Run Forrest Run: Facts Behind The Movie Of The Man From Alabama

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Most people don’t know this, but Forrest Gump is based on a book. The movie differs in some ways from the novel, with most changes concerning the character of Forrest. In the film, his loveable, childlike naivety is pretty different from the novel.

Even the ‘box of chocolate’ quote was different too. The quote from the book is as follows “Let me say this: being an idiot is no box of chocolates. People laugh, lose patience, treat you shabby. Now they say folks s’posed to be kind to the afflicted, but let me tell you- it ain’t always that easy”.