Forrest continures to run faster as the mtal breaces and straps fly off
his legs.
Forrest runs free of his braces and begins to pick up speed.
The chasing boys ride over the remains of Forrest's braces.
Forrest: (voice-over) Now, you wouldn't believe it if I told you.
EXT. SAVANNAH/ BUS BENCH - DAY
Forrest: But I can run like the wind blows.
The black woman continues to read her magazine. Forrest smiles as he
remembers.
Forrest: From that day on, if I was going somewhere, I was running!
EXT. OAK ALLEY - DAY (1954)
Forrest sprints away from the boys. The boys stop the chase and watch in
disbelief. Forrest is already at the far end of the road, clear of the
chasing boys.
Boy #2: He's gettin' away! Stop him!
Boy #1 throws his bike down in frustration. Forrest runs across a field.
EXT. COUNTRY ROAD
Forrest runs past a chain gang in their prison uniforms. They are cutting
at the weeds on the side of the road.
EXT. GREENBOW
Forrest runs across the street. THE TWO OLD MEN sit in front of the
barber shop.
Old Crony: That boy sure is a running fool.
EXT. JENNY'S HOUSE
Forrest runs down a driveway toward Jenny's small house.
Forrest: (voice-over) Now remember how I told you that Jenny never
seemed to want to go home? Well, she lived in a house that
was as old as Alabama. Her Momma had gone up to heaven
when she was five and her daddy was some kind of a farmer.
Forrest knocks on Jenny's door.
Forrest: Jenny? Jenny?
Forrest look around the field at the left. He notices Jenny and runs
toward her.
Forrest: (voice-over) He was a very lovin' man. He was always
kissing and touchin' her and her sisters. And then this
one time, Jenny wasn't on the bus to go to school.
Forrest runs to Jenny.
Forrest: Jenny, why didn't you come to school today?
Jenny: Shh! Daddy's takin' a nap.
Jenny grabs Forrest's hand and runs into the field. Jenny's DAD drunk,
steps out onto the porch and shouts.
Jenny's Dad: Jenny!
Jenny: Come on!
Jenny's Dad: Jenny, where'd you run to? You'd better go back here,
girl!
Jenny's dad steps out toward the field. Jenny leads Forrest into the
thick tobacco field.
Jenny's dad runs through the field searching for Jenny with a liquor
bottle in his hand.
Jenny's Dad: Where you at?
Jenny and Forrest run into a corn field as Jenny's dad tries to chase
her.
Jenny's Dad: Jenny! Jenny! Where you at? Jenny!
Jenny drops to her knees and pulls Forrest down with her.
Jenny: Pray with me, Forrest. Pray with me.
Jenny's Dad: Jenny!
Jenny: Dear God, make me a bird so I can fly far, far, far away
from here. Dear God, make me a bird so I can fly far, far,
far away from here.
Forrest: (voice-over) Momma always said that God is mysterious.
Jenny's Dad: Jenny! Get back here!
Forrest: (voice-over) He didn't turn Jenny into a bird that day.
Instead...
EXT. TRAILER PARK/ALABAMA - DAY (1955)
A police officer escorts Jenny to her grandmother's trailer. Jenny's
grandmother meets Jenny outside and leads her toward the trailer.
Forrest: (voice-over) ... he had the police say Jenny didn't have
to stay in that house no more. She went to live with her
grandma just over on Creekmore Avenue, which made me happy
'cause she was so close.
EXT. GUMP HOUSE - NIGHT (1955)
Jenny climbs over a second-floor railing and enters the house.
Forrest: (voice-over) Some nights, Jenny'd sneak out and come over
to my house, just 'cause she said she was scared. Scared
of what, I don't know...
INT. GUMP HOUSE/FORREST'S BEDROOM
Jenny lies in bed next to young Forrest. She hugs him.
Forrest: (voice-over) ... but I think it was her grandma's dog. He
was a mean dog. Anyway, Jenny and me was best friends...
EXT. GREENBOW/OAK ALLEY - DAY (1961)
Forest and Jenny are teenagers now. They walk along an oak-lined road.
Forrest: (voice-over) ...all the way to high school.
Suddenly Forrest is hit in the back with a rock. Forrest and Jenny turn
around.
Older Boy #1 : Hey, stupid!
Jenny: Quit it!
A teenage boy throws another rock as a pickup truck pulls up behind him.
Jenny turns and looks at Forrest.
Jenny: Run, Forrest, run!
Older Boy #1: Hey. Did you hear me, stupid?
Jenny: Run, Forrest!
Forrest drops his books and runs down the road.
The teenage boy jumps into the back of the pickup truck with another boy
as the truck speeds after Forrest. Jenny steps left and gets out of the
way.
Older Boy #2: Come on, he's getting away! Move it!
Jenny: Run, Forrest! Run!
Older Boy #1: You better be runnin', stupid.
Forrest runs along the road. The truck speeds after him.
Older Boy #2: Come on, dummy!
Older Boy #1: Haul ass, dummy!
Older Boy throws rocks at Forrest.
Older Boy #1: Yeah, you better be runnin'!
INT. TRUCK
Boy: Ya-hoo!
EXT. OAK ALLEY
The boys in the back of the truck throw rocks at Forrest as they drive up
to him.
Older Boy #1: Move it, jack rabbit!
The truck follows right on Forrest's heels. A rebel flag license plate
adorns the truck's grill.
