Butch is about to flee when he hears Marsellus's cries and instead retrieves a katana sword and ambushes the men, killing Maynard. Zed drags Marsellus into another room to be raped while Maynard watches, and Butch manages to break free. ![]() A man named Zed shows up, who orders Maynard to get "the Gimp," a man in a full-body bondage suit who sleeps in a trunk. Butch rams him with his car, and an injured Marsellus chases an injured Butch until both men are subdued inside a nearby pawn shop by the owner, named Maynard.īutch and Marsellus awaken in the pawn shop basement, where Maynard has bound and gagged them. ![]() Butch leaves and is spotted by Marsellus at a stoplight. He hears the toilet flush and kills the man who emerges from the bathroom, which turns out to be Vincent. He retrieves the watch and notices a gun on the counter. The next morning, Butch realizes his gold watch is missing, and angrily leaves the motel in search of it.īutch cautiously returns to his apartment, and initially finds no one there. At a nearby motel, Butch's girlfriend Fabienne waits for him, and the two talk and have sex. Meanwhile, Marsellus orders that Butch be killed. Butch escapes in a cab driven by a woman named Esmeralda, and calls a bookie named Scottie who plans to collect Butch's earnings. As an adult, Butch kills his opponent in a boxing match, rather than purposely lose as Marsellus wanted. At the end of the night, Mia tells Vincent a joke from her television pilot, which she previously refused to divulge, and the two agree to keep the night's events a secret.Ī man named Captain Koons visits Butch as a child, giving him a gold watch that is a family heirloom. Vincent is able to successfully revive her with an adrenaline shot straight to the heart. A panicked Vincent rushes her to Lance's house, although Lance is reluctant to help. Mia forces Vincent to participate in a twist contest, which they win.īack at Mia's house, while Vincent uses the bathroom, Mia mistakes his heroin for cocaine and snorts it, falling unconscious. They head to a restaurant named Jackrabbit Slim's, where they talk about Mia's failed television pilot and the foot massage rumor, which Mia denies. Mia does cocaine in the bathroom while Vincent fixes himself a drink. After buying three grams of heroin, Vincent shoots up and heads to Mia's house. In the following scene, Vincent buys heroin from his drug dealer, named Lance, and talks briefly to his girlfriend Jody. Vincent and Jules, now wearing tee shirts, enter the bar, and Butch has a brief exchange with Vincent on his way out. In a bar, Marsellus gives an envelope full of cash to a boxer named Butch, bribing him to throw his next match. Vincent retrieves a briefcase, the contents of which glow, from a kitchen cabinet. Jules kills one, and recites Ezekiel 25:17 before killing another, named Brett. They argue about the implications of foot massages, before storming an apartment with three men inside. Jules tells Vincent that Marsellus, their boss, allegedly had a man thrown off a balcony for massaging his wife Mia's feet, who Vincent has been instructed to take out to dinner. She agrees, and the two leap to their feet and draw their weapons, before the opening credits roll.Īcross town, two men in suits named Vincent and Jules ride in a car discussing Europe and fast food. Honey Bunny teases Pumpkin for not wanting to commit armed robberies anymore, and Pumpkin explains that robbing the diner would be better than robbing convenience stores or banks. "In a diner, a man and a woman who call each other Pumpkin and Honey Bunny eat breakfast in a booth. While the men only captured the Best Original Screenplay Academy Award (only!), the movie became part of the cultural lexicon and the stuff of Hollywood legend. Its snappy dialogue, five-dollar milkshakes, and samurai swords cut up both critics and the box office. The screenplay and film launched many imitators, but none were able to equal the success or fervor as Pulp Fiction. A few months later, it was in producers' hands, then shooting, and finally.shaking up the world. He locked himself in a hotel room with Roger Avary, and they cracked Pulp Fiction. He wanted people to listen and to see the Los Angeles he saw every day: the underbelly, the slick and degenerate criminal world. He wanted to be Hollywood royalty, a legendary director. He had come onto the scene as a brash and independent thinker, but he set his sights on the ultimate prize. Now, 25 years later, we look back on its classic script.Īfter Reservoir Dogs, Quentin Tarantino needed a hit. ![]() Pulp Fiction was Quentin Tarantino's coming out party in 1994.
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