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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Disney
EAN: 9780788830549
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0788830546
Label: Miramax Entertainment
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1SpanishPublished
Manufacturer: Miramax Entertainment
MPN: D23541D
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Miramax Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 20, 2002
Running Time: 154 minutes
Studio: Miramax Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: October 14, 1994
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THE STORIES OF TWO MOB HIT MEN, A BOXER AND A PAIR OF DINER BANDITS INTERTWINE IN FOUR TALES OF VIOLENCE AND REDEMPTION.
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With the knockout one-two punch of 1992's Reservoir Dogs and 1994's Pulp Fiction writer-director Quentin Tarantino stunned the filmmaking world, exploding into prominence as a cinematic heavyweight contender. But Pulp Fiction was more than just the follow-up to an impressive first feature, or the winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival, or a script stuffed with the sort of juicy bubblegum dialogue actors just love to chew, or the vehicle that reestablished John Travolta on the A-list, or the relatively low-budget ($8 million) independent showcase for an ultrahip mixture of established marquee names and rising stars from the indie scene (among them Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, Harvey Keitel, Christopher Walken, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Julia Sweeney, Kathy Griffin, and Phil Lamar). It was more, even, than an unprecedented $100-million-plus hit for indie distributor Miramax. Pulp Fiction was a sensation. No, it was not the Second Coming (I actually think Reservoir Dogs is a more substantial film; and P.T. Anderson outdid Tarantino in 1997 by making his directorial debut with two even more mature and accomplished pictures, Hard Eight and Boogie Nights). But Pulp Fiction packs so much energy and invention into telling its nonchronologically interwoven short stories (all about temptation, corruption, and redemption amongst modern criminals, large and small) it leaves viewers both exhilarated and exhausted--hearts racing and knuckles white from the ride. (Oh, and the infectious, surf-guitar-based soundtrack is tastier than a Royale with Cheese.) --Jim Emerson
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It played alright, but had a few scratches on it. The cover is in terrible condition
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The movie was in perfect condition. It arrived within the estimated time that was given. Everything was sealed and scratch free. This is one of those movies that you will watch over and over again. Truly a cult classic.
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So few movies do I absolutely love and this is one of them. Truly this is in my top 5 favorite films.
I have watched this movie countless of times and every time, I see something new that I missed on the previous viewing. So much is going on, yet one is not lost and that is a feat in itself which shows you how great this movie is... How great Tarantino is....
Anyway, if one is not put off by violence or cursing/foul language then this movie along with its dark humor will appeal to you....
Samuel Jackson and John Travolta along with the other actors were tops in this movie...
Yeah... Great Movie!!
Highly Recommend this movie, especially now that it is offered in this two disc collectors edition for those who have yet to see this film....
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Writer/director Quentin Tarantino's sophomore effort Pulp Fiction earned him and Roger Avary the 1994 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and was nominated for 6 other Oscars as well. Obviously, it is nothing short of a masterpiece. Perhaps the most interesting thing about this movie is its' structure, consisting of non-chronological chapters that at first seem very distant from each other, but ultimately combine to tell one story. I suspect, however, that the film's initial appeal to most people is the star-studded ensemble cast. John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson star as a pair of low-rent hit men who take orders from their boss Ving Rhames. Uma Thurman is Rhames' sexy but drug-addicted wife. Bruce Willis is a boxer whom Rhames wants dead and Maria de Medeiros plays his wife. Tim Roth and Amanda Plummer play a couple as well, robbing banks and restaurants like a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde, and Harvey Keitel stars in one major scene as a crime-scene clean-up specialist. The film also features Christopher Walken in a brief flashback scene, as well as Eric Stoltz and Rosanna Arquette. Some of these cast members' characters appear more often than others, but they all contribute something significant to the plot, which involves sex and rape, drug use and murder, but also redemption and a certain amount of justice. Pulp Fiction is definitely not your average crime drama, and is in fact more of a crime thriller than a drama. It is very exciting and action-packed, and is often times downright funny. This movie is well worth buying because you might need to watch it twice to fully understand it and absorb its messages, or maybe you'll understand it right away but want to watch it more than once anyway. Another great reason to buy this DVD is because it's a 2-disc Collector's Edition loaded with special features, which are as follows:
- "Pulp Fiction: The Facts" documentary.
