Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction Movie Details:

Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Crime, Drama
Release date	May 21, 1994 (Cannes) October 14, 1994 (United States)
Running time	2hr 34min
Age rating	R
Starring	John Travolta Samuel L. Jackson Uma Thurman Harvey Keitel Tim Roth Amanda Plummer Maria de Medeiros Ving Rhames Eric Stoltz Rosanna Arquette Christopher Walken Bruce Willis
Directed by	Quentin Tarantino
Written by	Quentin Tarantino
Story by	Quentin Tarantino Roger Avary
Produced by	Lawrence Bender
Cinematography by	Andrzej Sekuła
Edited by	Sally Menke
Casting By	Ronnie Yeskel Gary M. Zuckerbrod
Production Design by	David Wasco
Production Company	A Band Apart Jersey Films
Distributor	Miramax Films

Pulp Fiction Movie Cast & Characters:

• Tim Roth as Pumpkin
• Amanda Plummer as Honey Bunny
• Laura Lovelace as Waitress
• John Travolta as Vincent Vega
• Samuel L. Jackson as Jules Winnfield
• Phil LaMarr as Marvin
• Frank Whaley as Brett
• Burr Steers as Roger
• Bruce Willis as Butch Coolidge
• Ving Rhames as Marsellus Wallace
• Paul Calderon as Paul
• Bronagh Gallagher as Trudi
• Rosanna Arquette as Jody
• Eric Stoltz as Lance
• Uma Thurman as Mia Wallace
• Jerome Patrick Hoban as Ed Sullivan
• Michael Gilden as Phillip Morris Page
• Gary Shorelle as Ricky Nelson
• Susan Griffiths as Marilyn Monroe
• Eric Clark as James Dean
• Joseph Pilato as Dean Martin
• Brad Blumenthal as Jerry Lewis
• Steve Buscemi as Buddy Holly
• Lorelei Leslie as Mamie Van Doren
• Emil Sitka as ‘Hold Hands You Love Birds’ (archive footage)
• Brenda Hillhouse as Butch’s Mother
• Christopher Walken as Captain Koons
• Chandler Lindauer as Young Butch
• Sy Sher as Klondike

Storyline:

Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) and Vincent Vega (John Travolta) are two hitmen who are out to retrieve a suitcase stolen from their employer, mob boss Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames). Wallace has also asked Vincent to take his wife Mia (Uma Thurman) out a few days later when Wallace himself will be out of town. Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis) is an aging boxer who is paid by Wallace to lose his fight. The lives of these seemingly unrelated people are woven together comprising of a series of funny, bizarre and uncalled-for incidents.

About Pulp Fiction Movie:

Pulp Fiction is an American independent crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino from a story he conceived with Roger Avary. The film stars John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Ving Rhames, and Uma Thurman. The title refers to the pulp magazines and hardboiled crime novels popular during the mid-20th century, known for their graphic violence and punchy dialogue.

Tarantino wrote Pulp Fiction in 1992 and 1993, incorporating scenes that Avary originally wrote for True Romance (1993). Its plot occurs out of chronological order. The film is also self-referential from its opening moments, beginning with a title card that gives two dictionary definitions of “pulp”. Considerable screen time is devoted to monologues and casual conversations with eclectic dialogue revealing each character’s perspectives on several subjects, and the film features an ironic combination of humor and strong violence.

TriStar Pictures reportedly turned down the script as “too demented”. Miramax co-chairman Harvey Weinstein was enthralled, however, and the film became the first that Miramax fully financed.

Pulp Fiction won the Palme d’Or at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. The Weinsteins “hit the beach like commandos,” bringing the picture’s entire cast over to France. The film was unveiled at a midnight hour screening and caused a sensation. It won the Palme d’Or, the festival’s top prize, generating a further wave of publicity. The film was theatrically released on October 14, 1994, and received a major critical and commercial success.

It was nominated for seven awards at the 67th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won Best Original Screenplay; Travolta, Jackson, and Thurman were nominated for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress respectively. As a result of the film’s success, Travolta’s career was reinvigorated, and the previously unknown Jackson and Thurman became household names. The film’s development, marketing, distribution, and profitability had a sweeping effect on independent cinema.

Pulp Fiction is widely regarded as Tarantino’s magnum opus, with particular praise for its screenwriting. The self-reflexivity, unconventional structure, and extensive homage and pastiche have led critics to describe it as a touchstone of postmodern film. It is often considered a cultural watershed, influencing films and other media that adopted elements of its style.

The cast was also widely praised, with Travolta, Thurman, and Jackson earning high acclaim. In 2008, Entertainment Weekly named it the best film since 1983 and it has appeared on many critics’ lists of the greatest films ever made. In 2013, Pulp Fiction was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.

Pulp Fiction Movie Budget & Box Office Collection:

Budget	$8–8.5 million
Domestic Opening	$9,311,882
Domestic Collection	$107,928,762
International Collection	$106,000,000
Worldwide Collection	$213,928,762