Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction (1994)

2:34 (154 min)

Thriller, Crime, Comedy

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Actors and characters

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Production

Miramax, A Band Apart, Jersey Films

Release date

10 September 1994

Budget

$8 000 000

Revenue

$213 928 762

Director

Quentin Tarantino

Scenario

Quentin Tarantino

Author

Producer

Lawrence Bender

All team (126)

Actors

John Travolta

Vincent Vega

Samuel L. Jackson

Jules Winnfield

Uma Thurman

Mia Wallace

Bruce Willis

Butch Coolidge

Ving Rhames

Marsellus Wallace

Harvey Keitel

The Wolf

Eric Stoltz

Lance

Tim Roth

Pumpkin

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• When Jules opens the briefcase, the orange glow inside can be seen reflected on the upper interior of the case.
• When Vincent enters Mia’s house, one of the back doors is slightly ajar. This was done to prevent the camera’s reflection from being visible.
• A scene was removed from the film in which Jules tries to decide what to do next while Pumpkin and Honey Bunny rob the restaurant. In this scene, Jules pulls out a gun, fires two shots at Pumpkin. Then he turns 180 degrees and fires three shots at Honey Bunny. After that, we see Jules talking to Pumpkin again, and realize that the entire shootout took place in Jules’s head.
• The gun Vincent carries is a 1911A1 Auto Ordnance .45 ACP. However, in the film, it is chrome-plated and has a pearl handle. Jules' gun is a 9mm Star Model B pistol, which was also chrome-plated and equipped with a pearl grip.
• When Jody exits the room where Lance is looking for the medical instructions, she has no facial piercings. A few minutes later, when they are preparing to give Mia an adrenaline shot, the piercings reappear on her face.
• As Vincent and Jules prepare to freshen up in the backyard, Jules takes off his pants twice.
• Butch reads the taxi driver's name from a card: "Esmarelda Villalobos." She then tells him she is Colombian. In Spanish, the correct spelling would be "Esmeralda" (meaning "emerald").
• When Jules is drinking from the bottle in the bar, the liquid inside it does not move.
• When Jules kills Brett, the bullets in the gun run out and the slide remains locked back. When the scene is repeated later in the film, the slide is functional, as if the gun hadn't been emptied.
• Although Vince claims that a quarter-pounder with cheese is called Royale with Cheese in France, it is actually called simply Royale Cheese (Royal Cheese).
• The role of Wolf was specifically written for Harvey Keitel.
• The amount of milkshake in 'Jack Rabbit Slim's' constantly changes.
• When Mia is given an adrenaline shot, you can notice Trudy jump twice on the couch.
• In the first draft of the script, Vincent and Lance do not give Mia an adrenaline shot, but a saline solution. This is a traditional drug user’s trick for overdoses.
• A member of the film crew can be seen reflected in the motel window when Butch picks up his girlfriend on the chopper.
• In the “Gold Watch” scene, when Butch retrieves his watch, he turns left out of the room to get to the kitchen. When he shoots Vincent, you can see his room is on the right (with the kangaroo on which his watch was hanging visible), but then, after examining Vincent’s body, he walks left into his room, but we are shown the living room where he exits the apartment.
• The restaurant scene (with Zaichishka and Tykovka) was specifically written for Tim Roth and Amanda Plummer.
• In the scene at “Jimmie’s”, when Wolf walks to his car, there are four cars parked to the left: a truck, a yellow VW, a second truck, and another car. But when Wolf drives off, the two cars behind the VW are different and parked further away.
• The film's budget was $8 million, of which $5 million went to actor salaries.
• At the beginning of the “Bonnie Situation” scene, the man with the gun has his pants unbuttoned, but when he exits the bathroom, they are buttoned.
• When Mia finds a package of heroin in Vincent's coat, she says "hello". The second "hello" can be clearly heard carrying over into the next take.
