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Uma Thurman
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Apex Mountain
Samuel L. Jackson; Quentin Tarantino; diners;1964 Chevelle Malibu; Ving Rhames; souped-up Acuras; Christopher Walken monologues;1974 Chevy Nova; cinematic coffee; UC Santa Cruz merchandise; Monster Joe’s Truck and Tow
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Approx. transcript time · 01:58:29Read transcript
- Jackson is affirmed, including the nomination and subsequent Die Hard 3 role.
- Tarantino is affirmed for the clout and opportunities following the film, while later films remain artistic alternatives.
- Amsterdam is proposed without a resolved answer.
- MacGuffins lose to the Ark of the Covenant.
- Travolta is rejected in favor of Saturday Night Fever’s greater historical fame.
- Diners are probably affirmed for the phenomenon despite the film Diner and personal diner habits predating Pulp Fiction.
- Uma Thurman loses to Kill Bill.
- Milkshakes face 1957 and There Will Be Blood alternatives without a settled affirmative choice.
- The 1964 Chevelle Malibu is affirmed.
- Bruce Willis is rejected.
- Ving Rhames is affirmed for the career transition leading toward Mission: Impossible and Don King.
- Tarantino’s three-count gestures are proposed without a settled Apex choice.
- Mexican standoffs lose to Reservoir Dogs after an initial True Romance answer is corrected.
- The Twist loses to Chubby Checker.
- Miramax loses to Shakespeare in Love.
- Souped-up Acuras are affirmed.
- Walken monologues are affirmed; Poolhall Junkies, Annie Hall and The Comfort of Strangers are alternatives.
- Modesty Blaise loses to the Monica Vitti film.
- Keitel is rejected, with Taxi Driver, The Piano and Bad Lieutenant discussed.
- The 1974 Chevy Nova is affirmed.
- Jimmie’s coffee and cinematic coffee are affirmed, prompting a joking broader coffee argument.
- UC Santa Cruz merchandise is called elite in an approving response to its Apex nomination.
- Monster Joe’s Truck and Tow is affirmed.
- A reported Joe Dante namesake is discussed; a Reservoir Dogs Joe connection is wondered about without resolution.
- Conversations about pigs remain unresolved amid Animal Farm and Babe alternatives.
- The assault scene loses to Deliverance.
- The Ezekiel passage prompts biblical-literacy and misquotation discussion without an affirmative apex conclusion.
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Casting notebook alternatives
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Approx. transcript time · 01:36:52Read transcript
- The original notebook already wanted Keitel, Walken, Roth and Plummer; Fishburne was Jules before Jackson, with Murphy another listed possibility rather than a confirmed offer.
- Murphy’s move toward family films makes accepting this material uncertain, although it might have been a valuable career choice.
- Madsen committed to Wyatt Earp instead of Vincent, and later Vega-brothers speculation linked his Reservoir Dogs character with Vincent.
- Miramax reportedly resisted Travolta and pushed Day-Lewis; the panel imagines his unusual contemporary-hitman interpretation while strongly preferring the actual casting.
- Dillon reportedly asked for a day before accepting Butch, during which Willis became available; the lost role might have changed Dillon’s trajectory despite later successes.
- A competing Dillon story says he wanted an onscreen boxing match rather than merely asking for time to decide.
- Virginia Madsen was an early Mia choice.
- Miramax preferred Meg Ryan or Holly Hunter before Tarantino won the argument for Uma Thurman.
- Max Julien and Sid Haig reportedly declined Marsellus; Jackson was another backup while Fishburne remained the intended Jules.
- Cusack and possibly Oldman were considered for Lance, followed by Tarantino and then Stoltz; Buscemi’s unavailability led Tarantino to Jimmie, a preferable outcome to replacing Stoltz.
- Irène Jacob and Julie Delpy were considered for Fabienne.
- Delpy’s perceived intelligence makes the panel more interested in that version.
- Phil LaMarr read for Jules and Brett before being cast as Marvin.
- Courtney Love’s claim that Cobain would play Lance and she would play Jody is explicitly doubted.
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