Pulp Fiction

Theatrical Release Date: 1994 10 14 (USA) / 2012 12 06 (USA - Rerelease)

UPC: 786936161571

Studio: Miramax

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Graphic Violence, Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content, Rape & Sexual Abuse, Not For Children, Adult Humor, Profanity, Substance Abuse]

Summary: Outrageously violent, time-twisting, and in love with language, Pulp Fiction was widely considered the most influential American movie of the 1990s. Director and co-screenwriter Quentin Tarantino synthesized such seemingly disparate traditions as the syncopated language of David Mamet; the serious violence of American gangster movies, crime movies, and films noirs mixed up with the wacky violence of cartoons, video games, and Japanese animation; and the fragmented story-telling structures of such experimental classics as Citizen Kane, Rashomon, and La jet?e. The Oscar-winning script by Tarantino and Roger Avary intertwines three stories, featuring Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta, in the role that single-handedly reignited his career, as hit men who have philosophical interchanges on such topics as the French names for American fast food products; Bruce Willis as a boxer out of a 1940s B-movie; and such other stalwarts as Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Christopher Walken, Eric Stoltz, Ving Rhames, and Uma Thurman, whose dance sequence with Travolta proved an instant classic. ~ Leo Charney, Rovi

Category: Crime

Awards: Best Picture - Drama – null Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama – null Best Supporting Actress – null Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – null Best Director – null Best Screenplay – null 100 Greatest American Movies – American Film Institute Best Picture – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Actor – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Director – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Screenplay – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Screenplay – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Director – Directors Guild of America Best Actor – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Director – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Editing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Supporting Actress – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Palme d'Or – Cannes Film Festival Best Picture – National Board of Review Best Director – National Board of Review Best Actor – Independent Spirit Awards Best Director – Independent Spirit Awards Best Picture – Independent Spirit Awards Best Screenplay – Independent Spirit Awards Best Screenplay – Independent Spirit Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – Independent Spirit Awards Best Picture – National Society of Film Critics Best Director – National Society of Film Critics Best Actor - Runner-up – National Society of Film Critics Best Supporting Actor (Runner-up) – National Society of Film Critics Best Supporting Actress (Runner-up) – National Society of Film Critics Best Screenplay – National Society of Film Critics Best Actor – Screen Actors Guild Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – Screen Actors Guild Best Supporting Actress – Screen Actors Guild Best Director – New York Film Critics Circle Best Screenplay – New York Film Critics Circle Best Screenplay – New York Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actor – Screen Actors Guild Best Supporting Actor – Independent Spirit Awards Best Director – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Moti – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Supporting Actor – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Screenplay – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Foreign Film – French Academy of Cinema

Features: cc"Pulp Fiction: The Facts" documentary
Deleted scenes
"The Charlie Rose Show" interview with Quentin
"Siskel & Ebert at the Movies" "The Tarantino Generation"
Production design featurette
Behind the scenes montages
Interviews from the independent spirit awards
Palme D'or acceptance speach
Reviews and articles analyzing the film
Filmographies
Theatrical trailers from around the world
TV spots
8 different still galleries, featuring hundreds of photos
Soundtrack chapter stops
Enhanced playback track DVD ROM feature
Screenplay viewer DVD ROM feature
Open mic commentary DVD ROM feature

Pulp Fiction

Format: DVD

Release Date: 08/20/2002

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Cinemascope

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS Digital Theater Systems, DDS Dolby Digital Surround

