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text: segment of "The Man from Hollywood", a tribute to the "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" episode "Man From the South". Tarantino later played the role of the Groom in the music video "Dance Me to the End of Love" by Leonard Cohen. Later in 1995, he hosted a "Saturday Night Live" episode featuring The Smashing Pumpkins. Tarantino appeared in and wrote the script for Rodriguez's "From Dusk till Dawn" (1996), which saw average reviews from the critics. It nevertheless quickly reached cult status, spawning a continuing saga of two sequels, for which Tarantino and Rodriguez only served as executive producers, and later

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text: his next effort, Tarantino paid homage to the blaxploitation films of the 1970s with "Jackie Brown" (1997), an adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel "Rum Punch". "Kill Bill", a highly stylized "revenge flick" in the cinematic traditions of Kung fu films, Japanese martial arts, Spaghetti Westerns and Italian horror, followed six years later, and was released as two films: "" in 2003 and "" in 2004. Tarantino next directed "Death Proof" in 2007, as part of a double feature with friend Robert Rodriguez, under the collective title "Grindhouse". His long-postponed "Inglourious Basterds", which tells the fictional alternate history story of two

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text: Tarantino appeared in "Destiny Turns on the Radio", an American comedy film, with Dylan McDermott, Nancy Travis, James LeGros, and James Belushi. He then played the "Pick-up Guy" in Robert Rodriguez's "Desperado", an American contemporary western action film written, produced, and directed by Rodriguez, and starring Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Joaquim de Almeida, and Steve Buscemi. The film was screened out of competition at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. 1995 also saw the release of "Four Rooms", an anthology film collaboration of directors that also included Robert Rodriguez, Allison Anders, and Alexandre Rockwell. Tarantino directed and acted in the fourth

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text: Tarantino's direction of "Grave Danger", a "" episode, garnered him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series nomination. He directed a scene in Frank Miller and Rodriguez's "Sin City" (2005). Tarantino and Rodriguez later collaborated in the double feature "Grindhouse" (2007); he directed the segment "Death Proof". He next penned and directed the war film "Inglourious Basterds" (2009), a fictionalized account of the Nazi occupation of France during World War II. The critically and commercially successful film earned Tarantino two nominations at the 82nd Academy Awards—Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. His greatest commercial success came

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text: inspired later filmmakers blessed with much better financial backing. Almost all the works of Quentin Tarantino—in particular, "Jackie Brown" (1997), the "Kill Bill" movies (2003–4), and his "Death Proof" segment of "Grindhouse" (2007)—pay explicit tribute to classic exploitation cinema. Blaxploitation is directly homaged by the former, while the "Kill Bill" pictures reference a wide variety of Asian martial arts films, which appeared as imports in U.S. theaters regularly during the 1970s. These "kung fu" films as they were often called, whatever specific martial art was featured, were popularized in the United States by the Hong Kong–produced movies of Bruce Lee.

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text: with Roger Avary as production assistants on Dolph Lundgren's exercise video, "Maximum Potential". The following year, he played the role of one of a group of Elvis impersonators in "Sophia's Wedding: Part 1", an episode in the fourth season of "The Golden Girls", which was broadcast on November 19, 1988. Tarantino received his first paid writing assignment in the early 1990s when Robert Kurtzman hired him to write the script for "From Dusk Till Dawn". In January 1992, Tarantino's neo-noir crime thriller "Reservoir Dogs"—which he wrote, directed and acted in as Mr. Brown—was screened at the Sundance Film Festival. It

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text: of "". For this episode, Tarantino was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series on the 57th Primetime Emmy Awards. Also in 2005 he played himself in "The Muppets' Wizard of Oz", as Kermit the Frog's director. Shortly after, he voiced the character of Master Moloch in the "Looney Tunes"' based show "Duck Dodgers." Tarantino's next film project was "Grindhouse", which he co-directed with Rodriguez. Released in theaters on April 6, 2007, Tarantino's contribution to the "Grindhouse" project was titled "Death Proof". It began as a take on 1970s slasher films, but evolved dramatically

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text: as the project unfolded. Ticket sales were low despite mostly positive reviews. The same year, he appeared in the Japanese Western film "Sukiyaki Western Django" as Piringo and had a vocal cameo as a newsreader in George A. Romero's "Diary of the Dead". Among Tarantino's producing credits are the horror film "Hostel", which included numerous references to his own "Pulp Fiction"; the adaptation of Elmore Leonard's "Killshot", for which Tarantino was credited as an executive producer, although he was no longer associated with the film after its 2009 release; and "Hell Ride", written and directed by Larry Bishop and Jonny

title: Quentin Tarantino filmography

text: two other films. The following year, Tarantino directed "The Man from Hollywood", one of the four segments of the anthology film "Four Rooms", and an episode of "ER", entitled "The Motherhood". He wrote Robert Rodriguez's "From Dusk till Dawn" (1996)—one of the many collaborations between them—which attained cult status and spawned several sequels, in which they served as executive producers. His next directorial ventures "Jackie Brown" (1997) and "Kill Bill" (2003–04) were met with critical acclaim. The latter, a two-part martial arts film ( and ), follows a former assassin, seeking revenge on her ex-colleagues who attempted to kill her.

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text: frequent collaborators include Uma Thurman, whom Tarantino has described as his "muse", James Parks, Tim Roth and Zoë Bell. 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". Editing duties since her death have been taken over by Fred Raskin. Critical, public and commercial reception to films Tarantino has directed as of October 15, 2017. Quentin Tarantino Quentin Jerome Tarantino (; born March 27, 1963) is an American filmmaker, author, and actor. His films are characterized by nonlinear storylines; satirical subject matter;

