The Rewatchables: ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

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The extraction calls the show “The Rewatchables (The Ringer)” and the episode “'Pulp Fiction' (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey”.

Hosts: Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey. Guests: Craig Horbeck (producer).

Subject films: Pulp Fiction (1994).

On the transcript: The transcript is auto-generated with no speaker labels and several garbled names; the episode is a 2h48m Part 2 with ad reads inserted. Craig Horbeck (the producer) speaks.

Awards and segments (163)

Double feature

pick Black Sabbath: Chris's pick pairs it with Pulp Fiction as another anthology of linked stories.
“Chris mentioned Black Sabbath.”
Chris Ryan · 2:37:13
pick Saturday Night Fever: Offered as a double feature for the Travolta star turn.
“Saturday Night Fever.”
unknown · 2:37:18
pick Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: Pairs the start of Tarantino's career with the film 25 years later in LA.
“I liked once upon a time because it's like beginning of Tarantino's career and then how many years later?”
unknown · 2:37:33
pick Inglourious Basterds: Chosen for its short-story structure that locks together like Pulp Fiction.
“I have bastards because I feel like structurally it's it's got some the short story aspect of his very, it locks in together.”
unknown · 2:37:26

Most rewatchable scene

floated End of the opening scene into the robbery and the opening credits
“Well, I wanted to shout out at the top, the end of the opening scene, the beginning of the robbery into the opening credits.”
Bill Simmons · 0:03:46
pick Vincent and Jules heading to Marvin's (Amsterdam talk, foot massage)
“All right, the 1st truly rewatchable scene, Vincent and Jules heading to Marvin's.”
Bill Simmons · 0:05:25
pick Vincent and Jules in Marvin's apartment (Brett, Big Kahuna Burger, the Ezekiel speech)
“Well, legendary scene, and that leads right through scene number three, Vincent and Jules and Marvin's apartment.”
Bill Simmons · 0:10:47
pick Marcellus lectures Butch
“Next scene, Marcellus Lectures Butch, I just had to put it in because it's an unbelievable.”
Bill Simmons · 0:16:33
pick Vincent goes to buy heroin from Lance
“Vincent goes to buy heroin.”
Bill Simmons · 0:19:48
pick The diner date at Jack Rabbit Slim's
“The diner date.”
Bill Simmons · 0:24:39
pick Back from the date: Mia's overdose and the adrenaline shot at Lance's
“Dance sequence, they come back with the trophy, which is our next rewatchable scene.”
Bill Simmons · 0:31:13
pick The watch story, Walken's monologue
“Scene 8, the watch story walking.”
Bill Simmons · 0:36:59
pick Butch goes back to his apartment for the watch and kills Vincent
“We're going right to Butch going back to get his wallet.”
Bill Simmons · 0:39:14
pick The pawn shop basement: the gimp, Butch's escape, the samurai sword
“This is when the fucking the ceiling comes off this movie once and for all.”
Bill Simmons · 0:41:26
pick Vincent shoots Marvin in the car, then Jimmy's house and the Wolf
“Vincent shoots Marvin right to Jimmy's house.”
Bill Simmons · 0:54:01
pick Breakfast with Jules and Vincent at the diner
“Scene 12 is breakfast with Jules and Vincent.”
Bill Simmons · 0:56:52
pick The Bonnie situation chapter
“Bonnie situation is my favorite chapter.”
unknown · 0:57:22
pick Reviving Mia
“Reviving Mia is the most rewatchable scene.”
unknown · 0:57:26
pick Tim Roth sitting down across from Sam Jackson in the final diner scene
“The stretch where as soon as Tim Roth sits down across from Sam Jackson, I think is the most is the thing I probably am like returning to the most because it's the deepest moment in the movie.”
unknown · 0:57:33
pick From Vincent shooting Marvin through the Wolf going to the diner
“My favorite stretch of the movie is when, uh, when he shoots Marvin in the face all the way to the, to the wolf going to the diner.”
unknown · 0:58:22
pick Jack Rabbit Slim's through Mia's revival
“Jack Rabbit slims through Mia's revival.”
Craig Horlbeck · 0:58:42

My Sharona and the Gimp Award · Best inadvertent reconsideration by a director

winner Quentin Tarantino: He planned My Sharona for the pawn shop scene, the licensing people chose Reality Bites, and he is now glad he went with Comanche.
“It goes to, uh, Quentin Tarantino, who was going to use my Sharona for the Sodomisane from the Kings. Really? Or from the neck.”
Bill Simmons · 0:49:24

Unanswerable questions · Probably unanswerable questions about the movie, gimp and pawn shop first, more after the awards

pick What did the gimp do all day?
“Question number one, what did the GIP do all day?”
unknown · 0:50:30
pick Who was the gimp and did he die?: Hosts speculate about the gimp's backstory (a hitchhiker, per Tarantino) and fate.
“I thought he died.”
unknown · 0:52:22
pick What happened to Russell?
“What happened to Russell?”
unknown · 0:53:06
pick What is in the briefcase?: Gold bars, light bulbs, Marcellus's soul, a giant diamond, or a deliberate nothing; no answer.
“Was it just, could it have just been a giant gold bar or a bunch of gold bars?”
unknown · 2:19:58
pick Does Jules ever give the briefcase back?
“The last one that my last favorite question about this is does Jules give ever give the case back?”
unknown · 2:22:23
pick How many robberies had Ringo and Honey Bunny done before the diner?
“How many robberies had Ringo and Honey Bunny committed before the diner?”
unknown · 2:25:07
pick Why did Vincent go to Amsterdam for three years?: Theory: he did a job for Marcellus and was sent away until the heat died down.
“Why did Vincent Vega go to Amsterdam?”
unknown · 2:32:30
pick Has Mia cheated on Marcellus before?
“Has Mia cheated on Marcellus before?”
unknown · 2:34:05
pick What was the Wolf doing at a party at 8 in the morning?
“What kind of party was the wolf attending at 8 in the morning?”
unknown · 2:34:38
pick When is the movie set?: Bill dates it to 1992 because Butch's fight is Thursday, July 16th, and the others agree.
“No, that's just what it said on my Apple calendar.”
Bill Simmons · 2:35:53
pick Would Butch beating a boxer to death be the biggest sports story of the week?
“Wouldn't Butch beating another boxer to death and then disappearing become the biggest sports story of the week?”
unknown · 2:29:27

Most 1994 Thing · What is the most 1994 thing about the movie

pick Restaurants with enough money in the register to be worth robbing
“Restaurants having enough money in the register to be worth robbing.”
Bill Simmons · 0:59:49
pick A dollar 40 for a pack of red apples
“A dollar 40 for a pack of red apples?”
Bill Simmons · 0:59:57
pick A $5 milkshake seeming like a lot
“A $5 milkshake, seeming like a lot.”
Bill Simmons · 1:00:20
pick Zippo lighters everywhere
“I think the preponderance of Zippo lighters in this movie is, I remember being 12 and like kids in middle school, like bringing Zippo lighters and being like, how cool is this, man?”
unknown · 1:01:06
pick Smoking in restaurants
“Uh, 94 uh, smoking in restaurants, obviously.”
unknown · 1:01:39
pick Bruce Willis's white tee, jeans and suede jacket
“Bruce's outfit when he goes back for the watch is quintessentially, like 1994, like the white t-shirt jeans and a suede jacket.”
unknown · 1:01:57

