Pulp fiction

Resource Information

The work Pulp fiction represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Pulp fiction

Statement of responsibility

Miramax Films presents a Band Apart and Jersey Films production ; stories by Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avary ; produced by Lawrence Bender ; a film by Quentin Tarantino

Creator

• Pulp fiction (Motion picture)

Contributor

• Menke, Sally
• Plummer, Amanda
• Medeiros, Maria de
• Keitel, Harvey
• Rhames, Ving, 1961-
• Roth, Tim
• Jackson, Samuel L.
• Bender, Lawrence
• Sekula, Andrzej
• Avary, Roger
• Stolz, Eric
• Tarantino, Quentin
• Arquette, Rosanna, 1959-
• Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Miramax Films
• Thurman, Uma
• Jersey Films
• Travolta, John, 1954-
• Walken, Christopher, 1943-
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Willis, Bruce, 1955-
• Band Apart (Firm)

Actor

• Plummer, Amanda
• Stolz, Eric
• Roth, Tim
• Jackson, Samuel L.
• Keitel, Harvey
• Rhames, Ving, 1961-
• Medeiros, Maria de
• Willis, Bruce, 1955-
• Walken, Christopher, 1943-
• Travolta, John, 1954-
• Thurman, Uma
• Arquette, Rosanna, 1959-

Director

• Tarantino, Quentin

Editor

• Menke, Sally

Photographer

• Sekula, Andrzej

Producer

• Bender, Lawrence

Screenwriter

• Tarantino, Quentin
• Avary, Roger

Subject

• Films for the hearing impaired
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Gangster films
• Gangster films
• Gangster films
• Gangsters -- Drama
• Gangsters -- United States -- Drama
• Man-woman relationships -- Drama
• Motion pictures -- America
• Motion pictures, American
• Murder for hire -- Drama
• Thieves -- Drama
• Video recordings
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Boxers (Sports) -- Drama
• Comedy films
• Criminals -- United States -- Drama
• DVD-Video discs
• Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Film noir
• Film noir
• Feature films
• Feature films -- United States
• Feature films -- United States
• Fiction films

Genre

• Drama
• Comedy films
• DVD-Video discs
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Film noir
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Gangster films
• Motion pictures
• Motion pictures, American
• Video recordings
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

• The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption
• Clever, dark film that tells 4 separate stories that are gradually brought together. Involved are two low-rent hit men, their boss and his sexy wife, a prizefighter and a pair of desperate robbers

Cataloging source

CO2

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Executive producers, Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher ; producer, Lawrence Bender ; director/writer, Quentin Tarantino ; stories, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary ; photography, Andrzej Sekula ; music supervisor, Karyn Rachtman ; costume design, Betsy Heimann ; production design, David Wasco ; editor, Sally Menke ; co-executive producers, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Richard N. Gladsten

Dewey number

791.4372

Intended audience

Rated R; bonus material not rated

Language note

Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired

LC call number

PN1995.9.F54

LC item number

P84 2002

PerformerNote

John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Maria de Medeiros, Ving Rhames, Eric Stolz, Rosanna Arquette, Christopher Walken, Bruce Willis

Runtime

154

Technique

live action