The following is a partial list of characters from the TV series, Alias .
113-654: McKenas Cole was portrayed by Quentin Tarantino . Formerly an operative for SD-6 , he defected from the organization, first to work for "The Man", and later to assume a leading position in The Covenant . Cole first appears in the season one episodes "The Box" (Parts I and II). He and a group of agents infiltrate the SD-6 office in Los Angeles and take the entire cell hostage with the exception of Sydney and Jack Bristow , who were in
226-412: A Variety interview discussing Jackie Brown , Lee said, "I'm not against the word ... And some people speak that way, but Quentin is infatuated with that word... I want Quentin to know that all African Americans do not think that word is trendy or slick." Tarantino responded on The Charlie Rose Show : As a writer, I demand the right to write any character in the world that I want to write. I demand
339-611: A Rambaldi prophecy known as "Il Diluvio", the Flood. She was kept for eighteenth months in Prague, but moved to a remote location in Guatemala - Tikal. Sydney, Jack and Nadia located her through Lucian Nisard, and saved her from Elena's guards. Elena and Sloane constructed a massive Mueller device over the Russian city of Sovogda which, in conjunction with the tainted water supply from The Orchid, infected
452-758: A Row , Rolling Thunder , Sorcerer , Taxi Driver , and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly . Sergio Leone 's Spaghetti Western films were a profound influence including Once Upon a Time in the West . He is an admirer of the 1981 film Blow Out , directed by Brian De Palma , which led to his casting of John Travolta in Pulp Fiction . Similarly, Tarantino was captivated with Jim McBride 's 1983 remake of Breathless and with Richard Gere 's unlikable but charismatic protagonist. The film's popular culture references, in particular
565-578: A bomb that Sark had placed onto a subway to destroy APO headquarters. Unable to defuse the bomb, he repeatedly sprays liquid nitrogen on it, which slows down the mechanism for a short period of time but does not disable it. He is instructed to leave when the timer gets to 60 seconds, but ultimately stays with the bomb beyond the one-minute threshold in order to keep it from going off. His last words are to Rachel Gibson, telling her that he wished they had more time because he would have asked her out. Starting to cry, Rachel responds that she would have said yes just as
678-496: A double agent, however, APO quickly determined Dean was a rogue agent. He had faked his death two years earlier and had since then been living "off the grid." When Shed operative Rachel Gibson learned the Shed's actual affiliation, she turned on it and at the behest of APO and Sydney stole the data from the Shed's servers. When Dean discovered what she was doing he destroyed the Shed, killing everyone except Peyton and Gibson. Following
791-821: A film about the revenge of a former slave in the Southern United States in 1858. The film stemmed from Tarantino's desire to produce a Spaghetti Western set in America's Deep South during the Antebellum Period . Tarantino called the proposed style "a southern", stating that he wanted "to do movies that deal with America's horrible past with slavery and stuff but do them like spaghetti westerns, not like big issue movies. I want to do them like they're genre films, but they deal with everything that America has never dealt with because it's ashamed of it, and other countries don't really deal with because they don't feel they have
904-518: A four-hour film course during the 9th Cinemanila International Film Festival in Manila , Tarantino cited Filipino directors Cirio H. Santiago , Eddie Romero and Gerardo de León as personal icons from the 1970s. He referred to De Leon's "soul-shattering, life-extinguishing" movies on vampires and female bondage, citing in particular Women in Cages ; "It is just harsh, harsh, harsh", he said, and described
1017-948: A good way to end the old career." Tarantino has used his Hollywood power to give smaller and foreign films more attention. These films are often labeled "Presented by Quentin Tarantino" or "Quentin Tarantino Presents". In 1995, Tarantino formed Rolling Thunder Pictures with Miramax to release or re-release several independent and foreign features. By 1997, Miramax had shut down the company due to poor sales. The following films were released by Rolling Thunder Pictures: Chungking Express (1994, dir. Wong Kar-wai ), Switchblade Sisters (1975, dir. Jack Hill ), Sonatine (1993, dir. Takeshi Kitano ), Hard Core Logo (1996, dir. Bruce McDonald ), The Mighty Peking Man (1977, dir. Ho Meng Hua ), Detroit 9000 (1973, dir. Arthur Marks ), The Beyond (1981, dir. Lucio Fulci ), and Curdled (1996, dir. Reb Braddock). In 2001, he produced
1130-445: A hallmark of all his movies is that there is a different sense of humor in each one, which prompts the viewer to laugh at scenes that are not funny. However, he insists that his films are dramas, not comedies. Tarantino's use of dialogue is noted for its mundane conversations with popular culture references. For example, when Jules and Vincent in Pulp Fiction are driving to a hit , they talk about Vincent's trip to Europe, discussing
1243-508: A highly stylized "revenge flick" in the cinematic traditions of Chinese martial arts films , Japanese period dramas , Spaghetti Westerns , and Italian horror . It was based on a character called The Bride and a plot that he and Kill Bill ' s lead actress Uma Thurman had developed during the making of Pulp Fiction . It was originally set for a single theatrical release, but its four-hour running time prompted Tarantino to divide it into two movies. Tarantino says he still considers it
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#17330845384871356-403: A journal purported to have belonged to his father, which indicated Bill Vaughn had survived past 1979, when Irina Derevko was supposed to have killed him. Since this journal was revealed a forgery, there is no reason to believe information given by Elena supporting the authenticity of the journal was true. Nadia ran away from the orphanage in 1992. The footage is fairly dark but it is possible she
1469-417: A lot of feet in a lot of good directors' movies. That's just good direction. Like, before me, the person foot fetishism was defined by was Luis Buñuel , another film director. And Alfred Hitchcock was accused of it and Sofia Coppola has been accused of it." Tarantino has stated in many interviews that his writing process is like writing a novel before formatting it into a script, saying that this creates
