "# Cryin' all the time # me and Mama was out shopping and guess what?" "'" "# You ain't nothin' but a hound dog" "# Cryin' all the time" "# You ain't nothin' but a #" "This is not for children's eyes" "# Cryin' all the time # he sung too many songs" "'Had himself a heart attack or something'" "It must be hard being a king" "but some things you can't" "Mama 'l remember the bus ride on the first day of school very well'" "Are you coming along?" "Mama said not to be taking rides from strangers" "This is the bus to school" "Forrest Gump" "I'm Dorothy Harris now we ain't strangers any more" "This seat's taken" "It's taken" "You can't sit here 'cos I don't remember being born' butl do remember the first time I heard the sweetest voice in the wide world" "You can sit here if you want 'l had never seen anything so beautiful in my life" "'She was like an angel' are you going to sit down or aren't you?" "What's wrong with your legs?" "thank you My legs are just fine and dandy 'l just sat next to her on that bus 'and had a conversation all the way to school' my back's crooked like a question mark no one ever talked to me or asked me questions'" "Are you stupid or something?" "Stupid is as stupid does" "Forrest Gump we was always together" "'Jenny and me was like peas and carrots" "'She taught me how to climb' you can do it 'l showed her how to dangle'" "A good little and I showed her how to swing" "we'd just sit out and wait for the stars'" "Mama's going to worry about me Just stay a little longer" "Jenny didn't never want to go home'" "I'll stay" "'She was my most special friend'" "My only friend my mama always told me that miracles happen every day but they do" "dummy!" "or just plain stupid?" "Forrest" "Forrest!" "Run away!" "Hurry!" "Get the bikes!" "Let's get him!" "Come on!" "dummy!" "Here we come!" "We're going to get you!" "Forrest!" "you!" "(Kid laughs)" "Forrest!" "Run!" "you wouldn't believe it if I told you but I can run like the wind blows" "I was running" "That boy sure is a runnin' fool" "'Remember how I told you that Jenny never seemed to want to go home?" "'She lived in a house that was as old as Alabama 'and her daddy was some kind of a farmer'" "Jenny?" "'He was a very loving man" "'He was always kissing and touching her and her sisters 'Jenny wasn't on the bus to go to school' why didn't you come to school today?" "Shh Daddy's taking a nap" "(Man) Jenny!" "Come on!" "girl!" "Where you at?" "where you at?" "Jenny!" "Forrest Pray with me" "Jenny! far away from here far away" "'Mama always said God is mysterious'" "Jenny!" "'He didn't turn Jenny into a bird that day 'he had the police say" "'Jenny didn't have to stay in that house no more cos she was so close 'just cos she said she was scared" "I don't know" "'But I think it was her grandma's dog He was a mean dog" "Jenny and me was best friends 'all the way up through high school' stupid!" "Quit it!" "stupid?" "Forrest!" "Get in the truck!" "Come on!" "He's getting away!" "Move it!" "Forrest!" "Run!" "(Shouting and hollering)" "Forrest!" "I ran to get where I was going" "I never thought it would take me anywhere" "Who in the hell is that?" "coach" "Just a local idiot too'" "(Whistle)" "go on!" "Run!" "OK!" "Run!" "you stupid son of a bitch!" "Run!" "run!" "Go!" "Run!" "Run!" "Run!" "Go!" "(Whistle) but he sure is fast! 'but college was very confusing times' 'integrated the University of Alabama today' but only after Governor George Wallace had carried out his symbolic threat to stand in the schoolhouse door" "I take it from that statement what's going on?" "Coons are trying to get into school" "Coons?" "Mama chased them off with a broom you idiot Niggers" "They want to go to school with us" "With us?" "They do? President Kennedy ordered the Secretary of Defense to use military force and Governor Wallace because these National Guardsmen and they live within our borders and they are our brothers because we are awakening the American people to the dangers that we have spoken about so many times" "that is so evident today - a trend toward military dictatorship in this country" "the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and students Jimmy Hood and Vivian Malone had been signed up for summer classes" "you dropped your book Ma'am" "'Governor Wallace did what he promised he kept the mob' that couldn't be" "It sure as hell was" "that angry little man at the schoolhouse door 'thought it'd be a good idea and ran for President" "'But somebody thought that it wasn't'" "But he didn't die" "My bus is here Is it the number nine?" "it's a number four It was nice talking to you" "when Wallace got shot" "I was in college" "Did you go to a girls college or girls and boys together?" "It was co-ed" "Cos Jenny went to a college I couldn't go to" "It was a college just for girls" "'But I'd go and visit her every chance I got'" "(Radio) # I don't know why I love you but I do" "# I don't know why I cry so but I do" "# I only know I'm lonely" "# And that I want you #" "Ow!" "That hurts!" "# I don't know why I love you but I do #" "Forrest!" "Forrest!" "stop it!" "Stop it!" "What are you doing?" "he wasn't!" "Get over there!" "I'm sorry Just keep away from me wait a second" "He doesn't know any better why did you do that?" "I brought you some chocolate" "I'm sorry" "I'll go back to my college now" "Forrest" "Look at you" "Come on Come on" "(Thunder)" "Is this your own room?" "Shh!" "Forrest about who you're going to be?" "Who I'm going to be?" "Yeah" "Aren't I going to be me?" "just another kind of you" "You know?" "I want to be famous" "I want to be a singer like Joan Baez my voice" "Just me" "And I want to reach people on a personal level just one to one" "Forrest?" "I sit next to them in my home economics class all the time" "I'm sorry" "It's OK Sorry" "Oh Oh" "It's all right" "I'm dizzy" "I'll bet that never happened in home ec" "No" "I think I ruined your roommate's bathrobe" "I don't care I don't like her anyway" "(Crowd chanting) Run!" "Run!" "Run!" "Run!" "Run!" "Run!" "Run!" "Run!" "Run!" "Run!" "Stop!" "'College ran by real fast cos I played so much football" "'They even put me on a thing called the All-America team 'where you get to meet the President of the United States'" "(Newsreel) 'President Kennedy met the All-American football team 'at the Oval Office today' the really good thing about meeting the President of the US 'is the food" "They put you in this little room 'with just about anything you'd want to eat or drink 'l must have drank me about 15 Dr Peppers'" "(Burps)" "How does it feel to be an All-American?" "sir" "How does it feel to be an All-American?" "sir" "How does it feel to be an All-American?" "sir" "Congratulations How do you feel?" "I got to pee" "I believe he said he had to go pee 'somebody shot that nice young president 'when he was riding in his car 'only he was in a hotel kitchen'" "Must be hard being brothers I wouldn't know" "Forrest Gump" "'Now can you believe it?" "I got a college degree' son" "'Mama was so proud'" "I'm so proud of you I'll hold this for you son" "Have you given any thought to your future?" "Thought?" "Hello I'm Forrest Forrest Gump puss ball!" "scum-sucking maggot!" "Get your faggoty ass on the bus!" "You're in the army now!" "Seat's taken" "Taken it seemed like I made a mistake and I was getting yelled at'" "Sit down if you want to 'l didn't know who I might meet or what they might ask'" "You ever been on a real shrimp boat?" "No But I been on a real big boat" "I'm talking about a shrimp catching boat" "I been working on shrimp boats all my life" "I started out on my uncle's boat when I was about maybe nine" "I was just looking into buying my own boat and got drafted" "My given name is Benjamin Buford Blue just like one of them old redneck boys" "Can you believe that?" "My name's Forrest Gump People call me Forrest Gump 'and his mama cooked shrimp too" "'Bubba's family knew everything there was to know 'about the shrimping business'" "I know everything there is to know about the shrimping business after I get out the army" "OK" "GUMP!" "What's your sole purpose in this army?" "Drill Sergeant!" "you're a goddamn genius" "That's the most outstanding answer I've ever heard" "Private Gump people!" "I fit in the army like one of them round pegs 'lt's not really hard Drill Sergeant'" "(Sergeant) ls that clear?" "Drill Sergeant!" "What you do is you just drag your nets along the bottom you can catch over a hundred pounds of shrimp less what you spends on gas" "Drill Sergeant!" "Gump!" "Why did you put that weapon together so quickly?" "Drill Sergeant" "Jesus H Christ This is a new company record Private Gump" "You're going to be a general someday!" "Now disassemble your weapon and continue!" "shrimp is the fruit of the sea sauté it stir fried shrimp sandwich" "That's about it" "'Night-time in the army is a lonely time 'and I'd miss Jenny'" "Gump" "Get a load of the tits on her" "'Turns out Jenny had gotten into some trouble 'over some photos of her in her college sweater" "'And she was thrown out of school'" "# My baby does the hanky panky # singing in a show" "I took the bus up to Memphis 'to see her perform in that show'" "Amber Flame Give her a big hand our very own beatnik beauty" "Let's give a big round of applause to the luscious Bobbie Dylon" "# How many roads must a man walk down" "# Before you can call him a man?" "and how many seas must the white dove sail #" "'Her dream had come true' # she sleeps in the sand #" "'She was a folk singer' and how many times must the cannonballs fly" "# Before they're forever banned #" "Shake it up now!" "Somebody get her a harmonica is blowin' in the wind #" "I got something for you" "Hey!" "God damn it!" "you stupid jerk!" "I'm singing a song here" "get out here!" "Shut up yourself!" "Just shut up!" "Forrest!" "What are you doing here?" "What are you doing?" "Forrest?" "Let me down!" "(Audience) Ooh!" "Ha ha ha!" "Forrest You can't keep trying to rescue me" "They was trying to grab you A lot of people try to grab me" "Just You can't keep doing this all the time" "I can't help it I love you" "Forrest You