• At the end of the phone conversation with Vincent (when Lance exclaims “Phone creep!” twice), Lance has a cigarette in his right hand. In the next shot, when he looks at the approaching car, he raises his hands, but the cigarette is gone.
• When Bonnie walks through the living room into the kitchen (episode 'The Bonnie Situation'), the shadow of the cameraman following her is visible.
• Uma Thurman initially turned down the offer to play Mia Wallace. But Quentin Tarantino wanted Uma for the role so much that he read her the script over the phone. Thurman eventually agreed.
• In an interview with James Lipton on "Inside the Actors Studio" (1994), John Travolta spoke in more detail about his role as Vincent Vega. The most difficult thing was to show the essence of his character as a heroin addict. Never having used the drug himself, director Quentin Tarantino sent Travolta to explore his character's addiction by talking to a recovering former heroin addict that Quentin knew personally. Travolta asked Tarantino's friend to explain to him what it was like to be on heroin (naturally, without actually using the drug). Tarantino's friend explained: "If you want to get even a slight idea of what it's like, get drunk on tequila and lie in a hot pool. That will only barely touch the sensations that heroin causes." John Travolta then recounted how happy he was to tell his wife what he had been told – that in order to research aspects of the character of his upcoming role, he had to get drunk on tequila and lie in a hot pool. His wife happily joined him in a hot tub at the hotel, the edge of which was lined from beginning to end with tequila shots to help him with his "research."
• The Bible passage that Jules remembered was largely invented. The only part similar to the Bible is: “And I will perform great vengeance upon them with fierce wrath; and they shall know that I am the Lord when my vengeance is poured upon them.” However, the parts about the righteous and the shepherd are fictional.
• Two of the three novellas were written before the release of 'Reservoir Dogs'. After the success of 'Reservoir Dogs' and 'True Romance', Tarantino decided to finish the screenplay. He also wanted the three novellas to be directed by different directors.
• Butch's grandfather bought a watch in Knoxville, Tennessee. Quentin Tarantino was also born in that same city.
• The plot involving Mia’s overdose and her resuscitation with an adrenaline shot to the heart is a literal reproduction of a story told in “American Boy” (1978), a documentary directed by Martin Scorsese.
• The 1964 Chevrolet Malibu driven by Vincent Vega belonged to Quentin Tarantino. The car was stolen during filming, then found and returned to its rightful owner 19 years later.
• When Butch and Fabien argue about the forgotten watch, the hangers on the other side of the room cast shadows in different directions in different frames.
• As Jules and Vincent exit the elevator, discussing foot massages, we follow them throughout their journey through the labyrinth of hallways to Brett's door, then to the window, and finally back to his door. All of this was filmed without editing in one continuous take.
• The role of Mia Wallace could have gone to Isabella Rossellini, Meg Ryan, Daryl Hannah, Joan Cusack, and Michelle Pfeiffer.
• Jules' wallet actually belongs to Quentin Tarantino. The inscription on the wallet, "Bad Motherfucker," is a reference to the musical theme from "Shaft" (1971).
• Courtney Love claimed that Quentin Tarantino originally wanted Kurt Cobain and her to play Lance and Jody. However, Tarantino said he had never even met Kurt, let alone offered him a role.
• Mia's bangs look noticeably different during and after her conversation with Ed Sullivan.
• During the 'Big Kahuna Burger' scene, the paper cup on the table changes position (judging by the label).
• The role of Butch could have gone to Sylvester Stallone, Mickey Rourke, and Matt Dillon.
• After Vincent kills Marvin, in the following shots, when they are talking to Jules, it is visible that there is no magazine in the gun.
• At the 125th minute (33rd second) you can notice a film continuity error. At this moment, the body of the accidentally killed Black man is briefly shown in the trunk, as is known, with a gunshot wound to the head. Notably, his head remained intact, despite the brains splashed all over the car's interior.