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text: 2019. In recent years, Tarantino has used his Hollywood power to give smaller and foreign films more attention than they might have received otherwise. These films are usually labeled "Presented by Quentin Tarantino" or "Quentin Tarantino Presents". The first of these productions was in 2001 with the Hong Kong martial arts film "Iron Monkey", which made over $14 million in the United States, seven times its budget. In 2004, he brought the Chinese martial arts film "Hero" to U.S. shores. It ended up having a No. 1 opening at the box office and making $53.5 million. In 2006, another "Quentin

title: Tony Tarantino

text: surname would have sufficed." In October 2015, Quentin Tarantino received backlash from police unions after speaking at an anti-police brutality rally in New York, saying: "I have to call the murderers the murderers." Tony Tarantino responded, saying he had relatives in the police and that what Quentin Tarantino did and said was "dead wrong". Tony Tarantino Tony Tarantino (born July 4, 1940) is an American actor and father of Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino was born in Queens, New York on July 4, 1940, to Elizabeth and Dominic Tarantino (1915–2004), a World War ll veteran. He is the father of film director

title: Quentin Tarantino Film Festival

text: Quentin Tarantino Film Festival The Quentin Tarantino Film Festival, or QT-Fest, is a semi-annual film and multimedia event held by the Austin Film Society in Austin, Texas and attended by film director Quentin Tarantino. Most recently, the Alamo Drafthouse theater in downtown Austin, Texas has been the selected venue. The event usually takes place for a few days, and Tarantino screens a selection of his favorite films using prints he owns. Usually Tarantino programs films to a theme such as 1980s horror night or Italian crime films of the 1970s. All films come from his private collection of prints and

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text: Quentin Tarantino Quentin Jerome Tarantino (; born March 27, 1963) is an American filmmaker, author, and actor. His films are characterized by nonlinear storylines; satirical subject matter; an aestheticization of violence; extended scenes of dialogue; ensemble casts consisting of established and lesser-known performers; references to popular culture and a wide variety of other films; soundtracks primarily containing songs and score pieces from the 1960s to the 1980s; and features of neo-noir film. His career began in the late 1980s when he wrote and directed "My Best Friend's Birthday", the screenplay of which later formed the basis for "True Romance". In

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text: the mid-1990s, when his then-girlfriend Mira Sorvino told him about her experience with Weinstein. Tarantino confronted Weinstein at the time and received an apology. Tarantino said: "What I did was marginalize the incidents." He said he was ashamed he did not take a stronger stand, saying, "I knew enough to do more than I did." On February 3, 2018, in an interview with "The New York Times", "Pulp Fiction" and "Kill Bill" actress Uma Thurman revealed that Tarantino had ignored her account of a sexual assault by Harvey Weinstein at the Savoy Hotel. She also described how she had been

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text: child of Connie McHugh and Tony Tarantino. His father is of Italian descent, and his mother has Cherokee and Irish ancestry. Quentin was named for Quint Asper, Burt Reynolds' character in the CBS series "Gunsmoke". Tarantino's mother met his father during a trip to Los Angeles, where Tony was a law student and would-be entertainer. She married him soon after, to gain independence from her parents, but their marriage was brief. After the divorce, Connie Tarantino left Los Angeles and moved to Knoxville, where her parents lived. In 1966, Tarantino and his mother moved back to Los Angeles. Tarantino's mother

title: Quentin Tarantino filmography

text: Quentin Tarantino filmography Quentin Tarantino is an American director, producer, screenwriter and actor, who has directed eight films and written all of them. He began his career in the late 1980s by directing, writing and starring in the black-and-white "My Best Friend's Birthday", a partially lost amateur short film which was never officially released. He impersonated musician Elvis Presley in a small role in the sitcom "The Golden Girls" (1988), and briefly appeared in "Eddie Presley" (1992). As an independent filmmaker, he directed, wrote and appeared in the crime thriller "Reservoir Dogs" (1992), which tells the story of five strangers

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text: with the 2012 western film "Django Unchained", earning $425.4 million worldwide; it also won him another Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He then wrote and directed another commercially successful western film "The Hateful Eight" (2015), whose screenplay was nominated for a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award. Quentin Tarantino filmography Quentin Tarantino is an American director, producer, screenwriter and actor, who has directed eight films and written all of them. He began his career in the late 1980s by directing, writing and starring in the black-and-white "My Best Friend's Birthday", a partially lost amateur short film which was

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text: held in 2001. This showing was held in October 2005. This showing was a 7-day event held from April 24, 2006 until April 30, 2006. To mark the closure of the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, Tarantino organized a three-night mini-festival. This was not an official QT-Fest, but followed the same format, with three themed triple bills. It was held May 10 to May 13, 2007, with a break on May 12. Sex Comedy Night May 10 Redneck Night May 11 Swinging Night Quentin Tarantino Film Festival The Quentin Tarantino Film Festival, or QT-Fest, is a semi-annual film and multimedia event held

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text: married musician Curtis Zastoupil soon after arriving in Los Angeles, and the family moved to Torrance, a city in Los Angeles County's South Bay area. Zastoupil encouraged Tarantino's love of movies, and accompanied him to numerous film screenings. Tarantino's mother allowed him to see movies with adult content, 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 sent to live with his grandparents in Tennessee. He remained there less than a year before returning to California. At 14 years old, Tarantino wrote one of his

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text: in essays and dissertations on film that had been marked in the previous five years. It revealed that Tarantino was the most-studied director in the UK, ahead of Christopher Nolan, Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg. In a 1996 interview with critic J. Hoberman, Tarantino said "If I had a gun and a 12-year-old kid broke into this house ... I would kill him. You have no right to come into my house ... I would empty the gun until you were dead." Tarantino has stated that he does not believe that violence in movies inspires acts of violence

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text: a masterpiece. It was perhaps the best film of that year." Tarantino has also cited the Australian suspense film "Roadgames" (1981) as another favorite film. Tarantino is also a noted fan of Elaine May's 1987 film "Ishtar", despite its reputation as being a notorious box office flop and one of the worst films ever made. In August 2007, while teaching in a four-hour film course during the 9th Cinemanila International Film Festival in Manila, Tarantino cited Filipino directors Cirio Santiago, Eddie Romero and Gerardo de León as personal icons from the 1970s. He referred to De Leon's "soul-shattering, life-extinguishing" movies

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text: that he would try to get people to watch really cool movies." After Tarantino met Lawrence Bender at a Hollywood party, Bender encouraged him to write a screenplay. His first attempted script, which he described as a "straight 70s exploitation action movie" was never published and was abandoned soon after. Tarantino co-wrote and directed his first movie, "My Best Friend's Birthday", in 1987. The final reel of the film was almost completely destroyed in a lab fire that occurred during editing, but its screenplay later formed the basis for "True Romance". In 1986, Tarantino got his first Hollywood job, working

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text: martial arts), "Jidaigeki" (Japanese period cinema), spaghetti Westerns and Italian horror. It was originally set for a single theatrical release, but its 4-hour plus running time prompted Tarantino to divide it into two movies. "" was released in late 2003 and "" was released in 2004. 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". In 2000, he played the role of Deacon in the Adam Sandler comedy "Little Nicky". From 2002–2004, Tarantino portrayed villain McKenas Cole in the ABC

