![]() ![]() What makes this a beautifully brilliant opening scene is that it quickly and concisely sets up the world of FORREST GUMP, and of course Forrest Gump himself. It is the guiding motif that shoots us back into Forrest's childhood and eventually to Forrest's grand feat of running across the country. And how can we not? Eric Roth has painted us the most endearing character simply through this one line description: "He has the body and the face of a man, and the eyes of a boy."Īnd then there is the non sequitur about the shoes - only it is not a non sequitur. ![]() We can't help but fall in love immediately with Forrest as we see him for the first time: curious, sweet, and entirely at ease in his own skin, something all of us instantly admire. 25 1993 which include one of the most repeated adages of our time: "Mama always said, 'Life was like a box of chocolate.you never know what you're going to get.'" ![]() We bring to you the opening scene script pages dating to Aug. Today we take a seat on a bus bench on the humble streets of Savannah, Georgia to discuss number 89 on the WGA 101 list - which, if the Southern setting was no indicator, is FORREST GUMP (screenplay by Eric Roth and based on the novel by Winston Groom). ![]()
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