The Films of Tarantino

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BIOGRAPHY

Born in Tennessee in 1963, Quentin Tarantino grew up loving movies more than school. In his early 20s, he got a job at the Video Archives, where he wrote the scripts for True Romance and Natural Born Killers. His directorial debut came with 1992’s Reservoir Dogs, but he received wide critical and

commercial acclaim with Pulp Fiction (1994), which earned more than $108 million at the box office—the first independent film to do so. In 2003 and 2004, Tarantino released his Kill Bill series, which led to a Golden Globe nomination for Uma Thurman, who starred in the films. Tarantino was later nominated for

two Academy Awards (best director and best original screenplay) for the film Inglourious Basterds (2009).


“You kill anyone?” “A few cops.” “No real people?” “Just cops.”


reservoir dogs Reservoir Dogs is a 1992 American ensemble crime film that depicts the events before and after a botched diamond heist. The film was the debut of director and writer Quentin Tarantino, and stars Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Chris Penn, Steve Buscemi, Lawrence Tierney,

and Michael Madsen. It incorporates many themes that have become Tarantino’s h a l l m a r k s — violent crime, pop culture references, profanity, and a nonlinear storyline. The film has become a classic of independent film and a cult hit. It was named “Greatest Independent Film of all Time” by Empire magazine. Reservoir Dogs was generally well received, and the cast was praised by many critics.



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Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American black comedy crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The film is known for its eclectic dialogue, ironic mix of humor and violence, nonlinear storyline, and a host mobsters, reveal the characters’ of cinematic allusions Angeles and classic pop fringe players, small- senses of humor and time criminals, and a perspectives on life. culture references. mysterious briefcase. The plot, similar to that Directed in a highly of many of Tarantino’s stylized manner, Pulp Considerable screen other works, is time is devoted to Fiction connects conversations presented in a nonthe intersecting long storylines of Los and monologues that chronilogical manner.

‘The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will,

shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee

with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy My brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay My vengeance upon you.’

Now... I been sayin’ that shit for years.


for her cooperation, Brown decides instead to doublecross both parties and make off with the smuggled money. Meanwhile, she enlists the help of bondsman Max Cherry (Robert Forster), a man who loves her.

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When flight attendant Jackie Brown (Pam Grier) is busted smuggling money for her arms dealer boss, Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson), agent Ray Nicolette (Michael Keaton) and detective Mark Dargus (Michael Bowen) want her help to bring down Robbie. Facing jail time for her silence or death

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A former assassin, known simply as The Bride (Uma Thurman), wakes from a coma four years after her jealous ex-lover Bill (David Carradine) attempts to murder her on her wedding day. Fueled by an incredible insatiable desire for revenge, she vows to get even with every person who

contributed to the loss of her unborn child, her entire wedding party, and four years of her life. After devising a hit list, The Bride sets off on her quest, enduring unspeakable injury and unscrupulous, dangerous enemies.


The Bride (Uma Thurman) picks up where she left off in volume one with her quest to finish the hit list she has composed of all of the people who have wronged her, including exboyfriend Bill (David

Carradine), who tried to have her killed four years ago during her wedding to another man. Leaving several dead in her wake, she eventually tracks down Bill in Mexico. Using skills she has learned during her assassin career, she attempts to finish what she set out to do in the first place.

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It is the first year of Germany’s occupation of France. Allied officer Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) assembles a team of Jewish soldiers to commit violent acts of retribution against the Nazis, including the taking of their scalps. He and his men join forces with Bridget von Hammersmark, a German actress and

undercover agent, to bring down the leaders of the Third Reich. Their fates converge with theater owner Shosanna Dreyfus, who seeks to avenge the Nazis’ execution of her family.

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Two years before the Civil War, Django, a slave, finds himself accompanying an unorthodox German bounty hunter named Dr. King Schultz on a mission to capture the vicious Brittle

brothers. Their mission where Django’s longsuccessful, Schultz lost wife is still a slave. frees Django, and together they hunt the South’s most-wanted criminals. Their travels take them to an infamous plantation of shady Calvin Candie,

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