1 00:00:05,957 --> 00:00:07,209 Now can you believe it? 2 00:00:07,292 --> 00:00:11,213 After only five years of playing football, I got a college degree. 3 00:00:11,296 --> 00:00:13,298 Congratulations, son. 4 00:00:14,091 --> 00:00:16,134 Mama was so proud. 5 00:00:17,469 --> 00:00:21,306 Forrest, I'm so proud of you. Here, I'll hold this for you. 6 00:00:21,431 --> 00:00:23,517 Congratulations, son. 7 00:00:23,642 --> 00:00:26,645 Have you given any thought to your future? 8 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:29,815 Thought? 9 00:00:31,274 --> 00:00:33,110 Hello, I'm Forrest. Forrest Gump. 10 00:00:33,193 --> 00:00:36,196 Nobody gives a hunk of shit who you are, fuzzball! 11 00:00:36,321 --> 00:00:38,949 You're not even a low-life, scum-sucking maggot! 12 00:00:39,032 --> 00:00:42,994 Get your faggotty ass on the bus. You're in the Army now! 13 00:00:43,328 --> 00:00:45,122 This seat's taken. 14 00:00:46,998 --> 00:00:48,375 Taken. 15 00:00:51,294 --> 00:00:54,089 At first, it seemed like I made a mistake, 16 00:00:54,172 --> 00:00:56,216 seeing how it was only my induction day 17 00:00:56,341 --> 00:00:59,052 and I was already getting yelled at. 18 00:01:02,139 --> 00:01:04,391 You can sit down if you want to. 19 00:01:04,516 --> 00:01:08,353 I didn't know who I might meet, or what they might ask. 20 00:01:08,478 --> 00:01:11,064 You ever been on a real shrimp boat? 21 00:01:11,565 --> 00:01:15,193 No, but I been on a real big boat. 22 00:01:15,986 --> 00:01:18,780 I'm talking about a shrimp-catching boat. 23 00:01:18,864 --> 00:01:21,366 I've been working on shrimp boats all my life. 24 00:01:21,491 --> 00:01:24,244 I started out on my uncle's boat, that's my mama's brother, 25 00:01:24,369 --> 00:01:26,413 when I was about maybe nine. 26 00:01:26,538 --> 00:01:30,667 I was just looking into buying a boat of my own and got drafted. 27 00:01:31,501 --> 00:01:36,381 My given name is Benjamin Buford Blue. People call me Bubba. 28 00:01:37,048 --> 00:01:40,677 Just like one of them old redneck boys. Can you believe that? 29 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:44,431 My name's Forrest Gump. People call me Forrest Gump. 30 00:01:45,390 --> 00:01:47,809 So, Bubba was from Bayou La Batre, Alabama, 31 00:01:47,893 --> 00:01:49,811 and his mama cooked shrimp, 32 00:01:52,063 --> 00:01:54,941 and her mama before her cooked shrimp, 33 00:01:55,066 --> 00:01:58,028 and her mama before her mama cooked shrimp, too. 34 00:01:58,111 --> 00:01:59,321 Bubba's family knew everything 35 00:01:59,404 --> 00:02:02,032 there was to know about the shrimping business. 36 00:02:02,115 --> 00:02:05,160 I know everything there is to know about the shrimping business. 37 00:02:05,243 --> 00:02:08,246 Matter of fact, I'm going into the shrimping business for myself 38 00:02:08,371 --> 00:02:10,707 after I get out the Army. 39 00:02:13,376 --> 00:02:14,419 Okey. 40 00:02:14,628 --> 00:02:18,715 Gump! What's your sole purpose in this Army'? 41 00:02:18,798 --> 00:02:21,343 To do whatever you tell me, Drill Sergeant! 42 00:02:21,426 --> 00:02:24,804 God damn it, Gump! You're a goddamn genius! 43 00:02:24,930 --> 00:02:27,265 That's the most outstanding answer I've ever heard. 44 00:02:27,390 --> 00:02:30,143 You must have a goddamn IQ of 160! 45 00:02:30,268 --> 00:02:33,230 You are goddamn gifted, Private Gump! 46 00:02:34,231 --> 00:02:36,107 Listen up, people! 47 00:02:36,233 --> 00:02:40,403 Now, for some reason, I fit in the Army like one of them round pegs. 48 00:02:40,487 --> 00:02:41,738 It's not really hard. 49 00:02:41,821 --> 00:02:45,450 You just make your bed real neat and remember to stand up straight, 50 00:02:45,575 --> 00:02:49,538 and always answer every question with, "Yes, Drill Sergeant!" 51 00:02:49,621 --> 00:02:51,081 Is that clear? 52 00:02:51,164 --> 00:02:53,291 - Yes, Drill Sergeant! - Yes, Drill Sergeant! 53 00:02:53,792 --> 00:02:57,087 What you do is, you just drag your nets along the bottom. 54 00:02:57,170 --> 00:03:00,924 On a good day, you can catch over 100 pounds of shrimp. 55 00:03:01,007 --> 00:03:04,427 If everything goes all right, two men shrimping 10 hours, 56 00:03:04,511 --> 00:03:07,222 less what you spend on gas, you can... 57 00:03:07,305 --> 00:03:10,100 - Done, Drill Sergeant! - Gump! 58 00:03:12,477 --> 00:03:15,230 Why did you put that weapon together so quickly, Gump'? 59 00:03:15,313 --> 00:03:16,982 You told me to, Drill Sergeant. 60 00:03:17,107 --> 00:03:20,527 Jesus H. Christ, this is a new company record. 61 00:03:20,652 --> 00:03:23,113 If it wouldn't be a waste of such a damn fine enlisted man, 62 00:03:23,196 --> 00:03:25,490 I'd recommend you for OCS, Private Gump. 63 00:03:25,615 --> 00:03:27,450 You are gonna be a general some day, Gump. 64 00:03:27,534 --> 00:03:30,620 Now, disassemble your weapon and continue! 65 00:03:32,706 --> 00:03:36,501 Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. 66 00:03:36,585 --> 00:03:41,339 You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. 67 00:03:41,423 --> 00:03:44,426 There's shrimp kebabs, shrimp Creole... 68 00:03:44,718 --> 00:03:49,556 ...shrimp gumbo, pan fried, deep fried, stir fried. 69 00:03:49,889 --> 00:03:53,435 There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, 70 00:03:53,518 --> 00:03:55,854 coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp... 71 00:03:56,187 --> 00:04:02,152 ...shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, 72 00:04:02,235 --> 00:04:05,280 shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich... 73 00:04:07,866 --> 00:04:10,201 That's... That's about it. 74 00:04:13,913 --> 00:04:16,875 Night time in the Army is a lonely time. 75 00:04:17,750 --> 00:04:21,379 We'd lay there in our bunks and I'd miss my mama. 76 00:04:21,963 --> 00:04:24,466 And I'd miss Jenny.