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袸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. 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 buttocks. They said it was a million-dollar wound but the Army must keep that money 'cause I still ain't seen a nickel of that million dollars. The only good thing about being wounded in the buttocks... Flashback - INT. US. ARMY HOSPITAL/VIETNAM - DAY Forrest holds two ice cream cones in his hands as he is wheeled on a rolling stretcher. FORREST (voice-over) ...is the ice cream. They gave me all the ice cream I could eat. And guess what. A good friend of mine was in the bed right next door. Forrest lying on his stomach is wheeled to his bed. Forrest's butt sticks up and is bandaged. Forrest looks at Lt. Dan lying on the bed. Forrest holds out an ice cream cone for Lt. Dan. FORREST Lieutenant Dan I got you some ice cream. Lieutenant Dan ice cream. Lt. Dan annoyed takes the ice cream cone and drops it into his bed pan. Forrest slides himself onto his bed. A NURSE reaches toward Lt. Dan. MALE NURSE It's time for your bath Lieutenant. The male nurse places Lt. Dan's hands on a pull-up bar then picks up Lt. Dan whose legs have been amputated. MALE NURSE Harper... Another nurse wheels the rolling bed under Lt. Dan. The male nurse sets Lt. Dan down on the rolling bed. Forrest looks up at Lt. Dan as he is wheeled away. A soldier reads the names from a pile of letters. SOLDIER Cooper Larson Webster Gump Gump... FORREST I'm Forrest Gump. The soldier hands Forrest a large pile of letters. "Undeliverable as addressed. No forwarding order on file." Jenny Curran Rural Route 2 Greenbow Ala. 39902 Forrest looks down at the pile of letters. INT. ARMY HOSPITAL/VIETNAM - DAY A group of wounded soldiers hang out in the hospital recuperating. Forrest sits and watches "Gomer Pyle" on the television. SOLDIER Gump how can you watch that stupid shit? Turn it off! ANNOUNCER From the D.M.Z. to the Delta you are tuned to the American Forces Vietnam Network. This is Channel 6 Saigon. Forrest turns the TV off and he is hit on the back of the head by a ping-pong ball. SOLDIER Good catch Gump. You know how to play this? Forrest shakes his head. SOLDIER Come on let me show you. Here. The wounded ping-pong player hands Forrest a paddle. Forrest and the wounded ping-pong player step toward the ping-pong table. SOLDIER Now the secret to this game is no matter what happens never never take your eye off the ball. He holds the ball up and moves it back and forth. Forrest keeps his eyes on the ball. SOLDIER All right... The wounded ping-pong player tosses the ball down onto the table. Forrest begins to hit the ball back to the other player. FORREST (voice-over) For some reason ping pong came very natural to me. SOLDIER See any idiot can play. FORREST (voice-over) So I started playing it all the time. Forrest hits ping-pong balls. FORREST (voice-over) I played ping-pong even when I didn't have anyone to play ping-pong with. The balls at land in a bed pan positioned on a chair. A group of wounded soldier sit and watch Forrest play with himself. Forrest hits two balls at a time against the opposite side of the table. FORREST (voice-over) The hospital's people said it made me look like a duck in water whatever that means. Even Lieutenant Dan would come and watch me play. Lt. Dan stares out the window. Forrest lies in his bed asleep. A hand reaches and grabs him. FORREST (voice-over) I played ping-pong so much I even played it in my sleep. Lt. Dan pulls Forrest to the floor and holds Forrest down. LT. DAN Now you listen to me. We all have a destiny. Nothing just happens it's all part of a plan. I should have died out there with my men! But now I'm nothing but a goddamned cripple! A legless freak. Look! Look! Look at me! Do you see that? Do you know what it's like not to be able to use your legs? FORREST Well... Yes sir I do. LT. DAN Did you hear what I said? You cheated me. I had a destiny. I was supposed to die in the