Samuel L Jackson and John Travolta are pioneers in hair and swearing. They swear at each other and everyone else until Bruce Willis turns up with a samurai sword. Irritating seventies pop songs occasionally interrupt everything and then Harvey Keitel rocks up and everyone is incredibly impressed because he knows how to clean a car. The path of the righteous man is beset by two and a half hour long films in need of a good edit.
Trivia
Quentin Tarantino originally wrote the Vincent Vega role for Olivia Newton-John, but when she turned him down, he turned to her Grease co-star John Travolta.
Uma Thurman enjoyed pranking her co-stars and so one evening Tim Roth got home from filming to discover she’d burnt down his house.
The suitcase contains Marsellus’s collection of Smurfs.
The iconic ‘Twist’ scene was originally soundtracked by ‘Seven Tears’ by the Goombay Dance Band, and was only changed to Chuck Berry in the final edit.
Bloopers
During the scene in which Jules and Vincent drive to the first hit, a portal to a parallel dimension briefly opens.
The credits feature David Maxwell Fyfe, British Home secretary from 1951-1954. He doesn’t appear to have a role in the film, so it’s either a mistake or a tribute.
Quotes
“Any chance we could have some music on from the last ten years”
Details
Full Name: Pulp Fiction
Duration: 154 minutes
Release: 1994
Are we nearly there yet: No
Starring
Bruce Willis
John Travolta
