Table Of Content"FORREST GUME”
Serwanplay
Based on tha novel by Wi
First Dratt
Decenber 16, 992
FOR EDUCATIONAL
PURPOSES ONLY
A let of this ie true...
Wa‘va watching « teacher, lighter then aiz, floating, like
Sine passing, alovly floating by. And ve gee it’s over a
sity, A breeze catches it, moving iz here and there above
fhe city. It slowly fleaca down past the tall buiidings,
ie seems to hovar for a coment over a busy treat, And it
Lignsty ind silently lands, ss all things, by chance,
at'thia place, at this tine, in thie street, in Haw Orleans.
EXT. A NEW ORLEANS STREET, THE PRESENT - DAY
And ve sea a Man, sitting an a Bus bench, reaen te pick it
up, In his foreien, ne looks like he smells like fish.
Disty clothes, work hoots, a shopping bag filled with a
conglomeration of hia things alenguida hin, ha/a
honeiame. what distinguishes nin from the facade
we ves everywhere, in Ris ayes. He hae the body and th
face of a man, and the eyes of a boy. He hasn't 1
thing. There's somatning in the way he carri
auiqward, “Like a duck out af water, f
becvean retarded and 919}
onan, and for no part
And & BLACK WOMAN, exhausted, veering 8 nurses uniform, ets
heavity cn the Bus bench beside Min, He locks at her. And
jeher for a
ular reason puts it in his pocker.
he eniles. It's 9 oweet, atupid mile. and aa if she
cared:
THE WON
Halla, im Forrest. I’m Forrest
Gump.
erectad. He tekes an ald candy Kies
q it to hers
she neds, not much
out of his pocket. Ofte:
FORREST {cone‘d)
De you vant a checolate?
She shakes "no." He cavrape it, popping it in his mouth.
FORREST (cont‘a)
T could eat anout a million and a
(CourTNUED)
ive. And he
TORRES? (conz'd}
dndving her
‘eh
aust be very contartaple
TAL you could walk all
day in these shows and act feel a
Sha os
y anything.
FORREST (conta)
Id eure Like a pair of shoss like
‘that.
ALL she can say is:
TRE BLACK WOMAN
My feet hurt,
FORREST
(oblivious)
. Mama ead you could tell an aweuz
Lot shout a paracn by their ana
Where thay‘va bean, ang wher:
‘they‘ra going... Floppy one
¢hiny ones, and al: laced up
ong
She doaen’t aay anyening.
FORREST (cont'd)
(after a pant)
Ive wern 4 lot of show
(hia pide)
T gunss you could say T’ve lived 2
precty interesting lira, a to
mpeak...
her ayas, toe tired to Listen.
FORREST (cont’d)
if = taink about it real hard T
bat T could remamber ay firet pair
Of hoes, 5.
(contrive)
‘CONTENDED:
We closes his ayes, thinking real hard.
FORREST {cont'd}
Mama aaid thay vould take ne
anywhere, Thay vere magic ene
shut real tight:
and aa he kaspe his 6;
INT. A DCCTOR‘S OFFIC#, GREEVBOW MISSzSSIPFI, 1952 - DAY
Werze locking at @ wall calendar, "1952." 4 commy
DGCTGR’S office. And a small SOY, six, in his undervenr, is
sitting on an exemining table, being fistad by a Doctor with
archopedic whose and setal leg braces. A pretty YOUNG
WOMAN, in a plain ccat, holding a hat in har Rand, is
anxicusly vateh:
‘THE DocTOR
ae oe a
sr -Hie spine’s crocked Mrs. cusp,
Grookad as» politician.
going to straighten hin right
Ups. saAten‘t we Porramt?
He helps him off the table. Forcast standa with the
Rachanical contraption on bis feet.
ME DOCTOR (cont’d)
Take a little walk around.
dily elanks around the room.
TRE DOCTOR (cont'd)
New hav do the 7
As Forrest emilee Ais sweet anil
‘TXT. GREENBOW, HISSTSSIPPr, 1982 ~ CAY
Little Forrest, in his leg braces, holding his mocher’s
hand, walks with her along the dusty main strest of a snail
douthern town. A Breeze ruffles their clothing.
