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Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump is a 1994 film based on a novel about a mentally challenged man's epic journey through life, passing historical figures and incidents largely unaware of their significance. [1]
- Directed by: Robert Zemeckis. Written by: Winston Groom (novel), Eric Roth (screenplay).
- Starring: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright Penn, and Gary Sinise.
The world will never be the same once you've seen it through the eyes of Forrest Gump taglines
Forrest Gump
- [first lines]]
Hello. My name's Forrest Gump
You want a chocolate? (offering to the nurse sitting by him)
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."
- [first line of the novel] Bein' an idiot is no box of chocolates.
- My momma always said you could tell a lot about a person by the shoes they wear.
- Now you wouldn't believe me if I told you, but I could run like the wind blows. From that day on, if I was ever going somewhere, I was running!
- Stupid is as stupid does.
- [speaking about his Vietnam tour]
We was always taking these real long walks, looking for this guy named Charlie."
- The best thing about visiting the President is the food! Now, since it was all free, and I wasn't hungry but thirsty, I must've drank me fifteen Dr. Peppers.
- [in the Watergate hotel; on phone with security]
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 a fuse box, 'cause them flashlights, they keep me awake.
- (When his girlfriend Jenny runs out of rocks to throw at the house where her father molested her) I guess sometimes there just aren't enough rocks to throw.
- I'm sorry I ruined your New Year's Eve party, Lieutenant Dan. She tasted like cigarettes.
- I'm sorry I had to fight in the middle of your Black Panther party.
- [speaking about Lieutenant Daniel Taylor]
He was from a long great military tradition. Somebody from his family had fought and died in every single American war. I guess you could say he had a lot to live up to.
- I may not be a smart man, but I know what love is.
- That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a little run. So I ran to the end of the road. And when I got there, I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got there, 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 state of Alabama. And that's what I did. I ran clear across Alabama. For no particular reason I just kept on going. I ran clear to the ocean. And when I got there, I figured, since I'd gone this far, I might as well turn around, just keep on going. When I got to another ocean, I figured, since I'd gone this far, I might as well just turn back, keep right on going.
- [voice over while running]
I had run for 3 years, 2 months, 14 days, and 16 hours.
[he stops and turns around]
Runner: Quiet, quiet! He's gonna say something!
[pause] I'm pretty tired... I think I'll go home now.
- My Mama always said you've got to put the past behind you before you can move on.
- Mama always said, dying was a part of life.
- We were like peas and carrots, Jenny and I.
- I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just floatin' around accidental-like on a breeze. But I, I think maybe it's both.
Conversations
- Forrest Gump: Hello. I'm Forrest, Forrest Gump.
- Recruit Officer: Nobody gives a hunky shit who you are, pus ball. You're not even a low-life, scum-sucking maggot. Get your ass on the bus, you're in the army now!
- Drill Sergeant: Gump! What's your sole purpose in this army?
- Forrest Gump: To do whatever you tell me, drill sergeant!
- Drill Sergeant: God damn it, Gump! You're a god damn genius! This is the most outstanding answer I have ever heard. You must have a goddamn I.Q. of 160. You are goddamn gifted, Private Gump. Listen up, people...
- Forrest Gump: 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 and always answer every question with "Yes, drill sergeant."
- Drill Sergeant: ...Is that clear?
- Forrest Gump: Yes, drill sergeant!
- John F. Kennedy: Congratulations, how do you feel?
- Forrest Gump: I gotta pee.
- John F. Kennedy: [turning to camera] I believe he said he had to go pee. Heh heh.
- Lyndon B. Johnson: [Putting medal on Forrest] America owes you a debt of gratitude, son. Now I understand you were wounded. Where were you hit?
- Forrest Gump: In the buttocks, Sir.
- Lyndon B. Johnson: Oh that must be a sight.
- [Whispering to Forrest]
- Lyndon B. Johnson: I'd like to see that.
- [Forrest shows him; Johnson walks away embarrassed]
- Lyndon B. Johnson: God damn, son.
- Lieutenant Daniel Taylor: Have you found Jesus yet, Gump?
- Forrest Gump: I didn't know I was supposed to be looking for him, sir.
- Forrest Gump: Lieutenant Dan, what are you doing here?
- Lieutenant Daniel Taylor: I'm here to try out my sea legs.
- Forrest Gump: But you ain't got no legs, Lieutenant Dan.
Others
- Bubba: Anyway, like I was sayin', shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that's about it.
- Lieutenant Daniel Taylor: That's what all these cripples down at the VA talk about: Jesus this and Jesus that. They even had a priest come and talk to me. He said God is listening and if I found Jesus, I'd get to walk beside him in the kingdom of Heaven. 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.
Unsorted
- "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get." (movie)
- "Bein' an idiot is no box of chocolates." (novel)
- "My legs are just fine, but my back is crooked as a question mark."
- "Her dream had come true. She was a folk singer."
- Bubba: "My family knows ever'thing there is to know 'bout the shrimpin' bidness."
- "And that's all I have to say about that."
- "You are stupid, when you act stupid."
Taglines
- The world will never be the same once you've seen it through the eyes of Forrest Gump.
- Life is like a box of chocolates...you never know what you're gonna get.
Cast
- Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump
- Robin Wright Penn - Jenny Curran (as Robin Wright)
- Gary Sinise - Lt. Dan Taylor
- Mykelti Williamson - Pvt. Benjamin Buford 'Bubba' Blue
- Sally Field - Mrs. Gump
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