field! With honor! That was my destiny! And you cheated me out of it! You understand what I'm saying Gump? This wasn't supposed to happen. Not to me. I had a destiny. I was Lieutenant Dan Tyler. FORREST Yo-You're still Lieutenant Dan. Lt. Dan looks at Forrest lets go of Forrest and rolls. Lt. Dan sits up as Forrest looks at him. LT. DAN Look at me. What am I gonna do now? What am I gonna do now? INT. REC ROOM/VIETNAM HOSPITAL - ANOTHER DAY Forrest plays ping-pong by himself. An OFFICER walks up to him. OFFICER P.F.C. Gump? Forrest immediately grabs the ball and places it down on the table under its paddle. Stands at attention. FORREST Yes sir! OFFICER As you were. The officer holds up an envelope. OFFICER Son you've been awarded the Medal of Honor. INT. VIETNAM HOSPITAL WARD Forrest steps up to Lt. Dan's bed. FORREST Guess what Lieutenant Dan they want to give me a me... Forrest stops in mid-sentence as he looks down at the bed. A heavily bandaged soldier with bloodstains lies there. Forrest turns and look at the NURSE. FORREST Ma'am what'd they do with Lieutenant Dan? Nurse They sent him home. FORREST (voice-over) Two weeks later I left Vietnam. INT. BARBER SHOP/GREENBOW - DAY ANCHORMAN (on T.V.) The ceremony was kicked off with a candid speech by the President regarding the need for further escalation of the war in Vietnam. President Johnson awarded four Medals of Honor to men from each of the Armed Services. The television reveals Forrest as he is awarded the Medal of Honor by President Johnson. PRESIDENT JOHNSON America owes you a debt of gratitude son. Color footage revealing President Johnson as he places the award around Forrest's neck and shakes hands. PRESIDENT JOHNSON I understand you were wounded. Where were you hit? FORREST In the buttocks sir. PRESIDENT JOHNSON Oh that must be a sight. President Johnson leans and whispers into Forrest's ear. PRESIDENT JOHNSON I'd kinda like to see that. INT. BARBER SHOP The television revealing Forrest as he drops his pants bends over and shows the bullet wound on his bare buttocks. President Johnson looks down and smiles. The three men in the barber shop look up in disbelief. Mrs. Gump looks up in shock. PRESIDENT JOHNSON Goddamn son. EXT. LINCOLN MEMORIAL - DAY Forrest walks by the Lincoln Memorial. A fence surrounds the Memorial as well as armed military guards. FORREST (voice-over) After that Momma went to the hotel to lay down so I went out for a walk to see our national capital. ISABEL Hilary all right I've got the vets what do you want me to do with them? HILARY What are you doing here so late? Forrest takes a photo of the memorial as a woman named Hilary gathers together some veterans against the Vietnam War. HILARY We've been waiting for you for half an hour so just get them in a line will you. Hey hey come on pictures later. You look great. Oh come on get in this line come on come on right in line. Come on let him here let him in here. Hilary grabs Forrest and puts him in the line with the other vets against the war. FORREST (voice-over) It's a good thing Momma was resting 'cause the street was awful crowded with people looking at all the statues and monuments. And some of them people were loud and pushy. Hilary leads the line of vets toward the large anti-Vietnam War rally. HILARY Okay follow me! Come on. The group of vets walk as Forrest tries to take another picture. A vet behind him pushes him along. HILARY Let's move it out. VET Hey buddy come on. We could use your help. Forrest walks in the line. A banner reads "Veterans against the War in Vietnam." FORREST (voice-over) Everywhere I went I had to stand in line. HILARY Follow me let's go! Hilary leads the vets through a crowd of people outside the rally. Another woman named Isabel leads the vets toward the back of a stage. ISABEL All right come on guys. HILARY Stand here. VET Hey you're a good man for doin' this. Good! FORREST Okay. A man wearing an American flag shirt stands on the stage. He is anti-war activist ABBIE HOFFMAN. ABBIE