1582-629: A misdiagnosis of Hodgkin's lymphoma , Tarantino was again sent to live with his grandparents in Knoxville. Less than a year later, he returned to Torrance. At the age of 14, Tarantino wrote one of his earliest works, a screenplay called Captain Peachfuzz and the Anchovy Bandit that was based on the 1977 film Smokey and the Bandit . He later revealed that his mother had ridiculed his writing skills when he
1695-472: A necklace equipped with a microphone. She later hacked into Nadia's laptop and requested to move the Hydrosek, a deadly weapon, to an unsecured location away from APO. Elena and her associate Avian then stole the weapon before Nadia and Weiss could stop them, not realizing who the thief was. In order to complete her endgame, Elena, fully aware of the fact that he would at some point double-cross her, also ordered
1808-469: A relative unknown in America when he was cast as Hans Landa in his first film for Tarantino. Editor Sally Menke , who worked on all Tarantino films until her death in 2010, was described by Tarantino in 2007 as "hands down my number one collaborator". In 1997, Spike Lee questioned Tarantino's use of racial slurs in his films, especially the N-word , particularly in Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown . In
1921-641: A single film in his overall filmography. Volume 1 was released in 2003 and Volume 2 was released in 2004. From 2002 to 2004, Tarantino portrayed villain McKenas Cole in the ABC television series Alias . In 2004, Tarantino attended the 2004 Cannes Film Festival , where he served as president of the jury. Volume 2 of Kill Bill had a screening there, but was not in competition. Tarantino then contributed to Robert Rodriguez's 2005 neo-noir film Sin City , and
2034-530: A single film. He then made the exploitation - slasher film Death Proof (2007), which was part of a double feature with From Dusk till Dawn director Robert Rodriguez , released under the collective title Grindhouse . His next film, Inglourious Basterds (2009), followed an alternate account of World War II . He followed this with Django Unchained (2012), a slave revenge Spaghetti Western which won him his second Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. His eighth film, The Hateful Eight (2015),
2147-833: A sudden these characters come out more or less fully formed. I don't write their dialogue, I get them talking to each other." Tarantino has built up an informal " repertory company " of actors who have appeared in many roles in his films. Most notable of these is Samuel L. Jackson, who has appeared in five films directed by Tarantino and a sixth written by him, True Romance . Other frequent collaborators include Uma Thurman, who has been featured in three films and whom Tarantino has described as his " muse "; Zoë Bell , who has acted or performed stunts in seven Tarantino films; Michael Madsen, James Parks and Tim Roth, who respectively appear in five, four and three films. In addition, Roth appeared in Four Rooms , an anthology film where Tarantino directed
2260-567: A trip to Los Angeles ; after a brief marriage and divorce, she left Los Angeles and moved to Knoxville, where her parents lived, and returned to Los Angeles with her son in 1966. Tarantino's mother married musician Curtis Zastoupil soon after arriving in Los Angeles, and the family moved to nearby Torrance, California . Zastoupil accompanied Tarantino to numerous film screenings while his mother allowed him to see more mature movies, such as Carnal Knowledge (1971) and Deliverance (1972). After his mother divorced Zastoupil in 1973 and received
2373-580: A year before Season 4, Arvin Sloane and Jack Bristow had been investigating Elena's whereabouts until Jack received a message from an old associate that led him to one of Elena's safehouses in Warsaw. Inside was detailed information on the lives of Sydney Bristow and Nadia Santos, her nieces, with evidence suggesting she had them under surveillance for at least a decade. Soon Nadia's former caretaker Sophia Vargas arrived in Los Angeles claiming that her reason for coming to
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#17330845384872486-438: A young girl, since he was killed by Irina in 1979, confirming the belief that Elena Derevko had fabricated the story of Bill Vaughn's involvement. Katya and Jack work together to trace Sloane's movements through bank activity, and Katya flirts outrageously with Jack. Jack initially rebuffs her advances but later kisses her deeply. After Nadia's rescue, Vaughn tracks down his wife, Lauren Reed . He has captured her, beaten her, and
2599-524: Is Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ... He pushes the envelope, he creates PG-13 ; a movie so fucking badass it created a new level in the MPAA ." In the 2012 Sight & Sound directors' poll, Tarantino listed his 12 favorite films in no particular order: Apocalypse Now , The Bad News Bears , Carrie , Dazed and Confused , The Great Escape , His Girl Friday , Jaws , Pretty Maids All in
2712-445: Is 60 to focus on writing novels and film literature. He is skeptical of the film industry going digital, saying, "If it actually gets to the place where you can't show 35 mm film in theaters anymore and everything is digital projection, I won't even make it to 60." He said though "not etched in stone" he intends to retire after making his tenth movie: "If I get to the 10th, do a good job and don't screw it up, well that sounds like
2825-537: Is a producer of the 2007 film Hostel: Part II . In 2008, he produced the Larry Bishop -helmed Hell Ride , a revenge biker film. In February 2010, Tarantino bought the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles. Tarantino allowed the previous owners to continue operating the theater, but stated he would make occasional programming suggestions. He was quoted as saying: "As long as I'm alive, and as long as I'm rich,
2938-586: Is able to obtain Page 47 of the Rambaldi prophecy, depicting the Chosen One, a woman bearing Sydney's likeness. At the end of the episode, possibly using Project Helix, the controlling elements of Prophet Five genetically transformed Espinosa into Sydney's double after the latter's DNA was sampled by Prophet Five. At this point Jennifer Garner took over the portrayal of the character. The first encounter APO personnel had with
3051-499: Is about to kill her when Katya intervenes, stabbing Vaughn in the back and releasing Lauren. While engaged in reconnaissance of a Covenant operation in Palermo , Sydney encounters Katya again. Katya attempts to shoot her (thereby confirming to Sydney that Katya is allied with the Covenant), but Sydney had removed the bullets from Katya's gun. Sydney hits Katya with a tranquilizer dart and Katya
