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96-685: Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Baker found success playing both leading and supporting roles, including a mafia hitman in Charley Varrick (1973), a brute force detective in Mitchell (1975), a legendary baseball player in The Natural (1984), a police chief in the Chevy Chase comedy Fletch (1985), and a morally dubious private investigator in Martin Scorsese 's Cape Fear (1991). He played both

192-412: 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

288-543: 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 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

384-617: A 72-minute documentary on the making of the film, titled "Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of Charley Varrick". On November 12, 2019, the film was released in a Region-A locked Blu-ray by Kino Lorber with an exclusive new 4K remaster. This edition includes the "Last of the Independents" documentary, "Refracted Personae", a new video essay with critic Howard S Berger , an archival episode of Trailers from Hell , and

480-758: 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

576-490: A certain way, the action film falls apart. John Simon at New York magazine said that Charley Varrick is one of the more accomplished specimens of the gangster genre. While not strictly a "remake", 2 Guns (2013) has many of its film elements lifted from Charley Varrick. Matthau won the 1974 British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards for Best Actor in Charley Varrick . In addition, Frank Morriss

672-652: A device we can use to explain to people what they're seeing?" Varrick's aircraft is a converted Boeing PT-17 Stearman Kaydet (N53039) crop-duster flown by Hollywood aerial pilot Frank Tallman . The modified crop-duster belonged to a California agricultural spraying business. This same aircraft crashed in Oakdale , California, on December 31, 1976, killing the pilot, who was crop-dusting. The plane's wing caught an electric wire and crashed. Director Don Siegel filmed several of his movies in northern Nevada, including Charley Varrick , The Shootist and Jinxed! Charley Varrick

768-821: 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

864-518: 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

960-719: A friend cope with the loss of his son. He hires William Banks (played by Benjamin Bratt ) to help him start back down the road to sobriety. Baker played King in Mud (2012). In 1987, Baker played the villainous arms dealer Brad Whitaker in the James Bond film The Living Daylights , starring Timothy Dalton as 007 . In 1995 and 1997, Baker returned to the series, this time playing a different character, CIA agent Jack Wade, in GoldenEye and Tomorrow Never Dies , with Pierce Brosnan as Bond. Baker

1056-520: A friend's barbecue, Tarantino discussed with him about an unwritten dialogue-driven heist film . Bender encouraged Tarantino to write 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

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1152-1000: 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

1248-445: 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

1344-508: 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

1440-417: 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

1536-722: A new audio commentary with critic Toby Roan. According to Rory Gallagher 's long-time bassist Gerry McAvoy , in his book Riding Shotgun: 35 Years on the Road with Rory Gallagher and ' Nine Below Zero ' , Gallagher's 1978 song "Last of the Independents" was inspired by Charley Varrick . The "Last of The Independents" logo appears in the film on the back of the Varrick company's jumpsuits and on his truck. Quentin Tarantino Quentin Jerome Tarantino ( / ˌ t ær ən ˈ t iː n oʊ / ; born March 27, 1963)

1632-416: A news outlet reports that less than $ 2,000 was stolen, Charley correctly concludes that the bank was being used to launder illicit Mafia cash. Charley tells Harman that the mob will never stop looking for the money, and that their best chance of staying safe is to live their normal lives for the next few years, doing nothing that draws attention to them. Harman tells Charley, however, that he intends to be

1728-598: A penchant for fighting) and Mod Squad (where he appeared as an illiterate vending machine robber). He was the title character in the 1971 TV movie Mongo's Back in Town , starring Telly Savalas . Standing at 6'2" tall (189 cm), Baker's physical prowess and stereotypical Texas drawl would prove perfect in Westerns, both on film and television. While working regularly on television on shows such as Bonanza and Gunsmoke , he appeared in supporting roles in such films Guns of

1824-404: A regional exploitation picture, Walking Tall connected with audiences and became an unexpected hit, circulating for national distribution with a new TV ad campaign using the slogan, "When was the last time you stood up and applauded a movie?" The film eventually earned $ 23 million at the box office. His performance was praised by influential film critic Pauline Kael , but he decided not to star in