• At Jack Rabbit Slim's, the little man who led Mia and Vincent to their table in the car says, “Call for Phillip Morris” as he leaves. However, his lip movements are not synchronized with the audio.
• The book Vincent reads throughout the film while using the restroom is Peter O'Donnell's "Modesty Blaise." This work was a popular British comic featuring a female secret agent. Quentin Tarantino is a big fan of this character and even considered making a film starring her.
• Mia Wallace’s line, “If a man likes Elvis, he’ll like this place,” is the final line of a deleted scene in which Mia explains that all people can be divided into those who like Elvis and those who like The Beatles.
• Winston Wolf opens the car door to check on the cleanup. However, when the camera looks inside the car through the window, all the doors are closed.
• Butch drives home in a white Honda. Vincent drives a red Chevrolet Malibu. These cars are also mentioned in "Four Rooms" (1995) in the final episode (a Chevrolet with Quentin Tarantino’s character, and a Honda with a Black man who lost a finger).
• When Fabien starts talking about breakfast, she is sitting on the bed, with her right hand resting on her leg. When we see her from behind, her hand suddenly rests on her head.
• Initially, Quentin Tarantino planned for “My Sharona” by The Knack to play in the scene where The Gimp laughs at Butch tied to the chair. However, the rights to use the song had already been sold for another film – “Reality Bites” (1994).
• When Vincent opens the syringe case in Lance's apartment, it's clearly visible that the syringe is glass. But when the injection is shown in close-up, it's suddenly plastic.
• Honey Bunny's hand position changes (after she asks, “So what now? Get jobs?”) when the camera switches from a frontal view to a side view.
• The restaurant scene (at the beginning and end of the film) was filmed in a real, existing restaurant. The building where the filming took place was demolished shortly after the film's release.
• The surname of the taxi driver Esmeralda Villalobos actually belonged to Quentin Tarantino's good friends, Danny and Manny Villalobos.
• When Vincent enters Mia's house, the film crew is visible in the reflection of the windows.
• In the scene with the 'Big Kahuna Burger', when Jules shoots the man lying on the sofa, there was no flash from the gun. However, when he and Vincent shoot Brett, the flame coming from the gun barrel is very clearly visible.
• In the scene where the miracle occurs, and the shooter misses Jules and Vincent, bullet holes are visible on the wall before he shoots at them.
• When Jules and Vincent are driving in the car, a tow truck pulling them can be seen in the reflection of the shop windows.
• Initially, it was intended that Jules would have dreadlocks. The makeup artists offered Samuel L. Jackson many wigs, including a curly wig. Jackson tried on the wig, and Tarantino liked Jackson's hairstyle.
• The submachine gun used to kill Vincent is a Military Armament Corporation M10, also known as a Mac-10. It fires at a rate of about 1000 rounds per minute and is loaded with thirty-round 9mm magazines. Considering the duration of the shooting of Vincent, Butch probably spent the entire magazine.
• In the 'Big Kahuna Burger' scene, the bullet holes in the wall are perpendicular to it, when they should be at an angle.
• Gaffes in the scene where Marcellus and Butch are trapped in the store basement: When they are sprayed with water to wake them up, Butch is visibly leaning further forward when the camera moves behind his back. Then they are sprayed with water from below, and in the next shot, the stream is coming from above. When Maynard finishes spraying them with water, Butch turns to Marcellus, and in the next shot he is sitting, turned away from him. When Maynard goes upstairs to open the door for Zed, Marcellus’s shirt is untucked, and the bloodstain on Butch’s t-shirt looks darker. In the following shot, the shirt’s position changes, and the stain on Butch’s t-shirt looks lighter. After Zed descends, everything reverts back.
