This movie blew me away the first time. Although a lot of people don't like it at all. But, as folk wisdom says: the taste and color ...
1. Dance. Probably everyone remembers the scene from the movie when Mia and Vincent dance to Chuck Berry's "You Never Can Tell". Uma Thurman did not like this song terribly, and she repeatedly asked the director to replace it. Tarantino stood his ground, saying: "Trust me, this is exactly what you need." And he turned out to be right. Now it is perhaps the most famous song of Chuck Berry. And almost a hallmark of the film itself.
2. Red convertible. Vincent Vega drives around in a 1964 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu. This convertible belonged to director Quentin Tarantino. But soon after the filming, he was stolen and found only 19 years later, already in 2013. Its then owner did not even suspect that the car was stolen. The car was returned. What was awarded to its then owner - I don’t know ...
3. An injection in the heart. Another great scene from the movie: Vincent Vega plunges an adrenaline syringe into Mia Wallace's chest to bring her back to life after a drug overdose. When Tarantino filmed this episode, he wanted everything to look as authentic as possible. However, getting the needle to the right place, and even on a grand scale, is very problematic.
The director did it simply. First, the syringe was stuck into the chest of the actress, and then Travolta pulled it out. And already during the editing of Tarantino's film ran the film in reverse order. As a result, it looked like Vincent was actually sticking a syringe into Mia's chest.
BUT Tarantino himself borrowed this plot one-on-one from documentary film"American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince" by another famous director - Martin Scorsese.
By the way, while filming the director made a mistake. Before plunging the syringe into Mia's chest, Vincent draws a red circle on her body. But after the injection, this circle mysteriously disappears ...
4. "Sweet Bunny" (Yolanda)- one of the notable characters in the film. This role was brilliantly played by Amanda Plummer. And she got her nickname in honor of ... a rabbit. That was the name of Linda Chen's pet animal, the director's assistant. She typed the script for the film, which Tarantino wrote by hand. Instead of paying money for her work, she asked the director to keep an eye on her rabbit, whom she called "Sweet Bunny".
It's clear that Tarantino forgot about him, and the rabbit died (I think from hunger). But he became famous for the fact that his name became the nickname of not the most successful robber Iolanthe.
5. Budget"Pulp Fiction" amounted to only 8.5 million dollars. By the standards of Hollywood - a penny. Of these, 5 million went only to pay the actors. But the picture also paid off in just one week, entering the top ten highest-grossing films of the year. There is a lot to learn...
6. "Image" of a heroin addict
was given to Travolta not immediately. Neither the actor nor the director has ever used heroin. I had to seek advice from a familiar drug addict. To the question: “What does the “coming” from heroin look like in reality,” he replied: “Pump up on vodka and lie down in a hot bath. Then you will see for yourself." When Travolta told his wife about this, her prospect of "getting into the trash" in the bathroom with her husband was very excited. So Travolta played his role of "drug addict" with brilliance ... 
7. What was in the case of Marsellus Wallace? This question is of great concern to many fans of the film. The most popular version is the following: the soul of Marsellus was there. Actor Samuel L. Jackson puts it this way: “My character Jules never looked into it. Marsellus wanted the case back, sent me for it, and that's it. If he had told me to look into it and make sure everything was in place, I would have done it. But he didn't say that. But personally, I would like to see ten of my next films there, as good as Pulp Fiction.
8. Jules quotes a phrase from the Bible : chapter 25, verse 17 from the book of the prophet Ezekiel. Its meaning in the context of the film makes no sense. But it looks so awesome that S. L. Jackson is ready to quote him three decades after the filming of the film.
9. Diner "Big Kahuna Burger"- in fact, it does not exist. But this institution is repeated in many Tarantino films: "Four Rooms", "Reservoir Dogs", "Death Proof", "From Dusk Till Dawn". And the design of the packaging of the burgers that appear in the shots was developed by Jerry Martinez, a friend of the director.
10. Plaster on the back of the head of Marsellus Wallace. Many believe that this is the director's idea. In fact, this is pure coincidence. The actor just shaved his head and accidentally cut himself, and sealed the wound with a band-aid. Tarantino was delighted with this detail, and he decided to leave it in the film.