Best Line Delivery · Single best line delivery

pick "Give me the watch" (Walken): Floated by Craig's cue; the line is Walken's watch monologue.
“Give me to watch.”
unknown · 1:02:19
pick "Zed's dead, baby" (Bruce Willis)
“Zed's dead baby.”
unknown · 1:03:20
pick "Let's not start sucking each other's dicks quite yet" (the Wolf)
“Well, let's not start sucking each other's dicks quite yet as my personal number one.”
unknown · 1:03:28
pick "No, man, I'm pretty fucking far from okay" (Jules)
“Just the way he says that.”
unknown · 1:03:39

What Aged the Best · What about the movie has aged best

pick The movie poster
“An all-time great movie poster, which we discussed in part one, done by artist James Vertes Soto, who also did Ocean's 11 and a bunch of other great ones.”
Bill Simmons · 1:04:06
pick The nostalgia for the movie's lifestyle
“I actually have, um, nostalgia, what's the best is the nostalgia I have for the lifestyle of this movie, but beyond heroin.”
unknown · 1:04:59
pick Willis and Travolta staring each other down
“I like Willis and Travolta staring each other down.”
unknown · 1:06:47
pick Samuel L. Jackson's performance
“Uh, so just the fact that Sam Jackson's performance actually transcends the memeification slash commodification of that part and every line is like a joke or it's gone on to become like a saying or it's gone on to pop culture resonance. Yeah.”
unknown · 1:07:35
pick Time-shifting storytelling
“Um, time shifting storytelling?”
unknown · 1:08:25
pick Tarantino's shared universe
“Quentin's version of Shared Universe, too, is incredible.”
unknown · 1:08:54
pick Quentin Tarantino himself
“Tarantino gets what's age the best too, because even they said that in that Ebert Cisco thing I mentioned earlier where they're like, is this too much too soon?”
unknown · 1:09:47

Great Shot, Gordo Award · Best, most cinematic shot

nominee Looking up from the trunk at Vincent and Jules
“I'll give you the shot looking up from the trunk of Vincent Jules.”
Bill Simmons · 1:10:21
nominee Lance selling heroin through the mirror
“Lance through the mayor selling heroin.”
Bill Simmons · 1:10:25
nominee The jaw shot of Mia getting stoned
“The jaw shot for Mia getting stoned.”
Bill Simmons · 1:10:28
nominee Marcellus with the donuts
“Marcellus with the donuts.”
Bill Simmons · 1:10:31
nominee Butch's one-take walk through North Hollywood back to his apartment
“The onener of Bruce Willis walking through North Hollywood to get back to his apartment, the deep focus shot of Butch coming in as Marcellus is getting raped and the Maynard's face.”
unknown · 1:10:36
nominee Fabienne standing in the TV screen
“And the shot of Fabian standing in the TV screen.”
unknown · 1:10:48
nominee Mia walking into the bathroom, then her head coming up in the mirror
“I like, this is a less iconic one, but the image of Mia walking away from Vincent into the bathroom at Jack Rabbit Slims.”
unknown · 1:11:00
nominee Butch in the foreground as a wounded Marcellus walks down the alley with a gun
“Um, and then, did you say, maybe I didn't hear a Butch leaning against the wall in the foreground as like a wounded Marcellus, isn't walking down the alleyway with a gun right before they go into a pawn shop?”
unknown · 1:11:10
nominee Mia dancing behind the beam in her house
“There's one thing before that, which is he goes to the bathroom and she puts on the urge over cover and she dances, and that's like, to me, that's definitely a great shot.”
unknown · 0:32:07
nominee Maynard's face as Butch goes back down
“When he goes back down, Maynard's face is just perfect, that that shot is unreal.”
unknown · 0:46:38

Best Needle Drop · Best music moment

nominee Misirlou into Jungle Boogie
“You don't like Miserloo into Jungle Boogie?”
unknown · 1:11:56
winner Never Can Tell
“My pick is never can tell for the dance sequence, the Chuck Berry song.”
unknown · 1:12:03
nominee Flowers on the Wall: Honorable mention.
“I also will just honorable mention for, uh, flowers on the wall, the song that Butch sings in the car after he picks up the watch.”
unknown · 1:12:07
nominee If Love Is a Red Dress: Honorable mention.
“My honorable mention is if love is a red dress, this Maria McKee song, which is being whistled as they collapse into the pawn shop, but it's a really good song.”
unknown · 1:12:17

Big Kahuna Burger Award · Best use of food or drink

winner Big Kahuna Burger: Wins in part because the award is named after it; the melting cheese is also cited.
“So obviously big Goonaburger. Might have to win.”
Bill Simmons · 1:12:35
nominee The $5 milkshake: Compared to Sam Jackson in the best supporting actor category.
“I gotta say, though, can I make the case for $5 milkshake?”
unknown · 1:12:37
nominee Jimmy's coffee
“And can I make the case for Jimmy's coffee?”
unknown · 1:12:41
nominee Brett's Sprite
“Yeah. Um, I, I think the big cohuna burger has to win because it's the awards named after it.”
unknown · 1:13:37

Vincent Chase Award · Are we sure this guy is good at his job

nominee Vincent Vega: Heroin, nearly kills Mia, shoots Marvin, leaves his gun on the counter to go to the bathroom.
“Can I make the case for Vincent Vega?”
unknown · 1:14:21
nominee The Wolf: Reckless driving, and his big idea is to clean the car and take it to a junkyard.
“The wolf?”
unknown · 1:16:01
nominee Marcellus Wallace: A world-class crime lord who walks across the street to get his own donuts.
“Marcellus Wallace.”
unknown · 1:16:50
nominee Brett
“And also, Brett.”
unknown · 1:17:48
winner Zed: You had one job: capture and rape them; he took his eye off the ball.
“I think the winner's Zed.”
unknown · 1:18:17

Harry Dunn Award · Best bathroom moment

nominee Mia snorts cocaine while Vincent is in the bathroom
“Vincent in the bathroom is Mia snorts cocaine.”
Bill Simmons · 1:19:17
nominee Butch and Fabienne in the shower
“Butch in the shower with Fabian.”
Bill Simmons · 1:19:40
nominee Vincent taking a dump at the diner reading Modesty Blaise
“Vincent flushing the toilet and and bringing in his own murder or Vincent taking a dump at the diner and reading Modesty Blaze.”
Bill Simmons · 1:19:43
pick Jules and Vincent washing their hands
“My favorite is the Jules and Vincent washing their hands.”
unknown · 1:19:57
pick Vincent shot dead coming out of the bathroom
“But there's something very, very clever about making John Travolta cool again in one of the coolest movie parts of the 1990s and then having him get shot and killed in a bathroom, you know, like the sort of like embarrassment of that is really clever.”
unknown · 1:20:03