• On the building where Butch's boxing match is taking place, announcements for upcoming fights are posted: Coolidge vs. Wilson, Vossler vs. Martinez. The surnames of the boxers in the first fight are a reference to US Presidents Calvin Coolidge and Woodrow Wilson. The surnames of the boxers in the second fight belong to Russell Vossler and Jerry Martinez, friends of Tarantino with whom he worked at a video rental store.
• When Butch parks the Honda and exits the car, the sky is gray and overcast. However, in the next shot, as he walks towards his apartment, the sky is perfectly clear.
• When Butch picks up his girlfriend on the chopper, his headlight is sometimes on and sometimes off.
• The moment when Marcellus crosses the road in front of Butch’s car strongly resembles a scene from “Psycho” (1960), in which Marion’s boss also crosses the road directly in front of her car.
• After retrieving his gold watch, Butch drives in the car and listens to the song “Flowers on the Wall” by The Statler Brothers. The song contains lyrics about Captain Kangaroo, which is a reference to the kangaroo statuette in Butch’s house where the watch hung. The song also contains the line “It’s good to see you.” We hear it precisely when Marcellus Wallace crosses the road in front of Butch’s car.
• The color of the cheese in the Big Kahuna Burger changes during a close-up.
• The special edition of the film has a runtime of 168 minutes.
• When Jules washes his hands in Jimmy’s bathroom, blood is visible along the edge of the sink. In the next shot, taken from behind, the blood is gone.
• When Vincent and Lance are preparing to administer the adrenaline shot to Mia, you can see the board games "Operation" and "Life" in the background.
• At the beginning of the scene with the gold watch, the time on it changes between shots.
• After Mia regains consciousness following the adrenaline shot, her hand changes position: first by the syringe, then on the floor, then back by the syringe.
• The scene in the pawnshop shows the first scene of anal rape in the entire history of Disney, which owned Miramax films.
• Fabien says, "Any time is pie time." The exact same phrase is spoken by Alabama in "True Romance" (1993), whose screenplay was written by Quentin Tarantino.
• Attempting to kill Butch (Bruce Willis), Marcellus Wallace (Ving Rhames) accidentally shot the woman standing next to him. The same actress played the character Mr. Pink threw out of the car in "Reservoir Dogs" (1991).
• During the 'Big Kahuna Burger' scene, after Jules shoots Brett in the shoulder, Brett clutches his shoulder with his hand. When Jules raises the gun again to kill him, he momentarily raises his hands in fear, and no trace of the gunshot wound can be seen.
• Winston Wolf drives an Acura NSX, a two-seater sports car, but sarcastically offers to take three people with him.
• After Marcellus shoots Zed, the position of the bolt on the shotgun changes.
• Trudi (Bronagh Gallagher) is wearing a t-shirt featuring the Irish rock band The Frames. Bronagh starred in the film "The Commitments" (1991) alongside Glen Hansard, the band's leader. They became friends. Bronagh promised Glen that if she got a role in "Pulp Fiction," she would appear in the film wearing their t-shirt.
• Harvey Keitel convinced his friend Bruce Willis to participate in the film, knowing that Willis was a big fan of "Reservoir Dogs" (1991).
• Jimmie is wearing a t-shirt with the logo of the Detroit newspaper Orbit. Quentin Tarantino gave an interview to this publication during the promotional campaign for "Reservoir Dogs" (1992).
• Harvey Keitel wears a Gucci 3000 watch.
• While Honey Bunny points the gun at Jules (the diner scene), saliva on her chin appears and disappears.
• When Vincent drives up to Lance with Mia, the tire tracks on the grass do not match the position of his car.
• When Vincent walks through the hallways looking for Marcellus talking to Butch's trainer (after Butch's fight), filming equipment and a crew member can be seen through the doorway on the right.
• According to John Travolta, he borrowed some of the dance moves for the scene in "Pulp Fiction" from Adam West's character, Batasi, in "Batman" (1966).
• When Vincent shoots Marvin, and the rear window of the car is splattered with blood, you can notice that Vincent’s head is turned forward, not facing Marvin as it was in the previous shot.
