Post by icebox. on Aug 15, 2004 17:57:42 GMT -5
Quentin Tarantino wanted James Woods to play a role in the film, and made him five different cash offers. Woods' agent refused the offers without ever mentioning it to Woods as the sums offered were well below what Woods would usually receive. When Tarantino and Woods later met for the first time, Woods learned of the offer and was annoyed enough to get a new agent. Tarantino avoided telling Woods which role he was offered "because the actor who played the role was magnificent anyway". It is widely accepted that the role that Tarantino was referring to was Mr. Orange.
Tarantino originally wrote the role of Mr. Pink for himself.
Michael Madsen originally auditioned for the part of Mr Pink
Samuel L. Jackson auditioned for the role of Mr. Orange and didn't get the part. But Quentin Tarantino was so impressed by him he cast him in his next movie Pulp Fiction (1994).
Once Tim Roth was cast, Tarantino originally wanted him to play Mr. Blonde or Mr. Pink.
Director Trademark: [Quentin Tarantino] [trunk] Before the audience sees the contents of Mr. Blonde's trunk, the camera looks up at Mr. White, Mr. Blonde, and Mr. Pink from inside the trunk. See also "Pulp Fiction" and "Jackie Brown."
The final answer print of the film came back from the lab just 3 days before its world premiere at Sundance.
The title for the film comes from a combination of two other movies. Tarantino, not very good at speaking French, always referred to Au revoir les enfants (1987) simply as "that Reservoir movie". He also is a big Sam Peckinpah fan, and likes his film Straw Dogs (1971). So he combined the two titles to get "Reservoir Dogs".
Director Quentin Tarantino was going to shoot the film in black and white, with his friends as actors. Through a friend of a friend, he managed to get a copy of the script to Harvey Keitel, who was so impressed that he immediately signed on and helped raise funds.
Robert Kurtzman did the special make-up effects on Reservoir Dogs for free, on the condition that Quentin Tarantino write a script for From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) based on a story by Kurtzman.
During filming, a paramedic was kept on the set to make sure that Mr. Orange's (Tim Roth) amount of blood loss was kept consistent and realistic to that of a real gunshot victim.
To avoid alienating the film's backers, producer Lawrence Bender had the tamer scenes shot first, so that the dailies would strengthen the backers' confidence before getting to the nasty, violent scenes.
The plot and many scenes are taken from Hong Kong director Ringo Lam's movie Long hu feng yun (1987), which stars Yun-Fat Chow and Danny Lee. Tarantino says it is one of his favorite films.
The criminals in Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The (1974) also used colors to identify each other anonymously.
The black and white suit style worn in the film was taken from the John Woo film Yinghung bunsik II (1987).
A box of Fruit Brute cereal is visible in Mr. Orange's apartment. The box later appears in Pulp Fiction (1994).
Laurence Tierney says, "Dead as Dillinger" near the end of the film. He starred as John Dillinger in Dillinger (1945).
Mr Blonde's real name is Vic Vega. This is the same surname as Vince (John Travolta) from Tarantino's other film Pulp Fiction (1994).
It is revealed on the Ten Years Special Edition in one deleted scene that Mr. White's real name is Lawrence Dimick.
Nina Siemaszko appears as McKlusky in a deleted scene.
Although he supposedly killed more people than any of the other characters did, Mr. Blonde is never seen killing anyone on-screen.
Of the four "colored" characters who survive the diamond heist, we find out through flashbacks the names and histories or Mr. Orange, Mr. Blonde, and Mr. White. The only one who doesn't get a flashback is Mr. Pink. He is the only character whose name is not revealed in the film.
The warehouse where the majority of the movie takes place is full of coffins. Mr. Blonde doesn't sit down on a crate, it's actually an old hearse he perches on.
The actor who plays the lady that Mr. Orange (Tim Roth) shoots was Roth's dialect coach. Roth insisted that she take the role, as she was very hard on him.
Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi) professes his dislike of automatically tipping waiting staff. Buscemi has a cameo appearance as a waiter in Pulp Fiction (1994).
Steve Buscemi originally auditioned for the part of Mr. White.