3164-566: Is also among a few notable directors, including Martin Scorsese and Edgar Wright , who appreciate Elaine May 's 1987 film Ishtar , despite its reputation as being a notorious box-office flop and one of the worst films ever made . Tarantino has opined that Steven Spielberg 's Jaws is "the greatest movie of all time. Maybe not the best film, but the best movie ever made". He commented further that his "favourite Spielberg-directed movie, again with Jaws carved out on its own Mount Rushmore,
3277-528: Is broken out of FBI custody. Quentin Tarantino Quentin Jerome Tarantino ( / ˌ t ær ən ˈ t iː n oʊ / ; born March 27, 1963) is an American filmmaker, actor, and author. His films are characterized by stylized violence , extended dialogue often featuring much profanity , and references to popular culture . His work has earned a cult following alongside critical and commercial success; he has been named by some as
3390-445: Is so good. It affects audiences in a big way". When questioned in an interview for Kill Bill: Volume 1 why his movies contained so much graphic violence, he responded, "Because it's so much fun!" The number of expletives and deaths in Tarantino's films were measured by analytics website FiveThirtyEight . In the examples given by the site, " Reservoir Dogs features 'just' 10 on-screen deaths, but 421 profanities. Django Unchained , on
3503-604: Is taken into federal custody. Nothing is seen of Katya until Nadia visits her in prison in season 4, seeking to learn more about the mother Nadia never knew. Katya eats some chocolate Nadia brought her, triggering a near-fatal allergic reaction to illustrate her desperation to meet with Sydney. Sydney visits Katya in the prison infirmary to warn her against continuing to see Nadia. Katya tells her that she never intended to harm Sydney in Palermo, and Irina never intended to harm Sydney either. Irina had tried to contact Katya, concerned someone
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3616-475: Is tasked to steal a chemical bomb but instead eliminates CRF's leader upon retrieving it. She rescues Julian Sark and plans to sell the bomb, but Sark betrays her and she is captured by Sydney. She is thereupon taken into federal custody. She returned for the 100th episode of the series, entitled "There's Only One Sydney Bristow". Prophet Five, using its government contacts, was able to secure her release. She then kidnaps Will in an attempt to blackmail Sydney. She
3729-487: The 1994 Cannes Film Festival . The film grossed over $ 200 million and earned positive reviews. In 1995, Tarantino participated in the anthology film Four Rooms , a collaboration that also included directors Robert Rodriguez, Allison Anders and Alexandre Rockwell. Tarantino directed and acted in the fourth segment of "The Man from Hollywood", a tribute to the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode " Man from
3842-689: The Ace Hotel Los Angeles for the Live Read series. Tarantino explained that they would read the first draft of the script, and added that he was writing two new drafts with a different ending. Filming went ahead as planned with the new draft in January 2015. The Hateful Eight was released on December 25, 2015, as a roadshow presentation in 70 mm film -format theaters, before being released in digital theaters on December 30, 2015. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics. In July 2017, it
3955-567: The Cannes Film Festival 's Palme d'Or and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay . He next wrote and starred in the action horror film From Dusk till Dawn (1996). His third film as director, the crime drama Jackie Brown (1997), paid homage to blaxploitation films. Tarantino wrote and directed the martial arts films Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) and Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004), with both volumes combined regarded as
4068-543: The James Best Theatre Company, where he met several of his eventual collaborators for his next film. In 1987, Tarantino co-wrote and directed My Best Friend's Birthday (1987). It was left uncompleted, but some of its dialogue was included in True Romance . The following year, he played an Elvis impersonator in "Sophia's Wedding: Part 1", an episode in the fourth season of The Golden Girls , which
4181-591: The exploitation slasher film Death Proof . Released as a take on 1970s double features , under the banner Grindhouse , it was co-directed with Rodriguez who did the other feature which was the body horror film Planet Terror . Box-office sales were low but the film garnered mostly positive reviews. Tarantino's film Inglourious Basterds , released in 2009, is the story of a group of Jewish-American guerrilla soldiers in Nazi -occupied France in an alternate history of World War II . He had planned to start work on
4294-416: The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes where his reviews are part of the "Tomatometer" rating. He has since published over 30 film reviews, including director essays, on his New Beverly Cinema website. Tarantino reappraises films that go against the views of mainstream film criticism, for example, he considers the 1983 film Psycho II to be superior to the original 1960 film Psycho . He
4407-505: The stylized violence from his earlier film and also non-linear storylines. Tarantino received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay , which he shared with Roger Avary, who contributed to the story. He also received a nomination in the Best Director category. The film received another five nominations, including for Best Picture . Tarantino also won the Palme d'Or for the film at
4520-701: The 1980s, Tarantino had a number of jobs. After lying about his age, he worked as an usher at an adult movie theater in Torrance, called the Pussycat Theater . He spent time as a recruiter in the aerospace industry , and for five years he worked at Video Archives , a video store in Manhattan Beach, California . He was well known in the local community for his film knowledge and video recommendations; Tarantino stated, "When people ask me if I went to film school, I tell them, 'No, I went to films." In 1986, Tarantino
4633-537: The Covenant and Cole promoted Sark and Lauren as co-commanders of the North American cell of the Covenant. Cole also oversaw a demonstration of Sydney's apparent brainwashing as Julia Thorne. Cole's current whereabouts and how he escaped from CIA custody are unknown. Gordon Dean was portrayed by Tyrees Allen . Dean was the head of The Shed , a clandestine criminal organization similar to SD-6. As at SD-6, most of
