Reservoir Dogs

Theatrical Release Date: 1992 10 23 (USA)

UPC: 012236191544

Studio: Lions Gate

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Graphic Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Profanity]

Summary: In 1992, Reservoir Dogs transformed Quentin Tarantino practically overnight from an obscure, unproduced screenwriter and part-time actor to the most influential new filmmaker of the 1990s. The story looks at what happens before and after (but not during) a botched jewelry store robbery organized by Joe Cabot (Lawrence Tierney). Mr. White (Harvey Keitel) is a career criminal who takes a liking to newcomer Mr. Orange (Tim Roth) and enjoys showing him the ropes. Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi) is a weaselly loner obsessed with professionalism. Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen) has just gotten out of jail after taking the rap on a job for Cabot; he's grateful for the work but isn't the same person he used to be. While Mr. Blonde goes nuts during the heist, the thieves are surprised by the sudden arrival of the police, and Mr. Pink is convinced one of their team is a cop. So who's the rat? What do they do about Mr. Blonde? And what do they do with Mr. Orange, who took a bullet in the gut and is slowly bleeding to death? Reservoir Dogs jumps back and forth between pre- and post-robbery events, occasionally putting the narrative on pause to let the characters discuss such topics as the relative importance of tipping, who starred in Get Christie Love!, and what to do when you enter a men's room full of cops carrying a briefcase full of marijuana. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Crime

Awards: Best Director – Independent Spirit Awards Best First Feature – Independent Spirit Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – Independent Spirit Awards Film Presented – Telluride Film Festival Best Supporting Actor – Independent Spirit Awards In Competition – Sundance Film Festival

Features: Pulp Factoids Viewer: insider information about Reservoir Dogs and its sources of inspiration
Playing It Fast and Loose - documentary: from the moment of its release in 1992, Reservoir Dogs has helped redefine modern cinema. An insightful study about the impact and ripple effect of this remarkable film
Profiling the Reservoir Dogs - featurette: a unique perspective into the criminal minds of the film's colorful characters

Reservoir Dogs

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 02/06/2007

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Cinemascope

Audio: DTS Digital Theater Systems, DD-EX Dolby Digital Surround EX (simulated 6.1)

Runtime: 100 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Reservoir Dogs
1. World's Smallest Violin
2. Reservoir Dogs
3. Setup or What?
4. Rat
5. Mr. White
6. Mr. Blonde
7. Major Setback
8. "Bam Bam Bam Bam"
9. Alone at Last
10. Saved
11. Mr. Orange
12. Selling
13. Chalk Talk
14. Game Time
15. "Worse or Better?"
16. Hard Truth

Lucia Bozzola

A study in violence and pop hoodlum cool, Quentin Tarantino's debut film adrenalized the gangster film and put Tarantino on the auteur map. Adapting the novelistic structure of Stanley Kubrick's The Killing (1956) and using observational long takes, Tarantino shifts between the preparations for an ill-fated heist and its extraordinarily bloody aftermath, increasing tension through the gradual revelation of each color-coded character's true nature as they figure out what went wrong. As in Howard Hawks's and Sam Peckinpah's films, the driving concern is honor among men, but, as in the films of Jean-Luc Godard, Tarantino's crooks also define themselves through a plethora of pop culture references, from Lee Marvin to the "Stuck in the Middle With You" ear-slicing and the opening exegesis of Madonna songs. Drawing praise and fire on the film festival circuit for juxtaposing humor and brutal violence, and attacked for being too indebted to the Hong Kong action film City on Fire (1987), Reservoir Dogs opened to critical acclaim, jump-starting former video clerk Tarantino's career. Although its extreme bloodshed hampered its box office, Reservoir Dogs's postmodern generic self-awareness went on to be almost as influential on 1990s gangster movies as Tarantino's next film, Pulp Fiction (1994). ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Laurie Latham  Actor 
Burr Steers  Actor 
Linda Kaye  Actor 
Michael Sottile  Actor 
Tony Cosmo  Actor 
Steven Wright  Actor 
Craig Hamann  Actor 
Robert Ruth  Actor 
Lawrence Bender  Actor 
Suzanne Celeste  Actor 
Stevo Poliy  Actor 
Rich Turner  Actor 
David Steen  Actor 
Edward Bunker  Actor 
Maria Strova  Actor 
Lawrence Bender  Producer 
Richard N. Gladstein  Executive Producer 
Monte Hellman  Executive Producer 
Karyn Rachtman  Composer (Music Score) 
Quentin Tarantino  Director 
Quentin Tarantino  Screenwriter 
Ronna Wallace  Executive Producer 
Harvey Keitel  Actor 
Tim Roth  Actor 
Michael Madsen  Actor 
Chris Penn  Actor 
Steve Buscemi  Actor 
Lawrence Tierney  Actor 
Quentin Tarantino  Actor 
Kirk Baltz  Actor 
Randy Brooks  Actor 

Country: USA