Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Reservoir Dogs was the link movie connecting The Incredible Hulk and Hotel Transylvania.
Linked through Tim Roth and Steve Buscemi.
Both Tim Roth and Steve Buscemi appeared in Reservoir Dogs.
About Reservoir Dogs
"Every dog has his day."
A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie -- unravel.
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Written by Quentin Tarantino
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A soundtrack was released featuring songs used in the film, which are mostly from the 1970s; notably, the radio plays Stuck in the Middle with You during the ear-cutting torture scene.
Movie trivia
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Quentin Tarantino originally planned to shoot Reservoir Dogs on 16 mm black-and-white for $30,000, with himself as Mr. Pink and producer Lawrence Bender doubling as Nice Guy Eddie and a police officer.
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The title Reservoir Dogs came from a video-store patron mishearing Tarantino's suggestion of Au revoir les enfants as reservoir dogs.
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Harvey Keitel liked the script and signed on as co-producer to help raise $1.5 million; he also paid for New York casting sessions that led to discovering Steve Buscemi, Michael Madsen, and Tim Roth.
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Tim Roth chose the role of Mr. Orange because he wanted to be an English actor pretending to be American playing a cop pretending to be a robber.
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Lawrence Tierney's volatile on-set behavior led Tarantino to fire him at the breakfast table during the first week of production, an action that reportedly prompted the crew to break into applause.
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The warehouse scenes were filmed in an unused mortuary full of caskets, funeral equipment, and embalming fluid; Mr. Orange's apartment was a room on the mortuary's second floor and the building has since been demolished.
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