Everything You Didn't Know About Pulp Fiction

after the premiere of Reservoir Dogs Quentin spent six months in Amsterdam the first few months he did what everyone does in Amsterdam later Roger Avery joined him and they started work on the screenplay that would later become Pulp Fiction Quinton already had in his hands the proposal for his next project with a budget of at least a million dollars this happened thanks to Danny DeVito who was devastated at not being able to participate in the making of Reservoir Dogs later Danny would make Studios pay just to read a new Tarantino script and later became the producer for Pulp Fiction helping Quinton to receive an eight and a half million dollar budget meanwhile in the Netherlands the screenwriters had come up with something epic they took all the drafts and decided to combine them into a new project first Avery's chaos rules the world became the golden Watch scene they also added a deleted scene with the soiled car interior from True Romance a perfected story about a date and a dialogue that never made it into Natural Born Killers we're not at the finish yet baby by mid 1993 they had it finished Quentin asked Avery to continue working on the movie with him but Roger needed money fast because he wanted to get married and to shoot his own film killing Zoe so he sold the rights to Pulp Fiction let's think of a salad the rights were bought immediately by Miramax Studios and Tarantino began preparations for shooting he was able to get almost the whole Reservoir Dogs team Tim Roth Steve Buscemi Harvey Keitel producer Lawrence Bender creative director and designer David and Sandy Wasco operator and dressage secular who after a severe accident film Pulp Fiction from a wheelchair and his Irreplaceable Helper and Main supporter editor Sally Menke I knew from meeting Quentin that it was going to be something really special then he began casting the other rules the main hero was to be Vic Vega whose part was written from Michael Madsen who rejected the role in favor of playing opposite Kevin Costner in Wyatt Earp later he would come to regret that decision [Music] the character was turned into Vic's brother Vincent and producer Lawrence Bender was planning on inviting Daniel Day-Lewis to play the part but Quinton had an idea which caused everyone to thank him bat crazy difficult to imagine anyone else playing Vincent Vega but by 1993 no one was taking John Travolta seriously anymore in the 70s the head of Disney Studios Michael Eisner called him the biggest star on the planet since he had been nominated for an Oscar for Saturday Night Fever [Music] start in the cult favorite Greece [Applause] [Music] however a series of unfortunate decisions led him to act in films like chains of gold the experts and look who's talking as much as I like John Travolta I couldn't bring myself to watch some [ __ ] talking baby who is that people had stopped taking Travolta seriously but Tarantino saw genius in him in one of his favorite films blowout by Brian De Palma Travolta put on what Quentin would call one of the best acting performances in the history of Cinema [Music] from the first meeting it was clear fate brought them together when he stepped into Tarantino's cluttered apartment Travolta who owned a 20-bedroom mansion in Maine apartments in Florida and three personal Jets was shot Quentin was living at the same apartment that John had rented when he first arrived in Los Angeles in 1974. nobody after Tarantino spent several hours quoting lines from Travolta's movies played grease the board game with him and showed him the complete collection of his films John accepted the offer to play Vincent Vega all right it was a miracle can we go now to Tarantino's surprise the decision to Castro Volta was not met with universal Applause it even became the reason why the heads of Miramax started to doubt their investment in the project even Lawrence Bender was unsure in the beginning you can get anybody in the world what do you want John Travolta but Tarantino didn't budge it was Travolta or no one and he even told the producers that he wouldn't make the film if John wasn't in it don't be looking at me like that all right I can feel your look once again under pressure from Quentin the producers and the studio backed off later thanks to kaitel the cast was joined by his neighbor Bruce Willis turns out he was a fan of Reservoir Dogs and could quote any line from it though Quentin had initially hoped to get Sylvester Stallone to play Butch he was so impressed with Willis's enthusiasm that he chose him giving yet another actor's career a second wind so Mr Willis let me ask you a question here is this the finest moment of your acting career or what the Pinnacle from here on in it slides down to Backside Pulp Fiction allowed critics to see Bruce for the first time as more