Oooo, I just LOVE Cult Movie Monday’s and this month’s selection is a GREAT one! I am not a fan of all Tarantino work, but this one is a fave. I thought I would share some fun facts and trivia regarding this 1994 classic.

Vic Vega (Michael Madsen) from Reservoir Dogs and Vincent Vega (John Travolta) from Pulp Fiction are brothers.

Where is Vincent heading in the opening scene?

Every time Vince Vega goes to the restroom something bad happens.

The wallet that Jules uses that says “Bad Mother Fucker” actually belonged to Taratino.

How long did Butch’s dad hide his birth rite (a watch) up his bum?

Big Kahuna Burger make appearances in Reservoir Dogs and From Dusk Till Dawn.

The cereal Fruit Brute, that Lance eats, was part of the Monster Cereal line along with Count Chocula, Frankenberry, and a couple of others. Taratino kept the box for nostalgia and uses it from time to time in movies.

The shot of Vincent plunging the needle into Mia’s chest is actually the shot being run backwards.

Harvey Keitel played Winston ‘The Wolf’ Wolfe, a cleaner in two movies Pulp Fiction and what else?

The F*** word is said 257 times in the movie.

Danny DeVito was a producer on the film. In the movie Twins he played Vincent, and Schwartzeneggar played Jules.

Daniel Day-Lewis wanted the part of Vincent Vega, but Taratino had his heart set on Travolta.

The innocent bystander shot by Marsellus Wallace is the same actor pulled out of her car by which character, by color, in Reservoir Dogs (1992)?

The book  that Vincent reads is “Modesty Blaise”, by Peter O’Donnell. In that book, a killer indulges in a Biblical rant very similar to that of  Samuel L. Jackson’s character.

What does Vincent call Butch at the bar?

Keep checking back for more trivia answers.