Tom Hanks Defends ‘Forrest Gump’ Over Controversial Best Picture Oscar Win

Tom Hanks wants “Forrest Gump” to get its due. via Associated Press Unlike life, you almost always know what you’re going to get with a Best Picture Oscar winner: a crowd-pleasing movie with an ooey-gooey, message-filled center. Sure, there have been deviations over the years, but for every “Parasite,” there’s a “Green Book,” “Crash,” “Driving Miss Daisy” or yes, “Forrest Gump,” to balance out the scales. Advertisement Tom Hanks, however, considers his 1994 drama to be an outlier, despite movie fans arguing that either “Pulp Fiction” or “Shawshank Redemption” were more deserving of the Best Picture win. Speaking with The… Read Full Article