Reservoir Dogs

Reservoir Dogs is Quentin Tarantino's 1992 debut as a feature film director. It introduced many of the themes and aesthetics that have become Tarantino's hallmarks -- violent crime; pop culture references; memorable dialogue; and complex, nonlinear stories.

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Quentin Tarantino - 1992 - Film director

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It features Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Steve Buscemi, and Lawrence Tierney. Tarantino has a minor role, as does criminal-turned-author Eddie Bunker.

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Harvey Keitel - Tim Roth - Michael Madsen - Chris Penn - Steve Buscemi - Lawrence Tierney - Eddie Bunker

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Tarantino (who had been working as a video store clerk in Los Angeles) was originally going to shoot it with his friends on a budget of $30000. However, he was able to get the script to actor Harvey Keitel, who agreed not only to act in the film but to co-produce. With Keitel's assistance, the filmmakers were able to raise $1.2 million to make the film, fairly large for an independently-financed film, but a small fraction of the typical Hollywood production.

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Los Angeles - Harvey Keitel

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The movie has since come to be seen as an important and highly-influential milestone of independent filmmaking. Film critic Jami Bernard of New York Daily News said of the film's premier at Sundance: "I don't think people were ready. They didn't know what to make of it. It's like the first silent movie when audiences saw the train coming toward the camera and scattered." http://www.sptimes.com/2002/08/27/Floridian/The__Reservoir__water.shtml

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Independent film - Jami Bernard - New York Daily News - Sundance

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