| The adventures of a broad cast of characters intertwine in half a dozen storylines that are related in non-chronological order. Two mob hit men, Jules (Jackson) and Vincent (Travolta), work for crime boss Marsellus Wallace (Rhames) and go to lean on some yuppie drug dealers but screw up the showdown, and specialist Winston "The Wolf" (Keitel) has to clean up the mess. Butch Coolidge (Willis), a small-time boxer, is supposed to throw a fight for Marsellus but bets big on himself and wins, then tries to outrun his angry boss, but takes too much time to retrieve a wristwatch that is a family heirloom. Mrs. Wallace (Thurman), a languid and drug-addled babe, needs looking after, so Marsellus orders Vincent to take her out for the night. They go to a club called Jack Rabbit Slim's, where "Buddy Holly" (Steve Buscemi) is a waiter and "Ed Sullivan" emcees, but Vincent ends up having to save Mia from an overdose. Finally, a couple of small-time thieves, Pumpkin (Roth) and Honey Bunny (Plummer) decide impulsively to hold up a diner, and run into the pros, Jules and Vincent. This exhilarating 1994 comic-noir, only the third film Quentin Tarantino ever directed, won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his screenplay, as well as the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival. | ||
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Plot & Themes Time/Era of Movie: Crime & Police Story? Yes Actual chase scenes or violence - 20 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30 % Criminal enemy is... If this is a criminal POV story... Main Character Identity: - Male Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Ethnicity/Nationality - Black (American) Secondary Main Character Identity: - Male Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American) Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 20's-30's Profession/status: Nudity - chest Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American) Intelligence - Average intelligence Physique - very athletic How sensitive is this character? Setting United States Yes The US: - California City? Yes City: - Los Angeles - dangerous Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - gory visuals of deaths Sex/nudity in movie? Yes What kind of sex: - kissing - use of artificial tools - actual description of sex - seeing nude male butt Kind of violence: - hand to hand - guns Unusual forms of death - perforation--bullets Any profanity? - A huge amnt of foul language |
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