• When the man in Brett's apartment shoots Jules and Vincent, the cylinder of his revolver does not rotate.
• During the scene discussing the 'Big Kahuna' burger, Jules can be heard pronouncing Brett's name as Brad.
• Initially, the director envisioned the scene of Marvin's murder differently. In the original script, Vincent didn't kill him with a random shot, but only shot him in the throat, after which Jules and Vincent decided not to condemn the guy to a long and agonizing death and shot him right in the car. But Phil LaMarr, who played Marvin, thought that after that Vincent and Jules would lose respect in the audience's eyes, and shared this with the director. Tarantino agreed and made the death from a random shot instantaneous.
• In the “Gold Watch” scene, when Butch pays for the taxi, and then the camera shows the whole cab again, you can notice that the car has moved slightly back from its original parking spot.
• The look of Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) was created based on the character of Anna Karina from "Band of Outsiders" (1964). "Band of Outsiders" is one of Quentin Tarantino's favorite films.
• When Vincent and Mia return home after visiting 'Jack Rabbit Slim's', daylight is visible through the doorway. However, the rest of the street scene remains in darkness.
• Pam Grier could have played Lance’s wife. Quentin Tarantino rejected her candidacy as he couldn’t imagine her in that role.
• Sid Haig was originally supposed to play the role of Marcellus. But at the very last moment, he refused the role.
• The font and color of the opening credits are exactly the same as in the series "Police Woman" (1974).
• The film Lance is watching on television shortly before Vincent and Mia appear is "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer" (1947).
• When Captain Koons gives young Butch his father's watch, he talks about a pilot named Vinoki, who moved the watch to a safe place. Vinoki is the name of a character played by John Garfield in Howard Hawks' film "Air Force" (1943). Hawks is one of Quentin Tarantino's favorite directors.
• Quentin Tarantino wrote the screenplay for the film in Amsterdam. Mostly in his hotel room and at the Betty Boop coffee shop. He lived in Amsterdam for several months and also left an unpaid debt of $150 at one of the video rental stores. This prolonged stay in Amsterdam likely explains why the city is so frequently mentioned in the film.
• The role of Fabienne was originally written for Swiss actress Irène Jacob. But she turned down the role to film “Three Colors: Red” (1994).
• Butch smokes Red Apple cigarettes. The same brand of cigarettes is smoked by Tim Roth's character in "Four Rooms" (1995).
• Later in the film, as the characters dispose of the car with the body, Mr. Wolf jokingly refers to Vincent as Lash La Rue. Lash La Rue was an actor who often played cowboys in Westerns of the 1940s and 1950s. He was particularly skilled at using a long whip and used it to fight villains.
• Although Tarantino specifically wrote the role of Jules for Samuel L. Jackson, the actor might not have played it, as producers were very impressed with Paul Calderón's audition for the role. However, Jackson ultimately played Jules, and Paul played the bartender in Marcellus's bar.
• When Honey Bunny points the gun at Vincent, she holds the barrel with both hands in one shot, and with only one in the next.
• Raven McCoy, the character Mia from the pilot for Fox Force Five, is connected to three characters from the "X-Men" series (1992–1997). The name Raven may have been derived from Raven Darkhölme (real name Mystique), and the surname McCoy from Hank McCoy (real name Beast). Furthermore, Mia describes her character as having grown up among circus performers, which is a complete parallel to Kurt Wagner (Nightcrawler). Ironically, all three of these characters are blue.
• When Mia takes a cigarette from the pack, it disappears in the next frame along with the half-smoked cigarette she was holding between her fingers.
• The word "fuck" is used 271 times in the film.