Butch's Girlfriend Award · The weak link of the film

winner Twelve straight minutes of Butch's girlfriend (Fabienne): Hosts argue it is the actor, not the writing; Bill says the scene is undeniably the weakest part.
“The winner is 12 straight minutes of Butch's girlfriend.”
Bill Simmons · 1:20:35

What Aged the Worst · What about the movie has aged worst

pick Harvey Weinstein
“Harvey Weinstein.”
unknown · 1:25:28
pick The N-word stuff: Said to land differently in 2024; hosts discuss the different uses.
“The N-word stuff.”
unknown · 1:25:37
pick The slow-mo when Butch breaks out of the chair
“The slow-mo when Butch breaks out of the chair.”
unknown · 1:27:18
pick Laziness about forensics and DNA
“Um, I think that they're pretty lazy about forensics and DNA in this movie, with the exception of Butch trying to, like, wipe a Uzi down with the tissue, still use the murder weapon there.”
unknown · 1:27:35
pick Diners in Los Angeles, a dying breed
“Sadly, with age of the worst, is diners in Los Angeles?”
unknown · 1:28:00
pick The dummy of Marvin in the trunk
“The dummy of Marvin and the trunk at the end is age the worst.”
unknown · 1:29:07
pick Smoking a cigarette while drinking a milkshake
“Smoking a cigarette while drinking a milkshake.”
unknown · 1:29:52
pick Pop culture references nobody under 40 would get
“The pop culture references.”
unknown · 1:30:16
pick Quentin Tarantino's acting: Hosts split; one enjoys it, one says one stretch with Jules doesn't work.
“Tarantino's acting.”
unknown · 1:31:06

Ruffalo Hannah Reubenneck Partridge Overacting Award · Best overacting

winner Quentin Tarantino as Jimmy: Bill plays a clip and names Tarantino's Jimmy as his winner.
“I have a winner but do you guys have any other ones?”
Bill Simmons · 1:33:33
nominee Amanda Plummer as Yolanda / Honey Bunny
“I have Amanda Plummer in the best way. Yeah, but she's awesome, but she's fucking, she's incredible.”
unknown · 1:33:35
nominee The diner manager: Robert Ruth, per the roster discussion.
“I have the diner manager.”
unknown · 1:34:02

Hottest Take · The hottest take on the movie

pick Butch is a piece of shit for letting his corner guys get tortured by Marcellus: He only redeems himself by saving Marcellus.
“Butch is a piece of shit for letting his corner guys get tortured by Marcellus.”
unknown · 1:34:40
pick Vincent Vega has the craziest 72 hours in movie history
“So this is a this is a twist on what you described about whether or not Vincent is good at what he does.”
unknown · 1:34:54
pick Trade eight of the twelve Butch's girlfriend minutes for a real Wilson versus Coolidge fight
“I hate to tell Tarantino what to do, who's incredible creative achievement, but if you dump 8 of the 12 minutes with Butch's girlfriend,”
Bill Simmons · 1:36:04

Casting What Ifs · Who else was or could have been cast

pick Eddie Murphy as Jules: On Tarantino's initial list.
“Eddie Murphy was on the initial list too, which I thought was a really fun idea.”
Bill Simmons · 1:37:31
pick Michael Madsen as Vincent Vega
“Madson as Vincent.”
Bill Simmons · 1:38:04
pick Daniel Day-Lewis as Vincent Vega: Weinstein pushed for him; Sean would still not replace Travolta.
“But I'm trying to imagine what Daniel Day-Louis would have done to get into the mind state of an assassin heroin addict.”
Sean Fennessey · 1:38:41
pick Matt Dillon as Butch Coolidge: Lost it when Bruce Willis said he wanted the part.
“Um, Matt Dillon is Butch.”
Bill Simmons · 1:39:16
pick Virginia Madsen as Mia Wallace: Miramax wanted Meg Ryan or Holly Hunter; Tarantino fought for Uma.
“Initially he had Virginia Madson as Mia, which is another great call.”
Bill Simmons · 1:40:34
pick Max Julien as Marcellus Wallace: Sid Haig was the other name floated.
“Yeah, and it wasn't even positive, but he definitely wanted Max Julian.”
unknown · 1:41:00
pick John Cusack / Gary Oldman as Lance: Eric Stoltz was the backup to the backup.
“So, Lance, he wanted John Cusack initially, or maybe Gary Oldman, who he'd already done, uh, True, yeah.”
Bill Simmons · 1:42:22
pick Irene Jacob / Julie Delpy as Fabienne: Hosts say Delpy would bring an intelligence the character lacks.
“Irene Jacob was the initial choice for Fabian, and then it became the lady it became.”
Bill Simmons · 1:43:02
pick Courtney Love: A claim Bill says he half believes.
“Courtney Love, at some point, claimed Kurt Cobain turned down the part of Lance, and Love would have played the heavily pierced girlfriend played by Rosen Arquette.”
Bill Simmons · 1:43:48
pick Juliette Binoche as Fabienne: One of three recast nominees for Butch's girlfriend, with Salma Hayek and Jennifer Beals.
“Juliette Benoche.”
unknown · 1:23:13
winner Tom Cruise: Hosts argue Cruise as Butch or Vincent; Hanks as Vincent or Maynard is rejected.
“Cruise wins.”
unknown · 2:10:08

Clint Howard Award · The actor the director loves

nominee Samuel L. Jackson
“Would you go Uma or would you go see him?”
unknown · 1:44:14
pick Tim Roth
“I think Tim Roth, too.”
unknown · 1:44:19
pick Christoph Waltz
“Tim Roth, Samuel Jackson, and Christoph Walter, the 3 guys where I'm like Tarantino dialogue.”
unknown · 1:44:25

Best That Guy · Best that guy

nominee Peter Greene as Zed
“Is he Peter Green or is he Zed? He might be Peter Green. As a as a 90s.”
unknown · 1:44:55
nominee Paul Calderon as Paul
“I think Paul Calderon is beyond that guy, right?”
unknown · 1:45:05
nominee Julia Sweeney as Raquel
“Is Julius Sweeney, Julius Sweeney?”
unknown · 1:45:15
nominee Burr Steers as Roger
“Is Bur Steers? Steers, Burst Steers.”
unknown · 1:45:18
winner Bronagh Gallagher as Trudy
“I think the winner is the, uh, is, is uh, Jody's friend, Trudy.”
Bill Simmons · 1:45:36

Jody's Friend Trudy Award · Most impactful performance by someone who did absolutely nothing

winner Bronagh Gallagher as Trudy: A new award Bill added; conditional, not given out every time.
“The Jody's friend Trudy word.”
Bill Simmons · 1:45:42

