Jenny and Forrest sneak to Jenny's door.
Forrest : Is this your room?
Jenny : Shh!
Jenny unlocks the door and they step inside.
INT. JENNY'S DORM ROOM
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 breats. Jenny realizes that he is looking
at her.
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.
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 cheeck.
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.
EXT. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA/FOOTBALL STADIUM - DAY (1963)
Forrest runs across the field as the defending team chases him. The crowd
yells for Forrest. They flips a sign that reads: "Go Forrest."
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 toerh in the end zone.
Forrest looks as the crowd cheers wildly.
Forrest: (voice-over) 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: (voice-over) 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 Teal
stands behind him. Forrest is among the players in suits.
Announcer: (over newsreel) President Kennedy met with the Collegiate
All-American Football Team at the Oval Office today.
INT. WHITE HOUSE RECEPTION AREA - DAY (1963)
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: (voice-over) 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 buttlet table. Numerous
bottle of Dr. Pepper are displayed on the table. A servant opens the
bottle for him.
Forrest: (voice-over) 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: (voice-over) ... 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 with the
All-American football players.
President: Congratulations. How does it feel to be an All-American?
Kennedy
1st Player: It's an honor, Sir.
Another player steps up to the President and shakes the President's hand.
President: Congratulations. How does it feel to be an All-American?
Kennedy
2nd Player: Very good, Sir.
President: Congratulations. How does it feel to be an All-American?
Kennedy
3rd Player: Very good, Sir.
The player walks away. Forrest steps up to the President. The President
shakes his hand.
President: Congratulations. How do you feel?
Kennedy
Forrest: I gotta pee.
President Kennedy turns and smiles.
President: I believe he said he had to go pee.
Kennedy
INT. WHITE HOUSE/BATHROOM
Forrest urinates in the bathroom, then lowers the lid and FLASHes.
Forrest washes his hands, then notices an autographed photo from Marilyn
Monroe and a photo of John with his brother Bobby.
Forrest: (voice-over) 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: (voice-over) ... somebody shot his little brother, too,
only he was in a hotel kitchen.
EXT. SAVANNHA/BUS BENCH - DAY (1981)
Forrest sits on the bench and shakes his head.
Forrest: It must be hard being brothers. I wouldn't know.
EXT. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA - DAY - GRADUATION DAY (1966)
Students in their caps and gowns step forward the podium to receive their
diplomas. Forrest's name iscalled. He steps up and accepts his diploma.
Dean: Forrest Gump.
Forrest: (voice-over) 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: (voice-over) 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: Congratulations, son. Have you given any thought to your
Recruiter 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.
ARmy Recruiting Center."
Forrest: (voice-over) Hello, I'm Forrest...
INT. ARMY BUS - DAY (1966)
Forrest steps onto the army bus. Rain pours outside as the army bus
driver yells at Forrest.
Forrest: ... Forrest Gump.
Army Bus: Nobody gives a bunk of shit who you are, fuzzball! You're
Driver not even a low-life scumsucking 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: (voice-over) 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: (voice-over) ... 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 down.
Bubba: You can sit down... if you want to.
Forrest: (voice-over) 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 of redneck
boys. Can you believe that?
Forrest: My name's Forrest Gump. People call me Forrest Gump.
Forrest: (voice-over) So Bubba was from Bayou La Batre, Alabama,
and his momma cooked shrimp.
INT. LOUISIANA/KITCHEN - DAY (1966)
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 table in front of a
wealthy white man.
Forrest: (voice-over) And her momma before her cooked shrimp.
INT. SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH/KITCHEN - DAY (EARLY DAYS OF 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: (voice-over) And her momma before her momma cooked shrimp,
too. Bubba's family knew everything...
INT. ARMY BUS - DAY (1966)
Forrest: (voice-over) ... 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.
INT. BARRACKS - DAY
A DRILL SERGEANT is in Forrest's face as Forrest stands in line with the
other recruits.
Drill: Gump! What's your sole purpose in this Army?
Sergeant
Forrest: To do whatever you tell me, Drill Sergeant!
Drill: Godamnit, Gump! You're a goddamned genius! That's the most
Sergeant 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: Listen up, people...
Sergeant
Forrest: (voice-over) 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: That is one very intelligent individual! You lock your
Sergeant scuzzy bodies up behind that private and do exactly what
he does and you will go far in this man's army!
Forrest: (voice-over) And always answer every question with "Yes,
Drill Sergeant!"
Drill: Is that clear?
Sergeant
Forrest &: Yes, Drill Sergeant!
Recruits
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 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: Gump!
Sergeant
The Drill Sergeant rushes up to Forrest.
Drill: Why did you put that weapon together so quickly, Gump?
Sergeant
Forrest: You told me to, Drill Seageant.
