Steven SpielbergtoldQuentin Tarantinoexactly how the 67th Academy Awards would play out before nominations were even announced for the 1995 awards show.
In a recent interview withHoward Stern, theInglourious Basterdsdirector shared an anecdote from his early days in Hollywood, shortly after he made a huge splash with the iconicPulp Fiction.
Spielberg, 75, called up Tarantino, 59, back in 1994 and invited him on a duck-hunting trip that would include directors Robert Zemeckis and John Milius, Tarantino explained.
“I was the new kid in town, and they were all really impressed withPulp Fiction,” Tarantino told Stern. “But one of the things that Steven wanted to do was, ‘Look, you and Bob Zemeckis are going to be in competition the whole rest of this year withForrest GumpandPulp Fiction. So, before that competition starts, maybe it’d be nice if we all went off and did something together to keep in mind we’re all artists and we’re all friendly.”
John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson inPulp Fiction(1994).Miramax/Buena Vista/Kobal/Shutterstock
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“Spielberg prides himself on understanding the business, so he’s talking to me very pragmatically,” Tarantino recalled. “So, we’re walking through a forest or something and I am following behind him. He’s like, ‘So, here’s what going to happen atthe Oscars’ — and we haven’t even been nominated yet. ‘I think it’s going to be Bob who wins Best Picture. And I think it’s going to be Bob who wins Best Director — in fact, I’m pretty sure of it.But, I do think you’ll win Best Original Screenplay.’ "
Continued Tarantino, “And then he stopped and turned around and looked at me: ‘Second movie, little gold man — not too bad.’ And started walking again.”
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Spielberg’s assertion was exactly how it all played out, along withTom Hanksnabbing the Best Actor statue forForrest Gump.
Stern also asked Tarantino if he had a favorite movie of his from his career, to which the director said he was finally ready to say.
source: people.com
