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Features: DVD, Collector's Edition, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound, Deleted Scenes, Featurettes, Documentary, Stills Gallery, Games, Theatrical Trailer, 2 Discs
A spectacular mix of explosive action and wickedly funny humor--critics and audiences worldwide have hailed Pulp Fiction as the star-studded movie event of 1994! Popular writer/director Quentin Tarantino (Academy Award® Winner--Best Original Screenplay, Golden Globe winner--Best Movie) delivers an unforgettable cast of characters--including a pair of low-rent hit men (John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson), their boss's sexy wife (Uma Thurman) and a desperate, last-chance prizefighter (Bruce Willis)--in a wildly entertaining big-screen adventure that will both thrill and amuse! It's a fresh and exhilerating motion picture experience that's unlike anything else you've ever seen!
"The action sizzles!" Rolling Stone
"One of the year's 10 best!" Chicago Sun-Times
"Electrifying!" The New York Times
"Two thumbs up!" Siskel & Ebert
"Witty, stylish and romantic to its dark heart." TV Guide.com
Editor's Note
Writer-director Quentin Tarantino revisits the seedier side of Los Angeles--following 1992's RESERVOIR DOGS--with this funny, violent, tongue-in-cheek tribute to the less "classic" side of filmmaking--the potboilers and capers, the Blaxploitation flicks and gangster movies. The film interweaves three tales, told in a circular, fractured manner, which only fully connect by the time the final credits roll. The first story focuses on Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson), two hit men on duty for "the big boss," Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames), whose gorgeous wife, Mia (Uma Thurman), takes a liking to Vincent. In the second, a down-and-out pugilist (Bruce Willis), who is ordered to take a fall, decides that there's more money in doing the opposite. The final chapter follows a pair of lovers (Amanda Plummer and Tim Roth) as they prepare to hold up a diner.Tarantino wears his cinematic influences proudly, bringing them to life in the ironically hip, self-referential 1990s. The result is a work that changed the face of independent cinema forever, making it a legitimate player in the Hollywood mainstream. The all-star cast steps into their roles with obvious glee, and Tarantino once again uses his soundtrack to up the "cool" ante yet another notch, making for a motion picture event that has worked its way into our national vernacular.
Plot Summary
Quentin Tarantino's blockbuster follow-up to RESERVOIR DOGS is a breathtaking tribute to old dime store novels about small time hoods and dangerous criminals, and a lot of what they do between jobs. It features deftly woven plotlines, creating a mythic Los Angeles underworld of drug dealers, molls, affable hitmen, restaurant-robbing lovers, and a boxer out to scam the mob on his last professional bout. This is the film that put John Travolta back on the map as a major box-office draw in the '90s and officially established Samuel L. Jackson as a superstar. It also inspired a seemingly endless slew of imitators.
| Features | Widescreen Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 | | Charlie Rose Show | | Behind The Scenes Montages | | Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Screenplay Viewer | | Deleted Scenes | | Palme d'Or Award Ceremony | | Stills Gallery | | "Tarantino Fiction" Original Documentary | | Trivia Game | | Theatrical Trailers | | TV Spots | | Behind-The-Scenes Featurette |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Buena Vista |
| Release Date: 6/7/2005 |
| Running Time: 154 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1994 | | Catalog ID: 2354103 | | UPC: 00786936161571 | | Number of Discs: 2 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 2.35:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Winner (1995) | | | Oscar, Roger Avery, Quentin Tarantino, Best Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen | | | Golden Globe, Quentin Tarantino, Best Motion Picture Screenplay | |
Winner (1994) | | | Cannes Film Festival, Quentin Tarantino, Golden Palm | |
Nominee (1995) | | | Golden Globe, Uma Thurman, Best Performance By A Supporting Actress In A Motion Picture | | | Oscar, Uma Thurman, Best Supporting Actress | | | Golden Globe, Samuel L. Jackson, Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture | | | Oscar, Samuel L. Jackson, Best Supporting Actor | | | Oscar, Sally Menke, Best Film Editing | | | Oscar, Quentin Tarantino, Best Director | | | Golden Globe, Quentin Tarantino, Best Motion Picture Director | | | Oscar, John Travolta, Best Actor | | | Golden Globe, John Travolta, Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture-Drama |
| Memorable Quotes| "Oh, I'm sorry. Did I break your concentration?"----Jules (Samuel L. Jackson) to a young, would--be victim (Frank Whaley) after firing a pistol near him |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...PULP FICTION is ferocious fun....154 deliciously lurid minutes..." 10/06/1994 p.79-81Entertainment Weekly
Ranked #4 in Entertainment Weekly's "10 Favorite Films of the '90s" - "...Mod and merry....[An] achievement..." 04/01/2000 p.160 Sight and Sound
"...A remarkable achievement...Stylishly shot in neo-cartoon style, with massive, distorting close-ups offset by attractively angled shots..." 11/01/1994 p.50-1 New York Times
"...[Tarantino] has come up with a work of such depth, wit and blazing originality that it places him in the front ranks of American film makers..." 09/23/1994 p.C1 Variety
"A spectacularly entertaining piece of pop culture....[The] performances are sensational..." 05/23/1994 Film Comment
"...In stunning fashion, Tarantino fulfills the promise of RESERVOIR DOGS. The film looks great and moves at a gallop..." 07/01/1994 p.3-11 Los Angeles Times
"...Jackson gives a strong performance..." 10/14/1994 p.F1 Chicago Sun-Times
"...If the situations are inventive and original, so is the dialogue..." 10/14/1994 p.43 Premiere
"Quentin Tarantino's ode to the gangster life hit Hollywood like a bullet to the underbelly....[T]he movie forever altered the aesthetic of cool..." 12/01/2003 p.14 Wall Street Journal
"[A] self-reflexive postmodern black comedy of thugs and lugs, kingpins and common criminals, rampage and redemption." 08/21/2009 Washington Post 10 of 10
...brilliant and brutal, funny and exhilarating, jaw-droppingly cruel and disarmingly sweet. Quentin Tarantino...has produced a work of mesmerizing entertainment... Samuel L. Jackson is unforgettable... Uma Thurman...is marvelous... Bruce Willis is pug-faced charm... And who knew John Travolta would produce the sweetest performance of his career as a good-natured goon? - Desson Howe
San Francisco Chronicle 10 of 10
...a 2 1/2-hour picture whose energy never flags. It is an exhilaration from beginning to end. It's the movie equivalent of that rare sort of novel where you find yourself checking to see how many pages are left and hoping there are more, not fewer. - Mike LaSalle
James Berardinelli's ReelViews 10 of 10
...With this film, every layer that you peel away leads to something deeper and richer. Tarantino makes pictures for movie-lovers, and Pulp Fiction is a near-masterpiece.
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