HOFFMAN We must declare to that fucking impostor in the White House -- Johnson. We ain't going to work on your farm no more! Yeah! FORREST (voice-over) There was this man giving a little talk. And for some reason he was wearing an American flag for a shirt... ABBIE HOFFMAN Now I'm going to bring up some soldiers that are going to talk about the war man... FORREST (voice-over) ... and he liked to say the "F" word. A lot. "F" this and "F" that. And every time... ABBIE HOFFMAN ... that war has come home and we have to stop these politicians... FORREST (voice-over) ... he said "F" word people for some reason well they'd cheer. ABBIE HOFFMAN ... these guys just told Lyndon Johnson where to stick this fucking war! Yeah! Forrest looks up at the cheering crowd. Abbie turns and motions for Forrest to come up on the stage. ABBIE HOFFMAN Come on man. Come up here man. HILARY Come on. Come on. Yeah you! Hilary pulls Forrest up onto the stage. HILARY Come on get up there. Come on. Move move. Let's go! Let's go. The other vets follow Forrest pushes onto the stage and push him toward the microphones. VET Come on go. You can do it. Just get up there. Go on. That's it. Thousands of cheering protestors stand around the Washington Monument. Forrest looks at the crowd. Abbie Hoffmann steps up to Forrest. ABBIE HOFFMAN Tell us a little bit about the war man. FORREST The war in Vietnam? ABBIE HOFFMAN The war in Viet-fucking-nam! Abbie raises his fist as the crowd cheers wildly. FORREST Well... FORREST (voice-over) There was only one thing I could say about the war in Vietnam. FORREST ... there was only one thing I could say about the war in Vietnam. Forrest looks at the crowd as he speaks. A policeman looks around as he sneaks over to the audio circuit board. FORREST In Vietnam war... The policeman pulls the patch cords out of the audio board. Forrest's amplified voice becomes inaudible. Forrest continues to speak into the microphone even though no one can hear what he is saying. Hilary looks over and notices the policeman. Hilary rushes over toward the audio board pushes the policeman away and grabs his night stick. Another protestor grabs the policeman and pulls him away. POLICEMAN Hey what the hell are you doing? HILARY I'll beat your head in you goddamned oinker! Isabel Hilary and another protestor try to plug the tangled mess of wires back into the audio board. ISABEL Christ what'd they do with this? Forrest continues to speak into the microphone. The crowd grows restless. CROWD We can't hear you! We can't hear anything! HILARY This one! This one! Give me that! Hilary plugs in the right patch cord. HILARY That's it. FORREST ... and that's all I have to say about that. Forrest looks at the massive crowd. They are silent. Abbie Hoffman steps over to Forrest and pats him on the shoulder. ABBIE HOFFMAN That's so right on man. You said it all. What's your name man? FORREST My name is Forrest Gump. Forrest Gump. ABBIE HOFFMAN Forrest Gump! Abbie raises his fist into the air. Abbie steps away from Forrest. The crowd cheers. CROWD Forrest Gump! JENNY (screaming) Forrest! Forrest! Jenny wades out into the reflection pool and waves her hand into the air. Forrest recognizes her. FORREST Jenny! Forrest rushes off the stage as Jenny makes her way out into the pool. JENNY Forrest! Forrest jumps down into the crowd and runs. Jenny smiles as she tries to run through the water. The crowd parts as Forrest runs into the pool. Jenny rushes toward him. JENNY Hey! Hey! The massive crowd cheers for the embracing couple in the pool. FORREST (voice-over) It was the happiest moment of my life. EXT. WASHINGTON MONUMENT/PROTESTOR'S ENCAMPMENT - NIGHT Forrest and Jenny walk past the protestors who are camping out on the lawn. FORREST (voice-over) Jenny and me were just peas and carrots again. She showed me around and even introduced me... INT. BLACK PANTHER HEADQUARTERS/STOREFRONT D.C. - NIGHT Forrest stands at an open window and looks at the White House. FORREST (voice-over) ... to