Forrest Gump (1994): Praying For Shrimp Scene

No shrimp. Where the hell's this God of yours? It's funny Lieutenant Dan said that, because right then, God showed up. I was scared. Lieutenant Dan, he was mad. Come on! Destroying nearly everything in its path, and as in other towns up and down the coast, Bayou La Batre's entire shrimping industry has fallen victim to Carmen and has been left in utter ruin. Speaking with local officials, this reporter has learned... In fact, only one shrimping boat actually survived the storm. Louise! Louise, there's Forrest! After that, shrimping was easy. But since people still needed them shrimps for shrimp cocktails and barbecues and all, we were the only boat left standing. Bubba Gump Shrimp's what they got. We got a whole bunch of boats. Twelve Jennys. Big ol' warehouse. We even had hats that say Bubba Gump on them. Bubba Gump Shrimp. It's a household name. Hold on there, boy. Are you telling me you're the owner of the Bubba Gump Shrimp Corporation? Yes, sir. We got more money than Davy Crockett. Boy, I heard some whoppers in my time, but that tops them all. We were sitting next to a millionaire! Well, I thought it was a very lovely story. And you tell it so well, with such enthusiasm. Would you like to see what Lieutenant Dan looks like? Well, yes, I would. That's him right there. And let me tell you something about Lieutenant Dank. I never thanked you for saving my life. He never actually said so, but I think he made his peace with God. Second time in 17 days, President Ford escaped possible assassination today. Base to Jenny 1. Base to Jenny 1. Jenny 1. Go, Margo. Forrest had a phone call. Yeah, well, you'll have to tell him to call him back. He is indisposed at the moment. His mama said... Where's Mama? She's upstairs. Hi, Forrest. I'll see you tomorrow. All right. We got you straightened out, didn't we, boy? What's the matter, Mama? I'm dying, Forrest. Come on in, sit down over here. You're dying, Mama. Time is just my time. Don't be afraid, sweetheart, of life. Something we're all destined to do. I didn't know I was destined to be your mama. I did the best I could. I happen to believe you make your own destiny. God gave you. I dare say, Mom. You're gonna have to figure that out for yourself. Life is a box of chocolates, Forrest. You never know what you're gonna get. Mama always had a way to explain the things so I could understand them. I will miss you, Forrest. She had got the cancer and died on a Tuesday. I bought her a new hat with little flowers on it. That's all I have to say about that. Didn't you say you were waiting for number seven bugs? There'll be another one along shortly. Now, because I'd been a football star and a war hero and a national celebrity and a shrimping boat captain and a college graduate, the City Fathers of Greenbow, Alabama decided to get together and offered me a fine job. So I never went back to work for Lieutenant Dan, though he did take care of my Bubba Gump money. He got me invested in some kind of fruit company, and so then I got a call from him saying we don't have to worry about money no more, and I said, that's good. One less thing. Now, Mama said there's only so much fortune a man really needs, and the rest is just for showing off. So, I gave a whole bunch of it to the Four Square Gospel Church, and I gave a whole bunch to the Biola Baptist Fishing Hospital, and even though Bubba was dead, and Lieutenant Dan said I was nuts, I gave Bubba's mama Bubba's share.