(conrrsmEp)
CONTINUED:
TORREST (OVER)
ss-Hhen I vas born ny nama named
ue Forrest, hacauca of General
Nathan Hedfore Forrest who vi
here in the civil War. Mama,
alvaya eaid ve vae kin to General
Forrest's family soneways. “and ie
except,
up the Ky Kluw KU
‘The Grand Exalted
Piaposh, or whatever ne called
hinsalf....
END. RURAL MISSISSIPPI, 1870’S ~ NxGET
And va saa The Grand Exalted Pishpesh himaelf, in his hooded
sheet. leading Klanamen on a night ride. ‘Thay come riding
inte 2 shanty-town, setting st en fire, rounding up Bisex
Men and hanging then.
FORREST (OVER)
ss sAnyways, thay ware runnin‘
around in their undervear and
thair sheete tenging everyane in
eight, and the General’s io:
tripped or something, and the
Genera: fall inte a bunch of
muds.
We sea the Srand Exalted Pispesh taking a tunble into some
aud.
FORREST (OVER)
+ssAnd in the confusion, seeing
how it was dark eu, and hia being
covered with mud, thay must of
nistakan the Generel for somebody
ela...
Soma Riansnen euddenty throy a ropa around the suddy
General's neck...
FORREST (OVER)
‘thay hung hia, too...
tha Grand Exaited Pleposn, not eo grand anyrore,
om a tree with four Black Man,
and va
hanging
EXT, GREENBON, MISSISS2zPI, 1952 - DAY
FORREST (OVER)
ve how I
a
And ag they move slong the dusty street, liteta Forrest
clanking in ni people stop vhat they're daing,
And Mra. Gump slova, looking at che
MRS. GOMP
sharp)
What are you all looking at?
Ain’e you aver sean a boy with
braces on his lega before?
And an the tean of Guap end Gump mova off along the street:
URS. oti (cont 4)
{to her aon)
Don‘t ever lee anybody tell you
they’za Detter than you,
Forrest...
Little Forrast Locks back at the people watohing ain.
Maa. cOMP_ (cont’4}
Rexenber vhat I told
get epongaa in our heads, some
People just get = biggar epongs
then other peepla. You got to make
best of what God gave you.
Torvast’s MIND‘S EYE view. In ANIMATION, people
found with different aize sponges for heads. And
aa Forrest, helding his cothor’s hand, moves eff slang the
dusty road’ under cose veeping illowal
FORREST (OVER)
Mama wanted ne te have the finest
education...
DISSOLVE To:
‘TNT. AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; MISSTSSrPPZ, 1934 - Day
Forrest, now eight, and stil:
a Norman Reckwall painting,
cutside of a Principal's o:
Gump, har hat in her lap,
in his leg braces, sis, Like
aiting in an empty halivay
oa. The door’e mjar. And
calking with a Balding Man.
THE ScHOoL PRINCTEAL
s-rHis T.9, de 78 Wee. Gump, ‘The
otaca requires a uininum 12. of
to attand public wehool. de'e
going to have to go to a “wpecial
school"... They‘11 teach hin a
trad
ins. ctu
Undignane)
My Yorrast in no difterent then
anybody > just a little
rae, Wa/re talking
about five little points here,
There aust be sorething that
ba done
‘The Balding Man studies hex, attracted to ni
THE SCHOOL FRINCTPAL
We've a progresvive school systen,
we don’t want t¢ sae anybody left
behind...
(aniting)
Te there a ME. Gump, Mes, Gunp?
Rs. cop
(fingering her hat)
Me. Gunp’s on vacation.
GRE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
ja beae
Aika T aaid, verre at the
Eront of education. We might
just be able to vark somathing
Gar...