When the cop pleads for his life during the torture scene, he says that he has a child at home. This line was improvised by Kirk Baltz, and when he first said it, Michael Madsen was so disturbed by the idea of it that he couldn't finish the scene.
At several points, Tim Roth had lain in the pool of fake blood for so long that the blood dried out and he had to be peeled off the floor, which took several minutes.
The budget for the movie wasn't large enough to cover most of the costumes, so many of the clothes worn belonged to the actors themselves. For example, Mr. Pink's black jeans, Mr. Blond's black cowboy boots and Nice Guy Eddie's jacket.
Mr. Blonde's Cadillac Coup Deville actually belonged to actor Michael Madsen because the budget wasn't big enough to actually buy a car for the character.
The warehouse used in the film was previously a mortuary.
The word f**k is used 252 times.
Mr. Pink's numerous references to being "professional" are a reference to movie director Howard Hawks, a favorite of Tarantino's.
The famous "Wilhelm Scream" is heard when Mr. Pink pushes a pedestrian on the sidewalk while being pursued by cops during his escape from the failed jewel heist.
Director Trademark: [Quentin Tarantino] [trunk shot]
Director Trademark: [Quentin Tarantino] [[long take]: While torturing the cop, we follow Mr. Blonde continuously from the warehouse to his car outside, back into the warehouse again.]
Mr. Orange's apartment was actually the upstairs to the warehouse where most of the movie takes place. The filmmakers redecorated it to look like an apartment in order to save money on finding a real apartment.
George Clooney read for the role of Mr. Blonde/Vic Vega but was turned down.
According to an interview on the DVD, Michael Madsen says that Kirk Baltz asked to ride in his trunk to experience what it was really like. Michael Madsen agreed, but decided as he went along that this was time for his own character development. So he apparently drove down a long alley with potholes, and then through a Taco Bell drive through before taking Baltz back to the parking lot and letting him out.
'Michael Madsen' had difficulty filming the torture scenes. He was particularly reluctant when he was required to hit actor 'Kirk Baltz'.
Quentin Tarantino was considering using "Ballroom Blitz" by Sweet as alternate song for the "ear" scene, but went with Stealers Wheel "Stuck in the middle with you"
Tarantino avoids product-placement in his movies as much as possible. This is why anyone who smokes is smoking a pack of "Red Apples", a brand Tarantino made up. This is also why any cereal in his films (Fruit Brute, Kabooom!, etc.) are all brands that died out in the 1970s and no longer exist.
Tarantino originally wrote the role of Mr. Pink for himself.
Michael Madsen originally auditioned for the part of Mr Pink
Samuel L. Jackson auditioned for the role of Mr. Orange and didn't get the part. But Quentin Tarantino was so impressed by him he cast him in his next movie Pulp Fiction (1994).
Once Tim Roth was cast, Tarantino originally wanted him to play Mr. Blonde or Mr. Pink.
Director Trademark: [Quentin Tarantino] [trunk] Before the audience sees the contents of Mr. Blonde's trunk, the camera looks up at Mr. White, Mr. Blonde, and Mr. Pink from inside the trunk. See also "Pulp Fiction" and "Jackie Brown."
The final answer print of the film came back from the lab just 3 days before its world premiere at Sundance.
The title for the film comes from a combination of two other movies. Tarantino, not very good at speaking French, always referred to Au revoir les enfants (1987) simply as "that Reservoir movie". He also is a big Sam Peckinpah fan, and likes his film Straw Dogs (1971). So he combined the two titles to get "Reservoir Dogs".
Director Quentin Tarantino was going to shoot the film in black and white, with his friends as actors. Through a friend of a friend, he managed to get a copy of the script to Harvey Keitel, who was so impressed that he immediately signed on and helped raise funds.
Robert Kurtzman did the special make-up effects on Reservoir Dogs for free, on the condition that Quentin Tarantino write a script for From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) based on a story by Kurtzman.
During filming, a paramedic was kept on the set to make sure that Mr. Orange's (Tim Roth) amount of blood loss was kept consistent and realistic to that of a real gunshot victim.
To avoid alienating the film's backers, producer Lawrence Bender had the tamer scenes shot first, so that the dailies would strengthen the backers' confidence before getting to the nasty, violent scenes.
