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33 Pulpy, But Definitely Not Fictional Facts About Quentin Tarantino

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33 Pulpy, But Definitely Not Fictional Facts About Quentin Tarantino

October 08, 2023

From gangster crime movies, to violence-worshipping drive-in fare, to collaborations with friends, to history-changing period epics, Quentin Tarantino's filmography is all over the map, yet completely unified by snappy dialogue, a reverence for classic Hollywood and an irreverence for nearly everything else. Here’s everything you need to know about the guy who swears he’s gonna retire after his 10th film…

33

Tarantino's From Dusk Til Dawn

QUENTIN TARANTINO + ROBERT RODRIGUEZ FROM DUSK TILL DAWN TARANTINO WAS GOING TO DIRECT. In the end, though, he found that being a writer, actor, and director at the same time was too much. Не considered Renny Harlin and Tony Scott for the job, before landing on Rodriguez. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Friendly Facts About Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez Collaborations

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Big Kahuna Burger

BIG KAHUNA BURGER got some tasty burgers PULP FICTION CRACKED.COM Those Hawaiian burgers are so damn tasty, in fact, that they show up in six films by Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez: Reservoir Dogs, Death Proof, Four Rooms, Pulp Fiction, From Dusk till Dawn, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. — Source: 13 Royale Easter Eggs With Cheese Hiding in Tarantino Films

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The Bruce Lee Outfit

The Bride's fightin' clothes are a tribute to BRUCE LEE KILL BILL CRACKED.COM The Bride's yellow jumpsuit is a salute to Bruce Lee's outfit in Game of Death. Another nod to Bruce in Once Upon A Time in Hollywood wasn't as well received by fans. — Source: 13 Royale Easter Eggs With Cheese Hiding in Tarantino Films

30

Django-Within-A-Django

Django, meet DJANGO DJANGO UNCHAINED CRACKED.COM Foxx's Django explains how to pronouce Django to an Italian gangster. That gangster is played by Franco Nero, the star of 1968's Django. That's some Inception-style, Django- within-a-Django meta-scene. — Source: 13 Royale Easter Eggs With Cheese Hiding in Tarantino Films

29

Five Fingers of Death

Q's fave kung fu flick is THE FIVE FINGERS OF DEATH KILL BILL CRACKED.COM So it's no surprise that the Bride's finishing move was called the Five Point Palm Exploding Heart. Kill Bill's Vengeance Theme was also featured in Five Fingers. — Source: 13 Royale Easter Eggs With Cheese Hiding in Tarantino Films

28

The 5 6 7 8's

The Japanese girl band made it into Kill Bill because of a random encounter Tarantino had. Не heard the 5.6.7.8's in a second-hand shop in Tokyo and asked to buy their album, but they told him no, because that was the owner's album. Не insisted, because he was on his way to the airport -- and he got it. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Tarantino Movies

27

Typing Django Unchained

Tarantino typed Django Unchained with one finger. Не first wrote it out in longhand, then typed it up, using one finger, on the same old typewriter / word processor he'd used to write Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Tarantino Movies

26

Will Smith as Django

At one point, Will Smith was the top choice to play Django in Django Unchained. Не ended up passing because he thought it should be a movie about love, not vengeance, and that just didn't work for Tarantino. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Tarantino Movies

25

The Reservoir Dogs Car

The Reservoir Dogs car showed up again in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. WTS EST Rick Dalton's '66 Cadillac was also Mr. Blonde's car. Michael Madsen (who played Mr. Blonde) had kept it in storage all those years. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Tarantino Movies

24

Big Trouble in Little China

BIG TROUBLE was just hanging around DEATH PROOF TEXAS ONLY DR - SHI B'E are K.Scoet CRACKED.COM Kurt Russell's Stuntman Mike liked to eat at the Texas Chili Parlor, a joint with a lot of retro memorobilia hanging on the wall. One tasty item was Jack Burton's iconic vest from Russell's Big Trouble in Little China. — Source: 13 Royale Easter Eggs With Cheese Hiding in Tarantino Films