don't know what love is" "Forrest?" "We prayed for God to turn me into a bird so I could fly far away?" "I do" "You think I could fly off this bridge?" "Jenny?" "Nothing" "I gotta get out of here" "OK?" "please" "Can I have a ride?" "(Man) Where are you going?" "I don't care Get in the truck" "Jenny" "They sending me to Vietnam" "It's this whole other country" "Just hang on a minute" "OK?" "don't be brave Just run" "OK?" "Just run away" "OK" "Jenny" "I'll write you all the time 'she was gone'" "You come back safe to me Do you hear?" "# Some folks are born" "# Made to wave the flag and blue" "# And when the band plays Hail to the chief" "Lord it ain't me son" "# It ain't me # they told us that Vietnam was going to be very different 'from the United States of America it was'" "I'll bet there's shrimp all in these waters" "They tell me these Vietnams is good shrimp we can get American shrimpers out here and shrimp these waters man" "sir!" "get your hands down Do not salute me" "There are goddamn snipers all around this area who'd love to grease an officer" "I'm Lieutenant Dan Taylor Welcome to Fort Platoon" "What's wrong with your lip?" "sir you better tuck that in Gonna get that caught on a trip wire" "Where are you boys from in the world?" "sir!" "You twins?" "sir it's pretty basic here you'll be all right" "There is one item of GI gear that can be the difference between life and death socks" "OD Green Try and keep your feet dry change your socks whenever we stop" "The Mekong will eat a grunt's feet right off his legs where's that sling rope I told you to order?" "I put in the requisitions you call those sons of bitches" "'Lieutenant Dan sure knew his stuff 'l felt real lucky he was my lieutenant great military tradition" "'Somebody in his family had fought and died 'in every 'single" "'American war' kick some ass Get on it!" "'l guess you could say he had a lot to live up to' huh?" "Welll been through there" "Little Rock's a fine town shake down your gear See the platoon sergeant" "Draw what you need for the field we got steaks burning right over here" "Two standing orders in this platoon take good care of your feet like getting yourself killed # this is the worse trip I've ever been on #" "I sure hope I don't let him down" "'l got to see a lot of the countryside" "'We would take these real long walks'" "# There must be some kinda way outta here" "# Said the joker to the thief #" "'And we were always lookin' for this guy named Charlie'" "I can't get no relief # boys!" "'lt wasn't always fun' about a rock shut up'" "Get down!" "Shut up!" "'So we did 'but I think some of America's best young men served in this war" "'There was Dallas from Phoenix he was from Detroit" "Tex" "What the hell's going on?" "'And Tex was" "I don't remember where Tex come from' nothin'" "on your feet" "Y'all got 10 clicks to go to that river Move out hup!" "(Dan) Step it up!" "Look alive out there" "'The good thing about Vietnam is there was always someplace to go'" "Fire in the hole!" "check out that hole" "'And there was always something to do'" "Mount 'em up!" "Spread out!" "Cover his back!" "and it didn't quit for four months" "'We'd been through every kind of rain there is" "'Little bitty stinging rain 'and sometimes rain even seemed to come straight up from underneath it even rained at night'" "Bubba" "I'm going to lean up against you You lean back against me" "This way we don't have to sleep with our heads in the mud" "Forrest?" "like brothers and stuff something I been thinking about" "I got a very important question to ask you" "How would you like to go into the shrimping business with me?" "I tell you what too" "So many pounds of shrimp will pay off the boat" "So many pounds for gas We'll live right on the boat" "We ain't got to pay no rent split everything right down the middle all the shrimp you can eat" "That's a fine idea" "'Bubba did have a fine idea" "'l even wrote Jenny and told her all about it but almost 'and told her how I thought about her always" "'And how I was looking forward to getting a letter from her 'just as soon as she had the time 'l'd always let her know that I was OK" "Forrest Gump'" "# There's somethin' happening' here # 'and the sun come out'" "# I got to beware #" "(Dan) Ambush!" "Take cover!" "God damn it!" "Forrest!" "You OK?" "Strongarm!" "We got a man down!" "this is Leg Lima 6!" "Over!" "Strongarm!" "We have incoming from the treeline at point blue" "Point blue!" "AKs and rockets!" "We're getting it hard!" "Misfire!" "Misfire!" "God damn it!" "Get that pig unfucked and get it in the treeline!" "Jesus!" "My unit is down hard and hurting!" "Pullin' back to the blue line Leg Lima 6 out!" "Pull back!" "Pull back!" "Forrest!" "Pull back!" "man!" "Run!" "Gump!" "God damn it!" "Run!" "(Soldier) Medic!" "Can I get a medic?" "just like Jenny told me to 'l ran so far and so fast which was a bad thing'" "Bubba" "'Bubba was my best good friend I had to make sure he was OK'" "(Man) Where the hell are you?" "Bubba! there was this boy laying on the ground'" "Tex" "OK 'so I