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Eric Roth wrote the blueprint for the movie that everybody else
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Forrest Gump

Eric Roth wrote the blueprintfor the movie that everybody else... So graciously and...

Eric Roth wrote the blueprintfor the movie that everybody else... So graciously and diligently and in a dignified wayjust kind of made it, just, to a level that none of uscould have ever imagined

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Eric Roth wrote the blueprint for the movie
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that everybody else So graciously
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and diligently and in a dignified way just kind of made it just to a level
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that none of us could have ever imagined
Available in 2 languages
Duration
25 seconds
Views
295
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:09
Uploaded
Jan 31, 2026
Genres
drama, romance
Production
Paramount Pictures,The Steve Tisch Company,Wendy Finerman Productions

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Movie Summary

The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal and other historical events unfold from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, whose only desire is to be reunited with his childhood sweeth
The icing on the cake for this amazing screenplay was to have Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump. - Forrest Gump 00:16
The icing on the cake for this amazing screenplay was to...
The image of Forrest sitting on the bus bench is exactly how the screenplay starts, and the feather is the touch that Eric brought us into, and I think his intention was destiny. - Forrest Gump 00:26
The image of Forrest sitting on the bus bench is exactly how...
My name's Forrest Forrest Gump - Forrest Gump 00:12
My name's Forrest Forrest Gump
My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates - Forrest Gump 00:12
My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates
Tom came to play this part because Eric and Tom and I had been actually working on another project together, and we had talked to Tom about doing it, and he, kind of, was somewhat interested, and once Eric came aboard, yeah, he was somewhat interested, an - Forrest Gump 00:53
Tom came to play this part because Eric and Tom and I had...
Those must be comfortable shoes - Forrest Gump 00:28
Those must be comfortable shoes
Mama said they'd take me anywhere - Forrest Gump 00:08
Mama said they'd take me anywhere
FORREST Now when I was a baby - Forrest Gump 00:33
FORREST Now when I was a baby
FORREST Now when I was a baby - Forrest Gump 00:33
FORREST Now when I was a baby
FORREST Mama always had a way of explaining things - Forrest Gump 00:06
FORREST Mama always had a way of explaining things
We lived about a quarter mile off Route 17 - Forrest Gump 00:34
We lived about a quarter mile off Route 17
Remember what I told you Forrest You're no different than anybody else is - Forrest Gump 00:37
Remember what I told you Forrest You're no different...
The other thing that Bob did, which was very interesting, was in terms of Mama, in Sally, was she was always a lady. - Forrest Gump 00:37
The other thing that Bob did, which was very interesting,...
What does normal mean anyway - Forrest Gump 00:06
What does normal mean anyway
I think every parent has a fear of when you sit there and you look... - Forrest Gump 00:28
I think every parent has a fear of when you sit there and...
And I think the other thing that was fun about this was that, even though Forrest was supposed to be stupid, it was, "Stupid is as stupid does." Because he really never did anything stupid. - Forrest Gump 00:17
And I think the other thing that was fun about this was...
It was Stupid is as stupid does - Forrest Gump 00:05
It was Stupid is as stupid does
Bob had a wonderful way of knowing what was gonna be funny and just, kind of, could hear the audiences roar with laughter, even while he was filming a scene. - Forrest Gump 00:32
Bob had a wonderful way of knowing what was gonna be funny...
It always makes you wonder how a kid like this can have such a great understanding of the humour in this scene. - Forrest Gump 00:09
It always makes you wonder how a kid like this can have such...
What's vacation - Forrest Gump 00:24
What's vacation