Pulp Fiction - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[clayton]

The scene where Butch makes his way back to his apartment to retrieve his father's watch was filmed at 11755 Gilmore Street, in North Hollywood, California. However, the following scene, which is set inside the apartment, was filmed at a different location.

[scarlett]

Mr. Blonde, a.k.a. Vick Vega, played by Michael Madsen in Reservoir Dogs (1992), is the brother of Vincent Vega. Quentin Tarantino even had a spin-off film in development, titled the "Vega Brothers", which was a prequel to both movies. This film was scrapped, because both actors were too old to play younger versions of themselves.

[gerald]

Maynard, pulls a 12 gauge Remington 870 with an extended barrel and magazine tube to end the fight between Marsellus and Butch. Marsellus is also seen with the Remington.

[lonnie]

Marsellus and Mia never speak to one another on-screen, even though they are seen together poolside, and are husband and wife.

[frederick]

If you look closely at Lance when Vincent is buying the heroin, Lance wears a tartan shirt around his waist. The tartan colors are red, black, and yellow. This is also the Wallace clan tartan, and ties in with Mr. and Mrs. Wallace.

[javier]

When Vincent and Jules are in one of the hallways before Brett's apartment, it is posible to hear "Strawberry Letter 22" playing in one of the other apartments. A Brothers Johnson's hit of 1970s.

[liam]

When Vincent calls Lance on his cell phone, Lance is eating a bowl of Fruit Brute, a cereal from the older monster cereal family. Fruit Brute (which, along with Yummy Mummy, Frankenberry, Boo Berry, and Count Chocula, made up the monster cereals) was later discontinued, along with "Yummy Mummy". Quentin Tarantino has held onto a box, and drops it into scenes from time to time. It appeared in Reservoir Dogs (1992) as well.

[darrell]

"Call for Phillip Morris" is from a cigarette marketing campaign, with the bellhop character originated by the actor Johnny Roventini on radio in 1934 and was used until the mid 1950s, included on Phillip Morris-sponsored television shows. According to Roventiti, he recited his famous four-word line on live on-air performances and public events a half million times. Counting the playback of recordings of him saying this line the number is easily double. Along with this movie, the line has been used in various media, including Stephen King's "IT".

[liam]

When Butch is on his way to his apartment. In the background, you can faintly hear someone say "This is the Jack Rabbit Slim's...", the name of the restaurant, to which Vincent took Mia, earlier in the film.

[russell]

Speculation abounds as to the nature of the mysterious glowing contents of the case (which Tarantino said was simply a MacGuffin plot device): Could it be Elvis' gold suit, seen worn by Val Kilmer (as Elvis) in True Romance (1993)? The most persistent theory is that it is Marcellus Wallace's soul. The story goes that when the Devil takes a person's soul, it is removed through the back of the head. When we see the back of Marcellus' head he has a Band-Aid covering the precise spot indicated by tradition for soul removal. Perhaps Marcellus sold his soul to the devil which would also explain why the combination to open the briefcase is 666. Quentin Tarantino has said that the band-aid on the back of Marsellus Wallace's neck had nothing to do with an allusion to the Devil stealing Marsellus' soul, but that Ving Rhames had cut himself shaving, and used the band-aid to cover the cut. According to Roger Avary, who co-wrote the script with Quentin Tarantino, the original plan was to have the briefcase contain diamonds (urban legend has it that they were the diamonds from Resevoir Dogs (1992)). This seemed neither exciting nor original, so Avary and Tarantino decided to have the briefcase's contents never appear on-screen; this way, each film-goer could mentally "fill in the blank" with whatever struck his or her imagination as best fitting the description "so beautiful". The orange light bulb (projecting shimmering light onto the actors' faces) was a last-minute decision and added a completely unintended fantastic element. In a radio interview with Howard Stern in late 2003, Quentin Tarantino was asked by a caller the contents of the briefcase, and he answered, "It's whatever the viewer wants it to be."

[miriam]

The location that was used for Jimmie's (Quentin Tarantino's) house was only about three blocks from three of the houses that were filmed in The Last American Virgin (1982).

[darrell]

The film is referenced in the song "Uma Thurman" by Fall Out Boy, who used her name with permission.

[camila]

Butch listened to Marsellus Wallace for thirty-six seconds before he delivered his first line of dialogue.

[jeffrey]

Jules' car, a 1974 Chevy Nova, is never seen in full frame. Only the interior, or parts of the exterior, are visible.