Gump and Co.
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.jpg) Gump & Co. (Paperback Cover, 2010) |
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| Author(s) | Winston Groom |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | New York Pocket Books; Simon & Schuster |
| Publication date | 1995 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover); Paperback (2010) |
| Pages | 252; 256 pp (trade paperback) |
| ISBN | 3453086678 |
| Preceded by | Forrest Gump (1986) |
| Followed by | Gumpisms: The Wit and Wisdom of Forrest Gump (1994) |
Gump & Co. (or Forrest Gump and Co.) is a 1995 novel by Winston Groom. It is the sequel to his novel Forrest Gump (1986), and the Academy Award winning film Forrest Gump (1994), with Tom Hanks.[1]
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[edit] Plot
After the death of Jenny, his Mother, and failure of the Bubba Shrimp Company, Forrest and his son find a way to stumble through life and history.[2]
As in the first book, Gump stumbles through historical American events through the 1980s and early 1990s.
On the first page, Forrest Gump tells readers "Don't never let nobody make a movie of your life's story," though "Whether they get it right or wrong, it don't matter."[3]
However, the character is not an idiot savant, as in the first book; but, more similar to Tom Hanks' "kind hearted imp".[4] Frequent spelling and grammar mistakes, in the text, are used as a device to indicate the character's deficient education and cognitive difficulties.[5]
The story suggests that the real-life events surrounding the film have affected Forrest's life.[6] Gump runs into Tom Hanks. He even goes on The David Letterman Show and attends the Academy Awards.
He plays football for the New Orleans Saints, sells encyclopedias door-to-door, works on a pig farm, and helps develop the infamous New Coke. He accidentally crashes the Exxon Valdez, helps destroy the Berlin Wall, and fights in Operation Desert Storm with his friend, an orangutan named Sue (who survived a NASA mission and cannibals, with Gump, in the first book).
He meets many celebrities, including Colonel Oliver North, the Ayatollah Khomeini, John Hinckley, Jim Bakker, Ivan Boesky, Ronald Reagan, Saddam Hussein, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and Tom Hanks (who plays Forrest in the movie).
[edit] Film
A film version has been in development[7], due to the success of the first book and film;[8] but, was delayed after the September 11 attacks.[9]
A screenplay was written by Eric Roth in 2001, based on, Gump and Co..
In 2007, Paramount was taking another look at the project.[10]
The proposed film was mentioned in Cecil B. Demented, a John Waters film. In Cecil, the planned sequel for the movie Forrest Gump is called Forrest Gump, Gump Again.
[edit] Reception
The book is available from bookstores and various retailers; and, the film version is still in development, despite delays.
Larry King reportedly called it "the funniest novel I ever read".[11]
While some readers have found too much chocolate to be too sweet, [12] the publisher, Simon & Schuster, cite a number of positive reviews, including Patricia Holt, in the San Francisco Chronicle, saying it "is a delight".[13]
As the review, in The New York Times says, Winston Groom may have created the character of Forrest Gump; but, he was a very different creature, before Tom Hanks, made him into an icon.[14]
[edit] References
- ^ http://books.simonandschuster.com/Gump-Co/Winston-Groom/9781451607543
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Gump-Co-Winston-Groom/dp/product-description/0671522647/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books
- ^ Groom, Winston (1996). Gump & Co.. Pocket Books. p. 1. ISBN 0671522647.
- ^ http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,298370,00.html
- ^ http://www.enotes.com/gump-co-salem/gump-co
- ^ Delarte, Alonso (February 2004). "Movies By The Book: Forrest Gump" (PDF). Bob's Poetry Magazine: p. 24. Retrieved July 2, 2009.
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0981010/
- ^ http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/426060/Gump-Co-/overview
- ^ Sciretta, Peter (December 7, 2008). "9/11 Killed the Forrest Gump Sequel". /Film. Archived from the original on October 21, 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5texjrGVQ. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
- ^ Tyler, Josh (March 7, 2007). "Forrest Gump Gets A Sequel". Cinema Blend. Archived from the original on October 21, 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5texlRlch. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
- ^ http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/687688.Gump_and_Co_
- ^ http://books.simonandschuster.ca/Gump-Co/Winston-Groom/9781451607543
- ^ http://books.simonandschuster.ca/Gump-Co/Winston-Groom/9781451607543
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/10/books/if-he-only-had-a-brain.html?scp=38&sq=Forrest%20Gump&st=cse
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