23

Spitting on Uma Thurman

That's Tarantino spitting in Uma Thurman's face in Kill Bill. Michael Madsen's character is spitting, but Tarantino wanted to do it himself. I love Michael, he's a terrific actor, but I didn't trust him with this kind of intricate work, of nailing this. So the idea is, I'm doing it, I'm taking responsibility. Also, I'm the director, so I can kind of art direct this spit. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Tarantino Movies

22

Mr. Blue

Mr. Blue in Reservoir Dogs was played by an actual felon. The actor, Edward Bunker, went to prison for robbing banks, forging checks, assault etc. Не also wrote novels and screenplays, and eventually became an actor. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Tarantino Movies

21

Jamie Foxx Trolling

Jamie Foxx kinda trolled Christoph Waltz on the set of Django Unchained. Waltz broke his pelvis by falling off a horse on the set, so Foxx gave him a saddle with a seat belt. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Tarantino Movies

20

Death Proofing Cars

QUENTIN TARANTINO + ROBERT RODRIGUEZ TARANTINO LEARNED ABOUT DEATH-PROOFING FROM SEAN PENN. While drinking together, Penn suggested that instead of buying a boring Volvo, Tarantino could have any car death-proofed by a stunt crew. Tarantino became obsessed with the idea, and wrote a movie about it. DEATH PROOF CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Friendly Facts About Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez Collaborations

19

Red Apple Cigarettes

Better drag. More flavor. Less throat burn. RED APPLE ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD Red Apple REGULAR CRACKED.COM Red Apple cigarettes have appeared in nearly every Tarantino film. Since the fictional company has been around since 1862, Bounty Hunter Jake Cahill can roll his own. Take a bite and feel all right. Take a bite of Red Apple. — Source: 13 Royale Easter Eggs With Cheese Hiding in Tarantino Films

18

Pulp Fiction in the MCU

The Tarantinoverse found its way to THE MCU CAPTAIN AMERICA: WINTER SOLDIER OL. NICHOLAS J. FURY The PATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS MAN... EZEKIEL 25:17 20. 19 CRACKED.COM When Nick Fury died, directors Joe and Anthony Russo needed to enscribe his tombstone with an epitaph. They decided on Ezekiel 25:17, the path of the righteous man verse Samuel L. Jackson recited in Pulp Fiction. — Source: 13 Royale Easter Eggs With Cheese Hiding in Tarantino Films

17

Is Mr. Pink in Pulp Fiction?

Is Mr. Pink masquerading as BUDDY HOLLY? PULP FICTION SHT - PICK WILL ABRT SALTAR CRACKED.COM While it's unclear which movie is set earlier in time e - Pulp Fiction or Reservoir Dogs - some fans speculate that Steve Buscemi's Mr. Pink is hiding behind those Buddy Holly hornrims. — Source: 13 Royale Easter Eggs With Cheese Hiding in Tarantino Films

16

Ezekiel 25:17

QUENTIN TARANTINO + ROBERT RODRIGUEZ FROM DUSK TILL DAWN THE EZEKIEL 25:17 QUOTE FROM PULP FICTION STARTED HERE. Inspired by 1973's Karate Kiba, Tarantino included the reworked biblical passage in an early draft of From Dusk Till Dawn. It was meant to be delivered by Harvey Keitel's Jacob as he faced the vampires. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Friendly Facts About Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez Collaborations

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Desperado

QUENTIN TARANTINO + ROBERT RODRIGUEZ DESPERADO TARANTINO'S CAMEO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE STEVE BUSCEMI. Rodriguez gave Tarantino the part when he showed interest. Tarantino's other big contribution to the Mariachi Trilogy is the title Once Upon a Time in Mexico (he seems to like once upon a time). CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Friendly Facts About Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez Collaborations

14

Sheriff Earl McGraw

QUENTIN TARANTINO + ROBERT RODRIGUEZ a S BACK FROM DUSK TILL DAWN SHERIFF EARL MCGRAW IS KIND OF A WATCHER OF THE TARANTINO- RODRIGUEZ MULTIVERSE. The character played by Michael Parks dies early in the movie, but then magically reappears in Planet Terror, Death Proof, and Kill Bill Vol. 1. Quentin, Robert: there, there's your next collaboration. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Friendly Facts About Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez Collaborations

