He would not hesitate, he insisted, to have another of his books adapted by Hollywood.” “In an interview broadcast on CNN, novelist Winston Groom has insisted that he was not troubled by the changes screenwriter Eric Roth made in adapting the book of Forrest Gump for the screen. Author Winston Groom briefly discussed his reactions to the film Forrest Gump in comparison to his novel. When one thinks of adaptions from a novel to movie, a question that may be raised is whether or not the author of the novel is satisfied with the outcome of the film. “I will say that I feel flattered that a character I had something to do with is still remembered so fondly.” Winston Groom on Forrest Gump recently being voted the Greatest Film character of our time in a poll sponsored by ABC News and People magazine. Groom also used to shrimp and he was obsessed with running at one point, like Forrest.Groom’s sheep dog is named Forrest Gump.Groom was not mentioned once in any of the film’s six Oscar-winner speeches.Winston Groom was paid $350,000 for the screenplay rights to his novel Forrest Gump and was contracted for a 3% share of the film’s net profits.All of Groom’s characters speak with southern voices.Awards: Best fiction award (Southern Library Association), 1980.The sequel’s storyline keeps to the storyline of the movie, by having Jenny die He also wrote a sequal to Forrest Gump called Gump & Co.

The Forrest Gump phenonena was being such a huge success that Groom wrote Gumpsims: The Wit and Wisdom of Forrest Gump and Forrest Gump cookbooks.

“Groom thought that the book would be an immediate success, but shockingly to family, friends, and him, the book was not the best-seller that they had all intended it to be.”

When the book was first released it sold 40,000 copies, but after the movie realease it sold 1.7 million.

Forrest Gump was published in 1986 however, it did not make Groom a best selling author until it was adapted into a film.

(Similar to Forrest Gump who also served in the army)

Army, 1965-67: served in Vietnam, became captain. Attended the University of Alabama, A.B.

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