Tom Hanks Defends Forrest Gump Winning Best Picture Over Pulp Fiction
Tom Hanks has come forward to defend Forrest Gump from claims that it didn't deserve to win Best Picture over Pulp Fiction. Robert Zemeckis' endearing and touching film starred Hanks as the titular character, Forrest Gump.
The beloved Forrest Gump chronicles 30 years (from the 1950s through the early 1980s) of the life of an intellectually disabled man. However, while telling Gump's personal story, the film also manages to depict major American historical events and milestones throughout the decades. Forrest Gump went on to become an unlikely crowd favourite amongst audiences. The movie was also a huge hit at the box office upon its 1994 release, bringing in $678 million. The film went on to win Best Picture, unforgettably beating out Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, which has also gone on to be referred to as a classic. Tarantino's film had already received a surplus of praise and acclaim from both critics and audiences alike long before the Oscars even took place. Pulp Fiction took home the Palme d'Or award at the 1944 Cannes Film Festival. Many audiences watching the 1994 Oscars that night were shocked to see the emotionally churning, sentimental Forrest Gump had won over Tarantino's more edgy, fast-paced film.
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At the time, the whole event drew major controversy, but still to this day fans argue and lobby that Tarantino's film should have definitely won overForrest Gump. Hanks is very much aware of the seemingly never-ending arguments against his film and how many movie fans seem to be in favor of Pulp Fiction instead. Now, in a recent New York Times story, Hanks intentionally took the time to defend his movie winning against Tarantino
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