than as for Samuel L Jackson despite having a role written specifically for him he almost jumped ship when he came to a reading only to find it was an audition with another candidate Paul Calderon oh Vincent Vega our man in Amsterdam who initially got the part after that Samuel went to see Tarantino in person and read the monologue from the Bible adding in some of his own improvisations and I will strike down upon thee with great Vengeance and Furious anger his skill amazed the director so much that Tarantino cast him in almost all of his films and never made him audition again that's all you had to say as for those who didn't make it into the film it's worth mentioning that Ellen DeGeneres auditioned for the role which was eventually played by Rosanna Arquette I want all the [ __ ] in her face no that's Jody that's my wife finally having read the screenplay to Uma Thurman over the phone and convincing her to participate on the 20th of September 1993 he began shooting Pulp Fiction filming had started and still Quentin was choosing who he was going to play though he saw himself as Lance the drug dealer he decided on playing the anxious Jimmy don't [ __ ] Jimmy me Jewels okay thinking that he wanted to be on the other side of the camera in the final scene Vincent Vega and Marcellus Wallace's wife the scenes involving Tarantino were directed by Robert Rodriguez it looked like a couple of dorks your clothes [ __ ] when one thinks of Pulp Fiction one instantaneously pictures the interior of the jack rabbit Slims restaurant no wonder the milkshakes were so expensive did you just order a five dollar Shake on a serious note besides the obvious references there were a few more interesting ones the walls of the restaurant were hung with posters of Roger corman's films one of Tarantino's favorite directors the waiter played by Steve Buscemi looks like one of Quentin's favorite musicians Buddy Holly and the tables made of cars were borrowed from the movie Speedway starring Elvis Presley let yourself know by the way the same building that was home to Jackrabbit Slims also housed Butch's hotel room the room which Vincent and Jules enter and the basement of the Mason Dixie pawn shop it was from the parking lot of this very building during filming that Quentin's car was stolen the same car which Vincent drives in the movie 20 years later a policeman founded accidentally when he stopped two teens who were stealing it from its new owner who had no idea that he had spent the last 15 years riding around in Quentin Tarantino's car what's more chicken [ __ ] than [ __ ] with a man's automobile I mean don't [ __ ] with another man's vehicle don't do it it's just against the rules in Pulp Fiction Quinton included more references than in any other of his Works Vince and Mia's dance was a reference to eight and a half Butch and Marcel's meeting psycho and the glowing case was from Kiss Me Deadly as for the dialogues half of the movie was references to other films you want that gun don't use it go ahead and pick it up you want that gun pick it up I wish you would the most important of which was Jules sermon which practically copied karate Kiba and I will strike down upon thee with great Vengeance and Views anger who poisoned and destroyed my brothers considering the result of the premiere which occurred at Khan in May of 1994. it's hard to believe that the film only cost eight and a half million dollars hell just Bruce Willis's paycheck for Die Hard 2 was bigger than the whole budget for Pulp Fiction okay [ __ ] [ __ ] a few days later Quentin received the grand prize of the film festival fiction Khan started a chain reaction the movie received awards from the film critics Association for Best Picture best directing best screenplay best acting done by John Travolta as well as Golden Globe and bafta for best screenplay as well as seven Oscar nominations best picture best actor best supporting actor and actress Best Director screenplay and film editing but at the 67th academy awards ceremony Pulp Fiction together with the Shawshank Redemption were victims of the sweeping success that was Forrest Gump I believe he said he had to go pee it was one of the most predictable battles for the Oscars but Pulp Fiction did get a statuette for best original screenplay and their acceptance speech is considered to be one of the best in the history of the Oscars my wife Gretchen who I love more than anything in the world and I really have to take a pee right now so I'm gonna go thank you hey do you like our work let us know with your like and comment push that subscribe button and share with your friends if you want to support the project financially become our sponsor on patreon or YouTube sponsorship thank you

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Length: 11min 55sec (715 seconds)

Published: Mon Oct 10 2022