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text: after directing his tenth film. In November 2017, Tarantino and J. J. Abrams pitched an idea for a "Star Trek" film with Abrams assembling a writers room. If both approve of the script Tarantino will direct and Abrams will produce the film. Mark L. Smith was hired to write the screenplay the same month. Tarantino's use of music in his films was recognized at the 16th Critics' Choice Awards with the inaugural BFCA Critics' Choice Award . In the 2012 "Sight & Sound" directors' poll, Tarantino listed his top 12 films: "Apocalypse Now", "The Bad News Bears", "Carrie", "Dazed and

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text: in real life. In an interview after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012, he expressed "annoyance" at the suggestion that there is a link between the two, saying, "I think it's disrespectful to [the] memory of those who died to talk about movies ... Obviously the issue is gun control and mental health." Spike Lee questioned Tarantino's use of racial slur in his films, particularly the word "nigger". In 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. What does

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text: The film stemmed from Tarantino's desire to produce a spaghetti western set in America's Deep South. 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 the right to". The film was released on December 25, 2012.

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text: Hollywood" and that Leonardo DiCaprio will play Rick Dalton, former star of a western TV series, while Brad Pitt will play Dalton's longtime stunt double Cliff Booth. Tarantino has written a screenplay for the film and will direct it. Later in May it was reported that Timothy Olyphant is in negotiations to play one of the leads in the film. Margot Robbie has confirmed she will portray actress Sharon Tate, Rick's next-door neighbor, while Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Roth, Kurt Russell, Michael Madsen and Al Pacino all have been considered for unspecified roles in the film. Tarantino was also reportedly

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text: commercial success. He has received many industry awards, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTA Awards and the Palme d'Or, and has been nominated for an Emmy and a Grammy. In 2005, he was included on the annual "Time" 100 list of the most influential people in the world. Filmmaker and historian Peter Bogdanovich has called him "the single most influential director of his generation". In December 2015, Tarantino received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the film industry. Tarantino was born on March 27, 1963, in Knoxville, Tennessee, the only

title: Tony Tarantino

text: Tony Tarantino Tony Tarantino (born July 4, 1940) is an American actor and father of Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino was born in Queens, New York on July 4, 1940, to Elizabeth and Dominic Tarantino (1915–2004), a World War ll veteran. He is the father of film director Quentin Tarantino. During a 2010 interview, the younger Tarantino said: "Well, I never knew my father [...] That's the thing. I never knew him [...] He wanted to be an actor [...] Now he's an actor only because he has my last name. But he was never part of my life. I didn't know

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text: in a serious automobile accident on the set of "Kill Bill" because Tarantino had insisted she perform her own driving stunts. As a result of the crash, Thurman sustained permanent injuries to her neck and knees. Tarantino defended himself saying that he did not force her to do the stunt herself, having checked the car by driving down the road of the shoot then assuring her it was safe, upon which she agreed to do so. Thurman accepted Tarantino's apology partly because he retrieved the footage of the car crash from the archives and gave it to her. In February

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text: "The Rules of Attraction", another novel by Ellis, to film in 2002, and since both he and Tarantino like the works by Ellis, Tarantino has been eyeing the possibility of adapting "Less Than Zero". Ellis confirmed in a 2010 interview that Tarantino had been "trying to get Fox to let him remake it". In 2012, when asked whether "Less Than Zero" would be remade, Ellis once again confirmed that Tarantino "has shown interest" in adapting the story. At the 2014 Comic-Con, Tarantino revealed he is contemplating a possible science-fiction film. In November 2014, Tarantino said he would retire from films

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text: Food", "Big Kahuna Burger", "G.O. Juice", "Jack Rabbit Slim's", "K-Billy", "Red Apple cigarettes", "Tenku Brand Beer" and "Teriyaki Donut". On the biopic genre, Tarantino has said that he has "no respect" for biopics, saying that they "are just big excuses for actors to win Oscars. ... Even the most interesting person – if you are telling their life from beginning to end, it's going to be a fucking boring movie." However, in an interview with Charlie Rose, he said: There is one story that I could be interested in, but it would probably be one of the last movies I

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text: and action as a "color" within cinema, and rebuked for allegedly using human suffering as a punchline. His film "Reservoir Dogs" was even initially denied United Kingdom certification because of his use of torture as entertainment. Actor Steve Buscemi has described Tarantino's novel style of filmmaking as "bursting with energy" and "focused", a style that has earned him many accolades worldwide. According to Tarantino, a hallmark of all his movies is that there is a different sense of humor in each one, which gets the audience to laugh at things that are not funny. However, he insists that his films

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text: to Tarantino physically assaulting Murphy in the AGO restaurant in West Hollywood, California in October 1997. Murphy subsequently filed a $5M lawsuit against Tarantino, which was eventually settled out of court. Tarantino was also an uncredited screenwriter on both "Crimson Tide" (1995) and "The Rock" (1996). Following the success of "Reservoir Dogs", Tarantino was approached by Hollywood and offered numerous projects, including "Speed" and "Men in Black", but he instead retreated to Amsterdam to work on his script for "Pulp Fiction". Tarantino wrote, directed, and acted in the black comedy crime film "Pulp Fiction" in 1994, maintaining the aestheticization of

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text: television series "Alias". In 2004, Tarantino attended the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, where he served as President of the Jury. Although "Kill Bill" was not in competition, "Vol. 2" had an evening screening, and was also shown on the morning of the final day in its original 3-hour plus version, with Tarantino himself attending the full screening. Tarantino went on to be credited as "Special Guest Director" in Robert Rodriguez's 2005 neo-noir film "Sin City", 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 finale

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text: buck". The lawsuit also demanded compensation in the amount of $2,000,000. Tarantino later dropped the lawsuit. Tarantino stated in his motion: "This dismissal is made without prejudice, whereby plaintiff may later advance an action and refile a complaint after further investigations to ascertain and plead the identities of additional infringers". Tarantino has yet to refile a claim but retains the legal right to do so in the future. At the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con International, Tarantino confirmed that he would make the film, and stated that he was working on a third draft, set for a potential release in 2015.

