Forrest Gump.

GROOM, Winston.

Item Number: 138809

New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1986.

First edition of this modern classic, basis for the 1994 film starring Tom Hanks. Octavo, original half cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the half-title page, “Being an idiot is no box of chocolates Winston Groom.” Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Bill Creevy. An exceptionally example with one of the most famous lines from the award-winning film.

Six foot six, 242 pounds, and possessed of a scant IQ of 70, Forrest Gump is the lovable, surprisingly savvy hero of this classic comic tale. His early life may seem inauspicious, but when the University of Alabama’s football team drafts Forrest and makes him a star, it sets him on an unbelievable path that will transform him from Vietnam hero to world-class Ping-Pong player, from wrestler to entrepreneur. With a voice all his own, Forrest is telling all in a madcap romp through three decades of American history. It is the basis for the 1994 film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Eric Roth. It stars Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson and Sally Field. It went on to win six Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Hanks, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Visual Effects, and Best Film Editing. In 2011, the Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."