Forrest Gump

FORREST GUMP
As he waits at a bus stop, Forrest Gump starts recounting his life story to nearby strangers. His story starts with the leg braces he had to wear as a child, which resulted in himbeing bullied by cowardly children. He lives with his mother (Sally Field), who tells him that "stupid is as stupid does". Forrest teaches one of their guests, a young Elvis Presley, a hip swinging dance.At school, Forrest meets Jenny , with whom he immediately falls in love, and they become best friends. Forrest discovers that he can run very fast which, despite his below average intelligence, earnshim a scholarship to the University of Alabama after being spotted by Bear Bryant. While in college, he witnesses George Wallace's Stand in the Schoolhouse Door and is named to the All-Americanfootball team, and meets President John F. Kennedy.
After graduating, Forrest enlists in the Army, where he becomes friends with Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue and they agree to go into the shrimpingbusiness together. They are sent to Vietnam, and when their platoon is ambushed, Forrest saves many of the men in his platoon, including platoon leader 2ndLt. Dan Taylor , but Bubba is killed. Forresthimself is injured and awarded the Medal of Honor by President Lyndon B. Johnson. While recovering from his injuries Forrest sees Dan Taylor, who has had both legs amputated and is furious at Forrest forleaving him a "cripple" and cheating him out of his destiny to die in battle just as his ancestors had died in every single American War. In Washington, Forrest is swept up in an anti-war rally at theNational Mall and is reunited with Jenny, who is now part of the hippie counterculture movement. They spend the night walking around the capital, but she leaves with her abusive boyfriend thefollowing day.
Forrest discovers an aptitude for ping pong and begins playing for the U.S. Army team, eventually competing against Chinese teams on a goodwill tour. He goes to the White House again and...