Editing Bayou La Batre, Alabama (section)

==Film and book references==
Bayou La Batre is mentioned in the 1994 film ''[[Forrest Gump]]'' and in [[Winston Groom]]'s [[Forrest Gump (novel)|book of the same name]] on which the movie is based as the home of Forrest's army buddy Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue, and later as the home of Forrest Gump himself during his time as a shrimp boat captain.<ref name="fquotes">"Quotes from Movie Forrest Gump :: Finest Quotes" (dialog), Finest Quotes, 2006, webpage: [http://www.finestquotes.com/movie_quotes/movie/Forrest%20Gump/page/0.htm FQuotes-FGump].</ref>  Shrimping scenes in the film were filmed in the [[Lowcountry]] region of [[South Carolina]], primarily in the communities of [[Beaufort, South Carolina|Beaufort]] and [[Port Royal, South Carolina|Port Royal]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}

In April 2005, Disney Studios launched a secretly built pirate ship, the ''Black Pearl'', out of Bayou La Batre for filming sequels to ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl]]''.<ref name=RussPOTC>{{Cite news | title = Pirates of the Bayou | date = January 23, 2005 | first = Russ | last = Henderson | newspaper = [[Mobile Register]] | url = http://www.ohjohnny.net/potc2/potc2news4.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060202111915/http://www.ohjohnny.net/potc2/potc2news4.html | archive-date = February 2, 2006}}.</ref> Bayou La Batre's seafood industry also serves as a centerpiece for the [[History (U.S. TV channel)|History]] channel's [[reality television|reality]] [[documentary]] series ''[[Big Shrimpin']]''.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.history.com/shows/big-shrimpin/articles/about-big-shrimpin | title = Big Shrimpin' &mdash; About Big Shrimpin' &mdash; History.com | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130518230711/http://www.history.com/shows/big-shrimpin/articles/about-big-shrimpin | archive-date=May 18, 2013}}</ref>