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text: called the Pussycat Theatre. Later, Tarantino attended acting classes at the James Best Theatre Company, where he met several of his eventual collaborators. While at James Best, Tarantino also met Craig Hamann, with whom he later collaborated to produce "My Best Friend's Birthday". Throughout the 1980s, Tarantino worked a number of jobs. 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. Former "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" actor Danny Strong described Tarantino as "such a movie buff. He had so much knowledge of films

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text: said he is not a "cop hater" and will not be intimidated by the calls for a boycott. On December 16, 2015, Tarantino appeared on "The Howard Stern Show" to promote "The Hateful Eight". During his interview, Tarantino stated that Disney was preventing his film from being screened at the Los Angeles Cinerama Dome because they wanted to reserve the space for "", for which Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures holds distribution rights. On October 18, 2017, Tarantino gave an interview discussing sexual harassment and assault allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein. Tarantino admitted to knowing about accusations against Weinstein since

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text: Confused", "The Great Escape", "His Girl Friday", "Jaws", "Pretty Maids All in a Row", "Rolling Thunder", "Sorcerer", "Taxi Driver" and "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", with the last being his favorite. In 2009, he named Kinji Fukasaku's violent action film "Battle Royale" as his favorite film released since he became a director in 1992. He is also a fan of the 1981 film "Blow Out" directed by Brian De Palma, so much so that he used the main star of the film, John Travolta, in "Pulp Fiction". Tarantino praised Mel Gibson's 2006 film "Apocalypto", saying, "I think it's

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text: I'm alive, and as long as I'm rich, the New Beverly will be there, showing films shot on 35mm." On June 30, 2017, Tarantino got engaged to Israeli singer Daniella Pick, daughter of musician Svika Pick. They had met when Tarantino was in Israel to promote "Inglourious Basterds" in 2009. They married on November 28, 2018 in a Jewish ceremony. In an interview with "AXS TV" at the time of "The Hateful Eight"s release, Tarantino was asked if he had religious beliefs and his response was, "I think I was born Catholic, but I was never practiced ... As time

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text: he want to be made—an honorary black man?" Tarantino responded on "Charlie Rose" by stating: In addition, Tarantino retaliated on "The Howard Stern Show" by stating that Lee would have to "stand on a chair to kiss [his] ass". Samuel L. Jackson, who has appeared in both directors' films, defended Tarantino's use of the word. At the Berlin Film Festival, where "Jackie Brown" was being screened, Jackson responded to Lee's criticism by saying: Tarantino has defended his use of the word, arguing that black audiences have an appreciation of his blaxploitation-influenced films that eludes some of his critics, and indeed,

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text: During an interview with Krishnan Guru-Murthy about the film on Channel 4 News, Tarantino reacted angrily when, in light of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, he was questioned about an alleged link between movie violence and real-life violence, and informed Guru-Murthy he was "shutting [his] butt down". Tarantino further infuriated the veteran journalist with his furious rant, saying: "I refuse your question. I'm not your slave and you're not my master. You can't make me dance to your tune. I'm not a monkey." In November 2013, Tarantino said he was working on a new film and that it would

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text: 2018, audio resurfaced of a 2003 interview on "The Howard Stern Show" during which Tarantino defended Roman Polanski over his 1977 sexual abuse case. Tarantino referred to the then-13-year-old victim, Samantha Geimer, as a "party girl" and insisted that she "wanted to have it". Tarantino later apologized to Geimer, stating, "I want to publicly apologize to Samantha Geimer for my cavalier remarks on "The Howard Stern Show" speculating about her and the crime that was committed against her. Fifteen years later, I realize how wrong I was. Ms. Geimer WAS raped by Roman Polanski. When Howard brought up Polanski, I

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text: May 2015, when it was rebranded as Star Movies Action UK. Star Movies Action Star Movies Action is an Indian television channel that primarily broadcast Action Movies based in Mumbai. It was launched on 1 November 2014. Part of Star India network in Asia and distributed to worldwide by Fox International Channels. Star Movies Action ceased its operation on 18 December 2014. This channel was then rebranded as Life OK, launched by Star Network on 18 December 2014. There were talks of carrying on the two popular shows on the replacement channel, but these did not pan out. Star Movies

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text: Star Movies Action Star Movies Action is an Indian television channel that primarily broadcast Action Movies based in Mumbai. It was launched on 1 November 2014. Part of Star India network in Asia and distributed to worldwide by Fox International Channels. Star Movies Action ceased its operation on 18 December 2014. This channel was then rebranded as Life OK, launched by Star Network on 18 December 2014. There were talks of carrying on the two popular shows on the replacement channel, but these did not pan out. Star Movies Action continued to air in the UK and Ireland until 28

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text: generally have influenced the creation of his own films. He uses the festival not only as a platform to show off his collection of rare film reels but also to promote forgotten genres, directors, actors or studios. The festival has taken place six times, plus a "best of" featuring films shown in previous festivals. Tarantino introduces all the films himself, shows trailers for all kinds of films and discusses the films with attendees. He does not talk about himself or his movies during the festival, preventing journalists or fans from gaining information about current or future projects. However, as in

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text: has gone on, as I've become a man and made my way further as an adult, I'm not sure how much any of that I believe in. I don't really know if I believe in God, especially not in this Santa Claus character that people seemed to have conjured up." Tarantino has built up an informal "repertory company" of actors who have appeared in multiple roles in films that he has directed. Most notable of these is Samuel L. Jackson, who has appeared in six films directed by Tarantino, and a seventh that was written by him, "True Romance". Other

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text: on vampires and female bondage, citing in particular "Women in Cages"; "It is just harsh, harsh, harsh", he said, and described 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 often uses graphic violence that has proven seductive to audiences, and he has been harshly criticized for his use of gore and blood in an entrancing yet simultaneously repulsive way. His films have been staunchly criticized and scorned for their use of violence, blood

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text: in order to give her and her daughter a period of peace. In a 2012 interview for the website "We Got This Covered", Tarantino said that a third "Kill Bill" film would "probably not" happen. He also said that he would not be directing a new James Bond film, saying that he was only interested in directing "Casino Royale" at one point. In a late 2012 interview with the online magazine "The Root", Tarantino clarified his remarks and described his next film as being the final entry in a ""Django-Inglourious Basterds"" trilogy called "Killer Crow". The film will depict a