some of her new friends. A Black Panther named RUBEN steps over and pulls the shades down. RUBEN Shut that blind man. And get your white ass away from that window. Don't you know we in war here? Another Black Panther named MASAI grabs Forrest and pats him down. JENNY Hey man he's cool. He's cool. He's one of us. He's one of us. MASAI Let me tell you about us. WESLEY Where the hell have you been? JENNY I ran into a friend. MASAI Our purpose here is to protect our black leaders from the racial onslaught of the pig who wishes to brutalize our black leaders rape our women and destroy our black communists. Black Panther Masai phone. Talk to these guys. WESLEY Who's the baby killer? JENNY This is my good friend I told you about. This is Forrest Gump. Forrest this is Wesley. Wesley and I live together in Berkeley and he's the president of the Berkeley chapter of S.D.S. MASAI Let me tell you something else. WESLEY I want to talk to you. JENNY Okay but... WESLEY No. Now! Goddammit! MASAI We are here to offer protection and help for all of those who need our help because we the Black Panthers are against the war in Vietnam. Yes we are against any war where black soldiers are sent to the front line to die for a country that hates them. Yes we are against any war where black soldiers go to fight and come to be brutalized and killed in their own communities as they sleep in their beds at night. Yes we are against all these racists and imperial dog acts. JENNY You are a fucking asshole! Wesley hits Jenny across the face. Slow motion -- Jenny falls back. Slow motion -- Forrest steps forward with rage. Slow motion -- Wesley turns and looks at Forrest. Forrest tackles Wesley and slams him onto a table. Jenny turns and look as Masai pulls out a gun. JENNY Forrest! Quit it! Quit it! Forrest! Stop it! Jenny rushes over to Forrest and pulls Forrest off Wesley. JENNY Stop it! Jenny tries to help Wesley as he moans on the floor. Wesley knocks Jenny's hand away. He gets up holding his bloody lip. WESLEY Oh God. I shouldn't have brought you here. I should have known it was just gonna be some bullshit hassle. FORREST He should not be hitting you Jenny. JENNY Come on Forrest. Jenny steps out the door as Forrest picks up his hat. FORREST Sorry I had a fight in the middle of your Black Panther party. The group of Black Panthers glare at Forrest. Forrest turns and walks out the room. EXT. WASHINGTON D.C. - NIGHT Forrest and Jenny walk past the White House. Protectors hold a candlelight vigil behind them. JENNY He doesn't mean it when he does things like this. He doesn't. FORREST I would never hurt you Jenny. JENNY I know you wouldn't Forrest. FORREST I wanted to be your boyfriend. They walk in silence. Jenny touches Forrest's uniform. JENNY That uniform is a trip Forrest. You look handsome in it. You do. FORREST You know what? JENNY What? FORREST I'm glad we were here together in our national capitol. JENNY Me too Forrest. I have so much to tell you you won't believe what's been going on... FORREST (voice-over) We waled around all night Jenny and me just talkin'. EXT. ROUTE 66 - FLASHBACK - DAY Jenny stands in the rain hitchhiking. A car pulls over to pick her up. Jenny and other other girls get into the car. FORREST (voice-over) She told me about all the travellin' she's done. EXT. COMMUNE IN NEW MEXICO - NIGHT A hippie gives Jenny a sugar cube of acid as they sit in front of a roaring fire. FORREST (voice-over) And how she'd discovered ways to expand her mind and learn how to live in harmony... EXT. HOLLYWOOD/WALK OF FAME - DAY A star with the name "Jean Harlow" on the sidewalk. Jenny and two other girls sing on the sidewalk and collect change from the passersby. Jenny plays the guitar. FORREST (voice-over) ... which must be out west somewhere 'cause she made it all the way to California. JENNY (sing) "Smile on your brother everybody get together try to love on another right now" A young hippie looks over his faded Volkswagen at the girls. YOUNG HIPPIE Hey anybody