1920-469: 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

2016-641: 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

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2112-483: A slave revenge Spaghetti Western which won him his second Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. His eighth film, The Hateful Eight (2015), 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,

2208-406: A spendthrift with his share of the loot. Although mourning his wife's death, Charley takes steps to get away. He hides the money and arranges to get passports for him and Harman. Meanwhile, a Reno -based gangster named Boyle hires a sadistic contract murderer, "Molly", to find the stolen cash and make an example of the robbers. Molly's search leads him to Harman. While Charley is hiding outside of

2304-648: A sports scholarship, where he was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. He graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1958. After serving in the United States Army for two years, Baker moved to New York City to study at the Actors Studio , of which he is a life member. He cited Robert Mitchum (whom he'd work with in Cape Fear ) and Spencer Tracy as his inspirations. During

2400-833: 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

2496-520: A villain and an ally in three James Bond films : as Brad Whitaker in The Living Daylights (1987) with Timothy Dalton , and as CIA agent Jack Wade in GoldenEye (1995) and Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) with Pierce Brosnan . For his portrayal of offbeat CIA agent Darius Jedburgh in the BBC television serial Edge of Darkness (1985), he was nominated for a BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor . He

2592-569: 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 was younger, and he subsequently vowed never to share any of his future wealth with her. As a 15-year-old, he

2688-524: 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

2784-445: 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

2880-591: 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,

2976-566: 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,

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3072-523: 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 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

3168-399: Is comedic). Charley Varrick is a crop duster and former stunt pilot with knowledge about explosives. He, his wife, and two others, Al and Harman, rob a bank in rural New Mexico . Al and Charley's wife are killed when the crime turns violent. Having gotten away to a distant trailer park , Charley and Harman discover that the heist netted more than three-quarters of a million dollars. When

3264-540: Is depicted by him as not at all normal…the characters are counterpoised against an environment which is as deranged as they are. The straight world is as phony, dishonest and evil as the criminal's, without the one qualification which may be an improvement on the normal: they [the criminals] are honest about their lawlessness…"—Biographer Judith M. Kass in Don Seigel: The Hollywood Professionals, Vol. 4 (1975) Although critically very well received,

3360-927: Is one of four actors to appear as both a Bond ally and a villain, the others being Charles Gray , who appeared as Henderson in You Only Live Twice and Ernst Stavro Blofeld in Diamonds Are Forever ; Walter Gotell , who appeared as Morzeny, the SPECTRE Island trainer, in From Russia with Love and as General Gogol, the chief of the KGB , in six films between 1977 and 1987; and Richard Kiel as Jaws , in The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker , becoming Bond's ally against villain Hugo Drax ( Michael Lonsdale ) in

3456-445: 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

3552-487: 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

3648-689: 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

3744-641: The Chinese restaurant scenes, filmed at 538 South Virginia Street and the Arlington Towers condominium building at 100 N. Arlington Avenue. This condo tower is where Varrick meets Miss Fort. On Rotten Tomatoes , the film holds a rating of 82% from 28 reviews with the consensus: "With Walter Matthau adding hangdog soul to Don Siegel's propulsive direction, Charley Varrick is a crime thriller that really scores." "The 'normal' world—the terrain Seigel usually works in—

3840-831: 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 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

3936-591: 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

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4032-446: The fourth season of The Golden Girls , which 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

4128-613: 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 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

4224-416: 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

4320-505: 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

4416-584: The 1963–64 Broadway season, he appeared on stage in Marathon '33 at the ANTA Theatre in New York City. His career had its roots in television, though he did appear in several movies, including an uncredited part in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke . He appeared in many television series, graduating to featured guest roles in such series as The Big Valley (in which he played a Harvard-educated Native American with

4512-968: The Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of North Texas in 1994. While actor Carroll O'Connor was undergoing coronary bypass surgery , Baker took his place on the television series In the Heat of the Night . Baker appeared as Captain Tom Dugan, a retired police captain who substituted while O'Connor's character was away at a police convention. More recently, he appeared in Joe Dirt , The Dukes of Hazzard , and Strange Wilderness . In 2009, Baker delivered another performance in The Cleaner on A&E , playing an alcoholic military veteran attempting to help