11. For some reason, few people remember that The screenplay was not written by Tarantino alone.
, but also its co-author - Roger Avery. They also wrote the script for "Reservoir Dogs" together. After "Pulp Fiction" Avery wrote a dozen more scripts and made at least this film. But Tarantino remained in the memory of a classic of cinema, and almost no one remembers Avery. 
12. The book Vincent Vega reads all the time in the toilet - a real-life edition of the novel by Peter O'Donnell, based on his comics about the adventures of a female secret agent. And Tarantino is a big fan of this kind of comics.
By the way, when Vincent is in the toilet in the movie, something "bad" constantly happens.
13. “Do you know what they call a quarter-pound cheeseburger in Paris? They call it Royal Cheeseburger!” This phrase, according to the Premiere film magazine, was included in the TOP 100 film quotes of the year.
14. Never mention this movie when talking to Nikita Mikhalkov. The fact is that his "Burnt by the Sun" was a favorite at the Cannes Film Festival in 1994. But then Tarantino appeared from somewhere with his "Pulp Fiction", and Mikhalkov was left without the main prize.
15. The word "fuck" sounds in the film as many as 265 times. However, for Tarantino this is not the limit: in his " Reservoir Dogs"It is repeated 269 times. This fact has nothing to do with cinema, but on occasion it will be possible to brag about your knowledge ...
Well, that's all I wanted to tell you about this wonderful film. And the best thing you can do after reading this article is to review it again!
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what was in the suitcase? and got the best answer
Answer from Unmanned Module™[guru]
Do you need to know what's in there? this is just a trick of the author. and what everyone decides for himself
Answer from Ѐustam Omarkhanov[master]
there were drugs that were taken from students
Answer from Silver[guru]
"In an interview with Howard Stern in 2003, Quentin Tarantino was asked about the contents of the case. He replied: "There is what the viewer wants to be there."
Answer from Innusya[guru]
One of the most common versions is the soul of Marsellus Wallace, which he sold to the devil, it flew out through a plaster at the base of the back of Marsellus's head (it is believed that this is where the soul of a person is located) and the cipher of the suitcase, which is the "number of the beast" - 666 speak for itself. That. , we can assume that the soul of Marselas was in the case ...)
But these are just assumptions.
According to another version, Elvis' suit was in the suitcase.
"In an interview with Howard Stern in 2003, Quentin Tarantino was asked about the contents of the case. He replied: "There is what the viewer wants to be there."
Answer from Saint[guru]
What was in the case? Nobody knows, not even Quentin Tarantino (officially). He says he never thought about it. Well, since no one knows for sure what was in it, only assumptions remain. In any case, there are a number of established opinions on this topic. The most popular version is that the soul of Marsellus was in the case.
There are other options:
There are quite a few people who support the theory that Oscar was in the case. Suggested reasons why it could be an Oscar:
1) the inside of the case shone with gold, the color of Oscar
2) Mia was a bad actress and Marsellus, being a good guy (or loving husband), decided to give her a statuette to make her feel better, since she didn’t manage to get what she deserved in the movies
3) Tarantino already on the set of the film realized that his film is cool and worthy of an Oscar 😉
4) there are more crazy assumptions. Hold on: The guy who played Brett previously played Guy from Buddy Ackerman's (Kevin Spacey) office in "Swimming with sharks." Buddy Ackerman worked at a studio in Hollywood and Guy was his secretary. It seems that Brett, as Guy, while working in Buddy Ackerman's office, using his connections in the movie studio, stole the Oscar to give it to Marsellus, who would give it to his wife. But when he stole it, he was greedy and did not want to share it. Therefore, Marsellus sent his guys to him, and you yourself know the end of this story. This version is perfect for Tarantino's style... people are dying, restaurants are being robbed and in the center of it all is not a gold bar or a million dollars, but an ordinary figurine. Very ironic. It's quite like Quentin paying homage to his favorite films like "Psycho" or "Deliverance" by including scenes or characters similar to those films in Pulp Fiction.
