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Forrest was born near the small town of Greenbow, Alabama.His father was absent during his life, and his mother said he was "on vacation". His mother named Forrest after their ancestor Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Scotch-Irish American [2] and a noted Confederate general in the American Civil War and the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
Forrest is finally reunited with Jenny, who introduces him to their son, Forrest Gump Jr. Jenny tells Forrest she is sick with an unknown incurable virus, and the three move back to Greenbow. Jenny and Forrest finally marry, but she dies a year later. Forrest sends his son off on his first day of school as a feather floats in the wind.
The relationship between Forrest and Jenny in Forrest Gump, one of Hanks and Wright's most recognizable films, has remained a major point of discussion in the three decades since it released in 1994.
A sequel had been in the works, due to the success of the first book and film. [6] Screenwriter Eric Roth submitted a script for the sequel on September 10, 2001, but after the September 11 attacks, there was a sense that "the world had changed" and that the plot of Gump and Co. was no longer relevant.
Jenny’s arc within the film, which takes her from childhood sexual abuse through drug use to an untimely death, has been widely criticised in the 30 years since the movie came out.
But one thing remains true for frequent collaborators Tom Hanks and Robin Wright, who first worked with the director on 1994's Forrest Gump — every film is somehow a continuation of the last.
Debi's Laurie's Restaurant, formerly on Wright Square at 10 W. State St., is where Jenny, Gump's childhood friend and eventual wife, worked as a waitress. Debi's has since moved to 225 E. Bay St ...
In an interview with Yahoo's Michael Yo, who caught up with Hall for The Yo Show a few years ago, Hall said that she, then 10 years old, had 'no concept' of how big "Forrest Gump" would be.