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4746-510: The Department of Special Research and with Katya being the only Derevko he has access to, Jack visits her in prison seeking information on the whereabouts and operations of Elena. In exchange, he promises to do everything in his power to secure her release. Katya tells him Elena was the true power behind the Covenant and advises him that Elena's base of operations is in Prague, but only Irina knew Elena's full endgame and how to stop it. Whether Jack
4859-451: The Derevko sisters, Elena is the secret leader of The Covenant . She was first mentioned in the season three episode "Crossings" by Jack. She is not referenced again until the fourth season, when in "Welcome to Liberty Village" it is revealed that an unidentified Russian group is trying to find her. Thirty years before Season 4, Elena disappeared and could not be found, even by Irina and around
4972-468: The Dragon ), John Woo action films ( A Better Tomorrow II and The Killer ), John Carpenter films ( Assault on Precinct 13 and The Thing ), blaxploitation films (including The Mack and Foxy Brown ), Jean-Luc Godard films ( Bande à Part and the 1960 version of Breathless ), and Sonny Chiba 's work ( The Street Fighter and Shadow Warriors ). In August 2007, while teaching in
5085-630: The New Beverly will be there, showing films shot on 35 mm." Starting in 2014, Tarantino took a more active role in programming film screenings at the New Beverly, showing his own films as well as prints from his personal collection. In 2021, Tarantino announced that he had also purchased the Vista Theatre in Los Angeles, stating that he intends to keep it a first-run theatre, and that like The New Beverly it will only show movies on film. In June 2020, Tarantino became an officially recognized critic on
5198-540: The Radio (1995), and Girl 6 (1996). Also in 1996, he starred in Steven Spielberg's Director's Chair , a simulation video game that uses pre-generated film clips. In 1998, Tarantino made his major Broadway stage debut as an amoral psycho killer in a revival of the 1966 play Wait Until Dark , which received unfavorable reviews for his performance from critics. Tarantino went on to write and direct Kill Bill ,
5311-629: The South ". He joined Rodriguez again later in the year with a supporting role in Desperado . One of Tarantino's first paid writing assignments was for From Dusk till Dawn , which Rodriguez directed later in 1996, re-teaming with Tarantino in another acting role, alongside Harvey Keitel, George Clooney and Juliette Lewis . His third feature film was Jackie Brown (1997), an adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel Rum Punch . A homage to blaxploitation films, it starred Pam Grier , who starred in many of
5424-614: The US release of the Hong Kong martial arts film Iron Monkey , which made over $ 14 million worldwide. In 2004, he brought the Chinese martial arts film Hero to the US. It opened at number-one at the box office and eventually earning $ 53.5 million. While Tarantino was in negotiations with Lucy Liu for Kill Bill , the two helped produce the Hungarian sports documentary Freedom's Fury , which
5537-550: The United States was due to an attack by an unidentified group at her home in Lisbon, Portugal. They quickly assumed Elena was the responsible behind the attack, not realising that she was in fact "Sophia". Under the alias of "Sophia Vargas", Elena used her former connection to Nadia to stay with her and Sydney to monitor their work for the CIA. She also monitored Nadia's conversations through
5650-464: The behest of Peyton who, with Dean's death, took control of his operations. Elena Derevko was played by Sônia Braga . Elena is the sister of Irina and Katya Derevko and was one of the KGB's foremost assassins, responsible for the murder of countless diplomats and politicians throughout Eastern Europe. She was described by her sister Irina as "volatile and quick-tempered". Considered the most ruthless of
5763-429: The blueprint of the film and makes the film feel like literature. About his writing process he told website The Talks, "My head is a sponge. I listen to what everyone says, I watch little idiosyncratic behavior, people tell me a joke and I remember it. People tell me an interesting story in their life and I remember it. ... when I go and write my new characters, my pen is like an antenna, it gets that information, and all of
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#17330845384875876-462: The bomb detonates, killing Grace. Assistant Director Kendall was played by Terry O'Quinn . He first appeared in the first season as the head of an FBI tribunal brought in from Washington DC to interrogate Sydney after she is arrested following evidence linking her to a prophecy by 15th century prophet Milo Rambaldi which suggests she could be a national security risk to the United States. Kendall questions her on every aspect of her life, until she
5989-466: The budget, taking a role as co-producer and also playing a major part in the picture. In January 1992, it was released as Tarantino's crime thriller Reservoir Dogs —which he wrote, directed, and acted in as Mr. Brown—and screened at the Sundance Film Festival . The film was an immediate hit, receiving a positive response from critics. Tarantino's screenplay True Romance was optioned and
6102-527: The comic book Silver Surfer , inspired him to have the character's poster on Mr. Orange 's apartment wall in Reservoir Dogs . Tarantino has also labeled Rio Bravo as one of his influences. He listed the Australian suspense film Roadgames (1981) as another favorite film. Other films he cited as formative influences include Hong Kong martial arts films (such as Five Fingers of Death and Enter
6215-495: The computers to stop the mil-sat network from uploading the frequency. However, they could not retract the transmission. Elena told them that she had planned the attack for five years; it would not be that simple to stop her. Sydney managed to get into the main circuit board, but found a blue and a white wire. Irina did not know which to cut, and she asked Elena. When she refused to answer, she told Jack to start torturing her. Before he could do so, Elena told him to stop, and said to cut
