Forrest Gump Page #8
GOVERNOR WALLACE
We hereby denounce and forbid this
illegal and unwarranted action by
the central government.
INT. GREENBOW/BARBER SHOP
A black & white television reveals George Wallace as he stands
in the doorway of the schoolhouse.
KATZENBACH:
(on TV)
Governor Wallace, I take it from
that, uh...
EXT. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
Forrest steps over to a young man as the crowd looks at the
demonstration.
KATZENBACH:
...statement that you are going to
stand in that door, and that you are
not going to carry out the orders of
this court, and that you are going
to resist us from doing so. I would
ask you once again to responsibility
step aside and if you do not, I'm
going to assure you...
FORREST:
Earl, what's going on?
EARL:
Coons are tryin' to get into school.
FORREST:
Coons? When raccoons try to get on
our back porch, Momma just chase 'em
off with a broom.
EARL:
Not raccoons, you idiot, niggas. And
they want to go to school with us.
FORREST:
With us? They do?
Forrest walks toward the schoolhouse.
INT. COACHES' OFFICE
A football coach looks at a black and white television as a
newsman outside the schoolhouse speaks to the camera.
NEWSMAN:
(on TV)
...block the doorway, President
Kennedy ordered the Secretary of
Defense then to use the military
force.
BLACK AND WHITE FOOTAGE
The footage cuts to Governor Wallace as he speaks to General
Graham.
NEWSMAN:
Here by videotape is the encounter
by General Graham, Commander of the
National Guard, and Governor Wallace.
Forrest stands next to George Wallace and listens.
GOVERNOR WALLACE
We must have no violence today, or
any other day, because these National
Guardsmen are here today as Federal
Soldiers for Alabamans. And they
live within our borders and they are
all our brothers. We are winning in
this fight because we are awakening
the American people to the dangers
that we have spoken about so many
times, just so evident today, the
trend toward military dictatorship
in this country.
EXT. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
Some of the Alabama policeman and citizens clap their hands
as the National Guardsmen stand at attention with their
weapons in front of them. Forrest walks through the crowd.
Two black students were being led toward the schoolhouse.
NEWSMAN:
And so at day's end the University
of Alabama in Tuscaloosa had been
desegregated and students Jimmy Hood
and Vivian Malone had been signed up
for summer classes.
The young black girl drops one of her books. Forrest notices
and steps past the policeman toward the book on the ground.
Forrest steps out from the crowd and picks up the book. He
brings it up to the girl.
FORREST:
Ma'am, you dropped your book. Ma'am.
INT. COACHES' OFFICE - NIGHT (1963)
A coach looks at the television. The television reveals
Forrest as he stands at the schoolhouse door. He looks around,
then waves.
CHET HUNTLEY:
(on TV)
Governor Wallace did what he promised
to do. By being on the Tuscaloosa
campus, he kept the mob from gathering
and prevented violence.
An assistant coach looks at the television, then at the other
coaches.
ASSISTANT COACH:
Say, wasn't that Gump?
The football coach and two assistant coaches look. Forrest
dries himself off with a towel as he steps from the showers.
CHET HUNTLEY:
(on TV)
NBC News will present a special
program on the Alabama integration
story at 7:
30 p.m. tonight...ASSISTANT COACH:
Naw, that couldn't be.
FOOTBALL COACH:
It sure as hell was.
CHET HUNTLEY:
...standard Eastern Daylight Time.
Now a word from Anacin.
Forrest steps up to the coaches' area and grabs a clean towel.
The coaches turn and stare at Forrest. Forrest gives them
one of his silly waves, then walks away.
COLOR FOOTAGE - Governor Wallace waves to the crowd as he
stands behind a podium with his wife.
FORREST (V.O.)
A few years later, that angry little
man at the schoolhouse door thought
it would be a good idea, and ran for
President.
COLOR FOOTAGE - Governor Wallace mingles in a crowd. Gunshots
are fired, wounding him. Some men wrestle the shooter. Wallace
lies wounded on the ground.
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