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Quentin Tarantino (born March 27, 1963 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is an American screenwriter, film director and actor who rapidly rose to fame in the early 1990s as a fresh and gritty storyteller who brought new life to the most familiar American archetypes.
Tarantino's big break came with the sale of his script True Romance, written with Roger Avary, which was made into a film starring Patricia Arquette and Christian Slater. He also wrote the original screenplay for Natural Born KillersNatural Born Killers is a 1994 motion picture directed by Oliver Stone and starring Juliette Lewis and Woody Harrelson. Rodney Dangerfield, Robert Downey Jr. Tom Sizemore and Tommy Lee Jones are also featured. The screenplay is based on a script by Quenti, as part of the longer screenplay that True Romance came from, although it was changed significantly by subsequent writers.
The sale of True Romance ( 19931993 is a common year starting on Friday and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003 Events January January 1 Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of independent Slovakia and Czech Republic.) garnered him attention. He met Lawrence Bender at a Hollywood party and Bender encouraged Quentin to go write a film. The end product was Reservoir Dogs. The script was read by director Monte Helman who helped secure funding from Live Entertainment and also Quentin's directorship of the film. A stylish, witty and blood-soaked heist movie, this set the tone for his later films.
His followup was Pulp FictionThis article is about the movie. For the literature, see Pulp magazine. Pulp Fiction is a movie directed by Quentin Tarantino. It was released in 1994. The stories were written by Tarantino and Roger Avary. The cast includes: John Travolta as Vincent Vega, which won the Palme d'OrThe Palme d'Or ( Golden Palm ) is the name of the highest prize given to a film at the Cannes Film Festival. Golden Palm winners Movie awards. (Golden Palm) at the 1994See also 1993 in film, other events of 1994, 1995 in film, list of 'years in film'. Events October 3 George Lucas begins writing the three Star Wars prequels. November 1 George Lucas leaves the day-to-day operations of his filmmaking business and starts a Cannes film festival. It was a complexly plotted film with a similarly brutal wit. It featured many critically acclaimed performances, and was noted for reviving the career of John TravoltaJohn Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954 in Englewood, New Jersey) is an American actor. He became famous for his appearance in Saturday Night Fever and Grease at the height of the disco era, as well as for his portrayal of Vinnie Barbarino on the tel.
Tarantino's next film was Jackie BrownJackie Brown is a 1997 motion picture, the third film directed by Quentin Tarantino. The film stars Pam Grier and Robert Forster. Robert De Niro, Samuel L. Jackson, Bridget Fonda, and Michael Keaton costar. The screenplay is based on the novel Rum Punch b ( 1997), an adaptation of a novel by his mentor Elmore Leonard. An homage to blaxploitation films, it starred Pam Grier, who had featured in many of the genre's films in the 1970s.
In 1998, he turned his attention to the Broadway stage, where he starred in Wait Until Dark.
He had then planned to make the war film Inglorious Bastards. However, he postponed that to write and direct Kill Bill (released as two films, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2), a highly stylized "revenge flick" in the Chinese Wuxia and Japanese cinematic traditions. It was based on a character (The Bride) and plot that he and Kill Bill
Tarantino starred in the first season of the TV show Alias as McKenas Cole, a former SD-6 agent who attempts to take over the offices of SD-6 in order to steal a valuable artifact from its vault. He later appears in season three as an executive of a new terrorist organization called The Covenant.
In 2004, Tarantino returned to Cannes where he served as President of the Jury. Kill Bill was not in competition, but it did screen on the final night in its original 3+ hour version.
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