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Tarantino on Screen and Onstage

February 24, 2011 By
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Tarantino’s talent does not stop at making films he has also performed as an actor too, on the stage as well as television and film in a whole range of different roles.

On film he has played minor roles in ‘Reservoir Dogs’ (1992), ‘Pulp Fiction’ (1994), ‘Four Rooms’ and Inglourious Basterds’ (2009) He has played cameo roles in ‘Sleep with Me’, ‘Desperado’, and ‘Little Nicky’ (2000). Tarantino also starred in the film ‘Destiny Turns on the Radio’ (1995) and ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’ (1996. He performed for a short time at the beginning of the film ‘Girl 6’ (1996) and in ‘Jackie Brown’ (1997) as the voice on ‘Jackie’s Answer phone machine. In ‘Kill Bill’ (2003 and 2004) he played a part as a member of the ‘Crazy 88’ and also had a small part in the film ‘Sukiyaki Western Django’ (2007).
Tarantino also went on to star in ‘Grindhouse’ double features, ‘Death Proof’ and ‘Planet Terror’ where he had a lot of screen-time. [Read more...]

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Tarantino’s Film Career

January 25, 2011 By

Tarantino’s film career began after meeting Lawrence Bender (an American film producer) at a party in Hollywood. He encouraged him to write a screenplay. In 1987 Tarantino co-wrote and directed his first film, ‘My Best Friend’s Birthday. Sadly the final reel of the film was nearly all destroyed in a fire in a lab that broke out while editing. However, the screenplay survived and later formed the basis for the film ‘True Romance’.
At the Sundance Film Festival in January 1992 Tarantino’s film ‘Reservoir Dogs’ was premiered. He wrote the script in just three and a half weeks. Film producer Lawrence Bender gave it to director Monte Hellman, who helped with the next process which included the funding, given by Richard Gladstein and Harvey Keitel who also took a co-producer role and also had a part in the film itself. This film was an instant hit and set the mood for his later films. [Read more...]

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Tarantino’s Early Life

January 21, 2011 By

The gifted American film director Quentin Jerome Tarantino was born 27th March 1963 in Knoxville, Tennessee. His mother was a health care executive nurse from Irish and Cherokee descent, while his father was an Italian American actor and amateur musician. His parents separated before he was born and when he was two years old he moved to Torrance, California with his mother. This was followed by a move to Harbor City where he went to Fleming Junior School in Lomita he studied drama there. Later on he attended Narbonne High School, also in Harbor City for his freshman year but by the age of sixteen he left. Tarantino then went to the James Best Theatre Company acting school, in Toluca Lake. However he soon gave up acting because he felt that he was more interested in directing instead. [Read more...]

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