Editing Quentin Tarantino (section)

=== 1990–1999: Breakthrough and acclaim ===
[[File:Rodriguez and Tarantino, 2007.jpg|thumb|Tarantino has had a number of collaborations with director [[Robert Rodriguez]].|alt=Tarantino has had a number of collaborations with director Robert Rodriguez]]
After meeting [[Lawrence Bender]] at a friend's barbecue, Tarantino discussed with him about an unwritten dialogue-driven [[heist film]]. Bender encouraged Tarantino to write 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]].<ref name=":2">{{cite book |last1=Holm |first1=D.K. |title=Quentin Tarantino: The Pocket Essential Guide |date=2004 |publisher=Summersdale Publishers |isbn=978-1-84839-866-5 |pages=26–7}}</ref> Hellman cleaned up the screenplay and helped secure funding from [[Richard N. Gladstein]] at Live Entertainment (which later became Artisan, now known as [[Lionsgate]]).<ref>{{cite news |last=Weinraub |first=Bernard |title=A Film Maker and the Art of the Deal |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/22/movies/a-film-maker-and-the-art-of-the-deal.html |work=The New York Times |date=September 22, 1994 |access-date=September 19, 2022 |archive-date=July 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709114430/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/22/movies/a-film-maker-and-the-art-of-the-deal.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Harvey Keitel]] read 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.<ref>Keitel heard of the script through his wife, who had attended a class with Lawrence Bender (see ''Reservoir Dogs'' special edition DVD commentary).</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Mark |first=Seal |title=The Making of Pulp Fiction: Quentin Tarantino's and the Cast's Retelling |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/03/making-of-pulp-fiction-oral-history |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=February 13, 2013 |access-date=September 19, 2022 |archive-date=December 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220202306/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/03/making-of-pulp-fiction-oral-history |url-status=live }}</ref>

Tarantino's screenplay ''True Romance'' was [[option (filmmaking)|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.<ref>{{cite book |last=Fuller |first=Graham |editor=Peary, Gerald |title=Quentin Tarantino: Interviews |year=1998 |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |isbn=978-1-57806-051-1 |pages=57–59 |chapter=Graham Fuller/1993}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/10372875/Quentin-Tarantino-planet-Earth-couldnt-handle-my-serial-killer-movie.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/10372875/Quentin-Tarantino-planet-Earth-couldnt-handle-my-serial-killer-movie.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Quentin Tarantino: planet Earth couldn't handle my serial killer movie |first=Telegraph Reporters and |last=AFP |date=October 11, 2013 |via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Tarantino also did an uncredited rewrite on ''[[It's Pat]]'' (1994).<ref>{{cite news |last=Jagernauth |first=Kevin |title=Weird Trivia: Quentin Tarantino Did An Uncredited Rewrite On 'It's Pat' |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2014/04/weird-trivia-quentin-tarantino-did-an-uncredited-rewrite-on-its-pat-87243/ |work=IndieWire |date=April 10, 2014 |language=en |access-date=September 4, 2022 |archive-date=February 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216164005/http://www.indiewire.com/2014/04/weird-trivia-quentin-tarantino-did-an-uncredited-rewrite-on-its-pat-87243/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Margy |last=Rochlin |title=Playboy November '94: 20 Questions |url=https://thenewbev.com/quentin-news/playboy-94-20-questions/ |website=thenewbev.com |date=November 1994 |language=en |access-date=September 4, 2022 |archive-date=September 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904055042/https://thenewbev.com/quentin-news/playboy-94-20-questions|url-status=live }}</ref> Other films where he was an uncredited screenwriter include ''[[Crimson Tide (film)|Crimson Tide]]'' (1995) and ''[[The Rock (film)|The Rock]]'' (1996).<ref name="QT">{{cite book |first=Gerald |last=Peary |title=Quentin Tarantino Interviews |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c5SdiFJmswcC |series=[[Conversations with Filmmakers Series]] |date=August 1998 |access-date=August 3, 2008 |publisher=[[University Press of Mississippi]] |isbn=978-1-57806-050-4 |chapter=Chronology |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c5SdiFJmswcC&q=Tarantino+Crimson&pg=PR18 |page=xviii |archive-date=April 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430092429/https://books.google.com/books?id=c5SdiFJmswcC |url-status=live }}</ref>

Following the success of ''Reservoir Dogs'', Tarantino was approached by [[major film studios]] and offered projects that included ''[[Speed (1994 film)|Speed]]'' (1994) and ''[[Men in Black (1997 film)|Men in Black]]'' (1997), but he instead retreated to [[Amsterdam]] to work on his script for ''Pulp Fiction''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/men-black-movies-hidden-secrets-facts-trivia/5/?v=8 |title=Quentin Tarantino and John Landis Turned Down The Chance To Direct Men In Black |website=[[Screen Rant]] |first=Jeff |last=Rindskopf |date=February 21, 2018 |access-date=October 26, 2018 |archive-date=October 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027061549/https://screenrant.com/men-black-movies-hidden-secrets-facts-trivia/5/?v=8 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800021942/bio |title=Quentin Tarantino Biography |publisher=Yahoo Movies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113131712/https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800021942/bio |archive-date=January 13, 2012|url-status=dead |access-date=February 10, 2009}}</ref> Tarantino wrote, directed, and acted in the dark comedy crime film ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'' in 1994,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=March 14, 2023 |title=Quentin Tarantino's Final Film Is Coming as Filmmaker Readies 'The Movie Critic' (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/quentin-tarantino-sets-the-movie-critic-final-movie-1235351260/ |access-date=March 27, 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |archive-date=March 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314235931/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/quentin-tarantino-sets-the-movie-critic-final-movie-1235351260/ |url-status=live }}</ref> maintaining the graphic depiction of violence from his earlier film as well as the [[Nonlinear narrative|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 [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] category. The film received another five nominations, including for [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]. Tarantino also won the {{Lang|fr|[[Palme d'Or]]|italic=no}} for the film at the [[1994 Cannes Film Festival]]. The film grossed over $200 million<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pulpfiction.htm |title=Pulp Fiction (1994) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-date=December 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091207135149/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pulpfiction.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> and earned positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pulp_fiction/ |title=Pulp Fiction (1994) |date=October 14, 1994 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-date=December 5, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091205154937/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pulp_fiction/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/pulp-fiction |title=Pulp Fiction Reviews |publisher=Metacritic. CBS Interactive. |access-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-date=August 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817014829/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/pulp-fiction |url-status=live }}</ref>

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 the South]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/f/four_rooms.html|title=Four Rooms review|author=James Berardinelli|date=December 25, 1995|publisher=[[ReelViews]]|access-date=February 11, 2012|archive-date=December 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210172055/http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/f/four_rooms.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/four-rooms-1995|title=Four Rooms movie review & film summary (1995) &#124; Roger Ebert|access-date=May 12, 2021|archive-date=December 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208090821/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/four-rooms-1995|url-status=live}}</ref> He joined Rodriguez again later in the year with a supporting role in ''[[Desperado (film)|Desperado]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/desperadorhowe_c029f7.htm |title=Desperado |last=Howe |first=Desson |date=August 25, 1995 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-date=August 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816185053/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/desperadorhowe_c029f7.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Desperado |last= Ebert |first= Roger |author-link= Roger Ebert |url= http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/desperado-1995 |work= [[The Chicago Sun-Times]] |date= August 25, 1995 |access-date= February 4, 2015 |archive-date= February 4, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150204150107/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/desperado-1995 |url-status= live }}</ref> 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]].<ref name="Ebert">{{cite news | last = Ebert | first = Roger | title = ''From Dusk Till Dawn'' | work = [[Chicago Sun-Times]] | date = January 19, 1996 | url = http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19960119/REVIEWS/809249998 | access-date = September 30, 2009 | archive-date = June 6, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110606141609/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19960119%2FREVIEWS%2F809249998 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=AFI{{!}}Catalog – From Dusk till Dawn|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/60333-FROM-DUSKTILLDAWN?sid=2df8eb44-d82f-4eeb-a342-6c951b36848e&sr=7.7541475&cp=1&pos=1|access-date=September 15, 2020|website=AFI|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116213133/https://catalog.afi.com/Film/60333-FROM-DUSKTILLDAWN?sid=2df8eb44-d82f-4eeb-a342-6c951b36848e&sr=7.7541475&cp=1&pos=1|url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|[[Robert Kurtzman]] hired Tarantino to write the script for ''From Dusk till Dawn'' in exchange for the make-up effects on ''Reservoir Dogs''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://backwoodshorror.com/robert-kurtzman-interview/ |title=» ROBERT KURTZMAN INTERVIEW |website=backwoodshorror.com |access-date=July 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820110935/http://backwoodshorror.com/robert-kurtzman-interview/ |archive-date=August 20, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vh1.com/news/9vqjvh/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-from-dusk-till-dawn |title=20 Things You Didn't Know About From Dusk Till Dawn |access-date=July 16, 2016 |archive-date=June 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624045830/http://www.vh1.com/news/237424/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-from-dusk-till-dawn/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}} 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 the films of that genre in the 1970s. It received positive reviews and was called a "comeback" for Grier and co-star [[Robert Forster]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jackie_brown/ |title=''Jackie Brown'' Movie Reviews, Pictures |publisher=Flixster |work=Rotten Tomatoes |date=December 25, 1997 |access-date=March 16, 2010 |archive-date=March 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310091915/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jackie_brown/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Leonard considered ''Jackie Brown'' to be his favorite of the 26 different screen adaptations of his novels and short stories.