Famous Figure
Throughout the film Forrest meets with many famous and historical icons like Elvis, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, John Lennon and Richard Nixon. There was one more famous figure he got to meet but that figure was cut out from the film completely. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. The scene in mention showed riot police releasing German shepherds onto King and his supporters. Forrest then quickly jumps in and distracts the dogs with a game of fetch. The director felt it was best to leave this scene out as he believed it cheapened the real injustice of racial inequality.
Famous Figure
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Forrest Gump was a real Jack of all trades in the film. He played for a major football team, fought in Vietnam where he became a war hero, and he’s an international ping pong champion. Although in the book, Winston Groom has Gump do so much more. For instance, he is a superb chess player, a skilled wrestler, and is also an astronaut! We can see how all of that would be difficult to incorporate into the film.
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