The Drill Seageant looks at his stop watch.
Drill: Jesus Christ! This is a new company record. If it wouldn't
Sergeant 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 Seageant 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 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: (voice-over) Nighttime in the Army is a lovely time.
Forrest lies in his bunk and looks u.
Forrest: (voice-over) 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: 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: (voice-over) 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..."
INT. NASHVILLE/NIGHT CLUB - NIGHT (1966)
Forrest, in his army uniform, steps into the foyer of the club.
Forrest: (voice-over) 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 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: (voice-over) 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: 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!
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.
EXT. MEMPHIS BRIDGE - NIGHT
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 keep 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: 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.
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: (voice-over) And just like that.
EXT. GREENBOW/GUMP BOARDING HOUSE/RIVER - DAY
Forrest, dressed in his uniform, sits on a log and looks out at a river.
Forrest: (voice-over) ... 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?
EXT. VIETNAM/MEKONG DELTA - MORNING (1967)
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.
EXT. FIREBASE/4TH PLATOON
The helicopter circles overhead, then lands at the firebase.
Song: "Some folks are born made to wave 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: (voice-over) 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: (voice-over) 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: Morning', sir!
&Forrest
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 &: Alabama, sir!
Forrest
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
coyntry a while, 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.
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 solider 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: (voice-over) 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.
EXT. VALLEY FORGE/THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR - DAY (1778)
A distant relative of Lt. Dan's, wearing a revolutionary war uniform,
falls dead in the snow.
EXT. GETTYSBURG/THE CIVIL WAR - DAY (1863)
Anothegr relative, wearing a civil war uniform and bearing a striking
resemblance to Lt. Dan, falls down dead.
EXT. NORMANDY/WORLD WAR II - DAY (1944)
Another relative, wearing a World War II, falls down dead on the beach at
Normandy.
EXT. VETNAM/MEKONG DELTA/FIEBASE - DAY (1967)
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: (voice-over) 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 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.
EXT. RICE FIELD - ANOTHER DAY
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: (voice-over) I got to see a lot of countryside. We would
take these real long walks.
EXT. JUNGLE/DIRT ROAD - ANOTHER DAY
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!
Forrest gets down and looks around.
Forrest: (voice-over) 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 u to get down, shut up!
Lt. Dan: Get down! Shut up!
Forrest: (voice-over) 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: (voice-over) 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
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: (voice-over) 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.
Forrest: (voice-over) The good thing about Vietnam is there was
always someplace to go.
Lt. Dan: (voice-over) Fire in the hole!
EXT. VIETNAM/VIET CONG FOXHOLE - ANOTHER DAY
Lt. Dan walks away as Forrest rushe over, aims two pistols in the hole,
then climbs inside.
Forrest: (voice-over) 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: (voice-over) One day it started raining, and it didn't
quit for four months.
EXT. JUNGLE
The rain pours down on Forrest and Bubba as they sit in a foxhole.
Forrest: (voice-over) 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: (voice-over) ... and big ol' fat rain.
ANOTHER DAY - The platoon shelters themself as they walks through the
wind and rain.
Forrest: (voice-over) 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: (voice-over) And sometimes rain even seemed to come
staright up from underneath.
EXT. ENCHAMPMENT - NIGHT
The rain pours down on the men of the platoon as they sit in a camp.
Bubba sits down next to Forrest.
Forrest: (voice-over) 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. 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 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: (voice-over) 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: (voice-over) 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.
EXT. Jenny'S GRANDMOTHER'S TRAILER - DAY
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: (voice-over) And how I was looking forward to getting a
letter from her just as soon as she had the time I'd
always let her know that I was okay.
EXT. VIETNAM - NIGHT
Forrest writes a letter in his tent.
Forrest: (voice-over) Then I'd sign each letter, "Love, Forrest
Gump."
EXT. JUNGLE - DAY
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: (voice-over) 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 explode all 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. 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! 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: Misfire! Misfire!
Big Machine
Gun
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! 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: (voice-over) I ran and ran, just like Jenny told me to.
Rockets explode in the jungle as Forrest runs out toward a clearing.
Forrest: (voice-over) 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: (voice-over) 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.
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: (voice-over) 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: (voice-over) 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: (voice-over) 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 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: No sweat, man. Just lay back. You're gonna be okay. You're
Soldier gonna be okay.
Forrest: (voice-over) 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: 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: (voice-over) 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!
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.
Forest 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.
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. Top smoke, get it up there!
Forrest: (voice-over) 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: Hey, Forrest. Forrest, why'd this happen?
Forrest: You got shot.
Forrest: (voice-over) Then Bubba said something I won't even
forget.
Bubba: I wanna go home.
Forrest: 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.
