Robert Zemeckis' 1994 film Forrest Gump spun a strange tale of a man who achieves great things despite a low IQ, but the events of the film can't compare to Forrest's wild life in the book it's based on. Written by Winston Groom, the novel version of Forrest Gump sees Forrest become a pro-wrestler, a chess champion, a Hollywood stuntman and — strangest of all — Forrest Gump goes to space, recruited by NASA alongside male ape called Sue. This is a bombastic turn of events even by the standards of Forrest Gump but, convoluted as it seems, isn't totally random (much to Winston Groom's credit).
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