On October 14, 1994, exactly 25 years ago, the wide release of the film " Crime novel", which overnight became one of the most popular paintings 1990s You can list the artistic merits of the film and the unique style of the director for a long time, but all this is superfluous - to understand what the charm of Pulp Fiction is, you just need to watch it. Then revise. And review again. Once again…
We remembered 25 interesting facts about Quentin Tarantino's film masterpiece, which are not even known to all fans.
1. Uma Thurman was third in the list of actresses who were casting for the role of Mia.However, before giving her consent, Uma mocked Tarantino from the bottom of her heart, forcing herself to be persuaded for several weeks! Rumor has it that the great director was ready to kiss her feet. Neither Uma Thurman nor Tarantino confirmed these rumors, but they did not refute them either.
2. Steve Buscemi was originally supposed to play the role of Jimmy.
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But due to his contractual obligations on other projects, he was unable to do so. However, he still appeared in the film in a cameo role: Steve played a waiter taking orders from Mia and Vincent at the Jack Rabbit Slims restaurant.
3. The Bible verse that Jules says doesn't really exist - it was invented by Tarantino and Jackson.But he is so awesome that even 20 years later, Samuel is ready to repeat it from memory.
4. The sweet bunny got its nickname in honor of Linda Chen's rabbit, Tarantino's assistant.
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Instead of paying, Linda asked Quentin to keep an eye on her pet rabbit, Honey Bunny, while she was busy with work, but the director did not heed her requests and the rabbit died after a while. Thus, Tarantino decided to perpetuate the name of the unfortunate pet and apologize to his assistant.
5. In the film, Mia refers to Vincent as "cowboy", and he calls her "cowgirl" in response.
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It is curious that before that, Travolta played a role in the film "Cowboy City", and Thurman - in the film "Even cowboy girls are sometimes sad."
6. The place where Butch grew up and where his grandfather bought a watch made of gold is no coincidence. Tarantino himself was born in Knoxville. 7. The most persistent and ingenious theory says that inside the black suitcase is nothing but the soul of the mafia leader Marcellus.
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There is also a version that the suitcase contains a golden Elvis jacket or an Oscar figurine that Marsellus bought for his wife, an aspiring actress. Quentin himself in an interview said that there is no clear explanation of the contents of this portfolio, and he was added to the script for intrigue.
8. An interesting pattern: whenever Vincent goes to the toilet, something bad happens.
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During filming, Travolta did not work hard, but pulled out a syringe from Mia, and then the scene was played back to get the desired picture.
10. In the UK, vendors gave a limited edition of Pulp Fiction matches with the Pulp Fiction cassette.On the back of the boxes was a quote from the movie:
“If you play with matches, you must remember that you can get burned.”11. Dancing in a cafe is a skillful carbon copy.
According to Travolta, he borrowed some of the dance steps for the scene in Jack Rabbit Slims from Batusi, Adam Wesia's character from Batman (1966). Uma Thurman drew inspiration for the dance from the Duchess of Cats-aristocrats". Video from the set shows how Tarantino enjoys the process of filming this episode.
12. The director really wanted to play in the film himself.
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For a long time, Tarantino could not make a choice, torn between the roles of Jimmy and Lance. Tarantino ended up playing Jimmy because the scene with the prick in Mia's heart required the director to be behind the camera.
13. “Do you know what they call a quarter-pound cheeseburger in Paris? They call it Royal Cheeseburger!”
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This phrase was included in the TOP 100 movie quotes according to Premiere magazine in 2007 and took 81 positions.
14. The Big Kahuna Burger chain is actually fictional.
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These establishments roam from one Tarantino script to another. There are such burgers in " death proof», « four rooms», « From dusk to dawn" and " Reservoir Dogs". The design of the branded packaging that appears in the frame was created by an old friend of Tarantino, Jerry Martinez.
15. Appearance Mia Wallace was based on the character Anna Karina from The Outsider Gang (1964), one of Tarantino's favorite films.
