Daily Dialogue — December 16, 2019

Forrest: [handing Jenny his medal] I want you to have this.
Jenny: Forrest, I can’t keep this.
Forrest: I got it just by doing what you told me to do.
Jenny: Why are you so good to me?
Forrest: You’re my girl.
Jenny: I’ll always be your girl.

— Forrest Gump (1994), screenplay by Eric Roth, book by Winston Groom

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Bus. Today’s suggestion by Paul DeCesare.

Trivia: When this film became wildly successful, talk of a sequel naturally arose, especially when Winston Groom wrote a sequel novel called ‘Gump & Co’. However, at the time, Tom Hanks adamantly refused to work in any sequel (and making the sequel with another actor was not a consideration). After Hanks reconsidered his stance on sequels/prequels (Toy Story 2 (1999), Toy Story 3 (2010), Angels & Demons (2009)), the original screenwriter Eric Roth attempted to adapt ‘Gump & Co.’ in 2001. However, the 9/11 attacks changed the world to the extent that it made the film irrelevant. Despite several attempts to revive the project and the absence of a formal cancellation, the sequel has remained in “development hell” since, and is unlikely to be made.

Dialogue On Dialogue: The bus has its own subplot in Forrest Gump including this memorable moment here.