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text: Tarantino presents" production, "Hostel", opened at No. 1 at the box office with a $20.1 million opening weekend, good for 8th all time in January. He presented 2006's "The Protector", and is a producer of the 2007 film "". In 2008, he produced the Larry Bishop-helmed "Hell Ride", a revenge biker film. In addition, 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 "lack of interest" in the pictures released. The following films were released by Rolling Thunder Pictures: "Chungking Express"

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text: In October 2015, Tarantino attended a Black Lives Matter rally and publicly commented on police brutality in the United States, saying, "When I see murders, I do not stand by ... I have to call a murder a murder, and I have to call the murderers the murderers." Tarantino's comments received national media attention, and several police groups in the United States pledged to boycott "The Hateful Eight" and his other films. Police groups also encouraged members to not work at the premiere or provide security for any events surrounding the film. In an interview with "Los Angeles Times", Tarantino

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text: in talks with Burt Reynolds to play George Spahn, a blind rancher who allowed Manson and his followers to live on his ranch. Additionally, Tarantino has asked Ennio Morricone to compose music for the film. This will be director's first film to be based on true events. Filming took place in the summer of 2018. In wake of the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations, Tarantino severed ties to The Weinstein Company permanently and sought a new distributor after working with Weinstein for his entire career. Sony Pictures will be distributing the film and it will be released on July 26,

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text: script at the United Artists Theater in the Ace Hotel, Los Angeles. The event was organized by the Film Independent at LACMA, as part of 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. The actors who joined Tarantino included Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Amber Tamblyn, James Parks, Walton Goggins, and the first three actors to be given the script before the leakage, Bruce Dern, Tim Roth and Michael Madsen. In October 2014, Jennifer Jason Leigh was in talks

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text: starring Duane Whitaker in the title role. Tarantino's screenplay "True Romance" 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 in an interview stated that he wished the film well, but later disowned the final film. The film engendered enmity, and the publication of a 'tell all' book titled "Killer Instinct" by Jane Hamsher—who with Don Murphy had an original option on the screenplay and produced the film—led

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text: earliest works, a screenplay called "Captain Peachfuzz and the Anchovy Bandit", based on Hal Needham's 1977 film "Smokey and the Bandit" starring Burt Reynolds. The summer after his 15th birthday, Tarantino was grounded by his mother for shoplifting Elmore Leonard's novel "The Switch" from 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". At about 15, Tarantino dropped out of Narbonne High School in Harbor City, Los Angeles. He then worked as an usher at a porn theater in Torrance,

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text: after using the term "ghetto" while accepting the Golden Globe for best original score on behalf of composer Ennio Morricone, saying: His use of the word seemed to be taken as a racial slight by award presenter Jamie Foxx, who, after Tarantino left the stage, walked up to the microphone and sternly said, "ghetto?" In January 2014, Gawker leaked a copy of the script for Tarantino's then-upcoming film "The Hateful Eight". Tarantino eventually filed a copyright lawsuit against Gawker, and stated in the lawsuit that "Gawker Media has made a business of predatory journalism, violating people's rights to make a

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text: claimed that the film—which he intended to call "Double V Vega"—is "kind of unlikely now". In 2009, in an interview for Italian television, after being asked about the success of the two "Kill Bill" films, Tarantino said, "You haven't asked me about the third one", and implied that he would be making a third "Kill Bill" film with the words, "The Bride will fight again!" Later that year, at the Morelia International Film Festival, Tarantino announced that he would like to film "Kill Bill: Volume 3." He explained that he wanted ten years to pass between The Bride's last conflict,

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text: be another Western. He stated that it would not be a sequel to "Django". On January 12, 2014, it was revealed that the film would be titled "The Hateful Eight". Production of the western would most likely have begun in the summer of 2014, but after the script for the film leaked in January 2014, Tarantino considered dropping the movie and publishing 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

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text: a "comeback" for Grier and costar Robert Forster. Leonard considered "Jackie Brown" to be his favorite of the 26 different screen adaptations of his novels and short stories. In December 1999, Tarantino was slated to write and direct a film adaptation of Iron Man for New Line Cinema. Nothing came about the said project until 2008 when Marvel Studios released "a film adaptation of Iron Man". Tarantino had next planned to make "Inglourious Basterds", as it was provisionally titled, but postponed this to write and direct "Kill Bill", a highly stylized "revenge flick" in the cinematic traditions of "Wuxia" (Chinese

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text: violence for which he is known, as well as his non-linear storylines. Tarantino received an 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 the Cannes Film Festival. The film has grossed over $200 million and was met with critical acclaim. In 1994, he added three more acting credits, including "The Coriolis Effect", a short black-and-white film starring James Wilder, Jennifer Rubin,

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text: I won't even make it to 60." He has also stated that he has a plan, although "not etched in stone", 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 a good way to end the old career." On February 18, 2010, it was announced that Tarantino had bought the New Beverly Cinema. Tarantino has allowed the previous owners to continue operating the theater, but he will be making programming suggestions from time to time. He was quoted as saying: "As long as

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text: was an immediate hit, with the film receiving a positive response from critics. The dialogue-driven heist movie set the tone for Tarantino's later films. Tarantino wrote the script for the film in three-and-a-half weeks and Bender forwarded it to director Monte Hellman. Hellman helped Tarantino to secure funding from Richard Gladstein at Live Entertainment (which later became Artisan, now known as Lionsgate). Harvey Keitel read the script and also contributed to the funding, taking a role as co-producer and also playing a major part in the movie. Also in 1992, he played an asylum attendant in Jeff Burr's "Eddie Presley"

title: Star Movies

text: catered to a pan-Asian audience split into two stations: Star Movies (an English movie channel) and Star Chinese Movies (a Hong Kong Cantonese and Mandarin (Taiwan & SE Asia) movie channel). Star Movies launched a separate channel for viewers in the Persian Gulf region and India, followed by Star Movies International. It was launched on 12 May 1993 for viewers in Southeast Asia, China, East Asia countries. Star Movies currently has five channels, Star Movies Asia (in Southeast Asia and China), Star Movies Taiwan in Taiwan, Star Movies India, Star Movies MENA and Star Movies Philippines. Star Movies Philippines was

title: Star Movies

text: Movies Asia but was later replaced with the Indian version Star Movies HD since Star Movies Asia rebranded to Fox Movies Premium HD. Star Movies Action formerly known as Fox Action Movies (not to be confused with its Southeast Asian counterpart) was temporarily closed on 11 May 2013 and relaunched on 2 June 2013 as Star Movies Action, the channel airs action and horror themed movies catering to the viewers of India. But in 2017, the channel shut down. Star Movies Star Movies is an Asian movie channel owned by Fox Networks Group and STAR TV, subsidiaries of 21st Century