want to go to San Francisco? JENNY I'll go. YOUNG HIPPIE Far out! EXT. WASHINGTON D.C. - DAWN Forrest and Jenny walk through the park. FORREST (voice-over) I was a very special night for the two of us. I didn't want it to end. EXT. PARKING LOT - EARLY MORNING Jenny carries a backpack as she prepares to board a bus back to Berkeley. FORREST I wish you wouldn't go Jenny. JENNY I have to Forrest. WESLEY Jenny? Things got a little out of hand. It's just this war and that that lyin' son-of-a-bitch Johnson. I would never hurt you. You know that. FORREST You know what I think? I think you should go home to Greenbow. Alabama! JENNY Forrest we have very different lives you know. Forrest looks down at Jenny. He pulls his Medal of Honor from around his neck. FORREST I want you to have this. Forrest places the Medal of Honor in Jenny's hand. Jenny looks up at him. JENNY Forrest I can't keep this. FORREST I got it just by doing what you told me to do. JENNY Why're you so good to me? FORREST You're my girl. JENNY I'll always be your girl. Jenny and Forrest hug each other. Wesley waits for Jenny. Jenny turns and walks up to Wesley. They walk toward the entrance of the bus. Forrest smiles as Jenny looks at her. Jenny climbs up into the bus. Wesley glares at Forrest. Forrest gives Wesley the "evil eye." Jenny through the near window of the bus knocks on the window. Forrest turns and looks. Jenny waves to Forrest. Forrest looks up and smiles sadly. Jenny gives Forrest the peace sign as the bus pulls away. The sign on the back of the bus reads "Berkeley to D.C." Forrest gives Jenny the peace sign. FORREST (voice-over) And just like that she was gone out of my life again. INT. VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL/REC ROOM - DAY A footage of Neil Armstrong's first step on the moon on television. NEIL ARMSTRONG (on TV) That's one small step for man one giant leap for mankind. The uh the surface is fine and powdery. I can I can pick it up loosely. Forrest demonstrates a ping-pong to some wounded vets. FORREST (voice-over) I thought I was going back to Vietnam but instead they decided the best way for me to fight communists was to play ping-pong. So I was in the Special Services traveling around the country cheering up all them wounded veterans and showing them how to play... BUS STOP - PRESENT - DAY Forrest looks at a man. FORREST ... ping-pong. I was so good that some years later... EXT. CHINA/PING-PONG TOURNAMENT - FLASHBACK - DAY Forrest plays ping-pong against a Chinese player. A large mural of Mao Tse-tung hangs on the wall. A crowd of communist leaders sit and watch. FORREST (voice-over) .. the Army decided I should be on the All-American Ping-Pong Team. We were the first Americans to visit the land of China in like a million years or something like that and somebody said that world peace was in our hands. But all I did was play ping-pong. When I got home... BUS STOP - PRESENT - DAY FORREST ... I was national celebrity. Famouser even than Captain Kangaroo. Color footage of the DICK CAVETT Show. Dick Cavett stands up as he introduces Forrest. DICK CAVETT Here he is Forrest Gump right here. Forrest makes his way onto the stage shakes hands with Dick Cavett. DICK CAVETT Mr. Gump have a seat. Forrest sits down between JOHN LENNON and Dick Cavett. DICK CAVETT Forrest Gump John Lennon. JOHN LENNON Welcome home. DICK CAVETT You had quite a trip. Can you uh tell us uh what was China like? John Lennon lights a cigarette. FORREST Well in the land of China people hardly got nothing at all. JOHN LENNON No possessions? FORREST And in China they never go to church. JOHN LENNON No religion too? DICK CAVETT Oh. Hard to imagine. JOHN LENNON Well it's easy if you try Dick. Forrest looks oddly at John Lennon. ORREST (voice-over) Some years later that nice young man from England was on his way home to see his little boy and was signing some autographs. For no particular reason at all somebody shot him. EXT. STUDIO - LATER A guard lets Forrest out a side