‘Forrest Gump’ Gets Top Golden Globe Honors

“Forrest Gump” collected top honors at the Golden Globe Awards on Saturday night, scoring in the dramatic film category for actor Tom Hanks, director Robert Zemeckis and as best dramatic picture.

Jessica Lange was a surprise winner of the best dramatic actress award as the angry Army wife in “Blue Sky.” The film had a limited release.

The animated box-office hit “The Lion King” won for best comedy or musical picture, while Hugh Grant and Jamie Lee Curtis picked up trophies for best comedy performances.

“Farinelli,” a Belgian-made movie about a famous castrated soprano, won best foreignlanguage film.

Quentin Tarantino received a Golden Globe for his screenplay of “Pulp Fiction.”

In the television awards, the Fox Television series “The X-Files,” Dennis Franz of ABC’s “N.Y.P.D. Blue” and teenager Claire Danes of ABC’s “My So-Called Life” took top dramatic honors.

The comedy series award was a tie between “Frasier” and “Mad About You.” Tim Allen of ABC’s “Home Improvement” and Helen Hunt of “Mad About You” were voted best comedy actors.