Older Boy #1: Come on!
Forrest runs along the road as the truck chases him. The boys in the back
of the truck pound on the roof as the truck turns right, after Forrest.
The truck drives into a field. Forrest runs toward a fence.
Boy: Run! Faster! Yeah! Go! Go! Come on, Forrest! Yeah!
Jenny: Run, Forrest!
Forrest leaps over a five-foot fence as the boys try to catch him.
EXT. SAVANNAH/BUS BENCH - DAY (1981)
Forrest looks left as he continues telling his life story.
Forrest: Now, it used to be, I ran to get where I was goin'. I
never thought it would take me anywhere.
EXT. HIGH SCHOOL/ROAD - DAY (1961)
Forrest runs along the road in front of the high school. The truck
continues to chase him as the boys pound on the roof.
Older Boy: Come on. Whoo-hoo!
The truck speeds past Forrest as he turns from the road and runs onto the
high school football field. Forrest runs across the field during a
football scrimmage.
In the stands watching the scrimmage is the legendary University of
Alabama football coach BEAR BRYANT, wearing his trade mark plaid hat. A
group of assistant coaches sit around him, as well as the high shool
football coach.
The quarterback throws the ball into the air. Forrest runs past the
quarterback.
The receiver catches the ball. Forrest runs past the receiver as an
opposing player tackes the stunned receiver.
The football coach stands, followed by the assistant coaches.
Football: Who in the hell is that?
Coach
High School: That there is Forrest Gump. Coach. Just a local idiot.
Coach
Forrest runs under the field goal post and through the end zone.
Forrest: (voice-over) And can you believe it? I got to go to
college, too.
EXT. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA STADIUM - DAY (1962)
The crowd roars with excitement as a football is kicked off.
The football players run around on the field. The crowd of cheering fans
create a huge sign that reads>:"GO."
Forrest is in a University of Alabama football uniform. He looks up into
the cheering crowd as his teammate fields the kickoff. The teammate runs
over to Forrest and hands him the ball.
Football: Okay! Run!
Coach
The football coach, the assistants, and Alabama players cheer for
Forrest.
Football: Run, you stupid son-of-a-bitch! Run!
Coach
Forrest runs across the field. He speeds past the defending players.
Forrest runs past the opposite players. The crowd cheers widly, holding
up cards, making a large sign that reads:"Go." They turn the cards over,
creating the word:"ALABAMA."
The football coach runs along the sidelines as he yells.
Football: You stupid son-of-a-bitch! Run! Go! Run!
Coach
Forrest cuts and runs toward the sidelines. Two opposing players collide.
The football coach, the assistants and the players all motion for Forrest
to run toward the end zone.
Football: Run! Turn! Go!
Coach
Forrest turns up the sidelines and runs toward the end zone. Some
opposing players fall down.
Forrest runs along the sidelines. The opposing players try to catch him.
Forrest runs into the end zone as an opposing player dives at his feet.
The referee holds up his arm, singaling a touch down. The crowd cheers
wildly.
Forrest continues to run, smashing through the band members, then all the
way toward the team tunnel.
The football coach looks at an asistant coach.
Football: He must be the stupidest son-of-a-bitch alive. But he sure
Coach is fast!
Forrest: (voice-over) Now, maybe it was just me but college was
very confusing times.
INT. GREENBOW/BARBER SHOT - BLACK & WHITE TELEVISION (JUNE 11, 1963)
An anchorman named CHET HUNTLEY appears over the television.
Chet Huntley: (on TV) Federal troops enforcing a court order integrated
the University of Alabama today.
EXT. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA - DAY
Forrest walks through a crowd of people.
Chet Huntley : Governor George Wallace had carried out his symbolic
threat to stand in the schoolhouse door.
Governor: We hereby denounce and forbid this illegal and unwarranted
Wallace action by the central government.
INT. GREENBOW/BARBER SHOP
A black & white television reveals George Wallace as he stands in the
doorway of the schoolhouse.
Katzenbach : (on TV) Governor Wallace, I take it from that, uh...
EXT. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
Forrest steps over to a young man as the crowd looks at the
demonstration.
Katzenbach : ...statement that you are going to stand in that door, and
that you are not going to carry out the orders of this
court, and that you are going to resist us from doing so.
I would ask you once again to responsibility step aside
and if you do not, I'm going to assure you...
Forrest : Earl, what's going on?
Earl : Coons are tryin' to get into school.
Forrest : Coons? When racoons try to get on our back porch, Momma
just chase 'em off with a broom.
Earl : Not racoons, you idiot, niggas. And they want to go to
school with us.
Forrest : With us? They do?
Forrest walks toward the schoolhouse.
INT. COACHES' OFFICE
A football coach looks at a black and white television as a newsman
outside the schoolhouse speaks to the camera.
Newsman : (on TV) ...block the doorway, President Kennedy ordered
the Secretary of Defense then to use the military force.
BLACK AND WHITE FOOTAGE
The footage cuts to Governor Wallace as he speaks to General Graham.
Newsman : Here by videotape is the encounter by General Graham,
Commander of the National Guard, and Governor Wallace.
Forrest stands next to George Wallace and listens.
Governor: We must have no violence today, or any other day, because
Wallace these National Guardsmen are here today as Federal
Soldiers for Alabamans. And they live within our borders