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He lived there for several months and also left a $150 outstanding debt at one of the video rentals. Most likely, such a long stay in Amsterdam explains why given city so often mentioned in the film.
17. The back of Mr. Wallace's head is constantly plastered.
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Many believe that this is a deliberate invention of the director, but this is not so. Actor Ving Rhames shaved his head and just cut himself, sealed the wound with a band-aid and came to film set. As a result, Tarantino really liked this detail, and he decided that without it, the dialogue between Butch and Mr. Wallace would be boring.
18. Vince Vega in the film drives around in a luxurious 1964 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu convertible, which belonged to the director himself.
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Shortly after the end of filming, the Chevy was stolen, and most recently, in 2013, during the investigation of the theft of another car, the California police stopped a cherry-colored Chervrolet in the vicinity of Oakland, like two drops of water similar to the car from Pulp Fiction. Later it turned out that this is the same car that was stolen from Tarantino 19 years ago.
19. Tarantino offered Kurt Cobain a role in the film, but the musician refused.
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Cobain's widow Courtney Love spoke about this. Courtney Tarantino herself also offered a cameo role, but she, following the example of her husband, also refused it. Instead of Cobain and Love, the director ended up taking on Roseanne Arquette and Eric Stoltz.
20. The famous Chuck Berry song "You Never Can Tell",
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The T-shirt that Jimmy gives Vincent when he and Jules get washed has the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs logo on it. And it's not a joke. The banana slug is indeed the official mascot of this university.
23. "Special Thanks" to Steve Martinez.Steve Martinez (brother of head graphic artist, Gerald Martinez) is listed in the end credits as a Special Thanks. The fact is that he painted a portrait of Mia, which hangs in the house of Marsellus.
24. Cocktail for five bucks.
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At the diner, when Mia orders a $5 cocktail, the waiter asks her, "Martin and Lewis or Amos and Andy?" This refers to two comedy duets - Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis (two white men), "The Amos and Andy Show" (two blacks). In truth, he asks her if she wants a vanilla or chocolate smoothie. She chooses vanilla.
25. According to various estimates, the word "fuck" occurs in the film from 250 to 271 times.
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In 1994, no movie even came close to Pulp Fiction in terms of swearing.
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Uma Thurman as Mia Wallace in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction.
PHOTO: kinopoisk.ruThis movie is constantly in the top ten of the 250 rating best films of all time, the replicas of the heroes were dragged into quotes, the dance of Mia and Vincent performed by Uma Thurman and John Travolta is not inferior in popularity to Michael Jackson's "Moonwalk". Pulp Fiction has won four dozen different awards, including an Oscar for Best Screenplay.
"Vecherka" invites you to remember the seven most interesting facts about the masterpiece Quentin Tarantino.
1. For a role Mia Wallace, wife of mobster Marsellus Wallace, in addition to Uma Thurman auditioned the star of "Red Sonja" Brigitte Nielsen or Holly Hunter (viewers remember her primarily from the pictures of the Coen brothers "Raising Arizona" and "Oh, where are you, brother?"). Also on the list of contenders were Isabella Rossellini, Meg Ryan, Daryl Hannah, Joan Cusack and Michelle Pfeiffer. Thurman agreed to the role far from immediately - they say that Quentin Tarantino read her the script over the phone, urging her to accept the offer. The image of Mia was created under the influence of the character of Anna Karina from the Gang of Outsiders, Tarantino's favorite film.
2. Bandit Jules Winnfield could also look completely different: despite the fact that the role was written specifically for Samuel L. Jackson, the producers of the film intended to approve Paul Calderon. This actor eventually appeared in Pulp Fiction, albeit in the role of the bartender Paul in the bar of Marsellus Wallace.
Jules' hairstyle, by the way, could also be completely different - among the options for the image of the hero Samuel L. Jackson, dreadlocks originally appeared, but Tarantino liked the curly wig the most.