• A key element of Quentin Tarantino's screenplay was a screenplay by Roger Avery, written by him for his short film Pandemonium Reigns. Avery’s considerable influence can be seen in the scenes with Butch and Fabienne.
• During an interview, Quentin Tarantino admitted that he remembered Samuel L. Jackson's Ezekiel 25:17 quote from the film "Come Back, Chiba! Bodyguard" (1976). Sonny Chiba delivered the line in that film. He also confessed that he had never seen it in the Bible and that it was taken almost verbatim from that movie. Tarantino has always been a fan of Chiba and even included a mention of him in "True Romance" (1993), as well as giving him a cameo role in "Kill Bill" (2003).
• During the 'Big Kahuna Burger' scene, Jules places a drink on the table, and a paper bag is visible next to it. This bag then appears and disappears several times.
• When Jules takes Brett's burger, it is almost whole; in the next shot, when the character brings it to his mouth, only half of the burger remains. The burger itself also changes: initially it looks like a regular cheeseburger, but by the end of the scene, it also has a lettuce leaf.
• When Butch sits on Zed's chopper in front of the store, a dual carburetor is visible. When he drives up to the motel to pick up Fabienne, the carburetor is no longer there.
• Little Butch is watching "Key Largo" (1959) on television.
• When Butch is riding in the taxi, he is smoking a cigarette, but the smoke drifts slowly through the car as if it were stationary. Although the black and white background outside the windows clearly indicates that the director did not aim for realism in this scene.
• Wilson is the name of the boxer that Butch is supposed to lose to. Terry Malloy intentionally lost to a boxer with the same name in "On the Waterfront" (1954).
• Daniel Day-Lewis wanted to play Vincent Vega, but his candidacy was rejected by Quentin Tarantino.
• In the diner, when Mia orders a $5 milkshake, the waiter asks her, “Martin and Lewis or Amos and Andy?” He’s referring to two comedy duos – Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis (two white men), and “The Amos 'n' Andy Show” (two Black men). In reality, he’s asking her if she wants vanilla or chocolate. She chooses vanilla.
• In the nineties, heroin in Los Angeles was sold in balloons, and cocaine in packets. Drug dealer Lance reported that he was out of balloons, and therefore sold Travolta's character heroin in a packet. And Mia, taking a packet out of Vincent's pocket, decided it was cocaine. Which is why she snorted it so desperately.
• Steve Buscemi was originally intended to play Jimmy, but due to contractual obligations with other projects, he was unable to do so. However, he still appeared in the film in a cameo. Steve played the waiter taking Mia and Vincent’s order at the "Jack Rabbit Slim's" restaurant.
• If the scenes of the film are arranged in chronological order, the first will be the conversation in the car between Vincent and Jules, and the last will be Butch and Fabien getting on Zed's motorcycle. The final line of the film is, "Zed's dead, baby, Zed's dead." If considering the chronology of events relative to the characters' lives, the first scene will be the one where Captain Koons tells young Butch about the gold watch.
• When Mia goes to the restroom to powder her nose, she says, "I said, damn! Damn." This is a reference to the song "The Pusher" from the film *Easy Rider* (1969).
• When Jules and Vincent are sitting in the diner at the end of the film, the ice in their glasses changes. At one point it melts completely, and then reappears seconds later.
• Uma Thurman drew inspiration for her dance in "Pulp Fiction" from the Duchess in "The Aristocats" (1970).
• In the first scene, Amanda Plummer’s character shouts: “Any of you fucking pricks move, and I'll execute every motherfucking last one of ya.” And at the end of the film, in the same scene, she shouts slightly differently: “Any of you fucking pricks move and I'll execute every one of ya motherfuckers!”
• Mia calls Vincent a cowboy, and Vincent calls Mia a cowgirl in return. Notably, John Travolta starred in 'Urban Cowboy' (1980), and Uma Thurman in 'Even Cowgirls Get the Blues' (1993).
• When Vincent is about to give Mia an adrenaline shot, it can be noticed that the syringe is empty (this is visible from the position of the plunger).