- Deleted scenes.
- "The Charlie Rose Show" interview with Quentin.
- "Siskel & Ebert At The Movies: The Tarantino Generation".
- Production design featurette.
- Behind-the-scenes montages.
- Interviews from the Independent Spirit Awards.
- Palme d'Or acceptance speech.
- Analytical reviews and articles.
- Theatrical trailers from around the world.
- TV spots.
- 8 different still galleries, featuring hundreds of photos.
- Soundtrack chapter stops.
- Enhanced playback track.*
- Synchronized trivia game.*
- Screenplay viewer.*
- Open mic commentary.*
*DVD-ROM features.
Clearly, this DVD has plenty of added value in the special features, but it would still be worth buying without them. However, Pulp Fiction is not for the faint of heart, as it is rated R for strong graphic violence and drug use, and for pervasive strong language (including the 'n' word). There is one scene in particular, involving sadistic rape, which some viewers may find disturbing. I would recommend this movie to adults who can handle objectionable and potentially offensive content and are not very squeamish. If you can get past all the violence and what-not, you might just discover a new movie to consider one of your favorites. I know I did.
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Pulp Fiction is the ultimate playground for the mind of Quentin Tarrantino. The movie is a blindingly repressed spewage of pop culture, brilliant setup, drug excrement, softcore porn, and a magnificent mixture of philosophy, religion and violence. The movie's mood almost has us as tied to a chair as Ving Rhames and Bruce Willis are in the excruciatingly painful gimp sequence. Thus retrained, we are blasted on a whirlwind tour of the hippest of the hip. So hip, in fact, that we want to blow our brains out after it is over. Samuel Jackson gives the performance that will undoubtedly mark his career. It is a performance that is disturbed, hysterical, deadly, funny, compassionate, smart and scared (yes, scared.) He's a quote dynamo and is given more great things to say then possibly any character in movie history. Travolta is slick, slimy and stupidly sharp in his role. He's one of the few guys who comes off as an actor in this movie and not a lost soul in the new wave beat generation of the mid-90's. The cast is a who's who of the best cult actors of the mid-90's and Tarrantino gets them to deliver stunning performances. And why not? The dialogue is possibly the best written verbage for any film ever made and is a Holy Grail for fans of offbeat and subculture cinema. From "the holiest of holies" to "correctamundo", the movie is the masterpiece for a guy so immersed in pop culture that he needs an oar to navigate it all. Roth is dynamic in a relatively small part and Ammanda Plummer is like a shrieking little wicked witch. Uma Thurman is a thinking man's dream. She's vulnerable, demonstrative, and most of all, playful. The dancing sequence is priceless and needs no further discussion. Eric Stoltz is like that cool guy that everyone knew in high school that no one really paid much attention to but everyone liked. Bruce Willis is also in his zone as Butch the boxer. Willis has a nice blend of sensitivity and brutality. Any more or less probably would not have worked. The movie also rips on all cultures virutally equally with a burst of fresh air. The movie is more sympathetic towards blacks and not at all towards Southerners but that is par for the course in the civil rights revival in the 1990's. Shooting a movie of this length out of sequence was a tremendous gamble but the dialogue holds it together and it is, doubtlessly, brilliantly creative. The movie's weakness, like other Tarrantino movies, is it's obsession with believing that the drug subculture is somehow right about life and most other facets are somehow less then right or flat out wrong. Tarrantino evolved this idea slightly by the end of the movie and continued it in one of the best B-movies ever made, From Dusk Till Dawn. However, Tarrantino's glorification of radicalism gets old at times and falls flat by the end of the movie due to it's length. All in all, this movie is an all time classic for cinema junkies and pop culture nuts and will pop like champagne in circles away from the power players and the mainstream.
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