WILD-EYED MAN

I think it would be really fortunate

for me if I could get your name on

these, oh, your face and name on

these T-shirts. It would be wonderful.

A truck splashes mud onto Forrest as it goes by. The man

hands Forrest a yellow T-shirt to use as a rag to wipe the

mud off.

WILD-EYED MAN

Here, use this one. Nobody likes

that color anyway.

Forrest wipes his face on the towel and hands it back to the

man.

FORREST

Have a nice day.

The man looks at the T-shirt. He holds it up displaying the

" Happy Face."

FORREST (V.O.)

And some years later I found out

that that man did come up with a

idea for a T-shirt and he made a lot

of money off of it.

EXT. MONUMENT VALLEY

Forrest runs with a group that follows behind him.

FORREST (V.O.)

Anyway, like I was saying, I had a

lot of company. My Momma always said

you got to put the past behind you

before you can move on. And I think

that's what my running was all about.

I had run for three years, two months,

fourteen days, and sixteen hours.

Forrest stops running. The group stops behind him. Forrest

stands and looks as the group waits expectantly. Forrest

turns and look.

YOUNG MAN

Quiet. Quiet, he's gonna say

something.

FORREST

I'm pretty tired. I think I'll go

home now.

Forrest walks toward the group. The group parts for Forrest

as he walks down the middle of the road.

YOUNG MAN

Now what are we supposed to do?

FORREST (V.O.)

And just like that, my running days

was over. So, I went home to Alabama.

A television shows President Reagan and his staff as they

react to gunshots in front of a limo.

NEWSCASTER

(over television)

Moments ago, at two twenty-five p.m.,

as President Reagan was leaving the

Washington Hilton Hotel...

INT. GUMP HOUSE - DAY

Forrest sits eating a sandwich, watching the news of the

assassination attempt.

NEWSCASTER

...five or six gunshots were fired

by an unknown would-be assassin. The

President was shot in the chest and

the assailant was immediately tackled

by a half a dozen lawmen. As the

Presidential...

LOUISE

I picked up the mail.

FORREST

Oh, thank you, Miss, Miss Louise.

FORREST (V.O.)

One day, out of the blue clear sky,

I got a letter from Jenny...

EXT. BUS STOP - PRESENT

Forrest takes the letter out of his pocket.

FORREST

...wondering if I could come down to

Savannah to see her, and that's what

I'm doing here. She saw me on TV,

running, I'm supposed to go on the

Number Nine bus to Richmond Street

and get off and go one block left to

1-9-4-7 Henry Street, Apartment 4.

The elderly woman looks at the letter.

ELDERLY WOMAN

Why, you don't need to take a bus.

Henry Street is just five or six

blocks down that way.