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The genius of Quentin Tarantino's non-linear crime epic Pulp Fiction is undeniable. A movie selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" in 2013, Pulp Fiction was the winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, one of the most prestigious prizes in the industry. Additionally, it earned seven Academy Award nominations, winning Best Screenplay and controversially losing out on the Best Picture title to Forrest Gump.
32 years later, and Pulp Fiction is still proving popular, although via a surprising platform. At the time of writing, the film is one of the ten most-streamed titles on the free streaming site Tubi. Starring Bruce Willis, John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, and Uma Thurman, with each producing some of their career-best work, the film also boasts a cameo from Christopher Walken that has gone down as one of the best in cinema history. Unlike anything to come before it, despite its many inspirations, the film popularized both non-linear storytelling and independent movies.
With a 92% score from critics and a near-perfect 96% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, the consensus on the site reads, "Injecting its compendium of crime tales with the patois of everyday conversation, Pulp Fiction is a cinematic shot of adrenaline that cements writer-director Quentin Tarantino as an audacious purveyor of killer kino." For those somehow yet to see Pulp Fiction, the movie's synopsis reads:
"Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) are hitmen with a penchant for philosophical discussions. In this ultra-hip, multi-strand crime movie, their storyline is interwoven with those of their boss, gangster Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames); his actress wife, Mia (Uma Thurman); struggling boxer Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis); master fixer Winston Wolfe (Harvey Keitel) and a nervous pair of armed robbers, Pumpkin (Tim Roth) and Honey Bunny (Amanda Plummer)."
'Pulp Fiction' Proved Indie Movies Could Succeed at the Box Office
Made back when Miramax was still an independent distributor, Pulp Fiction is considered one of the most successful indie movies of all time. Produced for just $8 million, the film returned an enormous $212.8 million worldwide, a return of 26.6 times on investment. Split between $107.9 million in domestic revenue and a further $104.9 million from overseas markets, the film battled bigger-budget 1994 competition to become the year's tenth-highest-grossing movie worldwide.
Pulp Fiction is now streaming on Tubi. Make sure to stay tuned to Collider for the latest streaming updates.
Release Date September 10, 1994
Runtime 154 minutes
Producers Bob Weinstein, Danny DeVito, Harvey Weinstein, Lawrence Bender, Michael Shamberg, Richard N. Gladstein
English (US) ·