grabbed him up and run him out of there help me!" "'" "OK Here Here man Lay back You'll be OK" "'l started to get scared that I might never find Bubba'" "I know my position is danger close!" "We got Charlie all over this area" "I got to have those fast movers in here now Over" "Coleman's dead!" "I know he's dead!" "My whole goddamn platoon is wiped out!" "God damn it!" "What are you doing?" "You leave me here!" "Get away Just leave me here!" "Get out!" "God damn it!" "this is Strongarm" "'Be advised your fast movers are inbound Over'" "'Then it felt like something just jumped up and bit me'" "Aah!" "Something bit me!" "(Dan screams)" "You son of a bitch!" "Aah!" "Gump!" "Forget about me Get yourself out!" "Did you hear what I said?" "put me down!" "Get your ass out of here!" "God damn you!" "Where do you think you're going?" "To get Bubba" "I got an air strike inbound now They're going to nape the whole area" "God damn it!" "That's an order!" "I gotta find Bubba!" "(Bubba) Forrest" "Bubba" "Forrest I'm OK" "no I'm gonna be all right" "(Vietnamese soldiers approaching)" "Come on Come on Come on" "Forrest" "(Aeroplanes overhead)" "I'm OK I'm fine" "(Dan) Top smoke Get it out there 'lf I'd have known this was going to be the last time 'l'd of thought of something better to say'" "Forrest" "Forrest why did this happen?" "You got shot" "'Then Bubba said something I won't ever forget'" "I want to go home" "'Bubba was my best good friend" "'And even I know that ain't something you can find just around the corner he died right there by that river in Vietnam'" "That's all I have to say about that" "wasn't it?" "A bullet?" "That jumped up and bit you sir" "Bit me directly in the but-tocks but cos I still ain't seen a nickel of that million dollars" "The only good thing about being wounded in the but-tocks is the ice cream" "'They gave me all the ice cream I could eat" "'And guess what?" "'A good friend of mine was in the bed right next door'" "I got you some ice cream ice cream!" "Lieutenant" "Harper!" "(Man) Cooper Larson" "Webster" "Gump" "Gump!" "I'm Forrest Gump" "Kyle Nichols" "McMill Johnson" "surprise!" "'" "how can you watch that stupid shit?" "Turn it off" "'You are tuned to the American Forces Vietnam Network" "Saigon'" "Gump" "You know how to play this?" "Come on Let me show you Here ever take your eye off the ball" "All right ping pong came very natural to me'" "See?" "Any idiot can play" "'So I started playing it all the time 'l played ping pong even when I didn't have anyone to play with" "'The hospital's people said it made me look like a duck in water" "'Whatever that means" "'Even Lieutenant Dan would come and watch me play" "I even played it in my sleep'" "you listen to me We all have a destiny" "Nothing just happens It's all part of a plan! a legless freak!" "Look Look!" "Look at me!" "You see that?" "Do you know what it's like not to be able to use your legs?" "I do" "Did you hear what I said?" "You cheated me!" "I had a destiny with honour!" "and you cheated me out of it!" "Gump?" "not to me" "I had a destiny" "I wasLieutenantDan Taylor" "Y-you're stillLieutenant Dan" "Look at me What am I going to do now?" "What am I going to do now?" "PFC Gump?" "sir!" "As you were you been awarded the Medal of Honor" "Lieutenant Dan?" "They want to give me a m" "what did they do with Lieutenant Dan?" "They sent him home" "I left Vietnam'" "'The ceremony was kicked off with a candid speech by the President 'regarding the need for further escalation of the war in Vietnam" "'President Johnson awarded four Medals of Honor to men' son" "I understand you were wounded Where were you hit?" "sir that must be a sight" "I'd kinda like to see that" "Mrs Robinson" "# Jesus loves you more than you will know whoa" "Mrs Robinson # son! 'so I went out for a walk to see our capital'" "(Woman) Hilary!" "I got the vets What do you want to do with them? 'cos the streets was awful crowded with people 'and some of them people were loud and pushy' follow me!" "Move it out!" "I had to stand in line'" "Come on Go!" "you're a good man for doing this Good" "OK" "'There was this man giving a little talk he was wearing an American flag for a shirt" "'And he liked to say the F-worda lot" "'F this and F that they cheered'" "(Feedback)" "Yeah!" "Yeah!" "man move!" "Go on Let's get up there" "man" "The war in Vietnam?" "The war in Viet-fuckin'-nam!" "(Man) Peace!" "Well" "'There was only one thing I could say about the war in Vietnam'" "There's only one thing I can say about the war in Vietnam" "In Vietnam" "(Feedback)" "What the hell are you do you goddamn oinker!" "Jesus Christ!" "What did they do with this?" "Can't hear you!" "Can't hear anything!" "This one!" "Give me that!" "(Woman) Speak up!" "That's it" "And that's all I have to say about that" "(Silence) man You said it all" "man?" "My name is Forrest Forrest Gump" "Forrest Gump" "(Crowd) Gump!" "(Woman) Forrest!" "Forrest!" "Jenny!" "Forrest!" "Hey!" "'lt was the happiest moment of my life" "'Jenny and me were just like peas and carrots again" "'She