![]() ![]() It became an immediate hit, both culturally and commercially, winning six Academy Awards (including Best Picture) and pulling in $678 million at the box office worldwide. Then came July 6, 1994, when the film version of Forrest Gump-directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, and Gary Sinise-was released nationwide. ![]() Forrest Gump, his funny-but-touching novel centered on a simpleminded man from Alabama, was another positive step in a budding literary career. He’d written three well-received novels ( Better Times Than These, As Summers Die, and Only) and a nonfiction book about a POW in Vietnam that became a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He moved to New York City, where he haunted the literary scene, pal-ling around with the likes of Kurt Vonnegut, George Plimpton, and Joseph Heller. He’d worked in Washington, D.C., as a reporter for the Washington Star, covering the court system, and then quit that job to start writing books. After graduating from the University of Alabama, he had done a stint in the army and a tour in Vietnam. ![]() It was reviewed favorably by many literary critics and sold around 30,000 copies in hardcover.īy then, Groom was in his early forties and in the midst of creating a nice, steady writing career. Winston Groom recalls being pretty satisfied with his 1986 novel, Forrest Gump. ![]()
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