The Author
Many folks didn’t know that the movie was based on a book! Nor did many people know that Winston Groom, the author, penned a sequel titled Gump & Co. In 2014, Forrest Gump was re-released for IMAX. However it didn’t show in Groom’s hometown in Mobile, Alabama. Maybe this wasn’t intentional but Groom saw it as a personal slight. He told the Alabama Media Group that it was “embarrassing.”
The Author
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