entrance door. Forrest steps an then stops as he hears s man sitting in a wheelchair speak to him. LT. DAN They gave you the Congressional Medal of Honor. FORREST Now that's Lieutenant Dan. Lieutenant Dan! Forrest looks at Lt. Dan. He is a dirty with long hair. LT. DAN They gave you the Congressional Medal of Honor! FORREST Yes sir they sure did. LT. DAN They gave you an imbecile a moron who goes on television and makes a fool out himself in front of the whole damn country the Congressional Medal of Honor. FORREST Yes sir. LT. DAN Well then that's just perfect! Yeah well I just got one thing to say to that. Goddamn bless America. Lt. Dan's wheelchair begins to slide down the ramp and spins around on the icy ground. Forrest looks down at Lt. Dan crashes at the bottom of the ramp. FORREST Lieutenant Dan! EXT. NEW YORK CITY STREETS - NIGHT Taxi cabs crowd the street as Forrest pushes Lt. Dan along the sidewalk. FORREST (voice-over) Lieutenant Dan said he was living in a hotel. And because he didn't have no legs he spent most of his time exercising his arms. LT. DAN Take a right take a right. A taxi driver honks his horn as Forrest wheels Lt. Dan out in front of the taxi. TAXI DRIVER #1 Hey! Come on already! LT. DAN Ah! FORREST What are you doing here in New York Lieutenant Dan? LT. DAN I'm living off the government tit. Sucking it dry. A taxi skids to a stop almost hitting them as they cross the street. The taxi honks at Lt. Dan. Lt. Dan slaps the bumper of the taxi. LT. DAN Hey! Hey! Hey! Are you blind? I'm walking here! Ah get out... TAXI DRIVER #2 Why don't you go home before you kill yourself? Get out of the way! LT. DAN Come on go! Go! Go! EXT. LT. DAN'S HOTEL ROOM - LATER A Bob Hope Christmas special in Vietnam on television. Lt. Dan and Forrest watch the television. FORREST (voice-over) I stayed with Lieutenant Dan and celebrated the holidays. BOB HOPE You have a great year and hurry home. God bless you. LT. DAN Have you found Jesus yet Gump? FORREST I didn't know I was supposed to be looking for him sir. Lt. Dan chuckles drinks the rest of a bottle of wine and tosses it down. He looks at Forrest. He wheels himself over to television and turns it off. LT. DAN That's all these cripples down at the V.A. that's all they ever talk about. Lt. Dan picks up another bottle of port wine but it is empty. He tosses it onto the floor. LT. DAN Jesus this and Jesus that. Have I found Jesus? They even had a priest come and talk to me. He said God is listening but I have to help myself. Now if I accept Jesus into my heart I'll get to walk beside him in the Kingdom of Heaven. Lt. Dan tosses the empty liquor bottle down and picks another bottle. He becomes enraged as he throws the bottle and looks at Forrest. LT. DAN 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. FORREST I'm going to heaven Lieutenant Dan. LT. DAN Huh? Ah well before you go why don't you get your ass down to the corner and get us another bottle of wine. FORREST Yes sir. INT. TIMES SQUARE BAR - NIGHT A television shows DICK CLARK as he emcees the Times Square New York Eve celebration. DICK CLARK We are at approximately 45th Street in New York City at One Astor Plaza. This is the site of the old Astor Hotel. Down below us well over a hundred thousand people are milling about cheering with horns and whistles and hats... LT. DAN What the hell's in Bayou La Batre? FORREST Shrimpin' boats. LT. DAN Shrimpin' boats? Who gives a shit about shrimpin' boats? FORREST I gotta buy me one of them shrimpin' boats as soon as I have some money. I make me a promise to Bubba in Vietnam that as soon as the war was over we'd go in partners. He'd be the captain of the shrimpin' boat and I'd be his first mate. But now that he's dead that means that I gotta be the captain. LT. DAN A shrimp boat captain. FORREST Yes sir. A promise is a promise Lieutenant Dan. LT. DAN Now hear this! Private Gump here is gonna be a shrimp boat captain. Well I tell you what Gilligan the day that you are a shrimp boat captain