Forrest Gump a movie of your life's story," though "Whether they get it right or wrong, it doesn't matter." The first chapter of the book suggests the real-life events surrounding the film have been incorporated into Forrest's storyline, and that Forrest got a lot of media attention as a result of the film. During the course of the sequel novel, Gump runs into Tom Hanks and at the end of the novel in the film's release, including Gump going on "The David Letterman Show" and attending the Academy Awards. Forrest Gump Forrest Gump is a 1994 American comedy-drama film based on the
Gump and Co. A screenplay was written by Eric Roth based on "Gump and Co." in 2001. In 2007, Paramount took another look at the project, but nothing came of it. The proposed film was mentioned in "Cecil B. Demented", a John Waters film. In "Cecil", the planned sequel for the movie "Forrest Gump" is called "Forrest Gump, Gump Again". Larry King reportedly called it "the funniest novel I ever read". The publisher, Simon & Schuster, cite a number of positive reviews, including Patricia Holt, in the "San Francisco Chronicle", saying it "is a delight". "The New York Times" review called the book's