Dion Waiters Award · Small role, big impact, the bench scorer

nominee Harvey Keitel as The Wolf
“The nominees are. The wolf?”
unknown · 1:46:51
winner Christopher Walken as Captain Koons
“I'm going to go with walking because I think it's actually adheres to the constitution of this of this award.”
Chris Ryan · 1:48:24
nominee Rosanna Arquette as Jody
“Rosanne Arquette's in.”
unknown · 1:47:05
nominee Eric Stoltz as Lance
“Stoltz is in, Lance.”
unknown · 1:47:08
winner Christopher Walken
“100% walking.”
Craig Horlbeck · 1:48:51

Announcer for the Director's Commentary · Which announcer would you want for the commentary

pick Doris Burke: Calls the pawn shop scene as a sideline reporter.
“Um, I had Doris Burke.”
Chris Ryan · 1:49:57
pick Jim Ross: Calling the gimp being let out of the trunk.
“I had Jim Ross, the wrestling announcer.”
unknown · 1:50:55

Apex Mountain · Where a person, performance or thing sits on the mountain

pick Samuel L. Jackson: Agreed yes; cements him as a leading man.
“Sam Jackson?”
unknown · 1:58:46
pick Quentin Tarantino
“Tarantino, I say yes.”
Bill Simmons · 1:59:04
pick John Travolta: Apex is Saturday Night Fever, not this.
“I think it's Saturday Night Fever.”
unknown · 2:00:54
pick Uma Thurman: Apex is Kill Bill.
“Probably kill Bill, right?”
unknown · 2:02:05
pick Ving Rhames: Yes.
“It's definitely Ving.”
unknown · 2:02:43
pick Harvey Keitel: Says no; Bad Lieutenant and Taxi Driver.
“Keitel?”
unknown · 2:04:06
pick Jimmy's coffee, and coffee in general
“This is probably Apex Mountain.”
unknown · 2:04:47
pick Christopher Walken monologues
“I say yes for walking monologues.”
unknown · 2:03:47
pick Conversations about pigs
“I can't remember a better one.”
unknown · 2:07:04
pick Mexican standoffs: Still True Romance / Reservoir Dogs.
“Reservoir dogs.”
unknown · 2:03:14

Best racehorse name · Best names for a racehorse, rock band or fantasy team

pick Zed's Dead
“Zed's dead, I think, is the name of multiple bands.”
Bill Simmons · 2:10:37
pick Tony Rocky Horror
“I also had Tony Rocky horror.”
Bill Simmons · 2:10:42
pick Holiest of Holies
“I like holiest the most.”
unknown · 2:11:00
pick Bad Motherfucker
“Bad motherfucker is a hardcore band from Philadelphia.”
unknown · 2:10:55

Picking Nits · Nitpicks of a film they love

pick Butch's opponent is announced at 210 pounds, yet Bruce Willis is 5'9
“Butch's opponent, Wilson, has his weight announced his £210?”
unknown · 2:11:46
pick The bullet holes already in the wall before the shots
“I mean, the 2 worst ones in this are the bullet holes that you can see behind Tribolta and St. Jackson before they actually get shot at, which you don't notice until you've seen the movie 30 times.”
unknown · 2:13:19
pick Marcellus is loose after Butch cuts him free and does not fight back
“So if he was able to just stand up like that, why didn't he fight back against a rapist?”
unknown · 2:14:14
pick The guy in the bathroom misses every shot
“How did the guy in the bathroom miss every fucking shot?”
unknown · 2:14:24
pick Honey Bunny's two different line readings
“Honey Bunny does 2 different line readings?”
unknown · 2:14:43
pick The diner robbery runs ten minutes with no customers or cops
“They're in that diner during the robbery for like 10 minutes.”
unknown · 2:15:46
pick Mia draws a rectangle, not a square
“One of my nitpicks is that she actually draws a rectangle and not a square.”
unknown · 1:02:55

Sequel, Prequel, Prestige TV · The sequel, prequel or TV show they would make

pick Vincent in Europe / Vincent Vega goes to Amsterdam
“Vincent in Europe.”
unknown · 2:16:23
pick Jules walking the earth
“Jules walking the R.”
unknown · 2:16:31
pick Tony Rocky Horror coaches football at Long Beach Poly and crosses over with Den of Thieves
“Antoine, uh, Rockamura, Tony Rocky Horror, going forward, gets a job as defensive coordinator at Long Beach Polly, and winds up coaching Merriman from Den of Thieves.”
unknown · 2:16:57

Oscar Picks · Who should have won or been nominated

pick Quentin Tarantino: Best director; worried he'll die without winning one.
“I'm going to say director.”
unknown · 2:19:10
pick Samuel L. Jackson: Best supporting actor; both Tarantino and Jackson should have won.
“Both of them should have won, period.”
unknown · 2:19:28

Best Senior Yearbook Quote · Best senior yearbook quote

winner Ezekiel 25:17
“If my answers frighten you, then you should cease to asking scary questions.”
Bill Simmons · 2:19:36
nominee "I'm trying to be the Shepherd"
“I'm trying to be the Shepherd would be a good one.”
unknown · 2:19:44

What Happened the Next Day · What happened the day after the movie ends

pick Marcellus gets divorced and goes into therapy; Mia goes to rehab
“I have Marcellus gets divorced and goes into therapy.”
unknown · 2:37:47
pick Butch leaves Fabienne at a gas station in West Texas
“I have Butch leaves Fabian in a gas station in West Texas on the way to Knoxville.”
unknown · 2:38:06
pick Ringo dumps Honey Bunny and becomes an acting teacher
“And then, and then Ringo dumps Honey Bunny and becomes an acting teacher in North Hollywood.”
unknown · 2:38:01

Memorabilia · A prop they would own

nominee The Mia painting
“I'll give you the Mia painting?”
Bill Simmons · 2:38:49
nominee The samurai sword
“The Samurai Sword.”
Bill Simmons · 2:39:03
nominee The twist contest trophy
“The twist content trophy, contest trophy.”
Bill Simmons · 2:38:56
nominee Lance's robe
“Lance's robe.”
unknown · 2:39:19
winner Butch's watch: Most valuable at auction.
“I think the watch is the best thing to have.”
unknown · 2:39:40
pick The briefcase
“Watch your briefcase.”
Craig Horlbeck · 2:40:05

Best Life Lesson · The best life lesson in the movie

pick Respect for one's elders shows character: Bill's pick, framed as a Teen Wolf Coach Finstock line.
“Respect for one's elders shows character.”
Bill Simmons · 2:40:23
pick Don't snort heroin
“I wrote don't snort heroin.”
unknown · 2:40:26
pick Just because you're a character doesn't mean you have character: Recalled as a Keitel line from The Color of Money.
“What was the thing Keitel said about just because you're a character doesn't mean you have character?”
unknown · 2:40:36

