List of accolades received by Pulp Fiction
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Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American neo-noir black comedy crime drama film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, who conceived it with Roger Avary. The film stars John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Ving Rhames, and Uma Thurman, it tells several stories of criminal Los Angeles. The title refers to the pulp magazines and hardboiled crime novels popular during the mid-20th century, known for their graphic violence and punchy dialogue.
Produced on a budget of $8 million, Pulp Fiction was released on 14 October 1994 and grossed $213.9 million worldwide.[1] The film won 23 awards from 48 nominations.
At the 67th Academy Awards, Pulp Fiction nominated in seven categories and won Best Original Screenplay (Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary). At the 52nd Golden Globe Awards it received six nominations and won Best Screenplay – Motion Picture. At the 48th British Academy Film Awards it received nine nominations and won two, including those for Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (Samuel L. Jackson). At the 47th Cannes Film Festival it won Palme d'Or award.
Awards and nominations
Year-end lists
- 1st – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone[11]
- 1st – Janet Maslin, The New York Times[12]
- 1st – Michael MacCambridge, Austin American-Statesman[13]
- 1st – James Berardinelli, ReelViews[14]
- 1st – National Board of Review[15]
- 1st – Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Daily News[16]
- 1st – Yardena Arar, Los Angeles Daily News[16]
- 1st – David Stupich, The Milwaukee Journal[17]
- 1st – Scott Schuldt, The Oklahoman[18]
- 1st – Steve Persall, St. Petersburg Times[19]
- 1st – Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune[20]
- 1st – Robert Denerstein, Rocky Mountain News[21]
- 1st – Michael Mills, The Palm Beach Post[22]
- 2nd – Gene Siskel, The Chicago Tribune[23]
- 2nd – Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times[24]
- 2nd – Desson Howe, The Washington Post[25]
- 2nd – Christopher Sheid, The Munster Times[26]
- 3rd – Mack Bates, The Milwaukee Journal[27]
- 3rd – Dan Craft, The Pantagraph[28]
- 4th – Stephen Hunter, The Baltimore Sun[29]
- 5th – Glenn Lovell, San Jose Mercury News[30]
- 5th – Douglas Armstrong, The Milwaukee Journal[31]
- 6th – Todd Anthony, Miami New Times[32]
- 9th – John Hurley, Staten Island Advance[33]
- 10th – Joan Vadeboncoeur, Syracuse Herald American[34]
- Top 7 (not ranked) – Duane Dudek, Milwaukee Sentinel[35]
- Top 9 (not ranked) – Dan Webster, The Spokesman-Review[36]
- Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Mike Clark, USA Today[37]
- Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Matt Zoller Seitz, Dallas Observer[38]
- Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Mike Mayo, The Roanoke Times[39]
- Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Bob Ross, The Tampa Tribune[40]
- Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Eleanor Ringel, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution[41]
- Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Steve Murray, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution[41]
- Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Jeff Simon, The Buffalo News[42]
- Top 10 (not ranked) – Howie Movshovitz, The Denver Post[43]
- Top 10 (not ranked) – Betsy Pickle, Knoxville News-Sentinel[44]
- Top 10 (not ranked) – George Meyer, The Ledger[45]
- Top 10 (not ranked) – Dennis King, Tulsa World[46]
- Top 10 (not ranked) – Bob Carlton, The Birmingham News[47]
- Honorable mention – Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times[24]
- Honorable mention – David Elliott, The San Diego Union-Tribune[48]
Notes
- ^ Awards in certain categories do not have prior nominations and only winners are announced by the jury. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.
- ^ Awards, festivals and organizations are in Alphabetical order.
- ^ Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.
- ^ Tied with Forrest Gump.
References
- ^ "Pulp Fiction". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ "1994 Academy Awards® Winners". www.filmsite.org. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ "Film in 1995 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ "Awards 1994 : All Awards - Festival de Cannes 2013 (International Film Festival)". 2013-10-12. Archived from the original on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ Vivarelli, Nick (2015-06-12). "Quentin Tarantino Holds Court at Italy's David Di Donatello Film Awards". Retrieved 2020-04-02.
- ^ "List of Winners for the 52nd Golden Globe Awards". Los Angeles Times. 1995-01-23. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
- ^ "'Pulp Fiction' Wings It at Independent Spirit Awards : Movies: 'Spanking the Monkey' and 'Bullets Over Broadway' also take multiple awards at Santa Monica event embracing mostly non-studio-produced films". Los Angeles Times. 1995-03-27. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
- ^ "LAFCA". www.lafca.net. Archived from the original on 2017-06-29. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (1995-01-04). "'Pulp Fiction' Gets Top Prize From National Film Critics". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
- ^ "The Inaugural Screen Actors Guild Awards - 1995". Screen Actors Guild Awards. SAG-AFTRA. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ^ Travers, Peter (December 29, 1994). "The Best and Worst Movies of 1994". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (December 27, 1994). "CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; The Good, Bad and In-Between In a Year of Surprises on Film". The New York Times. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
- ^ MacCambridge, Michael (December 22, 1994). "it's a LOVE-HATE thing". Austin American-Statesman (Final ed.). p. 38.