• In the backseat of the taxi, Butch removes his boxing gloves and then throws them out the window. The sound of them hitting the ground is clearly audible, as if the car wasn't moving but was stationary.
• Upon returning from "Jack Rabbit Slim's", Mia is wearing Vincent's coat. When she reaches for a cigarette, it disappears, but when she reaches for the lighter, it's back on her.
• Butch's hand position changes between frames when he is holding the chainsaw.
• Harvey Keitel's character in the film has the same job as his character in "The Killer" (1993).
• “Big Kahuna Burger” is a fictional burger chain. The name is first heard in “Reservoir Dogs” (1991). This burger is also mentioned in the film “From Dusk Till Dawn” (1995).
• When Butch goes to his apartment, an advertisement for 'Jack Rabbit Slim's' can be heard in the background on the radio. The same advertisement can be heard in the torture scene in 'Reservoir Dogs' (1991).
• When the film was released in the UK, some video stores distributed limited-edition boxes of 'Pulp Fiction' matches, with a quote from the film on the back: 'Playing with matches, you have to remember you can get burned.'
• During the diner robbery, when Pumpkin is pressing the manager's head against the counter, a crew member is visible in the reflection of the cash register.
• During the 'Bonnie Situation' scene, when the man jumps out of the bathroom and shoots at Jules and Vincent, two firecrackers are clearly visible on his chest under his shirt, in the spots where Jules and Vincent later shoot him.
• The position of Vincent's hands when he is talking to Mia on the walkway in front of her house (after the overdose scene) changes when the camera shows from behind Vincent, and then shows him from the front.
• Butch was originally intended to be a promising boxer. And Matt Dillon was in negotiations for the role, but it ultimately fell through. After that, Quentin Tarantino changed the role and offered it to Bruce Willis, who was disappointed that he hadn’t been offered the role of Vincent.
• In the "Gold Watch" scene, Butch falls asleep in a motel room with an open book face down on the nightstand. When he wakes up, the book is closed.
• Steve Martinez (brother of the production designer, Gerald Martinez) is listed in the "Special Thanks" section of the end credits. This is because he painted the portrait of Mia that hangs in Marcellus's house.
• When Vincent and Mia are sitting in "Jack Rabbit Slim's", the image on the video wall behind them jumps each time the camera cuts from Vincent to Mia.
• In the diner, Jules refers to his gun as a 9mm, but it is actually an 11mm. This is visible when he holds it under the table.
• Esmeralda Villalobos (Angela Jones), a taxi driver, also appears in the thirty-minute short film “Curdled” (1991), only there Jones played a cleaner. Quentin Tarantino watched this film and decided to include Esmeralda in “Pulp Fiction,” only changing her profession from cleaner to taxi driver.
• Many believe that the bandage on Wing Rams’s neck was intentionally designed by the filmmakers. In fact, Rams had an accident while shaving his head. When Quentin Tarantino noticed the scar, it gave him the idea to start the “Vincent Vega and Marsellus Wallace’s Wife” scene with a close-up on the bandage. Ultimately, Tarantino liked showing the bandage in the frame more than Rams’s face, as it focused attention on the character and visually looked more captivating than a series of individual shots of Rams and Bruce Willis.
• When Winston Wolf drives away from Monster Joe's in his Acura, he makes a sharp turn, but the sound is as if he were continuously accelerating in a straight line.
• Butch, holding a samurai sword, says to Zed: "You want to grab the gun, don't you, Zed? Go ahead, grab it! I want you to grab it." The same line is spoken by Sheriff Chance (John Wayne) in "Rio Bravo" (1959). "Rio Bravo" is one of Quentin Tarantino's favorite films.
• When Butch exits the store and stops in front of Zed’s chopper, he holds the keys in his left hand. When the keys are shown in close-up, it’s clear they are in his right hand.