13

Bruce Willis in Four Rooms

QUENTIN TARANTINO + ROBERT RODRIGUEZ FOUR ROOMS BRUCE WILLIS APPEARED FOR FREE AS A FAVOR TO TARANTINO. There was the problem, however, that acting for no money broke SAG rules. But the guild agreed not to take any action against Willis if he wasn't credited. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Friendly Facts About Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez Collaborations

12

Eli Roth & Hannah Montana

Eli Roth got into character for Inglorious Basterds with the help of Hannah Montana. Не thought about his relatives being killed in the Holocaust while listening to a Hannah Montana song, and that put him in the crazy, murderous mindset he needed. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Tarantino Movies

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Simon Pegg in Inglorious Basterds

Simon Pegg was originally supposed to play Lt. Hicox in Inglorious Basterds. They only got Michael Fassbender once Pegg dropped out due to scheduling problems. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Tarantino Movies

10

Tom Waits' Audition Tape

Tom Waits auditioned for one of the gangster roles in Reservoir Dogs. Tarantino had him come in and read the Madonna speech, just so he could hear Tom Waits say all that. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Tarantino Movies

9

Vincent vs. Marvin

Originally, Vincent Vega wasn't supposed to blow Marvin's brains out right away. In the script, Vega would first shoot him in the throat, then he and Jules would frantically try and figure out what to do (while poor Marvin gurgled in the background). Their solution would be blowing Marvin's brains out. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Tarantino Movies

8

We Never Got the Vega Brothers Movie

ОН BROTHER where art thou? RESERVOIR DOGS PULP FICTION CRACKED.COM We never see Vic and Vince Vega in the same movie, but they're criminal siblings all the same. Tarantino had a prequel in the works with the brothers opening a club in Amsterdam, but unfortunately, it never came to be. — Source: 13 Royale Easter Eggs With Cheese Hiding in Tarantino Films

7

The Fruit Brute

Count Chocula's forgotten cousin was FRUIT BRUTE PULP FICTION Sprett BRUTE CRACKED.COM Count Chocula and FrankenBerry are the popular monster cereals, but in Tarantinoverse, it's all about the Fruit Brute. The fruit-flavored cereal with marshmallow bits made cameos in Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs. — Source: 13 Royale Easter Eggs With Cheese Hiding in Tarantino Films

6

Fox Force Five

There's something familiar about FOX FORCE FIVE PULP FICTION CRACKED.COM Mia Wallace explains the premise of her failed TV pilot: Five foxy, forceful secret agents take on the world, each an expert in various kinds of violence. Which sounds an awful lot like the Bride's enemies in the Kill Bill movies. — Source: 13 Royale Easter Eggs With Cheese Hiding in Tarantino Films

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A Shaft Prequel?

TARANTINO WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT SHAFT DJANGO UNCHAINED CRACKED.COM Kerry Washington plays Brunhilde von Shaft, who will eventually have a child with Django. Tarantino confirms they're the great-great-great-grandparents of 'Shut your mouth! — Source: 13 Royale Easter Eggs With Cheese Hiding in Tarantino Films

4

Tarantino Does The Strangling

Tarantino insisted he had to be the one strangling Diane Kruger in Inglourious Basterds. If it's just a guy with his hands on your neck, not putting any kind of pressure... you're not going to get the blood vessels bulging, or the eyes filling it with tears, he said, and requested to commit to choking you. She agreed. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Tarantino Movies

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The Pulp Fiction Briefcase

There's no official answer to what's in the Pulp Fiction briefcase. It was originally supposed to be diamonds, but they decided against that because it felt too hokey and unoriginal. So they left it a mystery. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Tarantino Movies

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I'm Beatrix Kiddo and This Is Jackass

Beatrix and Elle's fight in Kill Bill owes a debt to Jackass. will DOVO jackass the movie The first Jackass movie played an influence on the gross parts of that fight, Tarantino said. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Tarantino Movies

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The Stolen Pulp Fiction Car

The Pulp Fiction car got stolen in 1994 (and recovered almost 20 years later). It was Tarantino's owned car, and it was recovered kind of by accident -- in 2013, cops saw two guys stripping down a Chevrolet Malibu, and it turned out the Malibu was stolen ... from Quentin Tarantino. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Tarantino Movies

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