Samuel L. Jackson, Harvey Keitel, Uma Thurman and John Travolta attend the Opening Night Gala and ‘Pulp’ during the 2024 TCM Classic Film Festival held at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood on April 18th. Attended the 30th anniversary screening of “Fiction”.
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The TCM Classic Film Festival opened Thursday with a 30th anniversary screening. pulp fiction At TCL Theater. Original cast members John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, and Harvey Keitel reunited to celebrate the film, with support from Bruce Willis’ wife Emma and daughter Talulah. After making headlines this week with news of changing direction for his final film, writer-director Quentin Tarantino was absent from the event.
During a pre-screening panel discussion, Travolta said that when he first met Tarantino to discuss the film at the director’s Hollywood apartment, they bonded over playing board games from movies and TV shows that Travolta had starred in.
“He was such a lovely guy. He had fantasies about playing games related to movies I was in. saturday night fever There are games, games, Welcome back cotter Game,” Starr recalled. “He said, ‘If you’re going to play, just say the lines you’re going to say once in a while, but don’t tell me when you’re going to do it.'”
He added that later that night they went out for Thai food and Tarantino told him about their story. pulp fiction 1996 vampire horror film from dusk until dawn to gauge his interest in both scripts.
“He gave me this movie as a gift. from dusk until dawn and pulp fictionSo he said, “By the way, I talked about those two movies. What did you think? from dusk until dawn?’ I said, “Quentin, I’m not a human vampire, I’m not a biological human.” That’s not for me,” Travolta told the audience. “So I went and a week later he offered me the role of Vincent.” [in Pulp Fiction]. And I said, “Why, what did you see in me that I could play this role?” He said, “You have the philosophical perspective that the character needs.” said. I just want you to think about what he’s going through. ”
pulp fiction ‘ was a career-changing film for most of the cast, but perhaps none more so than Jackson’s. Jackson went from being a failed supporting actor to becoming an international star.he explained: hollywood reporter His first experience reading a script that would change his life.
“I was shooting a movie in West Virginia when the script came to me. I had met Quentin at Sundance and he said he’d sent me the script. Danny. I received it from DeVito’s company, and it had a little note on it that said, “If you show this script to anyone, we’ll come and kill you, wherever you are.” Jackson recalled. “I read it, and as soon as I finished, I turned it over and read it again. I couldn’t believe how good the book was.”
Thurman added during the panel discussion that the real importance of the film was not how it changed their careers, but how it changed Hollywood as a whole. She said: pulp fiction Throughout my life. It changed cinema, and it changed every filmmaker I’ve ever met. ”
The one thing all cast members have in common is that they had fun filming and working together. Eric Stoltz, who played heroin dealer Lance, shared some of his favorite memories from making the film.
“I went to the wrap party and I was standing there with a bunch of people, and I looked up and saw John Travolta dancing next to Chris Walken, and I was like, ‘These are the best two people I’ve ever seen on the dance floor. She’s the best dancer out there,”’ Stoltz said. THR. “They didn’t care who was watching. They were just having a good time.”