• In the script, the bartender Paul (Paul Calderon) is referred to as English Bob (Jules mentions him when talking about Wolf: 'Yeah, he's as European as English Bob'), but he became strongly associated with the phrase 'My name's Paul, and this is between y'all.' And he is credited as Paul in the credits as well.
• When Butch shoots Vincent with the automatic weapon, he hits him in the chest. In the next scene, Vincent is shown in the bathroom, and the bullet wounds do not match the previous scene.
• Quentin Tarantino originally wanted Christopher John Jones to play the role of Zed.
• The t-shirt Jimmy gives Vincent after Jules and he are cleaned up features the logo of UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs (University of California, Santa Cruz, banana slug). And it’s not a joke. The banana slug is indeed the official mascot of this university.
• In "Jack Rabbit Slim's", Mia's lipstick changes: it's sometimes dark red, sometimes pale pink.
• Vincent Vega (John Travolta) is the brother of Vic Vega, better known as Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen in “Reservoir Dogs”).
• When Lance goes outside to yell at Vincent for crashing into his house, the film crew is visible in the reflection of the open front door.
• Jules' car (a 1974 Chevy Nova) is never shown in its entirety. It is shown either from the inside or partially from the outside.
• In the adrenaline shot scene, John Travolta pulls the needle out of Uma Thurman's chest. During the film's editing, the scene was played in reverse. This achieved the desired effect.
• When Mia places her order at 'Jack Rabbit Slim's', the cigarette constantly jumps from her left hand to her right and back again.
• All scenes with Bruce Willis were filmed in 18 days.
• When Mia is brought to Lance's apartment after overdosing, a dot is drawn on her chest to show Vincent where to inject. After she comes to, the dot disappears.
• The film Fabien is watching before Butch wakes up is “Angel Dust” (1970).
• Uma Thurman actually didn't like the song that was playing at Jack Rabbit Slim's while they were dancing, and she told Quentin Tarantino about it, to which he replied, "Trust me, it's perfect."
• At the very beginning of the film, during the conversation between Pumpkin and Honey Bunny, Vincent can be seen entering the restroom.
• In the parking lot of "Jack Rabbit Slim's," Mia says: "Don't be..." ("Don't be a square"). She is then supposed to draw a square, but instead draws a rectangle.
• While Butch is pointing the gun at Marcellus and about to shoot him in the store, his right hand changes position during a quick cut (this is visible by the direction of his fingers).
• For a long time, Quentin Tarantino couldn't decide who he would play in the film – Jimmy or Lance. In the end, he chose Jimmy because he considered the scene with Mia's resuscitation too complex and felt he needed to be behind the camera during its filming.
• The name Winston Wolfe was taken from a frequent customer at a video store where Quentin Tarantino once worked.
• In the scene where Vincent shoots Marvin, the bullet goes through his head, resulting in brains splattering all over the back window. At that distance, the bullet would have gone straight through and shattered the glass.
• Quentin Tarantino wanted to bring back Michael Madsen's character (Vic Vega) from "Reservoir Dogs" (1992) to the film, so the role, later given to John Travolta, was written specifically for Michael. But he was unable to participate in the film due to contractual obligations on other projects. Tarantino had to change the character's name from Vic to Vincent. Several years after the release of "Pulp Fiction," Tarantino wanted to film a movie about the Vega brothers with John Travolta and Michael Madsen, set before the events shown in "Pulp Fiction" and "Reservoir Dogs" (1992). The project's development dragged on, and eventually Tarantino abandoned the idea.

Knockin' on Heaven's Door

1997 DE 8.6/10

Se7en

1995 US 8.5/10

The Silence of the Lambs

1991 US 8.5/10

The Usual Suspects

1995 US 8.4/10

Reservoir Dogs

1992 US 8.3/10

L.A. Confidential

1997 US 8.2/10

Fargo

1996 US/GB 8/10

Operation Condor

1991 HK/CN 8/10

Carlito's Way

1993 US 7.9/10

Bound by Honor

1993 US 7.9/10

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