I've seen the alternate version "Forest Hump" though that one was a bit naughty for my tastes. Kids ask your parents for it by name, I approve.
I hated the film.
The story, however, is quite moving.
"As the days go by, we face the increasing inevitability that we are alone in a godless,
uninhabited, hostile and meaningless universe. Still, you've got to laugh, haven't you?"
Forrest Gump was an amazing film and I had the book somewhere. Tom Hanks and Gary Sinse are brillaint in it. Still makes me cry.