showed me around 'and even introduced me to some of her new friends'" "Shut that blind!" "And get your white ass away from that window" "Don't you know we in a war here?" "He's cool He's one of us Let me tell you about us" "Our purpose is to protect our black leaders from the racial onslaught and destroy our black communities" "Who's the baby killer?" "Forrest Gump and he's the president of the Berkeley chapter of SDS" "We are here to offer protection and help are against the war in Vietnam" "We are against any war where black soldiers are sent to die for a country that hates them" "We are against any war where black soldiers go to fight and come to be brutalised and killed in their own communities" "We are against all these racist and imperial acts" "# You know I caught my old lady messin' around town" "# And I gave her the gun" "# I shot her #" "Forrest!" "Stop it!" "Stop it!" "I shouldn't have brought you here" "I should have known it was going to be some bullshit hassle!" "Jenny" "Forrest" "Sorry I had a fight in the middle of your Black Panther party" "He doesn't mean it when he does things like this" "Jenny" "Forrest" "I wanted to be your boyfriend" "Forrest" "You look handsome in it You do" "You know what?" "What?" "I'm glad we were here together in our nation's capital" "Forrest just talkin'" "'She told me about all the travelling she'd done 'and how she discovered ways to expand her mind 'cos she made it all the way to California'" "# Love one another right now #" "(Man) Hey" "Anybody want to go to San Francisco?" "I'll go Far out!" "'lt was a very special night for the two of us 'l didn't want it to end'" "Jenny" "Forrest" "Jenny?" "Things got a little out of hand" "It's just this war and that lying son of a bitch Johnson and" "I would never hurt you You know that" "You know what I think?" "I think" "Alabama!" "you know" "I want you to have this" "I can't keep this" "I got it just by doing what you told me to do" "Why are you so good to me?" "You're my girl" "I'll always be your girl" "turn turn" "# And a time to every purpose under heaven # she was gone out of my life again' 'one giant leap for mankind' 'but instead they decided the best way for me to fight the communists 'was to play ping pong' cheering up wounded veterans and showing 'em how to play ping pong the Army decided I should be on the All-American ping pong team" "'We were the first Americans to visit the land of China 'in a million years or something 'but all I did was play ping pong' famouser even than Captain Kangaroo" "Forrest Gump Right here" "John Lennon" "Welcome home what was China like?" "people hardly got nothin' at all" "No possessions?" "(Laughter) they never go to church too?" "Oh Hard to imagine" "Dick that nice young man from England 'was on his way home to see his little boy 'and was signing some autographs somebody shot him'" "They gave you the Congressional Medal of Honor that's Lieutenant Dan" "Lieutenant Dan!" "They gave you the Congressional Medal of Honor sir They surely did a moron who goes on television the Congressional Medal of Honor" "sir thatthat's just perfect!" "I just got one thing to say to that" "Goddamn bless America hey!" "whoa!" "God!" "Lieutenant Dan!" "'Lieutenant Dan said he was living in a hotel 'he spent most of his time exercising his arms'" "# Everybody's talkin' at me #" "Take a right Take a right!" "# I don't hear a word they're sayin'" "# Only the echoes of my mind #" "Lieutenant Dan?" "I'm living off the government tit" "# People stop and stare #" "(Car honks) are you blind?" "I'm walking here!" "go!" "# in heavenly peace # 'l stayed with Lieutenant Dan and celebrated the holidays'" "and hurry home God bless you'" "Gump?" "sir" "That's all these cripples down at the VA" "That's all they ever talk about" "Jesus this and Jesus that Ha" "Have I found Jesus?" "They even had a priest come and talk to me but I have to help myself I'll get to walk beside him in the kingdom of heaven" "Did you hear what I said?" "Walk beside him in the kingdom of heaven kiss my crippled ass" "God is listening?" "What a crock of shit" "Lieutenant Dan" "Oh?" "Well why don't you get your ass down to the corner sir" "'We're at approximately 45th Street in New York City at One Astor Plaza" "'This is the site of the old Astor Hotel'" "What the hell is in Bayou La Batre?" "Shrimping boats" "Shrimping boats?" "Who gives a shit about shrimping boats?" "I got to buy me one soon as I have some money" "I promised Bubba in Vietnam we'd be partners" "He'd be the captain and I'd be his first mate" "I got to be the captain" "A shrimp boat captain" "Lieutenant Dan" "Now hear this!" "Private Gump here is gonna be a shrimp boat captain" "Gilligan I will come and be your first mate Ha ha ha!" "that's the day I'm an astronaut!" "huh?" "Mr Hot Wheels Who's your friend?" "My name is Forrest Forrest Gump" "This is Cunning Carla and Long-limbs Lenore huh?" "Haven't seen you around lately cos Tommy bought a free round and gave everybody a turkey sandwich uhcompany" "Times Square" "Don't you just love New