title: Star Movies

text: launched on 1 January 2010, its viewers there had previously seen Star Movies International. Star Movies HD Asia was launched on 1 May 2010. Star Movies On Demand Asia was launched on 16 September 2010. On 1 January 2012, Star Movies was rebranded as Fox Movies Premium and available in Hong Kong and selected Southeast Asian countries. The Star Movies brand retained in India, China, Vietnam, Middle East, Taiwan and the Philippines. On 10 June 2017, Star Movies in Philippines was rebranded as Fox Movies, while the Star Movies brand retained in India, China, Vietnam, and the Middle East. On

title: Star Movies

text: Star Movies Star Movies is an Asian movie channel owned by Fox Networks Group and STAR TV, subsidiaries of 21st Century Fox. Star Movies now has been rebranded to Fox Movies Premium on 1 January 2012, Fox Movies in the Philippines on 10 June 2017 and Fox Movies in Vietnam on 1 November 2017, therefore affecting its broadcast areas, except in India, China, Middle East, and Taiwan. Star Movies was launched on 12 May 1993, replacing BBC World when it was removed from STAR TV because of political reasons. At that time, it screened both Hollywood and Chinese movies and

title: Star Movies

text: 1 November 2017, Star Movies in Vietnam was rebranded as Fox Movies. On 18 January 2018, Star Movies in Taiwan was rebranded as Fox Movies, yet the second feed with name of Star Movies HD still branded with the original name. Star Movies has first-run contracts for movies distributed by 20th Century Fox, Disney, Columbia Pictures, Pixar, Marvel Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and DreamWorks and sub-run contracts for movies from Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, and Warner Bros. for countries where Star Movies is available. It also features movies from other movie distributors including: Lions Gate Entertainment, Summit Entertainment and The Weinstein Company.

title: Star Movies

text: Star Movies International was formerly transmitted in Southeast Asia and China. It used to be the only advertisement-free version of Star Movies. Also, unlike other versions of Star Movies, this version also spends minimal time promoting its own upcoming movies. The channel does not air promotions of movies classified as unsuitable for people aged under eighteen, until 8 p.m Hanoi / 9 p.m Beijing. As of 1 January 2012, Star Movies International (now Star Movies Asia) is limited to subscribers in China and Vietnam due to the replacement of Fox Movies Premium in former countries. Since this time, and due

title: Quentin Tarantino filmography

text: who team up for a jewelry heist. It proved to be Tarantino's breakthrough film and was named the "Greatest Independent Film of all Time" by "Empire". His screenplay for Tony Scott's "True Romance" (1993) was nominated for a Saturn Award. In 1994, Tarantino wrote and directed the neo-noir black comedy "Pulp Fiction", a major critical and commercial success. Cited in the media as a defining film of the modern Hollywood, the film earned Tarantino an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and a Best Director nomination. Also in 1994, he served as an executive producer for "Killing Zoe" and wrote

title: Star Movies

text: was rebranded to Fox Movies Taiwan, except Star Movies HD Taiwan. Star Movies International began broadcasting to the Philippines on 30 November 2009 with local advertisements during and after the featured movie. The channel was simulcast with the Southeast Asia and China feed until 31 December 2009; a Philippines exclusive channel was launched on 1 January 2010. Due to the rebranding of Fox Movies Premium on 1 January 2012 in selected Asian Countries, the Star Movies brand in the Philippines remained until 10 June 2017 when it was rebranded to Fox Movies Philippines. Star Movies officially launched their own HD

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text: weekend. This is the only SMV beam managed by STAR TV (not by Fox Networks Group). Star Movies has an Arabic subtitled movie channel for viewers in the Middle East and North Africa region (except for Israel). The channel is available on both OSN, myHD and beIN. An advert-supported version of Star Movies is targeted towards Taiwan specifically. It is the most localized version of Star Movies, since most voice-overs in promotions for up-coming movies are in Mandarin Chinese. The channel also comes with Chinese subtitles. The Star Movies brand in the Taiwan remained until 18 January 2018 when it

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text: with the advert-supported Indian version of Star Movies in these regions. However, Star Movies India effective from 2016 decided to cease their service from Nepal and Sri Lanka limiting it to India and Bangladesh. Star Movies India is transmitted in India, Bhutan, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The channel has higher ratings in India than HBO South Asia, the only region where Star Movies enjoys a lead in the viewer ratings. The channel is available on all DTH platforms across India and as part of the Star India bouquet. The programme "Hollywood Premiere" of this channel premieres the latest Hollywood movies every

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text: (High Definition) channel in Asia on 1 May 2012. It now shares the same schedule via regular STAR Movies, but is different in advertisement (including their logo, with the HD mark at the upper right side of the screen). This channel is currently available in Taiwan and India only. Star Movies India, launched their HD feed on 15 October 2013. On 15 July 2011, Star Movies HD Taiwan was officially launched separate from the Asian feed. However, the said channel features a different TV schedule from the regular STAR Movies Taiwan feed. Star Movies HD logo feature a 3D diamond

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text: to regulations of localization and editing the content before broadcasting in China and Vietnam, the channel is now deeply localized with local-language advertisements and introductions on the break. In the Vietnamese feed, Star Movies also airs a program called "Thảm đỏ (Red Carpet)" to introduce the movies which are scheduled to broadcast on the channel, all in Vietnamese language and hosted by Vietnamese presenters. Also after the rebranding of Star Movies to Fox Movies Premium, due to the high subscription charges in Nepal and Sri Lanka, STAR TV found it viable to officially replace the commercial-free Fox Movies Premium channel

title: Star Movies

text: star with the trademark swoosh in blue and the name of the channel in Gotham font, similar to the logo of sister channel, Star World. On 1 January 2012, Star Movies HD was rebranded to Fox Movies Premium HD in selected Asian territories (but didn't apply in Taiwan, Vietnam and China). Star Movies HD used to be available in Sri Lanka through the Dialog TV Platform. This was launched officially on 17 June 2012. The channel pulled out 3 years later on 1 Feb 2015. Leaving Sri Lanka with no Fox/Star branded movie channel, the region used to get Star

