--- description: Thanks for sorting this one out, Internet title: If Wes Anderson Directed "Forrest Gump," Here's What You'd Get image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # If Wes Anderson Directed _Forrest Gump_, Here's What You'd Get by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 24, 2014 8:05 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 24, 2014 8:05 PM CUT Imagine if _Forrest Gump_ got the oh-so-twee Wes Anderson treatment — it would totally change the entire aesthetic of the movie. Well, filmmaker Louis Paquet decided to reproduce the iconic film’s opening credits, retitling the work _A Chocolate Box Kind of Life._ He pretty much nails it with the music, camera angles, typography and props, and now we kind of wish we could see the entire movie. First, we just need to find a role for [Jason Schwartzman](http://24.media.tumblr.com/ac77c18270c4c01e79b74e6eca3c0aef/tumblr%5Fmizv6puKtY1rjuvaxo1%5F500.gif "undefined"). ([h/t Mashable](http://mashable.com/2014/04/24/wes-anderson-forrest-gump/ "undefined")) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/76495/wes-anderson-forrest-gump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/76495/wes-anderson-forrest-gump/"},"headline":"If Wes Anderson Directed Forrest Gump, Here's What You'd Get","datePublished":"2014-04-24T20:05:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:06.680Z","description":"Thanks for sorting this one out, Internet","url":"https://time.com/76495/wes-anderson-forrest-gump/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Arts","video","Wes Anderson"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/76495/wes-anderson-forrest-gump/","name":"If Wes Anderson Directed Forrest Gump, Here's What You'd Get"}}]}] ```