Who Won the Movie · Who won the movie

winner Quentin Tarantino
“Quentin.”
unknown · 2:40:47
nominee Samuel L. Jackson: Runner-up.
“Sam Jackson didn't win the movie, but it's definitely Tarantino.”
unknown · 2:40:51

Films that came up

Claims (91)

lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Reservoir Dogs. Pulp's opening two-song credits echo the radio dial concept from Reservoir Dogs.
“Well, the radio, the concept of the radio had been in Reservoir Dogs, but I think switching the songs in the middle, because you hear him change the dial.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:04:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.35 sure it was them)
craft (music): Pulp Fiction → Black Eyed Peas. The opening Dick Dale song is a big sample in a Black Eyed Peas hit, so the speaker hears that instead.
“And also that 1st song, unfortunately, is a massive sample in a super popular Black Eyed Peas song called Pumpet.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:04:54 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Pulp Fiction imitators. The Royale-in-Paris, Amsterdam conversation is the most parodied and copied stretch of screenwriting of the last 30 years.
“Yeah. I would argue this is the most ripped off four and a half minutes of screenwriting in the past 30 years.”
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career (career): Quentin Tarantino → Pulp Fiction. Tarantino was in Amsterdam when he wrote the film, so Vincent's Amsterdam talk is his own life.
“Quentin was literally in Amsterdam when he was writing it.”
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lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Lee Majors. The setup of Vincent taking the boss's wife out echoes a Hollywood story about Lee Majors asking someone to take Farrah Fawcett out while he was away.
“Because Lee Majors is going out of town.”
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craft (craft): Samuel L. Jackson → Steve McQueen. Tarantino shoots Jackson like a classic movie star, with low angles and star close-ups; one head turn reads as McQueen or Monroe.
“the McQueen thing.”
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lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Marcellus's you-pride-only-hurts speech to Butch is the same speech Pacino gives DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
“And it's the same speech that Pacino gives DiCaprio at Rousseau and Frank in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”
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theme (theme): Pulp Fiction → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Motifs echo across Tarantino's movies.
“It's so awesome to see the motifs echo across his movies.”
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craft (craft): Marcellus Wallace → Mia Wallace. Withholding Marcellus's face works the same as withholding Mia until the car: Tarantino is good at character reveals.
“I think he's just really good at character reveals.”
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craft (craft): Marcellus Wallace → Spider-Man comics. The back-of-head Band-Aid image makes Marcellus a mythical kingpin, like the Spider-Man comics Kingpin.
“And you get this iconic image of the back of his head with a band-id on his neck and he looks like the kingpin from the Spider-Man comics.”
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theme (theme): Pulp Fiction → Pulp Fiction. Mirrors and reflections recur as a motif of how characters see themselves.
“Reflections in how we see ourselves as a big thing in the movie.”
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career (career): Eric Stoltz → Singles. Stoltz's mid-90s run (Kicking and Screaming, Singles) means every director loved him around Pulp.
“and he's in singles as the mime, and it just seems like every director loved Derek Stoltz.”
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industry (industry): Eric Stoltz → Reservoir Dogs. Stoltz met Tarantino at Sundance 91 and told him Reservoir Dogs was his favorite movie.
“It was just like Reservoir Dog is my favorite movie.”
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industry (industry): Quentin Tarantino → Killing Zoe. Tarantino produced Killing Zoe, written and directed by Roger Avery.
“He produced that, which was written by and directed by Roger Avery.”
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what-if (what-if): Eric Stoltz → Back to the Future. Stoltz was the original Marty before being knocked out for Michael J. Fox.
“Yeah, because back to the future was that was going to be the one and then they knocked him out for Michael J. Fox.”
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industry (industry): Pulp Fiction → Walt Disney Company. Disney wanted to build Jack Rabbit Slim's in a park and was refused.
“No, Disney wanted to do Jack Rabbit Slims in one of the parks and they were like, no.”
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lineage (lineage): Fox Force Five → Kill Bill. Mia's Fox Force Five pitch (five women with different skills) is a seed of Kill Bill.
“He kind of makes this with Kill Bill.”
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lineage (lineage): Fox Force Five → Charlie's Angels. The five-women show is described as Charlie's Angels blown out in the mid 90s.
“There's 5 women who have these different Charlie's Angels blown out in the mid 90s”
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theme (theme): Pulp Fiction → Pulp Fiction. The movie has a stoned, dreamlike quality that makes viewers question whether the dancing happened.
“I think there's like a reading of the movie that it's incredibly surreal and you've got a bunch of high people”
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career (career): John Travolta → Saturday Night Fever. Travolta added surf, Batman and other late-50s/early-60s dances to the twist scene from his own memory; the dance scene would be stupid in any other movie.
“So that's why he introduced like the surf wave and the Batman dance and all this other stuff because he was like, I remember the late 50s, early 60s dances.”
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theme (theme): Pulp Fiction → Pulp Fiction. Many elements only work here, a kind of happy accident.
“Like there's so many things in this movie that just are kind of little miracles.”
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craft (craft): Bronagh Gallagher → Quentin Tarantino. Trudy is the silent third person every drug house has, which Tarantino had to put in a movie.
“So he's like, I got to put that into a movie.”
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lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Psycho. Killing Travolta halfway through is compared to Janet Leigh dying in Psycho.
“there are a lot of moments in this movie that remind me of Psycho”
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lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Deliverance. The pawn shop sequence is inspired by Deliverance and transplants a Tennessee 1974 pawn shop to Hollywood.
“It's not just that he's inspired by deliverance.”
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theme (theme): Pulp Fiction → The Wolf of Wall Street. As Scorsese's party sequence is hell to him, the basement is a powerful Black man's idea of hell, and the movie keeps a surreal feeling.
“To me, this is almost like, not just Bruce Willis, but like a black man, like a powerful black man's idea of hell is being locked in a basement and raped by hillbillies.”
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craft (craft): Pulp Fiction → Pulp Fiction. The needle and the pawn shop both withhold graphic violence; Tarantino is strategic about what he shows.
“he's actually very strategic about what he shows and doesn't show.”
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industry (industry): Quentin Tarantino → Reality Bites. Reality Bites got My Sharona for its convenience store scene; licensing chose it over the gang rape scene, and Tarantino says he is glad.
“Reality Bites also wanted it for the convenience store scene.”
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craft (craft): Pulp Fiction → The Rebels. Tarantino picked the surf band the Rebels' "Comanche" for the pawn shop scene instead of "My Sharona".
“so he picked Comanche by the surf band.”
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craft (craft): Pulp Fiction → Ocean's Eleven. The Pulp Fiction poster artist, James Verdesoto, also did the Ocean's Eleven poster.
“An all-time great movie poster, which we discussed in part one, done by artist James Vertes Soto, who also did Ocean's 11 and a bunch of other great ones.”
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theme (analogy): Samuel L. Jackson → Apocalypse Now. Jackson's performance transcends its memes like hearing Satisfaction for real, which then plays in Apocalypse Now.
“It's like you've heard it a 1000000000 times.”
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craft (craft): The Rolling Stones → Apocalypse Now. The speaker heard "Satisfaction" play in Apocalypse Now at a recent screening and compares hearing it fresh to hearing Jackson's performance fresh.
“And satisfaction plays in that movie and I was like, this song's fucking good, man.”
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lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Station Eleven. Time-shifting storytelling that Pulp put front and center is still used in current TV.
“Yeah, it's like still showing up in like station 11.”
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craft (craft): Pulp Fiction → The Brady Bunch. Pop-culture references as a crutch for character building: a killer who talks about the Brady Bunch.
“pop cultural references as like a crutch for character building”
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lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Reservoir Dogs. Bonnie, Alabama and Red Apple cigarettes recur across Tarantino's first films, a shared universe.
“Quentin's version of Shared Universe, too, is incredible.”
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lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → True Romance. Alabama, Keitel's partner in Reservoir Dogs, shows up a year later in True Romance.
“she shows up one year later in true romance”
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career (career): Quentin Tarantino → Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel. Siskel and Ebert asked whether Tarantino was too much too soon; 30 years later he is one of the best.
“Tarantino gets what's age the best too, because even they said that in that Ebert Cisco thing I mentioned earlier where they're like, is this too much too soon?”
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career (career): Quentin Tarantino → Jackie Brown. Tarantino waited 3 years for Jackie Brown, which was not celebrated like Pulp, so the proof took closer to 10 years.
“he waited 3 years to make Jackie Brown and Jackie Brown, which is incredible film, but was not celebrated like pulp too.”
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craft (craft): Sally Menke → Pulp Fiction. Menke's editing and transitions are described as on another level.
“so Sally Menke cut this, and the cuts, especially like transitions”
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craft (craft): Pulp Fiction → Chuck Berry. A host picks Chuck Berry's "You Never Can Tell" over the dance sequence as the film's best needle drop.
“My pick is never can tell for the dance sequence, the Chuck Berry song.”
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craft (craft): Pulp Fiction → Maria McKee. A host gives an honorable mention to the Maria McKee song whistled as the characters collapse into the pawn shop.
“My honorable mention is if love is a red dress, this Maria McKee song, which is being whistled as they collapse into the pawn shop, but it's a really good song.”
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contrast (contrast): Pulp Fiction → Forrest Gump. Fabienne is joked to be dumber than Forrest Gump, from the same year.
“Sounds good. Forrest Gumper Fabian, who was dumber?”
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what-if (what-if): Fabienne → Juliette Binoche. Recasting Fabienne as Binoche would improve the scene opposite Willis; the problem is the actor not the writing.
“I will make the case that it is not a failure of the writing, but of the actor.”