Ha smiles hin mosc charming sil
Slasnes Intting out. As Farrel
at all che other chitaren:
Tha achool bell sings,
ita in the hall, Looking
EXT. A EOARDING HOUSE, IssissIPPZ, 1954 = NrcHT
foase ae RECATREORY Yocd frame boarding housa. “The cup
fouse. Rocking chairs line a porch. A faci ncohta out,
Yorrest sitting an the staps of the front
eens ona ine seiiinges of the night is punctuated by sre
GRUNGE Of the grunta of 2 man building to an orgesa.. ton
Bhe jabs ua, uh, uh, zhhnhh,..J" Than it’s quiet, some
Zomenra, and she deer opens. And the Belding ean, putting
ena hat, cones cut. se pate Forrast’s head’
TRE @CHOOL PRINCIPAL
Your sana aura doas care about
you, gen,
and Forraet’s response 16:
rons
(imttaping hia,
Yon, oh." URS uh, amb,
ST. FORREST’S BEDROOM, THE BOARDING ROUSE ~ NIGHT
Torrest’s lying in bed, his nother sitting on the ted,
Tsiatly reading a beok'te hin, After some moments:
FORREST
(zaaning his
char}
acta a “vacation," mana?
mms. coe
When you go sonevhere and den‘
aver come back,
FORREST (OVER)
3 guess vhen 3 was wbeut threa,
and still didn’t know how to wey
Wwe words, ay father saw how f wae
a mental midyet, and decided tp
take a long vacation.
EXT. THE GUAP BOARDING HOUSE, 1948 - NIGHT
And @ Young Men, Forrasc’a rather, is standing on tha porch
docking st the moon. And ve sas Forrest's mocher in an
Upexaize window holding Livtie Forrest. And the young “an
walks off tha porch, And ae he walks off along the country
Fead, hia hands in his packers, walking Coverd the naen
TNT. FORREST’S ROOK, THE ROARDING HOUSE, 2954 - NIGaT
Ferrest‘s nother eitting on the hed reading to him.
FORREST (OVER)
= learned yeara later my father
was Killed in a beating accidant.
INT. A FREIGHTER, ANOTHER TIME ~ DAY
We see stevendores unicading a cargo of hananam. Ag a crane
drops a load of Sananag on ane of tha zen, burying hint
INT. FORREST’S ROOM, THE BOARDING HOUSE, 1964 - NIGHT
Forrest's nether softly reading to him.
Could ne
Gecrge sneaked over
the dugout. The balle and bate
id for practice were lying on
the ground,
+ And va gee his vieion. An
Forrest ahuta bie ay!
t's vision,
ANIMATED, cartoon vielon of the vorld. an i46
Ferreat, seeing hingalf as the menkey Curious
hue £0
Ae Forrest dritts off to sleep, monkey vieions running
arcund his head, his mother, gitting on the bed, softly
reading to him, ead tears roiling down her cheakat
FORREST (OVER)
I @dan’t really netize ay father
was gona for a tong time, ‘cau
people vere always coming and
going ir cur house...
INT. "THE GUMP* BOARDING HOUSE, 1984 ~ DAY
Forrest, clanking around the busy hoarding house.
FORREST (OVER)
for about a week, this
staying with’ us
ef = tour.
IMT. YTHE GMP" BOARDING HOUSE - NIGHT
And we hear a very
Lonasoze Tonight,
Teeking tna gum
gemiliar voice singing: are you
"And va gue Litcie Forrame, curious,
room,
FORREST (OVER)
He waa alvaya real polite and
ared Kind of alone to ms,
Apa sisting on a bed, strumming a guitar, ia che young zivia
hinsals.
FORREST (OVER)
He asked ne if T knew how to play
a guitar and I didn’t, so he
showed maa thing or ive.
Elvis snows him hov to finger it. Forrest strums s chord.
He amiles, delignted.
FORREST (OVER)
And it felt good thet guitar and ©
just startad’to nove along vith
fhe munic swinging my hips...
restrict his movanents, he svings
Aaugha.
nce hia lag brae
his little alps. Er
pretty goed, and he copied sa.
him, swinging hie hips. and a King {8 born.
FORRES? (OVER)
Sone years later chat handsome
young nan had sung too many gongs
and had a heart attack.
Elvia initae
FORREST (OVER)
My Lite vaw about to change
forever...
EXT. A COUNTRY ROAD ~ DAY
1) atanding in a
Livgie Forrest, in his leg brat
ching,
And we
rural road, vadting for «:
(COMRINIED}
