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Forrest Gump

Momma said there's only so much fortune a man really needs and the rest is just for...

Forrest Gump:

Forrest: Momma said there's only so much fortune a man really needs and the rest is just for showing off. So, I gave a whole bunch of it to the Foursquare Gospel Church and I gave a whole bunch to the Bayou La Batre Fishing Hospital. And even though Bubba was dead, and Lieutenant Dan said I was nuts, I gave Bubba's momma Bubba's share. And you know what? She didn't have to work in nobody's kitchen no more

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Now Mama said there's only so much fortune a man really needs
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and the rest is just for showing off
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So I gave a whole bunch of it to the Foursquare gospel church
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and I gave a whole bunch to the Bayou La Batre fishing hospital
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And even though Bubba was dead and Lieutenant Dan said I was nuts
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I gave Bubba's mama Bubba's share
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You know what
Duration
36 seconds
Views
1,719
Timestamp in Movie
01:42:20
Uploaded
Feb 12, 2022
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

Actors

Tom Hanks
Forrest Gump
Tom Hanks
But really, that all comes down to the script. - Forrest Gump 00:12
But really, that all comes down to the script.
I think it's something that Artie Schmidt, in particular, brings to the mix, which is having a sense of exactly what the right thing to do is, in relationship to the story that Bob's telling, so that he's like an anchor. - Forrest Gump 00:18
I think it's something that Artie Schmidt, in...
The little Snapper lawnmower was a very important thing to Bob, that he found that exact right model that he remembered from the early '70s. - Forrest Gump 00:11
The little Snapper lawnmower was a very important thing to...
And 'cause I was a gazillionaire and I liked doing it so much - Forrest Gump 00:08
And 'cause I was a gazillionaire and I liked doing it...
It also is important, no matter how much the rest of the world changed, Alabama stayed the same. - Forrest Gump 00:22
It also is important, no matter how much the rest of the...
For the first time ever, we kind of feel that Forrest has become a man, because of his loss and because of his growth. - Forrest Gump 00:11
For the first time ever, we kind of feel that Forrest has...
Robin brought so much to this character that you really could feel the distance she's travelled. - Forrest Gump 00:09
Robin brought so much to this character that you really...
And the authenticity, I think, of her character. - Forrest Gump 01:00
And the authenticity, I think, of her character.
And you know Jenny's kind of survived the turmoil that she's been through, and we think, finally, this couple really may have a chance. - Forrest Gump 00:10
And you know Jenny's kind of survived the turmoil that...
She came back and stayed with me - Forrest Gump 02:33
She came back and stayed with me
This moment you watch Jenny's face, and you see all the pain that she's been through, and, unfortunately, all the poor decisions that she's made really come back to her childhood. - Forrest Gump 00:13
This moment you watch Jenny's face, and you see all the...
I just think she approached it from a very real, deep place, and she wasn't sentimental about it at all. - Forrest Gump 00:15
I just think she approached it from a very real, deep place,...
I think what Forrest says now is as poignant as his mother saying, "Life is like a box of chocolates." Because it's his view of the world. - Forrest Gump 00:11
I think what Forrest says now is as poignant as his mother...
I think that we all feel so happy when Forrest and Jenny are together because we also know that he's so happy. - Forrest Gump 00:12
I think that we all feel so happy when Forrest and Jenny are...
And again, Bob's choice of where to be in order to tell this part of the story, when to be intimate, and yet, when to take a step back, and yet, maybe you're even more intimate because of that. - Forrest Gump 00:16
And again, Bob's choice of where to be in order to tell...
I don't know if I have a favourite particular shot. - Forrest Gump 00:51
I don't know if I have a favourite particular shot.
Will you marry me - Forrest Gump 00:31
Will you marry me
So, just like earlier, you were talking about where Don and Bob decide to place the camera in telling the story. - Forrest Gump 00:32
So, just like earlier, you were talking about where Don and...
Of course, one of the things that's so wonderful, so many of the images that we watch in the movie are images that we've seen previously, but we've watched these characters grow, and now there's different emotion, different depth to all of them. - Forrest Gump 00:15
Of course, one of the things that's so wonderful, so...
He actually decided, at this section of the movie, to have absolute silence, and I think the audience needs it. - Forrest Gump 00:18
He actually decided, at this section of the movie, to have...