Forrest Gump Page #6

BOY #2

He's gettin' away! Stop him!

Boy #1 throws his bike down in frustration. Forrest runs

across a field.

EXT. COUNTRY ROAD

Forrest runs past a chain gang in their prison uniforms.

They are cutting at the weeds on the side of the road.

EXT. GREENBOW

Forrest runs across the street. THE TWO OLD MEN sit in front

of the barber shop.

OLD CRONY:

That boy sure is a running fool.

EXT. JENNY'S HOUSE

Forrest runs down a driveway toward Jenny's small house.

FORREST (V.O.)

Now remember how I told you that

Jenny never seemed to want to go

home? Well, she lived in a house

that was as old as Alabama. Her Momma

had gone up to heaven when she was

five and her daddy was some kind of

a farmer.

Forrest knocks on Jenny's door.

FORREST:

Jenny? Jenny?

Forrest look around the field at the left. He notices Jenny

and runs toward her.

FORREST (V.O.)

He was a very lovin' man. He was

always kissing and touchin' her and

her sisters. And then this one time,

Jenny wasn't on the bus to go to

school.

Forrest runs to Jenny.

FORREST:

Jenny, why didn't you come to school

today?

JENNY:

Hsh! Daddy's takin' a nap.

Jenny grabs Forrest's hand and runs into the field. Jenny's

DAD drunk, steps out onto the porch and shouts.

JENNY'S DAD

Jenny!

JENNY:

Come on!

JENNY'S DAD

Jenny, where'd you run to? You'd

better come back here, girl!

Jenny's dad steps out toward the field. Jenny leads Forrest

into the thick tobacco field. Jenny's dad runs through the

field searching for Jenny with a liquor bottle in his hand.

JENNY'S DAD

Where you at?

Jenny and Forrest run into a corn field as Jenny's dad tries

to chase her.

JENNY'S DAD

Jenny! Jenny! Where you at? Jenny!

Jenny drops to her knees and pulls Forrest down with her.

JENNY:

Pray with me, Forrest. Pray with me.

JENNY'S DAD

Jenny!

JENNY:

Dear God, make me a bird so I can

fly far, far, far away from here.

Dear God, make me a bird so I can

fly far, far, far away from here.

FORREST (V.O.)

Momma always said that God is

mysterious.

JENNY'S DAD

Jenny! Get back here!

FORREST (V.O.)

He didn't turn Jenny into a bird

that day. Instead...

EXT. TRAILER PARK/ALABAMA - DAY (1955)

A police officer escorts Jenny to her grandmother's trailer.

Jenny's grandmother meets Jenny outside and leads her toward

the trailer.

FORREST (V.O.)

...he had the police say Jenny didn't

have to stay in that house no more.

She went to live with her grandma

just over on Creekmore Avenue, which

made me happy 'cause she was so close.

EXT. GUMP HOUSE - NIGHT (1955)

Jenny climbs over a second-floor railing and enters the house.

FORREST (V.O.)

Some nights, Jenny'd sneak out and

come over to my house, just 'cause

she said she was scared. Scared of

what, I don't know...

INT. GUMP HOUSE/FORREST'S BEDROOM

Jenny lies in bed next to young Forrest. She hugs him.

FORREST (V.O.)

...but I think it was her grandma's

dog. He was a mean dog. Anyway, Jenny

and me was best friends...

EXT. GREENBOW/OAK ALLEY - DAY (1961)

Forrest and Jenny are teenagers now. They walk along an

oaklined road.

FORREST (V.O.)

...all the way to high school.

Suddenly Forrest is hit in the back with a rock. Forrest and

Jenny turn around.

OLDER BOY #1

Hey, stupid!

JENNY:

Quit it!

A teenage boy throws another rock as a pickup truck pulls up

behind him. Jenny turns and looks at Forrest.

JENNY:

Run, Forrest, run!

OLDER BOY #1

Hey. Did you hear me, stupid?

JENNY:

Run, Forrest!

Forrest drops his books and runs down the road. The teenage

boy jumps into the back of the pickup truck with another boy

as the truck speeds after Forrest. Jenny steps left and gets

out of the way.

OLDER BOY #2

Come on, he's getting away! Move it!

JENNY:

Run, Forrest! Run!

OLDER BOY #1

You better be runnin', stupid.

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