Reply #7: But wait...there's more:

[ForrestGump]

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 cheek. 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 flip 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 other in
the end zone. Forrest looks as the crowd cheers wildly.

FORREST (V.O.)
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 (V.O.)
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 Team 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 (V.O.)
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 buffet table.

Numerous bottle of Dr. Pepper are displayed on the table. A
servant opens the bottle for him.

FORREST (V.O.)
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 (V.O.)
...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 KENNEDY
Congratulations. How does it feel to
be an All-American?

1ST PLAYER
It's an honor, Sir.

Another player steps up to the President and shakes the
President's hand.

PRESIDENT KENNEDY
Congratulations. How does it feel to
be an All-American?

2ND PLAYER
Very good, Sir.

PRESIDENT KENNEDY
Congratulations. How does it feel to
be an All-American?

3RD PLAYER
Very good, Sir.

The player walks away. Forrest steps up to the President.

The President shakes his hand.

PRESIDENT KENNEDY
Congratulations. How do you feel?

FORREST
I gotta pee.

President Kennedy turns and smiles.

PRESIDENT KENNEDY
I believe he said he had to go pee.

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 (V.O.)
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 (V.O.)
...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 is called. He steps
up and accepts his diploma.

DEAN
Forrest Gump.

FORREST (V.O.)
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 (V.O.)
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 RECRUITER
Congratulations, son. Have you given
any thought to your 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.S. Army Recruiting Center."

FORREST (V.O.)
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 DRIVER
Nobody gives a hunk of shit who you
are, fuzzball! You're not even a
lowlife scum sucking 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 (V.O.)
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 (V.O.)
...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 (V.O.)
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 redneck boys. Can you believe
that?

FORREST
My name's Forrest Gump. People call
me Forrest Gump.

FORREST (V.O.)
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 (V.O.)
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 (V.O.)
And her momma before her momma cooked
shrimp, too. Bubba's family knew
everything...

INT. ARMY BUS - DAY (1966)

FORREST (V.O.)
...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 SERGEANT
Gump! What's your sole purpose in
this Army?

FORREST
To do whatever you tell me, Drill
Sergeant!

DRILL SERGEANT
Godamnit, Gump! You're a goddamned
genius! That's the most 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 SERGEANT
Listen up, people...

FORREST (V.O.)
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 SERGEANT
That is one very intelligent
individual! You lock your scuzzy
bodies up behind that private and do
exactly what he does and you will go
far in this man's army!

FORREST (V.O.)
And always answer every question
with "Yes, Drill Sergeant!"

DRILL SERGEANT
Is that clear?

FORREST & RECRUITS
Yes, Drill Sergeant!

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 SERGEANT
Gump!

The Drill Sergeant rushes up to Forrest.

DRILL SERGEANT
Why did you put that weapon together
so quickly, Gump?

FORREST
You told me to, Drill Sergeant.

The Drill Sergeant looks at his stop watch.

DRILL SERGEANT
Jesus Christ! This is a new company
record. If it wouldn't 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 Sergeant 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 (V.O.)
Nighttime in the Army is a lovely
time.

Forrest lies in his bunk and looks up.

FORREST (V.O.)
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 (V.O.)
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 (V.O.)
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 (V.O.)
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 help 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 (V.O.)
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 (V.O.)
...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 (V.O.)
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 (V.O.)
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 AND FORREST
Morning', sir!

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 & FORREST
Alabama, sir!

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 country awhile,
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 soldier 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 (V.O.)
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)

Another 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/FIREBASE - 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 (V.O.)
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 (V.O.)
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 (V.O.)
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 you to get down, shut up!

LT. DAN
Get down! Shut up!

FORREST (V.O.)
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 (V.O.)
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 from 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 (V.O.)
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 (V.O.)
The good thing about Vietnam is there
was always someplace to go.

LT. DAN (V.O.)
Fire in the hole!

EXT. VIETNAM/VIET CONG FOXHOLE - ANOTHER DAY

Lt. Dan walks away as Forrest rushes over, aims two pistols
in the hole, then climbs inside.

FORREST (V.O.)
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 (V.O.)
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 (V.O.)
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 (V.O.)
...and big ol' fat rain.

ANOTHER DAY - The platoon shelters themselves as they walk
through the wind and rain.

FORREST (V.O.)
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 (V.O.)
And sometimes rain even seemed to
come straight up from underneath.

EXT. ENCAMPMENT - NIGHT

The rain pours down on the men of the platoon as they sit in
a camp. Bubba sits down next to Forrest.

FORREST (V.O.)
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.

BUBBA
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 (V.O.)
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 (V.O.)
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 (V.O.)
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 (V.O.)
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 (V.O.)
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!

LT. DAN
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 BIG MACHINE GUN
Misfire! Misfire!

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 (V.O.)
I ran and ran, just like Jenny told
me to.

Rockets explode in the jungle as Forrest runs out toward a
clearing.

FORREST (V.O.)
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 (V.O.)
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 (V.O.)
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 (V.O.)
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 (V.O.)
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 SOLDIER
No sweat, man. Just lay back. You're
gonna be okay. You're gonna be okay.

FORREST (V.O.)
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 (V.O.)
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. Forrest
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. Pop smoke, get it up
there!

FORREST (V.O.)
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 (V.O.)
Then Bubba said something I won't
even forget.

BUBBA
I wanna go home.

FORREST (V.O.)
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.

BUS STATION - DAY

Forrest continues with his life story. A MAN is sitting next
to Forrest on the bus bench.

FORREST
That's all I have to say about that.

MAN
It was a bullet, wasn't it?

FORREST
A bullet?

MAN
That jumped up and bit you.

FORREST
Oh, yes sir. Bit me directly in the