4608-468: 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

4704-422: The Independents", to be the title of the film. The motto appears on the film poster and briefly as a subtitle in the film trailer . When the hit man Molly arrives at Jewell's photo studio and introduces himself, Jewell sarcastically replies, "Yeah, I didn't figure you for Clint Eastwood". The role of Varrick was written for Eastwood, who turned it down, reportedly because he could not find any redeeming features in

4800-527: The Magnificent Seven (1969) and Blake Edwards ' Wild Rovers , but his film career did not quicken until he scored the role of Steve McQueen 's younger brother in Sam Peckinpah 's Junior Bonner , a film about a contemporary rodeo cowboy, which was released in late 1972. Baker appeared in the pilot episode of 1968's Lancer , titled "The High Riders", as the main villain, "Day Pardee". This role

4896-630: 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

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4992-540: 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 ,

5088-629: 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

5184-614: 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

5280-429: 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

5376-431: The character. Matthau was also reported to have been unimpressed by the film, and Siegel later claimed that Matthau hurt the film's box-office performance by publicly stating that he neither liked the film nor understood what it was about. Matthau sent Siegel a note that said, "I have seen it three times, and am of slightly better than average intelligence (IQ 120) but I still don't quite understand what's going on. Is there

5472-527: 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

5568-498: The corrupt Chief Jerry Karlin in Fletch . In the UK, he played CIA agent Darius Jedburgh in the BBC Television drama serial Edge of Darkness . He was nominated for Best Actor by the British Academy Television Awards , losing to his co-star Bob Peck . Martin Scorsese directed him as a private detective in the 1991 remake of Cape Fear , hired by protagonist Sam Bowden ( Nick Nolte ) to protect his family from psychopathic ex-convict Max Cady ( Robert De Niro ). Baker received

5664-548: 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

5760-408: 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 a misdiagnosis of Hodgkin's lymphoma , Tarantino was again sent to live with his grandparents in Knoxville. Less than

5856-527: 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 ,

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5952-775: The film was a disappointment at the box office. Reviewer Paul Tatara describes Charley Varrick as "intelligent, commercial filmmaking at its finest. They rarely make them like this anymore." Vincent Canby , in his review for The New York Times , considered Charley Varrick as both an action film and a mystery: An intelligent action melodrama is probably one of the most difficult kinds of film to make. Intelligence in this case has nothing to do with being literate, poetic, or even reasonable. It has to do with movement, suspense, and sudden changes in fortune that are plausible enough to entertain without challenging you to question basic premises. If you start asking whether such-and-such could really have happened, or if so-and-so would have acted in

6048-509: 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

6144-409: 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,

6240-499: 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

6336-488: The latter film. Charley Varrick Charley Varrick (a.k.a. The Last of the Independents and Kill Charley Varrick ) is a 1973 American neo-noir crime film directed by Don Siegel and starring Walter Matthau , Andrew Robinson , Joe Don Baker and John Vernon . Charley Varrick is based on the novel The Looters by John H. Reese , and is the first of four consecutive films in which Matthau appeared that were not comedies (although his role in Earthquake

6432-507: The martial arts films Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) and Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004), with both volumes combined regarded as 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),

6528-646: 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

6624-623: The night together. Charley phones Boyle and offers to return the stolen money. He arranges a meeting the next morning at a remote junkyard, and tells Boyle to be there. Molly is with Boyle at the time and comes up with a plan of his own. Charley lands his plane at the junkyard and, in an effort to fool observers, acts overjoyed and hugs a confounded Boyle. Watching from a distance, Molly assumes that Boyle and Charley have been working together. Molly runs down Boyle with his car, killing him. Molly chases Charley's plane with his car and damages it so that it will not be able to fly. Charley deliberately flips