6328-484: The creation of "Arvin Clone", a corporal in the U.S. Army named Ned Bolger, who was captured and brainwashed to believe that he was, in fact Arvin Sloane, committing numerous criminal acts in the process, such as setting Irina up to appear as if she had contracted an assassin to kill Sydney. Elena sent a team into the Department of Special Research to steal all the Rambaldi artifacts necessary to complete "Rambaldi's endgame". On
6441-465: The destruction of the Shed, Dean and Peyton undertook a series of attempts to recover or kill Gibson, with no success. Dean was instrumental in securing the release of Arvin Sloane from federal custody and getting Sloane's security clearance reinstated so Sloane could work for Dean inside APO. He had an undetermined connection to Sloane prior to this. Eventually Dean was captured by Gibson and taken into APO custody. While in custody Sloane murdered him at
6554-648: The differences in countries such as a McDonald's " Quarter Pounder with Cheese" being called a "Royale with Cheese" in France because of the metric system . In the opening scene to Reservoir Dogs , Mr. Brown (played by Tarantino) interprets the meaning of Madonna 's song " Like a Virgin ". In Jackie Brown , Jackie and Max chat over a cup of coffee while listening to a vinyl record by the Delfonics ' " Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) ". Tarantino has said that his films take place in one of two cinematic universes, one being
6667-529: The effects of Sovogda to occur worldwide. One of Elena's men found Nadia walking around the streets and brought her to Elena, who told Nadia that she never wanted to hurt her. She said that she always thought of Nadia as her daughter, then offered her a place alongside her. She showed Nadia a map of the world with pinpoints all over it, saying "the flood has begun, just a few will survive." Nadia refused to join her, saying that she would never kill Sydney as Rambaldi's prophecy had stated. Elena then injected Nadia with
6780-682: The film after Jackie Brown but postponed this to make Kill Bill after a meeting with Uma Thurman. Filming began on " Inglorious Bastards ", as it was provisionally titled, in October 2008. The film opened in August 2009 to positive reviews with the highest box office gross in the US and Canada for the weekend on release. For the film, Tarantino received his second nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. In 2011, production began on Django Unchained ,
6893-416: The film was eventually released in 1993. The second script that Tarantino sold was for the film Natural Born Killers , which was revised by Dave Veloz, Richard Rutowski and director Oliver Stone . Tarantino was given story credit and stated in an interview that he wished the film well, but later disowned the final film. Tarantino also did an uncredited rewrite on It's Pat (1994). Other films where he
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#17330845384877006-563: The films of that genre in the 1970s. It received positive reviews and was called a "comeback" for Grier and co-star Robert Forster . Leonard considered Jackie Brown to be his favorite of the 26 different screen adaptations of his novels and short stories. In the 1990s, Tarantino had a number of other minor acting roles, including in Eddie Presley (1992), The Coriolis Effect (1994), Sleep With Me (1994), Somebody to Love (1994), All-American Girl (1995), Destiny Turns on
7119-461: The final segment, and filmed a scene for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood before it was cut for time. Other actors who have appeared in several films by Tarantino include Michael Bacall , Michael Bowen , Bruce Dern , Harvey Keitel , Michael Parks , Kurt Russell , and Craig Stark, who have appeared in three films each. Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt have each appeared in two Tarantino films,
7232-607: The final shot as one of "devastating despair". Upon his arrival in the Philippines, Tarantino was quoted in the local newspaper as saying, "I'm a big fan of RP [Republic of the Philippines] cinema." Tarantino's films often feature graphic violence , a tendency which has sometimes been criticized. Reservoir Dogs was initially denied United Kingdom certification because of his use of torture as entertainment. Tarantino has frequently defended his use of violence, saying that "violence
7345-462: The guards, subduing them with tranquilizer darts, and the three of them travel to St. Petersburg. Katya fills them in on Nadia's background, claiming that Nadia was born to Irina in a Russian prison after Irina left Jack. Since Sydney was born in April 1975 and Irina left Jack in late 1981, Nadia must have been born in 1982. This timeline is irreconcilable with reports that Vaughn's father had rescued Nadia as
7458-486: The late prophet's work, though her appearances on the show are scant compared to the other zealots. In season one, Espinosa is a ruthless and persistent nemesis to Sydney while the latter goes on missions for SD-6. She worked for K-Directorate, a rival organization of SD-6, composed of former operatives from the Eastern bloc, and was the go-to officer for Wetworks and Active Measures, until The Man, aka Irina Derevko , took down
7571-412: The man, but was unable to do so once he saw that he had started a family of his own. In No Hard Feelings , Rachel discovers the truth: The Cardinal is the man who ordered the death of Grace's wife and the man he had pursued was the hit man assigned to do the job. The hit man agrees to tell Grace why his wife was targeted, in return for his vehicle which had been impounded by the government. Upon returning
7684-518: The mission, he takes advantage of the opportunity to obtain information from the Witness Protection Program regarding the man who, it is revealed, murdered Grace's wife Amanda. Later, Grace tracks the man down, but instead of killing him, asks to be put in touch with someone called "The Cardinal." His "off-book" mission does not go unnoticed, as Rachel discovers Grace's investigation. Grace, in response, lies to her and says he intended to kill
7797-646: The more realistically grounded world of films like Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction , and the other being a meta-fictional narrative which Tarantino says represents the kind of films the characters in his main cinematic universe would watch, which separates films such as From Dusk till Dawn and Kill Bill from Tarantino's primary narrative. He also creates his own products and brands that he uses in his films to varying degrees. His own fictional brands, including " Acuña Boys Tex-Mex Food", "Big Kahuna Burger", "G.O. Juice", "Jack Rabbit Slim's", "K-Billy", "Red Apple cigarettes", "Tenku Brand Beer" and "Teriyaki Donut", replace