- ^ Berardinelli, James (January 2, 1995). "Rewinding 1994 -- The Year in Film". ReelViews. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
- ^ "Awards for 1994". National Board of Review. Archived from the original on November 25, 2010. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
- ^ a b Strauss, Bob (December 30, 1994). "At the Movies: Quantity Over Quality". Los Angeles Daily News (Valley ed.). p. L6.
- ^ Stupich, David (January 19, 1995). "Even with gore, 'Pulp Fiction' was film experience of the year". The Milwaukee Journal. p. 3.
- ^ Schuldt, Scott (January 1, 1995). "Oklahoman Movie Critics Rank Their Favorites for the Year Without a Doubt, Blue Ribbon Goes to "Pulp Fiction," Scott Says". The Oklahoman. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
- ^ Persall, Steve (December 30, 1994). ""Fiction': The art of filmmaking". St. Petersburg Times (City ed.). p. 8.
- ^ P. Means, Sean (January 1, 1995). "'Pulp and Circumstance' After the Rise of Quentin Tarantino, Hollywood Would Never Be the Same". The Salt Lake Tribune (Final ed.). p. E1.
- ^ Denerstein, Robert (January 1, 1995). "Perhaps It Was Best to Simply Fade to Black". Rocky Mountain News (Final ed.). p. 61A.
- ^ Mills, Michael (December 30, 1994). "It's a Fact: 'Pulp Fiction' Year's Best". The Palm Beach Post (Final ed.). p. 7.
- ^ Siskel, Gene (December 25, 1994). "The Year's Best Movies". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
- ^ a b Turan, Kenneth (December 25, 1994). "1994: YEAR IN REVIEW : No Weddings, No Lions, No Gumps". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
- ^ Howe, Desson (December 30, 1994), "The Envelope Please: Reel Winners and Losers of 1994", The Washington Post, retrieved July 19, 2020
- ^ Sheid, Christopher (December 30, 1994). "A year in review: Movies". The Munster Times.
- ^ Bates, Mack (January 19, 1995). "Originality of 'Hoop Dreams' makes it the movie of the year". The Milwaukee Journal. p. 3.
- ^ Craft, Dan (December 30, 1994). "Success, Failure and a Lot of In-between; Movies '94". The Pantagraph. p. B1.
- ^ Hunter, Stephen (December 25, 1994). "Films worthy of the title 'best' in short supply MOVIES". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
- ^ Lovell, Glenn (December 25, 1994). "The Past Picture Show the Good, the Bad and the Ugly -- a Year Worth's of Movie Memories". San Jose Mercury News (Morning Final ed.). p. 3.
- ^ Armstrong, Douglas (January 1, 1995). "End-of-year slump is not a happy ending". The Milwaukee Journal. p. 2.
- ^ Anthony, Todd (January 5, 1995). "Hits & Disses". Miami New Times.
- ^ Hurley, John (December 30, 1994). "Movie Industry Hit Highs and Lows in '94". Staten Island Advance. p. D11.
- ^ Vadeboncoeur, Joan (January 8, 1995). "Critically Acclaimed Best Movies of '94 Include Works from Tarantino, Burton, Demme, Redford, Disney and Speilberg". Syracuse Herald American (Final ed.). p. 16.
- ^ Dudek, Duane (December 30, 1994). "1994 was a year of slim pickings". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 3.
- ^ Webster, Dan (January 1, 1995). "In Year of Disappointments, Some Movies Still Delivered". The Spokesman-Review (Spokane ed.). p. 2.
- ^ Clark, Mike (December 28, 1994). "Scoring with true life, 'True Lies' and 'Fiction.'". USA Today (Final ed.). p. 5D.
- ^ Zoller Seitz, Matt (January 12, 1995). "Personal best From a year full of startling and memorable movies, here are our favorites". Dallas Observer.
- ^ Mayo, Mike (December 30, 1994). "The Hits and Misses at the Movies in '94". The Roanoke Times (Metro ed.). p. 1.
- ^ Ross, Bob (December 30, 1994). "1994 The Year in Entertainment". The Tampa Tribune (Final ed.). p. 18.
- ^ a b "The Year's Best". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. December 25, 1994. p. K/1.
- ^ Simon, Jeff (January 1, 1995). "Movies: Once More, with Feeling". The Buffalo News. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
- ^ Movshovitz, Howie (December 25, 1994). "Memorable Movies of '94 Independents, fringes filled out a lean year". The Denver Post (Rockies ed.). p. E-1.
- ^ Pickle, Betsy (December 30, 1994). "Searching for the Top 10... Whenever They May Be". Knoxville News-Sentinel. p. 3.
- ^ Meyer, George (December 30, 1994). "The Year of the Middling Movie". The Ledger. p. 6TO.
- ^ King, Dennis (December 25, 1994). "SCREEN SAVERS In a Year of Faulty Epics, The Oddest Little Movies Made The Biggest Impact". Tulsa World (Final Home ed.). p. E1.
- ^ Carlton, Bob (December 29, 1994). "It Was a Good Year at Movies". The Birmingham News. p. 12-01.
- ^ Elliott, David (December 25, 1994). "On the big screen, color it a satisfying time". The San Diego Union-Tribune (1, 2 ed.). p. E=8.