Year's?" "You can start all over" "Everybody gets a second chance 'wondering how she was spending her New Year's night 'out in California'" "# Don't you love her ways?" "# Tell me what you say" "# Don't you love her madly?" "# Want to meet her daddy?" "# Don't you love her face?" "# Don't you love her as she's walkin' out the door?" "#" "(Crowd) Nineeight sevensix fivefour threetwo" "One!" "Happy New Year!" "(Toot)" "# Should auld acquaintance be forgot" "# And never brought to mind #" "Lieutenant Dan!" "# Should auld acquaintance be forgot # ln days of auld lang syne #" "# Together we stand" "# Divided we fall let's get on the ball" "# And work together come on let's work together #" "stupid or something?" "What's your problem?" "What's his problem?" "Did you lose your packet in the war?" "Is your friend stupid or something?" "What did you say?" "I said is your friend stupid or something?" "don't push her!" "You shut up!" "Don't you ever call him stupid!" "Get the hell outta here" "Get your goddamn clothes and get the hell out of here!" "You should be in a sideshow You're so pathetic!" "Get out of here!" "You retard!" "Loser You freak!" "no No" "Lieutenant Dan" "She tasted like cigarettes" "'l guess Lieutenant Dan figured there's some things you can't change" "'He didn't want to be called crippled 'just like I didn't want to be called stupid'" "Gump" "The US ping pong team met with President Nixon today they invited me and the ping pong team to visit the White House again" "And I met the President of the United States again they didn't get us rooms in a real fancy hotel' young man?" "Where are you staying?" "It's called the Hotel Ebbott no I know a much nicer hotel" "It's brand-new Very modern I'll have my people take care of it" "'Security' Yeah Sir" "You might want to send a maintenance man over to that office across the way they're keeping me awake sir I'll check it out' Thank you Good night" "I shall resign the presidency 'effective at noon tomorrow" "'Vice President Ford 'will be sworn in as President at that hour in this office" "'As I recall the high hopes for America" "'" "sir!" "As you were I have your discharge papers son" "Does this mean I can't play ping pong no more?" "it does my service in the United States Army was over" "'So I went home'" "Mama I know I know he's here but Mama had all sorts of visitors'" "We've had all sorts of visitors" "Everybody wants you to use their ping pong stuff 000 if you'd be agreeable to saying you like using their paddle" "I only like using my own paddle" "Forrest" "I know that" "Forrest see if it grows on you she sure was right It's fun to have things work out 'l didn't stay home for long 'so I went on down to Bayou La Batre to meet Bubba's family'" "Are you crazy or just plain stupid?" "Mrs Blue I guess" "I paid my respect to Bubba himself'" "Forrest Gump" "and I got it all figured out that's left after a new haircut and a new suit then three Dr Peppers" "Tell me something" "Are you stupid or something?" "sir so it wasn't hurting nobody" "and new nets and a brand-new shrimping boat 'but you know what I found out?" "'Shrimping is tough'" "I only caught five you can have yourself a cocktail" "You ever think about naming this old boat?" "It's bad luck to have a boat without a name 'but there was only one I could think of" "'The most beautiful name in the wide world'" "# Do a little dance" "# Make a little love" "# Get down tonight" "# Woah!" "Get down tonight" "# Do a little dance" "# Make a little love" "# Get down tonight 'but I thought about her a lot 'l hoped whatever she was doing made her happy' and the bird you cannot change" "# And this bird you cannot change" "# Lord knows I can't change" "I can't change #" "'l thought about Jenny all the time'" "Hey!" "what are you doing here?" "thought I'd try out my sea legs" "Lieutenant Dan" "I know that you idiot well Captain Forrest Gump I had to see this for myself" "And that I'd be your first mate" "Here I am I am a man of my word OK" "But don't you be thinking that I'm going to be calling you sir sir" "That's my boat so take a left" "Take a left!" "Which way?" "Over there!" "They're over there!" "Get on the wheel and take a left OK what are you doing?" "Take a left!" "Left!" "my boy!" "Ha ha!" "That's where we'll find them" "so I was wrong how are we going to find them?" "Maybe you should just pray for shrimp" "# Still praying as" "# I onward bound #" "'So I went to church every Sunday 'though I think he left the praying up to me'" "No shrimp" "Where the hell's this God of yours? 