6720-436: 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

6816-494: The plane upside down, a stunt that he used to do in his barnstorming days. Apparently trapped in the wreckage, Charley tells Molly that the money is in the trunk of a nearby car. Molly opens the trunk but sees Harman's body and the bank satchels. A moment later, the trunk explodes, killing Molly. Charley frees himself. He throws a wad of $ 100 bills on the flames of the burning car, gets into another car, and drives away. Director Don Siegel wanted Varrick's company's motto, "Last of

6912-678: 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

7008-468: 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

7104-481: The script and also contributed to 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

7200-474: 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

7296-465: The sequel. Later that year, his work in Charley Varrick helped solidify Baker's reputation. He also co-starred with Robert Duvall in the 1973 crime film The Outfit and starred in the 1974 adventure film Golden Needles . In 1977 he had leading roles in Checkered Flag or Crash opposite Susan Sarandon and The Shadow of Chikara with Ted Neeley and Sondra Locke . On April 10, 1978,

7392-628: The short film. Magill committed suicide in 1987, after which all film shot was destroyed. Later, Tarantino attended acting classes at 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

7488-460: 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,

7584-512: 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

7680-583: The trailer park, located near the Red Hawk Casino, which closed in 2008, and the Carson River , at the corner of Hart and Louie Streets. The photographer's studio and gun store scenes were filmed in Gardnerville . The crop-duster flight scenes at the film's conclusion were filmed at the now-closed City Auto Wrecking, east of Sparks , near Lockwood Nevada, by Canyon Way Road. The Reno filming locations included

7776-567: The trailer, Molly torments Harman in an attempt to learn about the money, and beats him to death. Boyle secretly meets with the bank manager, Harold Young. He tells Young that his Mafia superiors will suspect that the robbery was an inside job because it occurred during the brief period when the money was on site. He suggests that Young will be tortured to learn the extent of his involvement. Terrified, Young ends his life. Charley flies his crop-dusting biplane to Reno and contacts Boyle's secretary. She warns Charley not to trust her boss, and they spend

7872-472: The two part television program To Kill a Cop premiered. In it Baker is paired with Louis Gossett Jr. as police detective. Baker co-starred with Karen Black in the miniseries Power (1980), a scarcely-disguised story of labor leader Jimmy Hoffa . Baker played the Whammer, a baseball player modeled on Babe Ruth , in the 1984 baseball drama The Natural , which starred Robert Redford . In 1985, he portrayed

7968-482: 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

8064-435: Was optioned and 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

8160-601: Was also nominated for a Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing Alabama governor Big Jim Folsom in the made-for-television film George Wallace (1997). Baker was born in Groesbeck, Texas , the son of Edna (née McDonald) and Doyle Charles Baker. He was raised by his aunt Anna Thompson after the death of his mother at age 12. He played basketball and football (as linebacker and co-captain) at Groesbeck High School , and attended North Texas State College in Denton on

8256-531: 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 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

8352-501: 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

8448-504: 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

8544-659: 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 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

8640-527: Was later fictionalized in Quentin Tarantino 's 2019 film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood —changed to 'Decoteau' and played by Leonardo DiCaprio as Rick Dalton . He went on to appear in a later episode as Clovis Horner in 1970. His breakthrough came with the 1973 film Walking Tall , directed by Phil Karlson . He starred in the filmmaker's final work, Framed , two years later. Released in February as

8736-543: Was nominated for the 1974 British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards for Best Editing. Charley Varrick was released as a Region 1 DVD with no extras on December 28, 2004. On February 14, 2008, the film was released as a Region 2 DVD in Europe in widescreen with some special features. Both DVD versions are uncut. On March 19, 2015, the film was released as a Region-B locked Blu-ray in Germany. This edition includes

8832-612: 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

8928-541: 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

9024-687: Was set in New Mexico but was filmed primarily in two small Nevada towns, Dayton and Genoa . Both towns lay a claim to being the oldest towns in the state. The opening bank robbery exterior scenes were filmed in Genoa, at the old Douglas County court house. The sheriff's chase of Varrick and his gang was filmed nearby on Genoa Lane and Nevada State Route 207 . The interior bank scenes were filmed in Minden . The trailer park scenes were filmed in Dayton by US Route 50 at

9120-675: 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

9216-493: 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

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