YEAR: 1992

DIRECTOR: Quentin Tarantino

SCREENPLAY: Quentin Tarantino

	CAST
Harvey Keitel	as	Mr. White/Larry
Tim Roth	as	Mr. Orange/Freddy
Michael Madsen	as	Mr. Blonde/Vic
Chris Penn	as	Nice Guy Eddie
Steve Buscemi	as	Mr. Pink
Lawrence Tierney	as	Joe Cabot
Randy Brooks	as	Holdaway
Kirk Baltz	as	Marvin Nash
Edward Bunker	as	Mr. Blue
Quentin Tarantino	as	Mr. Brown
Suzanne Celeste	as	Shot Woman
Steven Wright (I)	as	K-Billy DJ
Harvey Keitel	as	Mr. White/Larry
	CAMEOS
Lawrence Bender	as	Young Cop
(Producer)

Quentin Tarantino burst onto the scene with his debut cult classic of a jewelry heist gone awry. Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi and Tim Roth head the ensemble cast that helped create a new genre in independent filmmaking.

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Trivia:

• The criminals in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) all used colors to identify each other.
• The actress who plays the lady that Mr. Orange (Tim Roth) shoots was Roth's dialog coach. Roth insisted that she take the role, as she was very hard on him.
• Director Quentin Tarantino was going to shoot the film in black and white, with his friends as actors. A friend of his was in an acting class given by Harvey Keitel's wife. Keitel saw the script, and was so impressed that he immediately signed on and helped raise funds.
• Tarantino wanted James Woods to play a role in the film, and made him five different cash offers. Woods' agent refused the offers without ever mentioning it to Woods as the sums offered were well below what Woods would usually receive. When Tarantino and Woods later met for the first time, Woods learned of the offer and was annoyed enough to get a new agent. Tarantino avoided telling Woods which role he was offered ``because the actor who played the role was magnificent anyway''. (It is widely accepted that the role that Tarantino was referring to was Mr. Orange.)
• While Nice Guy Eddie is on the phone trying to find out who the ``rat'' is, an orange balloon is visible in the back of his car.

Who shot Nice Guy Eddie?

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