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...crowd loved his willing antics, cheering loudly when he managed to tag a photograph of John Travolta...
...here's a movie. Three stories that begin as cliches but soon go wild and wily. A gallery of tough guys who minor in philosophy. Career-defining turns by John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson and Uma Thurman. Peppery dialogue that brings macho swank into the '90s. Quentin Tarantino's adrenaline rush of a melodrama is a brash dare to timid Hollywood filmmakers. Let's see, he says, if you can be this smart about going this...
...darkly comic film Pulp Fiction cleaned up with four awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association: best film, director and screenplay (Quentin Tarantino) and best actor (John Travolta). Robert Redford's Quiz Show was voted best picture by the New York Film Critics Circle...
...maybe just starting. With The Santa Clause, Allen has joined the tiny fraternity of stars (John Travolta, Robin Williams, Jim Carrey) who have successfully made the leap from TV to movies. Many more -- including the two most dominant prime-time stars of recent years, Bill Cosby and Roseanne -- have conspicuously failed to transfer their popularity to the big screen. Perhaps they are too closely identified with TV roles in which they essentially play themselves. Perhaps their very living-room familiarity makes it impossible for them to be fully convincing on the larger-than-life movie screen. For whatever reason...
...keep them percolating. "Quentin is a great collaborator," says Thurman, a creepy delight in Pulp Fiction as a woman convinced she's in control of her life and her men. "He is extremely clear about what he wants, but he's not close minded; he's no bully." Travolta says Tarantino trusts actors: "He lets you put all the icing on the cake. For Vincent, I could mock up the hair, the accent, the walk, the talk." The result is a deft portrait of a guy who moves warily and at his own slo-mo pace, as if he needed...