What's the Difference between Forrest Gump the Book and Forrest Gump the Movie?

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Forrest Gump	Forrest Gump Portrayed by: Tom Hanks
Jenny Curran	Jenny Curran Portrayed by: Robin Wright
ms gump	ms gump
This Character does not appear.	Yeet Portrayed by: Veryga
The Lorax	The Lorax Portrayed by: Danny DeVito

Forrest Gump Book vs Movie

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In the Book	In the Movie
Forrest becomes and astronaut and goes to outer space. He meets an ape there named Sue. They crash in the jungle and are taken hostage by cannibals.	This doesn't happen.
Forrest leaves the Shrimp business to travel around with his Ape and Lt. Dan as a one man band.	Forrest leaves the Shrimp business to Lt. Dan and goes home to cut the grass for free.
Jenny does NOT go to an 'all girls college'	Jenny goes to an all-girls college
Forrest curses a lot.	He doesn't swear.
Forrest meets the President as a military hero returned from Viet Nam	Forrest meets the President because he's a college football 'all star' (an utterly stupid, banal, asinine change to the story)

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