Forrest Gump: Robert Zemickis Oscar-swooping 1994 drama starring Tom Hanks is the product of the lesser known novel of the same name written by Winston Groom. Featuring a different ending with his beloved Jenny Curran, the film also omits many of Gump’s worldly triumphs…including becoming a famous chess player, running for U.S Senate and travelling into space as an astronaut where he meets an ape. On top of that, Winston himself originally envisioned the role of Forrest going to John Goodman – due to the fact that Forrest is clearly stated to be 65 and weighing just over 17 stone in the book. Thats a lot of boxes of chocolates. More here: shortlist/entertainment/books/8-adaptations-that-massively-deviate-from-the-books
Posted on: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 03:30:00 +0000
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