3. Fans of the film do not get tired of arguing about what is in the suitcase that the characters are carrying to their boss. Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta Jules and Vincent. The most popular clue is this: the soul of Marsellus Wallace is hidden in the case. A special theory is even summed up under this version: supposedly, the devil takes the soul of a person through the back of the head - and a plaster is just glued to Marsellus's neck, as if the soul had already been "taken away". Tarantino, however, has repeatedly said that the patch does not play any role at all - it’s just that the actor Ving Rheims, who played the mafia, had a scar on his neck and he tried to cover it. But since there is still no correct answer to the question about the contents of the case, the theory of the soul continues to live and gain supporters.
4. Contrary to another popular theory, not all clocks in the frame show the time 4.20 - for example, Jules and Vincent drink coffee in Jimmy's kitchen at 8.15, and pick up the suitcase at 7.22. But in the pawnshop, the hands of the clock froze at 4.20. In slang, by the way, the phrase four twenty means "smoking marijuana", or rather, indicates the popular time of smoking this drug.
5. Tarantino himself, who always acts as an actor in his films, for a long time could not decide who to play - Jimmy or Lance. In the end, he chose Jimmy as he couldn't trust anyone else to shoot the difficult scene by bringing Mia to life. The role of Jimmy, by the way, was supposed to go to Steve Buscemi, but he could not take part in Tarantino's film due to other filming. As a result, Buscemi nevertheless appeared in the frame - he played a waiter taking an order from Mia and Vincent at the Jack Rabbit Slim's restaurant.
6. Chain diner Big Kahuna Burger is actually fictional, these establishments wander from one Tarantino scenario to another. Such burgers are in "Death Proof", "Four Rooms", "From Dusk Till Dawn" and "Reservoir Dogs". The design of the branded packaging that appears in the frame was created by Tarantino's old friend Jerry Martinez.
7. Jimmy, played by Tarantino, wears a t-shirt with a slogan Orbit- this is not the name of chewing gum, as many people think, but of the Detroit newspaper, which Quentin Tarantino gave an interview after the release of his film Reservoir Dogs. The editor-in-chief of the newspaper gave the director a T-shirt and he promised that in his next film he would appear in the frame in it.
The most important question of our time: what was in the suitcase? Different people they say different things. The most popular version is that the soul of Marsellus Wallace was in the suitcase, because the code for the suitcase lock is 666. Actor Jackson claims that he does not know at all what was in the suitcase - his hero did not look there. Travolta, who looked into the suitcase, says that there was a battery with a light bulb. In light of this, it becomes clear why Tim Roth had such an expression on his face when he also opened the case. And Tarantino generally refuses to answer the question about the contents of the suitcase, only giggles disgustingly.
The second question that haunts Russian viewers after watching Pulp Fiction: did Vincent and Mia get the prize for winning the dance competition or did they steal it? There is an opinion that during Butch's trip behind the clock, they say on the radio that the prize has been stolen. And in fact, if you carefully read the subtitles of the film at the moment when Butch sneaks into his house for a watch, they talk about it on the radio. Stealing dance prizes in general is surprising for a mega dancer like Travolta, who has starred in a number of dance movies (Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Stayin? Alive).
The third big question about Pulp Fiction is: Why did Vincent leave his gun in the kitchen when he went to the toilet? Apparently, initially he was not alone in the house, because he did not react in any way to the arrival of Butch - apparently, he thought that his partner had returned. Or maybe Jules retired and it turns out that in this case instead of him, Marsellus Wallace pulled himself up. After all, it was no accident that he carried two cups of coffee not far from Butch's house?
Uma Thurman's candidacy was on the list of contenders for the main female role in Pulp Fiction the third - after ex-wife Sylvester Stallone Danish Brigitte Nielsen and Holly Hunter. Obviously, in terms of the size of female virtues, few can argue with Brigitte. But, apparently, the owner of the feet of the big size turned out to be Uma Thurman, for which Quentin immediately fell in love with her madly. That is why she walks barefoot throughout the film.
The word fuck by itself and in various interesting combinations sounded 271 times in the film Pulp Fiction (not counting a couple of desperate cries of Marcellus Wallace, captured by homosexuals, with a gag). It is very difficult for the citizens of Russia, grown up on castrated transfers, to understand why in their homeland, in the USA, Tarantino is considered a rare vulgar and disgusting foul language?
