5. Films “A Few Good Men, “Reservoir Dogs,” “Scent of a Woman,” and “My Cousin Vinny” were released
“You can’t handle the truth,” Jack Nicholson’s character Col. Nathan R. Jessup declared to the courtroom. The truth is, 1992 was a great year for film. The world was introduced to young filmmaker Quentin Tarantino as “Reservoir Dogs” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Its opening sequence is still one of the most legendary openings in film.
Al Pacino’s portrayal of blind Vietnam War veteran Lt. Col. Frank Slade garnered the legendary actor won his first and only Academy Award for Best Actor. Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei took the the world by storm as Pesci’s overly Italian lawyer defending his nephew on a false murder charge in the deep south. Tomei won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress and we were introduced to word “Yoot” for the first time.
Tom Cruise and Nicholson performance in “A Few Good Men” spawned one of the most quoted exchange in modern film as Lt. Daniel Kaffee coerced Jessup into admitting he ordered the “Code Red.” Other popular films like “The Last of the Mohicans,” “Wayne’s World” and Disney’s “Aladdin” also hit theaters in 1992.