7910-523: The necklace given to Nadia by Sophia. Sloane deduced that Elena would go to Lazlo Drake with the Rambaldi artifacts. Sydney and Sloane went to meet him, but he was already dead. Sydney found a hidden camera and rewound the feed to see Elena talking with Drake. Before she could see where they planned to take the Rambaldi artifacts, Sloane tranquillized her and left. He met up with Elena in her office in Prague and offered his services to help complete her task. Jack discovered through Katya Derevko that The Covenant
8023-630: The novice agent to fight. Not much is known about the character's background, although his file, details unknown, caused many a person to halt and reconsider welcoming him into APO with open arms. In The Horizon , Marshall Flinkman discovers that Grace used to be married, though he initially believes it is a remnant from an undercover assignment. Grace reacts with anger at Marshall's nosiness. In S.O.S , Grace takes part in an APO mission to infiltrate CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia in order to locate Sydney, who has been kidnapped by Prophet Five . During
8136-484: The operatives of the Shed believed they were working for a black ops division of the Central Intelligence Agency. Apparently only Dean and his associate Kelly Peyton knew the truth, that the Shed was actually a division of Prophet Five. Dean initially appeared in the first episode of season 5, claiming to be with the CIA's Office of Special Investigations. He claimed to be investigating Michael Vaughn as
8249-502: The organization and seized control of its assets. Upon the fall of the organization, Anna staged her death and went freelance, selling her skills as an agent to the highest bidder. She is not seen again until the fourth season, under the employ of the Cadmus Revolutionary Front (an organization believed to be composed of former Covenant operatives until it is revealed the organization is still alive under Elena Derevko ). She
8362-436: The other hand, has 'just' 262 profanities but 47 deaths." He often blends aesthetic elements, in tribute to his favorite films and filmmakers. In Kill Bill , he melds comic strip formulas and visuals within a live action film sequence, in some cases by the literal use of cartoon or anime images. Tarantino has also occasionally used a non-linear story structure in his films, most notably with Pulp Fiction. He has also used
8475-523: The parking garage of the Credit Dauphine building at the time. It is revealed that he is a former SD-6 agent who was tasked by Arvin Sloane to destroy a pipeline in Chechnya five years prior, but was captured and tortured by rebels. He is ultimately released and becomes an agent for the crime syndicate operated by "The Man," later revealed to be Irina Derevko , and he tries to procure a vial of liquid from
8588-453: The passion behind how Sydney (impersonating Anna) talks to him and later confirmed when Sydney told Sloane "I don't die that easy" inside a prison cell after Sydney meets with The Rose. Apparently, Prophet Five considered Anna either disposable or too dangerous to their plans to keep alive, as they planned to kill her once she fulfilled her duties foreseen by Rambaldi as the Chosen One (namely retrieving an artifact from San Cielo). Thomas Grace
8701-419: The people of Sovogda and made them extremely aggressive. When Sloane learned that APO had sent a team into the city to stop them, he offered to head out with the team himself. While he was doing this, Elena began to transmit a subaudible frequency via the Russian mil-sat network to spread the infection worldwide. The second that the bombers were scheduled to destroy Sovogda, the frequency would be broadcast causing
8814-678: The right to be them, I demand the right to think them and I demand the right to tell the truth as I see they are, all right? And to say that I can't do that because I'm white, but the Hughes brothers can do that because they're black, that is racist. That is the heart of racism, all right. And I do not accept that ... That is how a segment of the black community that lives in Compton , lives in Inglewood , where Jackie Brown takes place, that lives in Carson , that
8927-468: The right to". It was released in December 2012 and became his highest grossing film to date. He also received his second Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. In November 2013, Tarantino said he was working on a new film and that it would be another Western, though not a sequel to Django Unchained . On January 11, 2014, it was revealed that the film would be titled The Hateful Eight . The script
9040-454: The same night, she left Sydney and Nadia's house, saying that she had been informed by the Lisbon police that it was safe for her to return. Hours later, Hayden Chase entered the house and accused Nadia of working against the government and allowing the team to break into the DSR. It was at this point that Jack and Sloane began to realize that Sophia was Elena, which was backed by the microphone found in
9153-419: The screenplay, which he wrote in three and a half weeks and presented to Bender unformatted. Impressed with the script, Bender managed to forward it through contacts to director Monte Hellman . Hellman cleaned up the screenplay and helped secure funding from Richard N. Gladstein at Live Entertainment (which later became Artisan, now known as Lionsgate ). Harvey Keitel read the script and also contributed to
9266-474: The second of which, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood , they appear in together. Like Jackson, Pitt also appeared in the Tarantino-penned True Romance . Christoph Waltz appeared in two Tarantino films, Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained , winning a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for each role. Waltz had been working as an actor since the 1970s in numerous German movies and TV shows but was
9379-399: The single most influential director of his generation and has received numerous awards and nominations , including two Academy Awards , two BAFTA Awards , and four Golden Globe Awards . Tarantino began his career with the independent crime drama film Reservoir Dogs (1992). His second film, the crime drama Pulp Fiction (1994), was a major success and won numerous awards, including
9492-460: The style in Reservoir Dogs , Kill Bill , and The Hateful Eight . Tarantino's script for True Romance was originally told in a non-linear style, before director Tony Scott decided to use a more linear approach. Critics have since referred to the use of this shifting timeline in films as the "Tarantino Effect". Actor Steve Buscemi has described Tarantino's novel style of filmmaking as "bursting with energy" and "focused". According to Tarantino,