The plot and many scenes are taken from Hong Kong director Ringo Lam's movie Long hu feng yun (1987), which stars Yun-Fat Chow and Danny Lee. Tarantino says it is one of his favorite films.
The criminals in Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The (1974) also used colors to identify each other anonymously.
The black and white suit style worn in the film was taken from the John Woo film Yinghung bunsik II (1987).
A box of Fruit Brute cereal is visible in Mr. Orange's apartment. The box later appears in Pulp Fiction (1994).
Laurence Tierney says, "Dead as Dillinger" near the end of the film. He starred as John Dillinger in Dillinger (1945).
Mr Blonde's real name is Vic Vega. This is the same surname as Vince (John Travolta) from Tarantino's other film Pulp Fiction (1994).
It is revealed on the Ten Years Special Edition in one deleted scene that Mr. White's real name is Lawrence Dimick.
Nina Siemaszko appears as McKlusky in a deleted scene.
Although he supposedly killed more people than any of the other characters did, Mr. Blonde is never seen killing anyone on-screen.
Of the four "colored" characters who survive the diamond heist, we find out through flashbacks the names and histories or Mr. Orange, Mr. Blonde, and Mr. White. The only one who doesn't get a flashback is Mr. Pink. He is the only character whose name is not revealed in the film.
The warehouse where the majority of the movie takes place is full of coffins. Mr. Blonde doesn't sit down on a crate, it's actually an old hearse he perches on.
The actor who plays the lady that Mr. Orange (Tim Roth) shoots was Roth's dialect coach. Roth insisted that she take the role, as she was very hard on him.
Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi) professes his dislike of automatically tipping waiting staff. Buscemi has a cameo appearance as a waiter in Pulp Fiction (1994).
Steve Buscemi originally auditioned for the part of Mr. White.
When the cop pleads for his life during the torture scene, he says that he has a child at home. This line was improvised by Kirk Baltz, and when he first said it, Michael Madsen was so disturbed by the idea of it that he couldn't finish the scene.
At several points, Tim Roth had lain in the pool of fake blood for so long that the blood dried out and he had to be peeled off the floor, which took several minutes.
The budget for the movie wasn't large enough to cover most of the costumes, so many of the clothes worn belonged to the actors themselves. For example, Mr. Pink's black jeans, Mr. Blond's black cowboy boots and Nice Guy Eddie's jacket.
Mr. Blonde's Cadillac Coup Deville actually belonged to actor Michael Madsen because the budget wasn't big enough to actually buy a car for the character.
The warehouse used in the film was previously a mortuary.
The word f**k is used 252 times.
Mr. Pink's numerous references to being "professional" are a reference to movie director Howard Hawks, a favorite of Tarantino's.
The famous "Wilhelm Scream" is heard when Mr. Pink pushes a pedestrian on the sidewalk while being pursued by cops during his escape from the failed jewel heist.
Director Trademark: [Quentin Tarantino] [trunk shot]
Director Trademark: [Quentin Tarantino] [[long take]: While torturing the cop, we follow Mr. Blonde continuously from the warehouse to his car outside, back into the warehouse again.]
Mr. Orange's apartment was actually the upstairs to the warehouse where most of the movie takes place. The filmmakers redecorated it to look like an apartment in order to save money on finding a real apartment.
George Clooney read for the role of Mr. Blonde/Vic Vega but was turned down.
According to an interview on the DVD, Michael Madsen says that Kirk Baltz asked to ride in his trunk to experience what it was really like. Michael Madsen agreed, but decided as he went along that this was time for his own character development. So he apparently drove down a long alley with potholes, and then through a Taco Bell drive through before taking Baltz back to the parking lot and letting him out.
'Michael Madsen' had difficulty filming the torture scenes. He was particularly reluctant when he was required to hit actor 'Kirk Baltz'.
Quentin Tarantino was considering using "Ballroom Blitz" by Sweet as alternate song for the "ear" scene, but went with Stealers Wheel "Stuck in the middle with you"
Tarantino avoids product-placement in his movies as much as possible. This is why anyone who smokes is smoking a pack of "Red Apples", a brand Tarantino made up. This is also why any cereal in his films (Fruit Brute, Kabooom!, etc.) are all brands that died out in the 1970s and no longer exist.