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/jul/31/booksforchildrenandteenagers.elmoreleonard |title=Detroit spinner |work=[[The Guardian]] |last1=Hudson |first1=Jeff |date=July 30, 2004 |access-date=July 17, 2014 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401134012/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/jul/31/booksforchildrenandteenagers.elmoreleonard |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the 1990s, Tarantino had a number of other minor acting roles, including in ''[[Eddie Presley]]'' (1992),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/08/quentin-tarantino-surprise-movies-its-pat-the-rock-true-romance-1201865600/ |title=Quentin Tarantino's 9 Strangest and Most Surprising Movie Projects |last=Sharf |first=Zack |date=August 22, 2017 |work=IndieWire |access-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921114710/https://www.indiewire.com/2017/08/quentin-tarantino-surprise-movies-its-pat-the-rock-true-romance-1201865600/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The Coriolis Effect]]'' (1994),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/518980/the-coriolis-effect |title=Coriolis Effect, The (1994) – Overview – TCM.com |website=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921114736/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/518980/Coriolis-Effect-The/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Sleep with Me|Sleep With Me]]'' (1994),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/how-did-top-gun-become-so-gay/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/how-did-top-gun-become-so-gay/ |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=How did Top Gun become so gay? |last=Simpson |first=Mark |date=May 12, 2016 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |access-date=September 21, 2018 |issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="festival-cannes.com2">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2998/year/1994.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Sleep with Me |work=festival-cannes.com |access-date=August 31, 2009 |archive-date=October 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005173432/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2998/year/1994.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Somebody to Love (1994 film)|Somebody to Love]]'' (1994),<ref name="vari">{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/1994/film/reviews/somebody-to-love-1200438629/ |title=Review: 'Somebody to Love' |last=Derek Elley |date=September 12, 1994 |newspaper=Variety |access-date=October 19, 2013 |archive-date=October 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131025002941/http://variety.com/1994/film/reviews/somebody-to-love-1200438629/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[All-American Girl (TV series)|All-American Girl]]'' (1995), ''[[Destiny Turns on the Radio]]'' (1995),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/28/movies/film-review-hipness-to-the-nth-degree-in-a-candy-colored-world.html |title=Film Review; Hipness to the Nth Degree In a Candy-Colored World |first=Janet |last=Maslin |author-link=Janet Maslin |date=April 28, 1995 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=August 12, 2018 |archive-date=September 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915192235/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/28/movies/film-review-hipness-to-the-nth-degree-in-a-candy-colored-world.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and ''[[Girl 6]]'' (1996).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2015/11/tarantino-says-hell-never-work-w-spike-lee-calls-him-contemptible-says-he-has-2-more-films-before-retirement-135512/ |title=Tarantino Says He'll Never Work w/ Spike Lee, Calls Him Contemptible + Says He Has 2 More Films Before Retirement |last=Obenson |first=Tambay A. |date=November 23, 2015 |work=IndieWire |access-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-date=September 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915154922/https://www.indiewire.com/2015/11/tarantino-says-hell-never-work-w-spike-lee-calls-him-contemptible-says-he-has-2-more-films-before-retirement-135512/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Also in 1996, he starred in ''[[Steven Spielberg's Director's Chair]]'', a simulation video game that uses pre-generated film clips.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ifc.com/2011/06/steven-spielberg-directors-cha |title=Remembering When Steven Spielberg Wanted To Create A Universal Film School With Quentin Tarantino – IFC |date=June 6, 2011 |website=Ifc.com |access-date=April 22, 2016 |archive-date=April 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429045748/http://www.ifc.com/2011/06/steven-spielberg-directors-cha |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1998, Tarantino made his major [[Broadway theatre|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.<ref>{{cite web|first=David|last=Lefkowitz|title=Tarantino-Tomei Wait Until Dark Opens on B'way Apr. 5|url=https://playbill.com/article/tarantino-tomei-wait-until-dark-opens-on-bway-apr-5-com-74474|work=Playbill|date=April 5, 1998|access-date=December 1, 2022|archive-date=December 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201035038/https://playbill.com/article/tarantino-tomei-wait-until-dark-opens-on-bway-apr-5-com-74474|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Biskind |first=Peter |title=The Return of Quentin Tarantino |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2003/10/tarantino200310 |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=October 14, 2003 |access-date=December 1, 2022 |archive-date=December 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204221046/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2003/10/tarantino200310 |url-status=live }}</ref>