title: Star Chinese Movies

text: Star Chinese Movies Star Chinese Movies is a Singaporean Chinese language pay television channel owned by Star China Media and Fox Networks Group, subsidiaries of 21st Century Fox. It features Chinese films, featuring famous actors such as Jackie Chan, Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh, Andy Lau, Sammi Cheng, Stephen Chow and many more. Star Chinese Movies headquarters are located in Singapore. It was launched on 1 May 1994. At that time, it screened both Hollywood and Chinese-language films and was focused to a pan-Asian audience split into two television channels: Star Movies International (now Fox Movies) and Star Mandarin Movies (now

title: Star Chinese Movies

text: Star Chinese Movies). On May 19, 2012, STAR Chinese Movies Hong Kong was officially rebranded. The channel logo was also changed from a star, to a crown. Star Chinese Movies Star Chinese Movies is a Singaporean Chinese language pay television channel owned by Star China Media and Fox Networks Group, subsidiaries of 21st Century Fox. It features Chinese films, featuring famous actors such as Jackie Chan, Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh, Andy Lau, Sammi Cheng, Stephen Chow and many more. Star Chinese Movies headquarters are located in Singapore. It was launched on 1 May 1994. At that time, it screened both

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text: to play the female lead in the film. Leigh, Channing Tatum, and Demián Bichir joined the cast in November. Also in 2014, he played himself in the Peter Bogdanovich film "She's Funny That Way". "The Hateful Eight" was released on December 25, 2015, as a roadshow presentation in 70mm film format theaters, before being released in digital theaters on December 30, 2015. Tarantino narrated several scenes in the film. He edited two versions of the film, one for the roadshow version and the other for general release. The roadshow version runs for three hours and two minutes, and includes an

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text: Dana Ashbrook and Corinne Bohrer, with a voice-only cameo from Tarantino. It won a short film award at the Venice Film Festival. He had a cameo appearance in "Sleep With Me", an American comedy-drama film starring Meg Tilly, Eric Stoltz and Craig Sheffer. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. He also played the role of a bartender in "Somebody to Love" directed by Alexandre Rockwell. It entered the competition at the 51st Venice International Film Festival. In 1995, he appeared as Desmond in one episode of "All-American Girl." Shortly after,

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text: are dramas, not comedies. Tarantino has stated that the celebrated animation-action sequence in "Kill Bill" (2003) was inspired by the use of 2D animated sequences in actor Kamal Haasan's Tamil film "Aalavandhan". He often seeks to harness, manipulate and ultimately imitate the aesthetic elements and conventions typically used in the cartoon medium. More specifically, he often attempts to meld comic strip formulas and aesthetics within a live action film sequence, in some cases by the literal use of cartoon or anime images. Tarantino's cinematic ambition to marry artistic expression via live action and cartoonism is yet another example of his

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text: incorrectly played devil's advocate in the debate for the sake of being provocative. I didn't take Ms. Geimer's feelings into consideration and for that I am truly sorry. So, Ms. Geimer, I was ignorant, and insensitive, and above all, incorrect. I am sorry Samantha." Tarantino has said that he plans to retire from filmmaking when he is 60, in order 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 theatres anymore and everything is digital projection,

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text: It Was A Holocaust. My Ancestors Are Slaves. Stolen From Africa. I Will Honor Them." Writing in "The Los Angeles Times", journalist Erin Aubry Kaplan noted the difference between Tarantino's "Jackie Brown" and "Django Unchained": "It is an institution whose horrors need no exaggerating, yet "Django" does exactly that, either to enlighten or entertain. A white director slinging around the n-word in a homage to '70s blaxploitation à la "Jackie Brown" is one thing, but the same director turning the savageness of slavery into pulp fiction is quite another". At the 73rd Golden Globe Awards in 2016, Tarantino received criticism

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text: [ever make] ... My favorite hero in American history is John Brown. He's my favorite American who ever lived. He basically single-handedly started the road to end slavery and ... he killed people to do it. He decided, 'If we start spilling white blood, then they're going to start getting the idea.' 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 the blueprint of the film and makes the film feel like literature. About his writing process he told website The Talks: [My] head

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text: ability to morph genres and conventions to produce a new and authentic style of his own. Tarantino often manipulates the use of commodities in order to propel plot development or to present an intriguing juxtaposition that ultimately enhances his notorious combination of humor and violence, equating a branded genre with branded consumption. He often pairs bizarre props with an equally bizarre scene, in which the prop itself develops into something of higher substance. Likewise, he often favors particular brand names of his own creation to make promotional appearances. The typical brands he uses within his films are "Acuña Boys Tex-Mex

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text: group of World War II-era black troops who have "been fucked over by the American military and kind of go apeshit. They basically – the way Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) and the Basterds are having an 'Apache resistance' – [the] black troops go on an Apache warpath and kill a bunch of white soldiers and white officers on a military base and are just making a warpath to Switzerland." A long-running rumor in the industry is that Tarantino is interested in filming a new version of Bret Easton Ellis′s 1985 novel, "Less Than Zero". His friend Roger Avary adapted

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text: overture and intermission, while the general release is six minutes shorter and contains alternate takes of some scenes. Tarantino has stated that the general release cut was created as he felt that some of the footage he shot for 70mm would not play well on smaller screens. The film has received mostly positive reviews from critics, with a score of 75% on Rotten Tomatoes. On July 11, 2017, it was reported that Tarantino's next project will be a film about the Manson Family murders. In February 2018, it was confirmed that the film's title is "Once Upon a Time in

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text: (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). Before "Inglourious Basterds", Tarantino had considered making "The Vega Brothers". The film would have starred Michael Madsen and John Travolta reprising their roles of Vic (Mr. Blonde) from "Reservoir Dogs" and Vincent from "Pulp Fiction". In 2007, because of the age of the actors and the onscreen deaths of both characters, he

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text: as Dorry, Bryn McAuley as Joanna, and Dean Stockwell as "Tramp". A 1972 UK movie adaptation, "Katy", starred Clare Walker, and the 1962 eight-part TV series made in the UK, also called "Katy", featured rising star Susan Hampshire in the title role. In 2015, author Jacqueline Wilson wrote her novel "Katy", which is a modern retelling of "What Katy Did". The August 2016 edition of Storytime featured a new illustrated adaptation with illustrations by Italian artist Marco Guadalupi. "What Katy Did" was followed by four sequels: "What Katy Did at School" in which Katy and Clover attend the fictional Hillsover

