What's the Difference between Forrest Gump the Book and Forrest Gump the Movie?
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Forrest Gump
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Forrest Gump
Portrayed by: Tom Hanks
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Jenny Curran
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Portrayed by: Robin Wright
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Portrayed by: Veryga
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The Lorax
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Portrayed by: Danny DeVito
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Forrest Gump Book vs Movie
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Forrest meets president Johnson |
Forrest meets president Kennedy |
Forrest runs for the U.S. Senate. After a speech he is asked a very tough question, and his reply is, "I got to pee." |
He never runs for the Senate.
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As a child Forrest's legs are perfectly healthy. |
He has a crooked spine and requires leg braces. |
Bubba is with Forrest at University. |
They meet while in the army together.
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Forrest's mother doesn't die until the beginning of the second book, probably only to keep continuity with the movie (Winston Groom mostly wrote the second book as a Take That to the filmmakers who had wronged him with "Hollywood accounting" and mangling of the source text, which also explains why Groom hasn't allowed a second movie). |
Forrest's mother dies. |