Runtime: 154 Minutes

Sides: 2

Number of Discs: 2

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: Spanish

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Pulp Fiction
1. Prologue ("I Love You Pumpkin." "I Love You too, Honey Bunny.") [1:06]
2. Opening Credits. Miserlou [1:06]
3. "Royale With Cheese" [3:25]
4. Ezekiel 25:17 [:15]
5. "Boxers Don't Have an Old Timers Day" [:15]
6. "All My Piercing, Eighteen Places on My Body - Every One Done With a Needle" [1:39]
7. Son of a Preacher Man [1:39]
8. Jack Rabbit Slim's [:37]
9. You Never Can Tell [:37]
10. Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon [1:41]
11. ....Adrenaline... [5:38]
12. Captain Koons' Story [6:41]
13. "I'm an American, Honey. Our Names Don't Mean Shit" [5:16]
14. "I Wish I Had a Pot" [2:19]
15. "Where's My Watch?" [1:19]
16. Poptarts [1:22]
17. Flower on the Wall [:15]
18. "Bring Out the Gimp" [:14]
19. "I'm Going to Get Medieval on Your Ass" [2:14]
20. Zed's Dead Baby. Zed's Dead" [:01]
21. "Do You Now What Divine Intervention Means?" [2:11]
22. "I Just Shot Marvin in the Face" [2:12]
23. "If Bonnie Comes Home and Finds a Dead Body in Her House, I'm Gonna Get Divorced" [8:04]
24. "I'm Winston Wolf, I Solve Problems" [:43]
25. Epilogue ("I'm Trying Real Hard to Be the Shepherd") [:38]
26. End Credits [1:53]

Lucia Bozzola

A critical sensation and a box-office hit, Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (1994) embedded its movie-made world of loquacious hit men and fateful coincidences into the popular consciousness, becoming one of the most influential films of the 1990s. Updating the hard-boiled crime film with postmodern aplomb, and twisting movie time as adroitly as Orson Welles and Stanley Kubrick, Tarantino weaves a morality play through a pop culture fun house drawn from sources as disparate as 1950s and 1970s kitsch, Jean-Luc Godard, Howard Hawks, boxing flicks, Hong Kong action movies, and Kiss Me Deadly (1955). The surreal yet realistic atmosphere, long takes, and wittily pop-literate non-stop dialogue emotionally engage the viewer in the minutiae of the characters' experience even as the film also comments on their status as pulp creations, rendering the moments of shockingly baroque violence simultaneously humorous and ghastly. Winner of numerous critics' prizes and the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, Pulp Fiction was nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for John Travolta's career-resurrecting turn as Vincent, and Best Supporting Actor for Samuel L. Jackson's furiously philosophical Jules; Tarantino and Roger Avary won for Best Original Screenplay. None of its many imitators has yet come close to matching Pulp Fiction's impact. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Eric Clark  Actor 
Bronagh Gallagher  Actor 
Rich Turner  Actor 
Stephen Hibbert  Actor 
Emil Sitka  Actor 
Phil LaMarr  Actor 
Alexis Arquette  Actor 
Kathy Griffin  Actor 
Dick Miller  Actor 
Duane Whitaker  Actor 
Steve Buscemi  Actor 
Brenda Hillhouse  Actor 
Lawrence Bender  Actor 
Paul Calderon  Actor 
Linda Kaye  Actor 
Robert Ruth  Actor 
Venessia Valentino  Actor 
Lorelei Leslie  Actor 
Karen Maruyama  Actor 
Burr Steers  Actor 
Michael Gilden  Actor 
Don Blakely  Actor 
Susan Griffiths  Actor 
Joseph Pilato  Actor 
Julia Sweeney  Actor 
Danny DeVito  Executive Producer 
Lawrence Bender  Producer 
Michael Shamberg  Executive Producer 
Stacey Sher  Executive Producer 
Quentin Tarantino  Director 
Quentin Tarantino  Screenwriter 
John Travolta  Actor 
Samuel L. Jackson  Actor 
Uma Thurman  Actor 
Harvey Keitel  Actor 
Bruce Willis  Actor 
Tim Roth  Actor 
Amanda Plummer  Actor 
Ving Rhames  Actor 
Eric Stoltz  Actor 
Rosanna Arquette  Actor 
Christopher Walken  Actor 
Maria de Medeiros  Actor 
Frank Whaley  Actor 
Quentin Tarantino  Actor 
Angela Jones  Actor 
Peter Greene  Actor 

Country: USA