Pulp Fiction (1994)

Directed by

Quentin Tarantino

Written by

Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary

Cast

John Travolta, Rosanna Arquette, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Walken, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Maria de Medeiros

Genre

drama film, comedy film, action film, independent film, comedy drama, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 34m

Rated

R

Rating

8.5 of 10 from 30,428 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Four stories in Los Angeles intersect with gangsters, a boxer, and a pair of hitmen. The characters have long conversations about pop culture before things turn violent.

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What happens

Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino from a story he conceived with Roger Avary. It tells four intertwining tales of crime and violence in Los Angeles. The film stars John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Ving Rhames, and Uma Thurman. The title refers to the pulp magazines and hardboiled crime novels popular during the mid-twentieth century, known for their graphic violence and punchy dialogue. Tarantino wrote Pulp Fiction in 1992 and 1993, incorporating scenes that Avary originally wrote for True Romance (1993). Its plot occurs out of chronological order. The film features self-referential elements, monologues, casual conversations with eclectic dialogue, and an ironic combination of humor and violence. TriStar Pictures turned down the script as "too demented". Miramax Films co-chairman Harvey Weinstein was enthralled, however, and the film became the first that Miramax Films fully financed. Pulp Fiction premiered at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Palme d'Or, and was a major critical and commercial success. It received seven nominations at the 67th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won Best Original Screenplay; Travolta, Jackson, and Thurman were nominated for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress respectively. As a result of the film's success, Travolta's career was reinvigorated. The film's development, marketing, distribution, and profitability had a sweeping effect on independent cinema. Pulp Fiction is regarded as Tarantino's magnum opus, with particular praise for its screenwriting. The self-reflexivity, unconventional structure, and extensive homage and pastiche have led critics to describe it as a touchstone of postmodern film. It is considered a cultural watershed, influencing films and other media that adopted elements of its style. The cast was also widely praised, with Travolta, Thurman, and Jackson earning high acclaim. In 2008, Entertainment Weekly named it the best film since 1983 and it has appeared on many critics' lists of the greatest films. In 2013, Pulp Fiction was selected for preservation in the US National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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