9605-512: The summer of 2018. In wake of the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations , Tarantino severed ties to The Weinstein Company and Miramax and sought a new distributor after working with Weinstein for his entire career. The film officially premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival , where it was in competition for the Palme d'Or . Sony Pictures eventually distributed the film, which
9718-410: The tainted water, which infected her with the aim of forcing her to kill Sydney. Elena noticed Sloane on the monitor. He was back and carrying a supposedly unconscious Vaughn, but as soon as they arrived in the base they began to shoot Elena's men. They were joined by Jack and Irina. They got to Elena and Irina knocked her to the floor with her gun. Sloane put Elena in a chair and Jack and Vaughn went to
9831-421: The terrorist organization. To the chagrin of Sark, Lauren went behind his back and alerted Cole of Sark's intentions. However, this was of value to Cole and the Covenant, because the CIA was currently looking for a document called The Doleac Agenda that specifies the most important information about the Covenant's operations, including the cell leaders' names. Thus Sark's actions, while a betrayal, were beneficial to
9944-492: The third season, sent by Irina in response to Jack's request for help in extricating Sydney and Vaughn from a North Korean prison. Following the mission, Katya kisses Jack passionately. In the course of searching for The Passenger after her abduction in season 3, Sydney and Vaughn discover video files of Nadia as a small child in an abandoned Russian military bunker, formerly the center of Soviet Rambaldi research. Katya and several Russian guards confront them, but Katya turns on
10057-474: The transformed Anna occurred in Ghana in the episode "30 Seconds" and resulted in her killing freelance operative Renée Rienne before escaping. In the following episode ("I See Dead People"), Anna is ordered to intercept the real Sydney, who is en route to contact Michael Vaughn . Anna tries to deceive Vaughn, but he realizes she is an imposter, though he does not know her true identity. They fight, but as Anna gains
10170-482: The upper hand, she is shot in the back and head by Sydney, who had just arrived at the scene. Sydney subsequently impersonates Anna within Prophet Five for a brief time, initially convincing Sloane she (Anna) had killed Sydney by shooting her in the back. Sloane conspired to kill Anna as he felt Sydney did not deserve to die that way, but subsequently realized Sydney was impersonating her, first by doubts as Sloane notices
10283-482: The use of product placement , sometimes to a humorous extent. Tarantino is also known for his choice of music in his films, including soundtracks that often use songs from the 1960s and 70s. In 2011, he was recognized at the 16th Critics' Choice Awards with the inaugural Music+Film Award. A recurring image in his films are scenes where women's bare feet feature prominently. When asked about foot fetishism , Tarantino responded, "I don't take it seriously. There's
10396-405: The use of "Arvin Clone" set up a hit on Sydney, sparking the events that led to the double's execution - to ultimately lead the intelligence/criminal world to believe that she was dead. The double was described as being an ardent follower of Elena Derevko, and fully aware of the fact that she was being set up to die. The real Irina, however, was imprisoned by Elena, and tortured for her knowledge of
10509-523: The vault of SD-6 in order to expose the ink of a document written by Milo Rambaldi . However, after valiant efforts by the Bristows and CIA agent Michael Vaughn , he is apprehended and taken into custody by the United States government. He next appears in the season three episode "After Six." After Julian Sark and Lauren Reed kill the six leaders of the Covenant cells, they attempt to use this as leverage in order to ascend to more powerful positions within
10622-401: The vehicle to the hit man, he is told that Amanda was simply "in the wrong place at the wrong time" and that the intent was actually to kill Grace. The hit man then drives off in his vehicle, only to die when Grace detonates a bomb inside. The identity of "The Cardinal" and why he had targeted Grace for assassination is never revealed. In the penultimate episode of Alias, Grace is sent to defuse
10735-426: The white wire. Irina immediately shot Elena on the head and told Sydney to cut the blue wire. Sydney and Vaughn discover footage of a very young Nadia being tested with Rambaldi fluid in a Russian bunker. Katya Derevko tells them Nadia was born to Irina in a Soviet prison after Irina left Jack. Sydney was born in 1975 and Irina left in late 1981. This means Nadia has to have been born in 1982. The footage proves Nadia
10848-535: Was a revisionist Western thriller and opened to audiences with a roadshow release . Tarantino's most recent film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), was a comedy-drama set in the late 1960s about the transition of Old Hollywood to New Hollywood ; his debut novel, a novelization of the film , was published in 2021. He has said that, though it is not definite, his current plan is for his next film to be his last before he retires. Quentin Jerome Tarantino
10961-418: Was a major terrorist organization set up by Elena in order to secretly acquire Rambaldi artifacts. Dixon, Nadia and Sydney were sent on a mission to stop them. Dixon found Elena and Sloane, but Elena shot him before he could react. While in the hospital, Dixon told Sydney that he saw Irina Derevko before Elena shot him. It was discovered that Elena had used Project Helix to create a double of Irina, then through
11074-501: Was an uncredited screenwriter include Crimson Tide (1995) and The Rock (1996). Following the success of Reservoir Dogs , Tarantino was approached by major film studios and offered projects that included Speed (1994) and Men in Black (1997), but he instead retreated to Amsterdam to work on his script for Pulp Fiction . Tarantino wrote, directed, and acted in the dark comedy crime film Pulp Fiction in 1994, maintaining
11187-410: Was as young as 10 when she ran away. She's in a dormitory with other girls of about that age. She's recruited by Roberto Fox when she's 17 or 18, which would make the year 1999 or 2000. She dies in circa 2007. In this timeline, the only loose ends are how Nadia ended up at the orphanage in the first place and why the mercenary Roberts would tell Michael Vaughn his father was involved. Since the orphanage