I will come and be your first mate. FORREST Okay. LT. DAN If you're ever a shrimp boat captain that's the day I'm an astronaut. Two sleazy women named LENORE and CARLA walk up to Lt. Dan. LENORE Danny what are you complaining about? CARLA What are you doing huh? LENORE Mr. Hot Wheels. Who's your friend? FORREST My name is Forrest Forrest Gump. LT. DAN This is Cunning Carla and Long-Limbs Lenore. Carla puts a "Happy New Year" crown on Lt. Dan's head. Lenore fixes her makeup. CARLA So where you been baby-cakes huh? Haven't seen you around lately. You know you should have been here for Christmas 'cause Tommy bought a round on the house and gave everybody a turkey sandwich. LT. DAN Well well I had uh company. LENORE Hey hey! We was we was just there. That's at the Times Square. Lenore leans and speaks into Forrest's ear. LENORE Don't you just love New Year's? You get to start all over. CARLA Hey Lenore. LENORE Everybody gets a second chance. FORREST (voice-over) It's funny but in the middle of all that fun I began to think about Jenny. DICK CLARK (on television) ... getting wild out there. It's beginning to... INT. APARTMENT/L.A. - NIGHT The New Year's Eve celebration over the T.V. DICK CLARK (over television) ... pour here in Times Square. It's been off-and-on all night but these people hang in there. Jenny fills her bag with her belongings. FORREST (voice-over) Wondering how she was spending her New Year's night out in California. A man lies passed out on the bed. Jenny looks at her black eye in a mirror then leaves the apartment. The TV shows the ball in Times Square. CROWD (over television) 9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2... INT. TIMES SQUARE BAR - NIGHT The ball is lowered lighting up a sign that reads "1972." CROWD (over television) ...1! Happy New Year! The people in the bar cheer and kiss each other. They blow horns and toss confetti into the air. Forrest looks around as Carla and Lenore lean over and kiss him. PATRONS (sing) "Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind... FORREST Happy New Year Lieutenant Dan! PATRONS (sing) Should auld acquaintance be forgot and days of auld lang syne." INT. LT. DAN'S HOTEL ROOM - LATER Carla removes her top and sits on top of Dan in his wheelchair. They kiss and play around. Forrest sits in a chair. Lenore leaps on him and begins to kiss Forrest. She reaches down to Forrest's crotch. Forrest stands up nervously causing Lenore to fall down on the floor. Lenore stands up angry. LENORE What are you stupid or something? What's your problem? What's his problem? Did you lose your pecker in the war or something? CARLA What is your friend stupid or something? LT. DAN What did you say? CARLA I said is your friend stupid or something? LT. DAN Hey! Don't call him stupid! Lt. Dan throws Carla back onto the bed. CARLA Don't push me like that! LENORE Hey don't you push her! LT. DAN You shut up! Don't you ever call him stupid! CARLA What's the matter baby? Why you treating me like shit? LT. DAN Get the hell out of here! LENORE You stupid gimp. You belong in "Ripley's Believe It Or Not." LT. DAN Get the hell out of here! Go on! LENORE You should be in a side show! LT. DAN Go on! Get out of here! Get out of here! LENORE You big loser! CARLA Come on Lenore. We don't need this shit! LENORE You're so pathetic. LT. DAN Get out of here! Lt. Dan falls out of his wheelchair and lands down on the floor. Carla and Lenore laugh as they leave the apartment. CARLA You retard! LENORE You loser! You freak! Forrest tries to help Lt. Dan. Lt. Dan pushes Forrest away. LT. DAN No! Forrest steps back as Lt. Dan flips back over then pulls himself back up onto his wheelchair. He breathes heavily. FORREST I'm sorry I ruined your New Year's Eve party Lieutenant Dan. She tastes like cigarettes. FORREST (voice-over) I guess Lieutenant Dan figured there's some things you just can't change. He didn't want to be called crippled just like I didn't want to be called stupid. LT. DAN Happy New Year. EXT. WHITE