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text: one of his sisters, Saira. Following Tarantino's advice, Doom began studying acting. In an interview during a press junket in Berlin for "Inglourious Basterds", Doom described Tarantino's encouragement, "Quentin told me I'd be great in movies. He really pushed me. I decided to go for it. I took his advice, and studied acting." Quentin Tarantino hired Doom for his first acting role, in a small part as Vanessa Ferlito's character's love interest, Nate, in the 2007 film "Death Proof". Tarantino further cast Doom in a larger role in his next film, "Inglourious Basterds". Doom did not know he was cast

title: Star Utsav Movies

text: Cr. Star Utsav Movies Star Utsav Movies is an Indian Television channel is owned by Star India. Star India officially launched its free-to-air (FTA) Hindi movie channel Star Utsav Movies on 28 May 2016. The channel, targeted primarily at rural markets, will be initially available exclusively on Doordarshan’s free direct-to-home (DTH) platform Freedish. Star will take a call later on the channel's future distribution strategy. This channel is only free-to-air in DD Free Dish and other DTH platform is Pay channel ex Dish TV, Airtel digital TV, Reliance Digital TV, Tata Sky, Sun direct, Videocon d2h this channel rate is

title: Star Utsav Movies

text: Star Utsav Movies Star Utsav Movies is an Indian Television channel is owned by Star India. Star India officially launched its free-to-air (FTA) Hindi movie channel Star Utsav Movies on 28 May 2016. The channel, targeted primarily at rural markets, will be initially available exclusively on Doordarshan’s free direct-to-home (DTH) platform Freedish. Star will take a call later on the channel's future distribution strategy. This channel is only free-to-air in DD Free Dish and other DTH platform is Pay channel ex Dish TV, Airtel digital TV, Reliance Digital TV, Tata Sky, Sun direct, Videocon d2h this channel rate is 5

title: Ray Tarantino

text: Ray Tarantino Ray Tarantino (born 3 February 1976, Milan, Italy) is a photographer and songwriter of Italian descent. Reviewers compare Tarantino's lyrical style to Bob Dylan and his musical integrity to Bruce Springsteen. Ray Tarantino was born in the northern Italian city of Milan. He moved to England at the age of 12 to study English at Milton Abbey School in Dorset, where a classmate introduced him to "Tangled Up in Blue" by Bob Dylan. Tarantino was so moved by what he heard that he stole a guitar and began writing songs. As an adult, Ray Tarantino survived a near-fatal

title: Star Trek Beyond

text: film. Later that month, Paramount confirmed the return of Hemsworth, as well as most of the "Beyond" cast, producers Abrams and Lindsey Weber, and writers J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay. That same month, Abrams said that Chekov would not be recast, after Anton Yelchin died in an accident outside his residence in California. In December 2017, it was revealed that Quentin Tarantino had pitched an idea for a potential "Star Trek" film to Abrams and Paramount, who were reportedly enthusiastic about the idea. Tarantino was mentioned as a possibility to direct the film if his schedule allowed, and that

title: Ennio Morricone

text: Cavani. Noted background music from the shooting scene "target practice" in Quentin Tarantino D'Jango Unchained was also featured in Kung Fu theaters movies. Besides the 500 original film scores that have been composed by Morricone for movies and television series in a career of over six decades, his music is in addition frequently reused in more than 150 other film projects. Morricone's compositions appeared in the German TV series "Derrick" (1989), the live-action comedy film "Inspector Gadget", "Ally McBeal" (2001), "The Simpsons" (2002), "The Sopranos" (2001–2002) and more recently in "Dancing with the Stars" (2010). Quentin Tarantino borrowed Morricone's music

title: What Katy Did

text: in her bedroom, makes the best of things and waits, hoping to outgrow her injury. There is no physical therapy – instead Katy is warned to avoid too much movement lest she "set herself back". Cousin Helen manages to travel a little, and even goes for a hydrotherapy water cure at one point, but it is made clear that she has no hope of ever walking again. Two TV movies and a brief TV series have been based on "What Katy Did". The most recent film (1999) starred Alison Pill as Katy, with Megan Follows as Cousin Helen, Michael Cera

title: Lost in Translation (film)

text: one of the 50 Best Movies of the Decade (2000-2009), ranking it at #7. "Entertainment Weekly" named it one of the best films of the decade, writing: "Six years later, we still have no clue what Bill Murray whispered into Scarlett Johansson's ear. And we don't want to. Why spoil a perfect film?" Director Quentin Tarantino included "Lost in Translation" in his list of top 20 films released since 1992, when his career as a filmmaker began. In a 2016 international critics' poll by the BBC, "Lost in Translation" was voted the 22nd greatest film since 2000. The film received

title: I Saw What You Did (1988 film)

text: ends. In his book "Nightmare Movies: Horror on Screen Since the 1960s", Kim Newman argues that "I Saw What You Did" was responsible for the eventual creation of Dark Castle Entertainment, a production company that created remakes of horror films. In "Joan Crawford: The Essential Biography", Lawrence J. Quirk and William Schoell refer to the film as "abysmall" and consider it inferior to the original. Similarly, in his book "Movie and Video Guide 1993", film critic Leonard Maltin refers to the film as "bland", compared to the original. I Saw What You Did (1988 film) I Saw What You Did

title: Little White Lies (magazine)

text: "Little White Lies" book, "What I Love About Movies" (), was published by Faber and Faber in 2014. The book is a collection of responses from directors such as Quentin Tarantino and Francis Ford Coppola and actors including Ryan Gosling, Kristen Stewart and Helen Mirren to the magazine's signature question: What do you love about movies? "Little White Lies" has since published other books such as "Making Your Own Movie in 39 Steps" and "Where's the Dude?: The Great Movie Spotting Challenge." The former is a step-by-step guide to filmmaking while the latter is a "Where's Wally?"-inspired book where the

title: Quentin Collins

text: to the agreement. Then Magda threw the money back at him and informed Quentin that the drink he had just consumed contained the curse. Quentin soon discovered that he had inherited a curse that transformed him into a werewolf whenever the moon was full. He had no memory of what he did as a werewolf. The transformation itself was painful and unbearable for Quentin. He was tormented by the blood of innocent victims he found on himself the morning after. Barnabas, sympathetic to Quentin's plight, tried to help him overcome the curse, but to no avail. He did, however, succeed