11300-541: Was born in Knoxville, Tennessee , on March 27, 1963, the only child of Connie McHugh and aspiring actor Tony Tarantino , who left the family before his son's birth. He has claimed to have Cherokee ancestry through his mother, who was also of Irish descent, while his father was Italian-American. He was named in part after Quint Asper, Burt Reynolds 's character in the TV series Gunsmoke . Tarantino's mother met his father during
11413-531: Was broadcast on November 19, 1988. Tarantino recalled that the pay he received for the part helped support him during the preproduction of Reservoir Dogs ; he estimated he was initially paid about $ 650 but went on to receive about $ 3,000 in residuals over three years because the episode was frequently rerun due to it being on a "best of..." lineup. After meeting Lawrence Bender at a friend's barbecue, Tarantino discussed with him about an unwritten dialogue-driven heist film . Bender encouraged Tarantino to write
11526-504: Was credited as "Special Guest Director" for his work directing the car sequence featuring Clive Owen and Benicio del Toro . In May 2005, Tarantino co-wrote and directed " Grave Danger ", the fifth season finale of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation . For this episode, Tarantino was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series at the 57th Primetime Emmy Awards . In 2007, Tarantino directed
11639-458: Was employed in his first Hollywood job, working with Video Archives colleague Roger Avary , as production assistants on Dolph Lundgren 's exercise video, Maximum Potential . Before working at Video Archives, Tarantino co-wrote Love Birds In Bondage with Scott Magill. Tarantino would go on to produce and direct the short film. Magill committed suicide in 1987, after which all film shot was destroyed. Later, Tarantino attended acting classes at
11752-465: Was headed up by Elena Derevko, the most obvious explanation is that Elena kidnapped her after she was taken from Irina and she simply lied to Vaughn about his father's involvement, and Roberts was paid to do the same. Yekaterina "Katya" Derevko , alias the Black Sparrow , was the second of the three Derevko sisters to be introduced. She was played by Isabella Rossellini . Katya first appeared during
11865-508: Was in Soviet custody for at least the first few years of her life. Conservatively, based on the footage, she could have been in Soviet hands until at least 1985. Elena, as Sophia Vargas, tells Michael Vaughn the only time she met his father Bill was when he left Nadia in her care at the orphanage in Buenos Aires. However, Michael Vaughn locates Sophia's address in Lisbon through an encoded entry in
11978-504: Was portrayed by Balthazar Getty . The character was introduced in the second episode of the fifth season. Thomas Grace is recruited into Authorized Personnel Only, a black-ops division of the CIA, in order to replace agent Michael Vaughn after Vaughn is supposedly killed (he also replaces Eric Weiss after Weiss transfers out of APO). This led to friction between Grace and Vaughn's partner and fiancée, Sydney. Grace also bonded with another new APO recruit, Rachel Gibson , and began training
12091-612: Was released in 2006. When he was approached about a documentary about the Blood in the Water match , a water polo match between Hungary and the USSR at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics , Tarantino said "This is the best story I've ever been told. I'd love to be involved". In 2006, another "Quentin Tarantino presents" production, Hostel , opened at number-one at the box office with a $ 20.1 million opening weekend. He presented 2006's The Protector , and
12204-541: Was reported that Tarantino's next project would be a film about the Manson Family murders. In February 2018, it was announced that the film's title would be Once Upon a Time in Hollywood , and that Leonardo DiCaprio would play Rick Dalton , a fictional star of television Westerns, with Brad Pitt as Dalton's longtime stunt double Cliff Booth; Margot Robbie would be playing real life actress Sharon Tate , portrayed as Dalton's next-door neighbor. Filming took place in
12317-404: Was setting her up. Katya asks Sydney to retrieve the message from Irina, which is contained in a music box. Sydney retrieves the box and recovers the message, which leads her to bank records in the name of Arvin. Sydney informs Katya that the records exonerate Irina and implicate Sloane (it was later discovered that Sloane's imposter, a pawn of Elena Derevko , was behind it). After Elena's raid on
12430-591: Was successful in securing Katya's release is unknown, and no further information regarding her current status is extant. Anna Espinosa was initially played by Gina Torres . Born in Cuba but raised in Russia, Anna was a Soviet spy at some point, until the collapse of the Soviet Union. She is a devout follower of Rambaldi, as evidenced by the eye tattoo on her hand, and as such is one of the many characters obsessed with carrying on
12543-675: Was theatrically released in July 2019. It received critical acclaim Peter Travers of Rolling Stone declared, "Tarantino's all-star fantasia links Hollywood and Manson-era violence into the best and most explosive cinema we've seen all year." The film earned 10 Oscar nominations at the 92nd Academy Awards including three for Tarantino for Best Picture , Best Director and Best Original Screenplay . In November 2022, Tarantino revealed plans to shoot an eight-episode television series in 2023. No further details were provided. In 2009, Tarantino said that he planned to retire from filmmaking when he
12656-493: Was then leaked in January 2014. Aggrieved by the breach of confidence, Tarantino considered abandoning the production which was due to start the next winter and publish it as a novel instead. He stated that he had given the script to a few trusted colleagues, including Bruce Dern , Tim Roth and Michael Madsen . On April 19, 2014, Tarantino directed a live reading of the leaked script at the United Artists Theater in
12769-577: Was younger, and he subsequently vowed never to share any of his future wealth with her. As a 15-year-old, he was grounded by his mother for shoplifting Elmore Leonard 's novel The Switch from a Kmart . He was allowed to leave only to attend the Torrance Community Theater, where he participated in such plays as Two Plus Two Makes Sex and Romeo and Juliet . The same year, he dropped out of Narbonne High School in Harbor City . Through
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