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what-if (what-if): Fabienne → Salma Hayek. Hayek, contemporaneous with Desperado, would make Fabienne obviously the most important thing to Butch.
“If you put Salma hike in that part, you're like, well, of course, this guy's, this woman is the most important thing in the world.”
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what-if (what-if): Fabienne → Jennifer Beals. Beals, about 60 like the actress who played it, in the same written part.
“Jennifer Beals.”
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craft (craft): Pulp Fiction → Reservoir Dogs. Tarantino's tone is 50 percent naturalism and 50 percent movieness; rear-projection driving shots are an homage to old movies.
“it's an homage to force movies with rear projection.”
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what-if (what-if): Samuel L. Jackson → Eddie Murphy. Eddie Murphy was on the initial list for Jules, like Will Smith and Django.
“Eddie Murphy was on the initial list too, which I thought was a really fun idea.”
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what-if (what-if): Pulp Fiction → Daniel Day-Lewis. Weinstein pushed Daniel Day-Lewis for Vincent; the speakers would not trade Travolta but would love one DDL hitman movie.
“Having him play like just one normal hitman having a weird day would be awesome.”
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what-if (what-if): Bruce Willis → Matt Dillon. Dillon asked for a day to decide and wanted to see Butch fight; Willis said he'd love to be Butch, ending it.
“Matt Dillon was like, give me a day.”
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what-if (what-if): Uma Thurman → Virginia Madsen. Madsen was Tarantino's initial Mia; Miramax wanted Meg Ryan or Holly Hunter; Tarantino fought for Uma.
“Initially he had Virginia Madson as Mia, which is another great call.”
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what-if (what-if): Ving Rhames → Max Julien. Max Julien turned down Marcellus ('not going to be raped in a basement'); Sid Haig was offered too.
“Max Julian's like, guess what?”
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what-if (what-if): Samuel L. Jackson → Laurence Fishburne. Tarantino expected Fishburne for Jules; Jackson was a backup.
“And then Sam Jackson was a backup”
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what-if (what-if): Eric Stoltz → John Cusack. Lance was first imagined as Cusack or Oldman, with Stoltz a backup to the backup.
“So, Lance, he wanted John Cusack initially, or maybe Gary Oldman”
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career (career): Quentin Tarantino → The Hateful Eight. Tarantino keeps putting himself in his movies, e.g., Death Proof and narrating Hateful Eight.
“He puts himself in a lot of the movies.”
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what-if (what-if): Fabienne → Julie Delpy. Delpy would bring an intelligence Fabienne currently lacks.
“She communicates an intelligence that Fabian does not currently have.”
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what-if (what-if): Courtney Love → Kurt Cobain. Love claimed Cobain turned down Lance and she'd have played Jody; Tarantino is thanked in In Utero liner notes.
“Courtney Love, at some point, claimed Kurt Cobain turned down the part of Lance”
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people (people): Tim Roth → Christoph Waltz. Roth, Jackson and Waltz are the actors who nail Tarantino dialogue.
“Tim Roth, Samuel Jackson, and Christoph Walter, the 3 guys where I'm like Tarantino dialogue.”
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industry (industry): Pulp Fiction → Natural Born Killers. Tarantino used Natural Born Killers money to buy the Chevelle Malibu.
“Tarantino used part of his natural born killer's money to buy the cherry red Malibu”
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people (people): Pulp Fiction → Paul Thomas Anderson. PTA scouted Jimmy and Bonnie's Studio City house for the production.
“PTA was like, I have inside line on a place for you guys in studio, so you can shoot.”
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lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Shaft. Bad motherfucker wallet reference to the Shaft theme.
“It was a reference to the theme song of Shaft.”
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lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Jackie Brown. The white Honda Civic Butch drives is the same car Jackie Brown drives.
“The 1980 Honda Civic, the white car butch drove when he knocked Marcellus down. Same car, Jackie Brown drove.”
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career (career): Samuel L. Jackson → Die Hard with a Vengeance. Pulp made Jackson a leading man, cemented by Die Hard 3 and an Oscar nomination.
“Cements him as a leading man.”
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theme (theme): Pulp Fiction → Ocean's Twelve. Amsterdam's greatest film appearance is debated between Ocean's Twelve and Vincent's description here.
“This came up on Ocean's 12, whether this is Amsterdam's greatest movie appearance”
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theme (theme): Pulp Fiction → Raiders of the Lost Ark. The Ark of the Covenant is called the greatest McGuffin.
“The Ark of the Covenant is like the greatest McGuffin.”
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career (career): John Travolta → Saturday Night Fever. Travolta's apex is Saturday Night Fever, since 70s stardom was bigger, like Stallone and Rocky.
“I think it's Saturday Night Fever.”
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contrast (contrast): Pulp Fiction → Diner. Diners in Pulp (and Hawthorne Grill) vs the 1982 film Diner, argued as the diner Apex Mountain.
“What about the movie Diner?”
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career (career): Uma Thurman → Kill Bill. Uma's apex is Kill Bill.
“Probably kill Bill, right?”
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theme (theme): Pulp Fiction → There Will Be Blood. Milkshakes as a cinematic beverage: Pulp or There Will Be Blood.
“Is it this or there will be blood?”
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craft (craft): Pulp Fiction → Inglourious Basterds. Tarantino's three-count device recurs, e.g., Fassbender in Inglourious Basterds.
“There's another 3 count that I really enjoy from, you know, Fastbender and Inglorious Bastards.”
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career (career): Ving Rhames → Mission: Impossible. Pulp led Rhames to Mission: Impossible and Don King: Only in America.
“Because this gets him Mission Impossible and it gets him Don King only in America on HBO.”
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lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Reservoir Dogs. Mexican standoffs Apex Mountain: True Romance and Reservoir Dogs still beat Pulp's.
“Mexican standoffs, probably still true romance.”
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career (career): Christopher Walken → Annie Hall. Walken's monologue Apex: Annie Hall Thanksgiving, The Comfort of Strangers opening.
“What about the Thanksgiving one in Annie Hall?”
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career (career): Christopher Walken → The Comfort of Strangers. The Comfort of Strangers monologue cited as unbelievable Walken.
“I do want to say the comfort of strangers monologue that walking gives in the beginning of the movie?”
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theme (theme): Modesty Blaise → Pulp Fiction. Modesty Blaise pulp novel Vincent reads; the 1966 film with Monica Vitti is Apex Mountain for it.
“Because I think the movie Modesty Blaze, the adaptation of the comic strips starring Monica VT is Apex Mountain for that.”
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career (career): Harvey Keitel → Bad Lieutenant. Keitel's Apex is Bad Lieutenant, 90s, with Mets torture; Taxi Driver and The Piano suggested.
“It's somewhere in the 90s because of the Mets, the way the Mets are torturing him in that movie.”
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lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Joe Dante. Monster Joe's truck and tow is named after Joe Dante, whom Tarantino interviewed in the 80s.
“Apparently named after Joe Dante, director of Gremlins”
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contrast (contrast): Pulp Fiction → Deliverance. Deliverance is still the benchmark for horrifying male sodomy scenes in movies.
“I think deliverance still has it, yeah.”
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what-if (what-if): Tom Cruise → Pulp Fiction. Cruise as Vincent or Butch; Hanks as Vincent or Maynard; argued both ways.
“It's absolutely 1002% cruise.”
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what-if (what-if): Tom Hanks → Pulp Fiction. Hanks suggested as Vincent; rejected as having no darkness.
“There's no darkness to Hanks.”
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lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Rocky. Tommy Morrison led cards and was cast in Rocky V, used to argue Butch could have been a decent boxer.
“Tommy Morrison led multiple cards and got cast in Rocky 5.”
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what-if (what-if): Pulp Fiction → Den of Thieves. Joke prequel/sequel idea: Tony Rocky Horror coaching Merriman from Den of Thieves, merging Pulp with Heat.
“Now you have me trying to figure out how to merge pulp fiction and heat.”
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verdict (verdict): Samuel L. Jackson → Pulp Fiction. Everyone agrees Jackson and Tarantino should both have won Oscars.
“Both of them should have won, period.”
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lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Kiss Me Deadly. The briefcase is an overt mimic of the Kiss Me Deadly briefcase, a metaphor for danger.
“It's interesting because it is such an overt mimic of the Kiss Me Deadly briefcase”
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theme (theme): Pulp Fiction → Molly's Game. The Wolf's morning party is guessed to be an all-night poker game like Molly's Game.
“I feel like it's a Molly's game type situation.”
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programming (programming): Pulp Fiction → Black Sabbath. Best double features: Black Sabbath (anthology), Saturday Night Fever, Inglourious Basterds, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
“So you get an anthology movie.”
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programming (programming): Pulp Fiction → Inglourious Basterds. Inglourious Basterds paired for its short-story structure; Once Upon a Time for bookending Tarantino's career.
“I have bastards because I feel like structurally it's it's got some the short story aspect of his very, it locks in together.”
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verdict (verdict): Quentin Tarantino → Pulp Fiction. Quentin won the movie; Jackson is the runner-up.
“Sam Jackson didn't win the movie, but it's definitely Tarantino.”
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career (career): John Travolta → Cop Land. Movie stars playing non-star roles at a career inflection point, Travolta like Stallone in Cop Land.
“I thought the Travolta stuff is very similar to the Stallone and Koplin.”
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career (career): Quentin Tarantino → Daniel Day-Lewis. Tarantino is fine disappearing for years then coming back, like Day-Lewis.
“almost like a Daniel DeLouis.”
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verdict (verdict): Pulp Fiction → Titanic. Most culturally defining standalone movie with no sequel: Titanic or Pulp.
“I think it's Titanic or this.”
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verdict (verdict): Pulp Fiction → The Shawshank Redemption. Gump and Shawshank are among the most seen movies of the past three decades and both are originals.
“Force Gump and Shawshank are like 2 of the most seen movies of the last 3 decades.”
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verdict (verdict): Pulp Fiction → E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. E.T. is the other standalone candidate but young people may not have seen it.
“ET was the only one that I was like, well, ET's kind of surprised it ever did.”
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Fun items (25)

