In January of 1991 a film titled Reservoir Dogs (1992) hit the Sundance Film festival. The writer – director was a first timer by the name of Quentin Tarantino. The film garnered critical acclaim and the director became a legend in the England, UK and the cult film circuit.
Three years later he followed up ‘Dogs’ with the film Pulp Fiction (1994). ‘Pulp’ premiered at the Cannes film festival, where it won the coveted ‘Palme D’Or’ the virtual equal of the Picture at the Academy Awards. At the ’93 Academy Awards, ‘Pulp’ was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, in addition Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, among others.
Tarantino and writing partner Roger Avary came away with the award only for Best Original Screenplay. (Where Roger uttered his now famous line, “I’ve gotta go pee. ) In 1995, Tarantino directed one fourth of the Anthology Four Rooms (1995) with friends and fellow auteurs Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, and Allison Anders. That film was released on December 25th in the United States to very weak reviews. This is mainly due to the heavy cutting of the first two segments and the introduction which make much of the plotline unintelligible, and creates a complete mess out of the second segment, directed by
Alexandre Rockwell. The best two segments of the film are Robert Rodriguez’s and Tarantino’s. Tarantino’s next film was From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), a crime/vampire film which he wrote and co-starred with George Clooney.
The film did fairly well theatrically. IMDb mini-biography by Kale Whorton *nikko11@mind. net* Suitcases: A suitcase plays an important role in Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Jackie Brown and True Romance… Makes references to cult movies and television Frequently works with Harvey Keitel Main character usually dies: Vincent Vega, Jacob Fuller, Mr. White, Clarence Worley (died in original script) Re-uses names: ie “Vincent” and “Marvin” appear in both Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction His films usually have a shot from inside a car trunk (November 1997): Was sued by Donald Murphy (I) for $5,000,000, accused of assault. Tarantino attacked Murphy in restaurant, slammed against the wall and punched him. (30 July 1997) Together with Lawrence Bender founded record company called A Band Apart Records.
It will focus on film soundtracks and its releases will be distibuted through Maverick Records, owned by Madonna. November 1996) Was planning to direct an episode of “X Files, The” (1993), but refuses to join the Director’s guild of America. The guild refused his request for a waiver so that he could direct the show. Claims that Tarantino acted in the film Dawn of the Dead (1978) or the film King Lear (1987) are incorrect.
Quentin falsely listed these credits years ago on his acting resume to compensate for his lack of experience and these incorrect credits have subsequently beenattributed to him in such places as Leonard Maltin’s Movie and Video Guide and the First noted screenplay was titled “Captain Peachfuzz and the Anchovy Bandit” which was Tarantino claims that James Best taught him how to act. Collects old board games having to do with t. v. shows (I Dream of Jeanie, Dukes of Has an ongoing feud with Oliver Stone for the way that he misdirected Natural Born Killers (1994) In all of his original screenplays the name of a police detective named Scagnetti is referred to at least once. Most of the times the particular scene was cut out of the final versions.