With swearing, by the way, not everything is so simple. In the first scene, Amanda Plummer's character screams, "Any of you fucking pricks move, and I'll execute every motherfucking last one of ya!" And at the end of the movie, in the same scene, she screams slightly differently: “Any of you fucking pricks move, and I’ll execute every one of ya motherfuckers!”
The town of Knoxville in Tennessee, where Bruce Willis's hero Baby Butch grew up and where his legendary grandfather bought the gold watch that Butch's dad saved for years from the dirty paws of the Vietnamese communists in the hidden depths of his ass, is the birthplace of Quentin Tarantino himself.
When Christopher Walken's character hands little Butch a gold watch, the time on the clock keeps changing.
When at the beginning of Pulp Fiction, Vincent and Jules are driving in a car and discussing the peculiarities of making hamburgers in Amsterdam, in one of the street windows it is clearly visible that in fact their car is being driven on a platform.
When Vincent unzips the syringe case in Lance's apartment, the syringe is clearly glass. And when they show the injection in close-up, for some reason it is already plastic.
In the 1990s, heroin was sold in balls in Los Angeles, and cocaine was sold in bags. Drug dealer Lance reported that he had run out of balloons, and therefore sold heroin in a bag to Travolta's hero. And Mia, pulling a bag out of Vincent's pocket, decided that it was cocaine. Why, in fact, she sniffed it so desperately.
The scene of adrenaline injection into Mia's heart was edited backwards. In fact, John Travolta did not stick the syringe, but pulled it away. Then the film was launched into reverse side, added a scary sound and got a brutal blow. Also, before giving Mia an adrenaline shot, Vincent makes a red mark on her chest with a marker. But after the injection, the red mark disappears.
Some say that the scene of an injection of adrenaline right into the heart turned many people away from using drugs. And others say that no less number of people after viewing began to take them.
Tarantino struggled for a long time: what role to play in the film himself? There were two suitable ones: garage owner Jimmy and drug dealer Lance. Quentin chose the role of Jimmy because he personally filmed the overdose treatment scene.
Every time Vincent goes to the bathroom, something bad happens: either Mia sniffs heroin, or Vincent himself gets shot.
The innocent woman who was shot on the street by Marcellus Wallace is played by the same actress who was dragged out of the car by Mr. Pink in Reservoir Dogs.
Mr Blonde in Reservoir Dogs is called Victor Vega. He is the brother of John Travolta's hero, Vincent Vega. The fact is that Tarantino wrote two of the three Pulp Fiction stories before the script for Reservoir Dogs and True Romance. After the success of these two films, he completed the third story and generally wanted to entrust the shooting to three different directors.
Boxer Butch smokes Red Apple cigarettes. Cigarettes of the same kind were smoked by Tim Roth's character in the movie Four Rooms. In fact, there is no such brand, they were invented by Tarantino.
In the dialogue in the parking lot of the Jack Rabbit Slims, Mia suggests that Vincent not be boring. At the same time, he says “Don’t be ...”, and draws a rectangle in the air. The whole sentence don't be boring sounds like "Don't be square" (literally - "don't be a square"), but shows a rectangle instead. Many experts believe that this is a clear mistake, but in fact square is both a square and a rectangle too.
In the course of the film Pulp Fiction, Jules twice "quotes" the book of the prophet Ezekiel, chapter 25 verse 17. But not only does he constantly gag, he also speaks differently both times. Apparently, he was reading some special edition of the Bible for the black guys from Inglewood.
Jules' hairstyle was conceived in the style of "Afro" (who remembers - it's like Angela Davis). But it turned out that the curly African wig for Samuel Jackson was not delivered to the beginning of filming, and as a result, Jules's curls turned out to be of a slightly different style.
Several of the bullet holes that appeared in the wall of Brett's apartment after Vincent and Jules were fired upon by the boy who ran out of the bathroom, were even before he jumped out and started shooting. Apparently, Brett and the boys led an exceptionally interesting life.