fun, about Pulp Fiction (opening): Two songs in the opening credits, with the radio dial change from Reservoir Dogs; the font reads as Stranger Things now.
“Two songs in the opening credits, which I that might have invented.”
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fun, about Royale with Cheese scene: Called the most ripped-off four and a half minutes of screenwriting of the last 30 years.
“I would argue this is the most ripped off four and a half minutes of screenwriting in the past 30 years.”
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fun, about Brett / Frank Whaley: Check out the big brains on Brett is quoted by the speaker more than any other movie line.
“I think I have said, check out the big brains on Brett more in my life than any other movie line, maybe.”
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fun, about Burr Steers: Anecdote that Steers kept flinching on the take when Brett was shot, forcing re-dos; later directed Igby Goes Down.
“He directed Igby goes down and he did some stuff.”
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fun, about Marcellus Wallace: The back-of-head Band-Aid; Tarantino said he was deciding in real time about Butch keying the car.
“And you get this iconic image of the back of his head with a band-id on his neck”
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fun, about Lance / Eric Stoltz: Stoltz's drug-dealer scene ends with the Jody's friend Trudy exchange, called the single funniest line.
“This also has the, which ones Jody's that the girl with the other shit on her face, which is the single funniest line in the movie.”
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fun, about Jack Rabbit Slim's: Disney wanted to build it in a park; the budget was remembered as 15 or 150 thousand; modeled on LA's 50s restaurants with cut-in-half cars.
“No, Disney wanted to do Jack Rabbit Slims in one of the parks and they were like, no.”
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fun, about Adrenaline shot scene: The needle in the chest used a fake chest, then the footage was reversed so you never actually see the needle go in.
“put the needle on her chest, pulled back, and then they just flipped it to make it seem, if you actually watch it, you never actually see the needle go in the chest.”
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fun, about My Sharona: Tarantino planned My Sharona for the basement because it had a 'sodomy beat'; Reality Bites got it instead; he chose Comanche by The Revels.
“He said, quote, it has a really good sodomy beat to it.”
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fun, about The Gimp: Hosts invent a gimp 'full-time or part-time' benefits bit and Gimp Yelp-review questions.
“Did the gimp get benefits?”
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fun, about The Gimp: Tarantino has said the gimp's backstory was a hitchhiker Maynard or Zed picked up and made a sex slave.
“Tarantino has said that the gimp was the backstory for the gimp is that he was a hitchhiker that Maynard or Zed got and turned into their sex slave.”
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fun, about The $5 milkshake: Produced as the Sam Jackson of the supporting-actor category in the best food/drink award.
“But the $5 milkshake is kind of the Sam Jackson of the best supporting actor category.”
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fun, about Vincent Vega: Hottest-take list of Vincent's incompetence versus a 72-hour run of the craziest events in movie history.
“Is that Vincent has both the craziest 72 hours in movie history when you go through every single thing that happens to him and also he's completely incompetent.”
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fun, about Zed: Wins the Vincent Chase Award (are we sure this guy is good at his job): a hillbilly rapist who took his eye off the ball.
“You just can't be a professional hillbilly rapist and and take your eye off the ball like that.”
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fun, about Butch's girlfriend (Fabienne): Named the weak link; twelve straight minutes is the weakest part; debate over recasting; Tarantino says you're supposed to feel intrusive.
“It is undeniable that this is the weakest part of the movie.”
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fun, about Matt Dillon / Butch: Dillon asked for a day to decide; Willis said he'd love to be Butch, and that was that. Also wanted Butch to fight.
“Matt Dillon was like, give me a day.”
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fun, about Courtney Love: Claimed Kurt Cobain turned down Lance; she'd have played the pierced girlfriend.
“Courtney Love, at some point, claimed Kurt Cobain turned down the part of Lance”
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fun, about Jody's friend Trudy award: New award, most impactful performance by someone who did nothing; goes to Bronagh Gallagher's Trudy.
“Most impactful performance by someone who did absolutely nothing.”
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fun, about Walken (Dion Waiters Award): The bench-scorer award: Walken's four-and-a-half-minute watch monologue beats the Wolf's 20 minutes.
“He's in for 4.5 minutes, crushes it, leaves.”
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fun, about Jules' wig: A PA sent to South Central for an Afro wig bought a Jheri curl wig; Jackson said NWA is starting to hit so it was right.
“And she bought a Jerry Kurlwig instead, thinking it was an Afro wig, brought it back.”
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fun, about The Malibu: The Chevelle was stolen during the film; in 2013 a police officer found the altered VIN and it was Tarantino's car.
“In 2013, a police officer saw 2 kids tripping a car, arrested them, looked up, found the vin had been altered, and it turned out it was Tarantino's car all those years later.”
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fun, about John Travolta: To understand heroin Travolta spoke to a recovering addict, then drank tequila in a hot tub with Kelly Preston.
“They drank tequila and lay in a hot tub, try to figure it out.”
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fun, about Jimmy's coffee: Coffee Apex Mountain: 30 years of coffee becoming a huge industry starts with Jimmy.
“30 years of coffee becoming this gajillion dollar industry starts with Jimmy.”
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fun, about The briefcase: Hosts run McGuffin theories: gold, diamond, soul with 666 combo; Jules calls it Marcellus's dirty laundry.
“Jules does say it's Marcellus's dirty laundry.”
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fun, about Pulp Fiction (set date): The movie is set in 1992: Butch's fight date is a 1992 date.
“I think it's 92 because Butch's fight was Thursday, July 16th, which was a 1992 date.”
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Who's talking