'cos right then God showed up'" "(Dan) You'll never sink this boat! he was mad'" "Come on!" "You call this a storm?" "you son of a bitch!" "It's time for a showdown!" "You and me!" "I'm right here!" "Come and get me!" "Ha ha!" "Ha ha!" "You'll never sinkthisboat!" "Ha ha ha ha! destroying nearly everything in its path Bayou La Batre's entire shrimping industry has fallen victim to Carmen and has been left in utter ruin only one shrimping boat survived the storm' there's Forrest shrimping was easy'" "(Gospel choir) # There will be great bounty my God # Bubba-Gump shrimp's what they got" "We got a whole bunch of boats big old warehouse" "We even have hats that say Bubba-Gump on them" "Bubba-Gump Shrimp It's a household name boy" "Are you telling me you're the owner of the Bubba-Gump Shrimp Corporation?" "sir We got more money than Davy Crockett but that tops them all" "(Laughs)" "We were sitting next to a millionaire! with such enthusiasm" "Would you like to see what Lieutenant Dan looks like?" "I would" "That's him right there" "Let me tell you something about Lieutenant Dan" "Forrest" "I never thanked you for saving my life 'but I think he made his peace with God'" "(Gunshots) 'President Ford escaped possible assassination today'" "(Radio) 'Base to Jenny 1 Base to Jenny 1 '" "Margo" "'Forrest has a phone call' you'll have to tell them to call him back" "He is indisposed at the moment" "'His mama's sick'" "Where's Mama?" "She's upstairs" "Forrest" "(Doctor) I'll see you tomorrow" "All right" "boy?" "Mama?" "Forrest sit down over here" "Mama?" "It's my time" "It's just my time now" "sweetheart" "Death is just a part of life" "Something we're all destined to do but I was destined to be your mama" "I did the best I could" "Mama" "I happen to believe you make your own destiny" "You have to do the best with what God gave you" "Mama?" "You're going to have to figure that out for yourself" "Forrest" "You never know what you're going to get" "'Mama always had a way of explaining things so I could understand them'" "Forrest" "'She had got the cancer 'and died on a Tuesday" "'l bought her a new hat with little flowers on it'" "And that's all I have to say about that" "Didn't you say you were waiting for the number seven bus?" "There'll be another one along shortly because I had been a football star and war hero and national celebrity and a shrimping boat captain decided to get together and offered me a fine job 'though he did take care of my Bubba-Gump money" "'He got me invested in some kind of fruit company" "So then I got a call from him That's good One less thing" "# I've got a new hope # 'and the rest is just for showing off" "'So I gave a whole bunch of it to the Foursquare Gospel Church" "'And I gave a whole bunch to the Bayou La Batre fishing hospital 'l gave Bubba's mama Bubba's share'" "You know what?" "'She didn't have to work in nobody's kitchen no more'" "That smells wonderful 'l cut that grass for free" "'But at night-time when there was nothing to do 'l'd always think of Jenny'" "'And thenshe was there'" "Jenny" "'Jenny came back and stayed with me 'or maybe it was because she was so tired cos she went to bed 'and slept and slept like she hadn't slept in years 'lt was wonderful having her home 'and she'd listen about ping ponging and shrimping" "'and Mama making a trip up to heaven 'l did all the talking" "'Jenny most of the time was real quiet'" "How could you do this?" "'Sometimes I guess there just aren't enough rocks but I didn't care 'lt was like olden times We was like peas and carrots again 'and she gave me the best gift 'anyone could ever get in the wide world'" "They're just for running" "'And she even showed me how to dance'" "# I miss the whole family once again" "# And I think it's a sin" "# Sweet home Alabama #" "Jenny and me 'and it was the happiest time in my life'" "You done watching it?" "Mm-hmm" "I'm going to bed" "Will you marry me?" "Jenny" "Forrest" "But you won't marry me" "You don't want to marry me" "Jenny? but I know what love is" "Jenny" "I do love you" "Where are you running off to?" "I'm not running 'l decided to go for a little run and when I got there 'l thought maybe I'd run to the end of town suffering from heat exhaustion' 'l thought maybe I'd just run across Greenbow County 'maybe I'd just run across the great state of Alabama" "'And that's what I did I ran clear across Alabama'" "No particular reason I just kept on going" "I ran clear to the ocean just keep on going" "I figured since I'd gone this far 'l might as well just turn back and keep right on going" "I ate'" "When I had to go you know I went you just ran" "Yeah" "# Lookin' out at the road rushing' under my wheels" "# Lookin' back at the years gone by" "# Like so many sown fields" "I was 17" "# And runnin' up on one" "# I don't know where I'm runnin' now" "# I'm just runnin' on" "# Runnin' on" "# Runnin' on empty" "# Runnin' on" "# Runnin' blind # about Mama and Bubba and Lieutenant Dan" "I thought about Jenny 'l thought about her a lot' 'has been running across America" "'Charles Cooper brings you this report' 'is about to cross the Mississippi River again today'" "I'll be damned Forrest?" "Are you doing this for world peace?" "Is it for the homeless?" "Are you running for women's rights?" "The environment?" "'They couldn't believe that somebody would do all that running 'for no particular reason'" "Why are you doing this?" "I just felt like running" "I just felt like runnin'" "That's you I can't believe it's really you what I was doing seemed to make sense to people" "It was