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Forrest gump has an iq of about 70, but realizes that he is smarter than a lot of normal people. Forrest gump ebook by winston groom 9780307947406 rakuten. At 66 and 240lbs, forrest gump is difficult to ignore. The first edition of the novel was published in 1986, and was written by winston groom. I have read the book forrest gump and also watched the forrest gump movie version.
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Oct 03, 2016 why it took forrest gump author nearly 20 years to write a new novel after forrest gump became a bestseller, winston groom says he ran out of good ideas for novels until now. Forrest gump film and novel comparison forrest gump. With tom hanks, robin wright, gary sinise, sally field. It is the sequel to his novel forrest gump 1986, and the academy awardwinning film of the same name released in 1994, with tom hanks. Forrest gump download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Sep 09, 2019 forrest gump opens with a feather falling from the sky and being tossed around in the wind. Forrest was a footballer, a businessman and a film star. On july 6 of 1994, the two hour and twentytwominute film, forrest gump, hit movie theater screens. The movie was directed by robert zemeckis, who also was the director of the polar express. Free download or read online forrest gump pdf epub book. Differences between forrest gump book vs movie page 3. The title character retells adventures ranging from shrimp boating and ping pong championships, to thinking about his childhood love, as he bumbles his way through american history, with everything from the vietnam war to college football becoming part of the story gump is portrayed as viewing the world simply and truthfully. The movie was adapted from a book forrest gump written by winston groom in 1986.
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