15 Film Adaptations Completely Different From The Book

15. Forrest Gump

Winston Groom's book, Forrest Gump, is about a cognitively disabled man whose simple outlook on life allows him to accomplish wonder. The first half of Robert Zemeckis' film adaption is a pretty accurate (save for the fact that Forrest is meant to be 6ft 6.) Forrest is an amazing football player, falls for a girl called Jenny, joins the army, meets Lieutenant Dan who becomes a paraplegic, and plays ping-pong for China.

However, Gump's other adventures in the book are a lot more... zany. He becomes a Hollywood stunt performer with a naked model, a wrestler called The Dunce, and a NASA astronaut, where he is joined by a male orangutan called Sue. The story concludes with him begging on the street alongside Lieutenant Dan and his new primate buddy.