I do believe Marsellus Wallace, my husband, your boss, told you to take ME out and do WHATEVER I WANTED. Now I wanna dance, I wanna win. I want that trophy, so dance good.
It is so crazy, that yesterday we had a family party, and my mom came to me to request a song. In the next moment my Mom and Dad hit this whole choreography flawlessly. It was one of the coolest things they've ever done.
Travolta should've won the Oscar that year. The dancing is fine but he's also showing his discomfort and worry that Marcellus will kill him if he steps over the line with Mia. Lots of tension and so funny too.
This has to be hands down one of the most iconic dance sequences in a Hollywood movie. It may seem simple but very fascinating. I can now see why Pulp Fiction is referenced in movies and in every conversation about movies.
Mia dancing and shamelessly being silly yet passionate about her moves. That's when you know you got a special woman that takes you out of your comfort zone
This is such a fun, iconic scene. I can’t tell you how it electrified the crowd in the theater. I saw this at the Edwards Tustin Marketplace on opening Friday night back in 1994. All the buzz was about how this was Travolta’s comeback (it was) and the audience loved the dialogue and scenes so far. It was like no other movie we’ve ever seen, really. Then this scene hits, and there was Travolta dancing on the big screen again. The crowd clapped, whistled and I made it a point to look around me at all the faces illuminated by the screen and it was nothing but huge, wide, perfect smiles…men, especially women, etc. for some reason, this genuine, joyous moment of movie-watching never left me and, nearly 30 years later I think back to that night when I see this scene. When the movie ended and I walked out into the night air, everybody was talking and laughing, quoting lines, discussing scenes, etc. it hit everyone upside the head like two bricks. This is one of my favorite moviegoing memories ever. You couldn’t fake/manufacture the buzz/excitement this scene generated. A nice little break from the weirdness, violence and rough language, so it was like everyone just exhaled and enjoyed themselves fully for three minutes. Corny, I know. But its 100% true. I’ve always felt lucky to have seen this thing n opening night with a Southern California audience.
People who weren't alive back then just can't understand how huge it was to see John Travolta dance up on the big screen again. People who would've NEVER watched a movie like this went just to watch this one scene, and they left happy!
Tarantino told Uma and Travolta (paraphrasing) "I dont want you to dance perfectly, I want you to dance because I want the audience to see you dancing, having fun and enjoy seeing you dancing."
Love how the dance is basically the subtext of their whole evening. Mia is young and pretty brash with her advances, constantly trying to pull Vincent in with moves that are charming, but forward; Vince, on the other hand, is closed off and a bit curt, but he clearly knows what his doing. Over the course of the dance, the two push and pull with each other, getting close at times, though ultimately drifting apart before it fades, each dancing their own, near each other.
All I want in life is for someone to recreate this with me.
"ms. mia wallace"
this is such a weirdly beautiful scene
It is so crazy, that yesterday we had a family party, and my mom came to me to request a song. In the next moment my Mom and Dad hit this whole choreography flawlessly. It was one of the coolest things they've ever done.
John Travolta is a genius. A man who was remembered not for films, but for dancing in films. Pulp Fiction, Saturday Night Fever
Me, watching in 1994 : Aah, I missed the 50's
Travolta should've won the Oscar that year. The dancing is fine but he's also showing his discomfort and worry that Marcellus will kill him if he steps over the line with Mia. Lots of tension and so funny too.
This has to be hands down one of the most iconic dance sequences in a Hollywood movie. It may seem simple but very fascinating. I can now see why Pulp Fiction is referenced in movies and in every conversation about movies.
Mia dancing and shamelessly being silly yet passionate about her moves. That's when you know you got a special woman that takes you out of your comfort zone
I love it when she changes her voice to pronounce their names 😆
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This is such a fun, iconic scene. I can’t tell you how it electrified the crowd in the theater. I saw this at the Edwards Tustin Marketplace on opening Friday night back in 1994. All the buzz was about how this was Travolta’s comeback (it was) and the audience loved the dialogue and scenes so far. It was like no other movie we’ve ever seen, really. Then this scene hits, and there was Travolta dancing on the big screen again. The crowd clapped, whistled and I made it a point to look around me at all the faces illuminated by the screen and it was nothing but huge, wide, perfect smiles…men, especially women, etc. for some reason, this genuine, joyous moment of movie-watching never left me and, nearly 30 years later I think back to that night when I see this scene. When the movie ended and I walked out into the night air, everybody was talking and laughing, quoting lines, discussing scenes, etc. it hit everyone upside the head like two bricks. This is one of my favorite moviegoing memories ever. You couldn’t fake/manufacture the buzz/excitement this scene generated. A nice little break from the weirdness, violence and rough language, so it was like everyone just exhaled and enjoyed themselves fully for three minutes. Corny, I know. But its 100% true. I’ve always felt lucky to have seen this thing n opening night with a Southern California audience.
Do we all agree that this is one of the most legendary scene in cinema?
This is about as iconic as a movie scene can get
I wish Quintin Tarantino would cast both Uma Thurman and John Travolta in another movie together again
simply, this man was born for this
People who weren't alive back then just can't understand how huge it was to see John Travolta dance up on the big screen again. People who would've NEVER watched a movie like this went just to watch this one scene, and they left happy!
Disney princess:
Tarantino told Uma and Travolta (paraphrasing) "I dont want you to dance perfectly, I want you to dance because I want the audience to see you dancing, having fun and enjoy seeing you dancing."
Love how the dance is basically the subtext of their whole evening. Mia is young and pretty brash with her advances, constantly trying to pull Vincent in with moves that are charming, but forward; Vince, on the other hand, is closed off and a bit curt, but he clearly knows what his doing. Over the course of the dance, the two push and pull with each other, getting close at times, though ultimately drifting apart before it fades, each dancing their own, near each other.