Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega are two hitmen who are out to retrieve a suitcase stolen from their employer, mob boss Marsellus Wallace. Wallace has also asked Vincent to take his wife Mia out a few days later when Wallace himself will be out of town. Butch Coolidge is an aging boxer who is paid by Wallace to lose his next fight. The lives of these seemingly unrelated people are woven together comprising of a series of funny, bizarre and uncalled-for incidents.
Written by Soumitra
The shot of Vincent plunging the syringe into Mia's chest was filmed by having John Travolta pull the needle out, then running the film backwards.
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Goofs
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers):
When Jules recites his Bible passage, he says "The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men." When he says "inequities" (unfairness) he probably should have said "iniquities" (sinfulness), given the biblical context.
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Quotes
[first lines]
Pumpkin:
Forget it. Too risky. I'm through doing that shit. Yolanda:
You always say that. That same thing every time, "I'm through, never again, too dangerous". Pumpkin:
I know that's what I always say. I'm always right, too. Yolanda:
But you forget about it in a day or two. Pumpkin:
Yeah, well the days of me forgetting are over, and the days of me remembering have just begun. See more »
Crazy Credits
The coffee shop manager in the robbery scene at the end is credited as
"Coffee Shop" because he is cut off as he speaks: "I am not a hero, I'm
just a coffee shop--"
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