like an alarm went off in my head" "Here's a guy that's got his act together" "Mr Gump" "'So I got company" "I got more company even more people joined in'" "Somebody later told me it gave people hope but some of those people asked me if I could help them out" "I was wondering if you might help me I'm in the bumper sticker business I thought you might be able to help me man!" "You just ran through a big pile of dog shit!" "It happens What?" "Shit?" "Sometimes" "I heard that that fella did come up 'with a bumper sticker slogan and made a lot of money off of it" "I was running along and he didn't have a camera' use this one Nobody likes that colour anyway" "(Horn honks)" "Have a nice day" "I found out 'that that man did come up with an idea for a t-shirt" "'He made a lot of money off of it'" "I had a lot of company" "You got to put the past behind you 'before you can move on" "'And I think that's what my running was all about 'l had run for three years and 16 hours'" "Quiet He's going to say something" "I'm pretty tired" "Think I'll go home now" "Now what are we supposed to do?" "my runnin' days was over" "'So I went home to Alabama' 'as President Reagan was leaving the'" "(Gunshots) 'five or six gunshots were fired by an unknown would-be assassin" "'The President was shot in the chest'" "I picked up the mail" "I got a letter from Jenny and that's what I'm doing here running" "I'm supposed to go on the number nine bus to Richmond Street apartment 4 you don't need to take a bus" "Henry Street is just five or six blocks down that way" "Down that way?" "Down that way" "It was nice talking to you" "(Horn honks)" "I hope everything works out for you!" "Hey!" "Forrest!" "How you doin'?" "Come in!" "Come in!" "I got your letter" "I was wondering about that This your house?" "Yeah It's messy right now I just got off work" "It's nice You got air conditioning" "Uh" "Thank you I ate some keptkept a scrapbook of of your clippings and there you are" "I got you running" "I ran a long way It's a long time" "There" "I don't know how to say this Um" "I just" "I want to apologise for anything that I ever did to you cos and" "(Knock on door)" "Yoo-hoo!" "Hey!" "you" "This is an old friend from Alabama How do you do?" "so I can" "No problem Got to go I'm double-parked" "OK Thanks" "This is my very good friend Mr Gump Can you say hi?" "Mr Gump Hello" "Can I go watch TV now?" "Yes Just keep it low" "Jenny I'm a mama" "His name's Forrest" "Like me!" "I named him after his daddy too?" "Forrest" "Hey" "Forrest" "There's nothing you need to do You didn't do anything wrong" "OK?" "Isn't he beautiful?" "He's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen" "But can he" "He's very smart He's one of the smartest in his class" "that's OK Go talk to him" "What are you watching?" "Bert and Ernie" "Forrest" "I'm sick do you have a cough due to a cold? and there isn't anything they can do about it" "You could come home with me you andLittle Forrest could come stay at my house in Greenbow" "I'll take care of you if you're sick" "Forrest?" "OK" "(Man) Please take your seats" "Forrest?" "It's time to start" "Hi" "Your tie" "Lieutenant Dan" "Lieutenant Dan" "Forrest" "You got new legs" "New legs!" "Yeah I got new legs Custom-made" "Titanium alloy It's what they use on the space shuttle" "Magic legs" "Susan" "Forrest this is my Jenny" "Hi It's nice to meet you finally" "take Jenny to be your wife?" "take Forrest to be your husband?" "And so I pronounce you man and wife" "Hey Hi" "Forrest" "Were you scared in Vietnam?" "I I don't know" "'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" "'There was always a million sparkles on the water 'like that mountain lake one on top of the other'" "when the sun comes up" "I couldn't tell where heaven stopped and the earth began 'lt's so beautiful'" "I wish I could've been there with you" "You were" "I love you" "'You died on a Saturday morning'" "And I had you placed here under our tree" "And I had that house of your father's bulldozed to the ground" "Mamaalways said that dying' was a part of life" "I sure wish it wasn't" "Little Forrest isdoing just fine" "But and dinner every day" "I make sure hecombs his hair and brushes his teeth every day" "Teaching him how to play ping pong He's really good you go Uhh!" "'We fish a lot'" "Jenny" "You'd be so proud of him" "I am wrote you aa letter" "And he says I can't read it so I'll just leave it here for you" "Jenny" "I don't know if Mama was right or if itit's Lieutenant Dan or if we're all just floating around accidental-like on a breeze" "But ll thinkmaybe it's both" "Maybe both is happening at the same time" "Jenny" "If there's anything you need I won't be far away" "(Birds chirping)" "Here's your bus OK" "I know this" "I'm gonna share that for show-and-tell because Grandma used to read it to you" "My favourite book" "Here we are" "Hey Here you go" "Forrest" "Don't" "I wanted to tell you I love you" "Daddy" "I'll be right here when you get back" "(Pop)" "don't you?" "and I'm Forrest Gump" "Subtitles ßy MühàmmáÐ Ü§mâñ"