Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American <a href="/facts/Independent_film/jrUBoAMB">independent</a> <a href="/facts/Crime_film/IbSVYSme">crime film</a> written and directed by <a href="/facts/Quentin_Tarantino/uNFC3nNe">Quentin Tarantino</a> from a story he conceived with <a href="/facts/Roger_Avary/Xy8hdbgz">Roger Avary</a>. It tells four intertwining tales of crime and violence in <a href="/facts/Los_Angeles/pyXpYEX9">Los Angeles</a>. The film stars <a href="/facts/John_Travolta/94sFER6m">John Travolta</a>, <a href="/facts/Samuel_L._Jackson/GNzU91F4">Samuel L. Jackson</a>, <a href="/facts/Bruce_Willis/rYej2kw4">Bruce Willis</a>, <a href="/facts/Tim_Roth/xKe4RCNj">Tim Roth</a>, <a href="/facts/Ving_Rhames/uJ3zBjHT">Ving Rhames</a>, and <a href="/facts/Uma_Thurman/l3M6cATP">Uma Thurman</a>. The title refers to the <a href="/facts/Pulp_magazine/pH3tUbjC">pulp magazines</a> and <a href="/facts/Hardboiled/H1hELSgn">hardboiled</a> crime novels popular during the mid-20th century, known for their graphic violence and punchy dialogue.
Tarantino wrote Pulp Fiction in 1992 and 1993, incorporating scenes that Avary originally wrote for <a href="/facts/True_Romance/wkL15ahl">True Romance</a> (1993). Its plot occurs <a href="/facts/Nonlinear_narrative/rB4e42I7">out of chronological order</a>. The film is also <a href="/facts/Self-reference/C6suy6u1">self-referential</a> from its opening moments, beginning with a <a href="/facts/Intertitle/yT8wplwn">title card</a> that gives two dictionary definitions of "pulp". Considerable screen time is devoted to monologues and casual conversations with eclectic dialogue revealing each character's perspectives on several subjects, and the film features an <a href="/facts/Irony/w8oHsT9Q">ironic</a> combination of humor and strong violence. <a href="/facts/TriStar_Pictures/E8xBMNW1">TriStar Pictures</a> reportedly turned down the script as "too demented". <a href="/facts/Miramax/2FNw93qo">Miramax Films</a> co-chairman <a href="/facts/Harvey_Weinstein/ezQPdTzS">Harvey Weinstein</a> was enthralled, however, and the film became the first that Miramax Films fully financed.
Pulp Fiction won the <a href="/facts/Palme_d%2527Or/R57obDSr">Palme d'Or</a> at the <a href="/facts/1994_Cannes_Film_Festival/h3yzxoHE">1994 Cannes Film Festival</a> and was a major critical and commercial success. It was nominated for seven awards at the <a href="/facts/67th_Academy_Awards/5g9AzWYP">67th Academy Awards</a>, including <a href="/facts/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture/C6komTsX">Best Picture</a>, and won <a href="/facts/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay/G9eSHLp9">Best Original Screenplay</a>; Travolta, Jackson, and Thurman were nominated for <a href="/facts/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor/ESeGU7vo">Best Actor</a>, <a href="/facts/Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor/ELmDBH4E">Best Supporting Actor</a>, and <a href="/facts/Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actress/uqdyXp8W">Best Supporting Actress</a> respectively. As a result of the film's success, Travolta's career was reinvigorated. The film's development, marketing, distribution, and profitability had a sweeping effect on independent cinema.
Pulp Fiction is widely regarded as Tarantino's <a href="/facts/Magnum_opus/IcvyMqQl">magnum opus</a>, with particular praise for its screenwriting. The self-reflexivity, unconventional structure, and extensive <a href="/facts/Homage_(arts)/T47uy0jY">homage</a> and <a href="/facts/Pastiche/b6cPAvwp">pastiche</a> have led critics to describe it as a touchstone of <a href="/facts/Postmodernist_film/Dfyqj9Da">postmodern film</a>. It is often considered a cultural watershed, influencing films and other media that adopted elements of its style. The cast was also widely praised, with Travolta, Thurman, and Jackson earning high acclaim. In 2008, <a href="/facts/Entertainment_Weekly/BhADudJx">Entertainment Weekly</a> named it the best film since 1983 and it has appeared on many critics' lists of the greatest films ever made. In 2013, Pulp Fiction was selected for preservation in the United States <a href="/facts/National_Film_Registry/HGoP1Mre">National Film Registry</a> by the <a href="/facts/Library_of_Congress/TfB6dEN5">Library of Congress</a> as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

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