Bill Simmons (host): Loves the whole texture of Pulp Fiction and builds the whole show around categories and awards. Cares about specific lines, casting what-ifs, and bits that tie to sports (Paul George, Dion Waiters, NBA draft). Can't stand lazy nitpicks and the weak link of Fabienne's 12 minutes. A sucker for diners, milkshakes, and the lifestyle nostalgia of the movie.
Chris Ryan (host): Loves Tarantino's character work, bits of editing and sound, and the lived-in nostalgia of drinking and cheeseburgers. Is skeptical of Cruise as Vincent and of Tom Hanks. Cares about detail of the heroin scene and the McGuffin.
Sean Fennessey (host): Admires Walken's monologue craft and Tarantino's refusal to sell out. Likes movie stars taking risks in non-star roles (Stallone in Cop Land). Dislikes how the film ends up with Fabienne.
Craig Horlbeck (guest): Producer who comes in for the Pulp Fiction wrap-up; likes that the movie is better the second time and that Travolta stood out.

The show's recurring bits

Apex Mountain: The moment a star peaks; where on the mountain a performance sits.
Who Won the Movie: The hosts name the person who came out of the film best off.
The Ebert review: Roger Ebert's original review and star rating read aloud. Ebert is cited, never on the show.
Casting what-ifs: Who was almost cast, or who should have been.
Most rewatchable scene: The scene each host would stop on while flipping channels.
Aged best / aged worst: What holds up and what does not.
Picking Nits: The little things in a film the hosts love that they don't think totally work: the nits.
Double feature: The film each host would pair it with; a programming pick.

Names the transcriber got wrong

Burst Steers / Bur Steers → Burr Steers
walking / Walker / Wanken → Christopher Walken
Julius Sweeney → Julia Sweeney
Eric/Derek Stoltz, Stolt → Eric Stoltz
Rosé Arquette → Rosanna Arquette
Kaitel → Harvey Keitel
Fish burn → Laurence Fishburne
Tony Rocky horror → Tony Rocky Horror (Antwan Rockamora)
Madson → Madsen (Virginia/Michael)
Merrimax → Miramax
Pump it / Pumpet → Pump It (Black Eyed Peas)
Ciara → Sean (likely 'Sean'/'Sia' garble, unclear)
Ving Reims/Raimes → Ving Rhames
James Vertes Soto → James Verdesoto
Cool hall junkies → Cool Hand Luke
Ring magazine → The Ring
Dwayne Whitaker → Duane Whitaker
PTA → Paul Thomas Anderson
Rob Roy → Rob Roy