HOUSE - NIGHT An ANCHORMAN reports in front of the White House. ANCHORMAN The U.S. Ping-Pong Team met with President Nixon today at an Oval Office ceremony... FORREST (voice-over) And wouldn't you know it... PRESENT - BUS STOP Forrest looks at the fat man on the bus bench. FORREST ... a few months later they invited me and the ping-pong team to visit the White House. So I went again. And I met the President of the United States again. INT. WHITE HOUSE - DAY A plaque presented to Forrest reads "Presented to Forrest Gump member of the United States table tennis team as player of the year for 1971. President NIXON holds the plaque. FORREST (voice-over) Only this time they didn't get us rooms in a real fancy hotel. PRESIDENT NIXON So are you enjoying yourself in our national capital young man? FORREST Yes sir. PRESIDENT NIXON Well where are you staying? FORREST It's called the Hotel Ebbott. PRESIDENT NIXON Oh no no no no. I know of a much nicer hotel. It's brand-new. Very modern. I'll have my people take care of it for you. INT. WATERGATE HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT Forrest speaks on the phone. SECURITY GUARD Security Frank Wills. Forrest steps over to a window. Flashlights are moving around in an office across from Forrest's room. FORREST 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 the fuse box or something 'cause them flashlights they're they're keeping me awake. SECURITY GUARD Okay sir. I'll check it out. FORREST Thank you. SECURITY GUARD No problem. FORREST Good night SECURITY GUARD Good night. Forrest hangs up the phone. The camera tilts down revealing the hotel stationary which reads "The Watergate Hotel." INT. GYMNASIUM - DAY President Nixon makes a resignation speech on TV. PRESIDENT NIXON (over television) Therefore I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow. The television cuts to a shot of President Nixon standing outside Air Force One with his hands in the peace sign. PRESIDENT NIXON (over television) Vice President Ford will be sworn in as President at that hour in this office. As I recall the high hopes for America with which we began this second term I feel a great sadness that I will not be here in this office... Forrest is playing ping-pong by himself at the gymnasium. An officer steps up to him. OFFICER Sergeant Gump! FORREST Yes sir! OFFICER As you were. I have your discharge papers. Your service is up son. The officer hands Forrest an envelope then walks away. FORREST Does this mean I can't play ping-pong no more? OFFICER For the Army it does. FORREST (voice-over) And just like that my service in the United States Army was over. So I went home. Forrest takes his paddle and runs out of the gymnasium. EXT. GUMP HOUSE - DAY Mrs. Gump walks out of the house and smiles. Forrest walks up to the house wearing his uniform. FORREST I'm home Momma. MRS. GUMP I know I know. INT. GUMP HOUSE Mrs. Gump and Forrest walk into the house. MRS. GUMP Louise he's here. He's here everybody. FORREST (voice-over) Now when I got home I had no idea that Momma had had all sorts of visitors. In the house are stacks of ping-pong paddles and life-sized cardboard cutouts of Forrest playing ping-pong. The name on the ping-pong paddles boxes reads Gump-Mao table tennis. MRS. GUMP We've had all sorts of visitors Forrest. Everybody wants you to use their ping-pong stuff. One man even left a check for twenty-five thousand dollars if you'd be agreeable to saying you like using their paddle. FORREST Oh Momma. I only like using my own paddle. Hi Miss Louise. LOUISE Hey Forrest. MRS. GUMP I know that. I know that. But it's twenty-five thousand dollars Forrest. I thought maybe you could hold it for a while see if it grows on you. Oh you look good Forrest. You look real good. FORREST (voice-over) That Momma she sure was right. It's funny how things work out. EXT. BAYOU LA BATRE/BUBBA'S MOM'S HOUSE - DAY Forrest walks up to a shack on the edge of the Bayou. A |
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