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Contents 1 Bubba Gump Shrimp 2 A real story or just a fiction 3 Split Film and Book? 4 Differences from novel 5 Fair use rationale for Image:Forrest gump.jpg 6 Running Time differences

[edit] Bubba Gump Shrimp

Doesn't the man on the bench next to Forrest say Bubba Gump Shrimp Corporation, not Company? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.116.24.127 (talk)

he does say bubba gump shrimp corporation

-Ben —Preceding unsigned comment added by Benadamspears (talk • contribs) 22:46, 16 January 2008

[edit] A real story or just a fiction

Can anyone tell me Forrest Gump is a real person or he's just a creation for a novel book? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Happyland86 (talk • contribs) 10:31, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

He's fictional.~~Lazyguythewerewolf . Rawr. 20:29, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Split Film and Book?

also under discussion in Film Project —Preceding unsigned comment added by Collectonian (talk • contribs) 14:17, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

• Should the film and the book be split into separate articles? It seems like there are enough differences between them to consider them separately, particularly as the book has a sequel and really can not get full coverage in this article that is dominated by the movie. Collectonian 04:51, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

• (copied from Film project talkpage) I think that the book and the film should have separate articles to allow both articles to develop independently. There are enough differences, and will be more as the articles develop (eg. critical reception). --BelovedFreak 12:37, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

• I think they should be split into seperate articles. As Belovedfreak just said, there are definetly enough diffrences.Grango242 19:31, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

• They definitely ought to be split. I was shocked to see that the novel didn't have a separate article. The film is certainly the more notable of the two, but the book is certainly notable enough to warrant an article, per the notability guideline for books. The mere fact that the movie was made makes the book notable. faithless (^speak) 22:41, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Differences from novel

I believe this section is relevant and should be kept. It does need a lot of clean up (list to prose, no need to point out every little instance, etc), but the article should note that the film is very different from the novel, and if possible note why (if citable sources can be found). This is part of the production details and history of the film, and is generally a standard section for movies based on books, especially where there are major changes made. Collectonian (talk) 17:55, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Indeed, but I see no need for a WP:NOR violation. Besides, when someone seriously wants to revise the article to GA-standard, then a couple of paragraphs could be all done to describe why the main changes were made. Alientraveller (talk) 17:57, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Work is being done on the article, as I and other FilmProject folks find time. I can see your point on the NOR violation, so would a section with just a short summary and an expand tag be a good compromise? Collectonian (talk) 18:01, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Indeed. I've not read the book myself, and it's always more productive to start again then to salvage really. Alientraveller (talk) 18:02, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

I've put in the new section. Unfortunately, I only had access to a snippet of one article that discusses Groom's reaction to the changes, but hopefully that is a good start? Collectonian (talk) 18:40, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

The last part was deleted because it had no source. If put back up it needs to be sourced. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.192.24.55 (talk) 04:09, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Forrest gump.jpg

Image:Forrest gump.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:17, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Running Time differences

What's the reason behind the different running times for Europe (136 minutes) and North America (141 minutes)? It's probably worth mentioning in the article, I'd count that as a deleted scene or censor change or similar. --Riche (talk) 21:29, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

i believe, the longer running time for North America is because the system, NTSC has a faster speed than PAL. i do not think it has anything to do with a deleted or censured scene, like Temple of Doom, which knocks something like 2 mins off the UK version Kilnburn (talk) 22:11, 10 June 2008 (UTC)