Reservoir dogs / LIVE America Inc. presents ; a Lawrence Bender production, in association with Monte Hellman and Richard N. Gladstein ; produced by Lawrence Bender ; written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 13147 | Artisan Home EntertainmentLanguage: English Original language: English Publisher: Santa Monica, California : Artisan Home Entertainment, [2002]Edition: 10th anniversary special editionDescription: 2 videodiscs (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- Container of (work): Reservoir dogs (Motion picture)
- Director of photography, Andrzej Sekula ; editor, Sally Menke ; music supervisor, Karyn Rachtman.
- Film Independent Spirit Awards, 1993: Best Supoorting Actor (Buscemi)
- Toronto International Film Festival, 1992: International Critics' Award (Tarantino)
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | DRAMA RESERVOI | Available | 33111009952926 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In 1992, Reservoir Dogs transformed Quentin Tarantino practically overnight from an obscure, unproduced screenwriter and part-time actor to the most influential new filmmaker of the 1990s. The story looks at what happens before and after (but not during) a botched jewelry store robbery organized by Joe Cabot (Lawrence Tierney). Mr. White (Harvey Keitel) is a career criminal who takes a liking to newcomer Mr. Orange (Tim Roth) and enjoys showing him the ropes. Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi) is a weaselly loner obsessed with professionalism. Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen) has just gotten out of jail after taking the rap on a job for Cabot; he's grateful for the work but isn't the same person he used to be. While Mr. Blonde goes nuts during the heist, the thieves are surprised by the sudden arrival of the police, and Mr. Pink is convinced one of their team is a cop. So who's the rat? What do they do about Mr. Blonde? And what do they do with Mr. Orange, who took a bullet in the gut and is slowly bleeding to death? Reservoir Dogs jumps back and forth between pre- and post-robbery events, occasionally putting the narrative on pause to let the characters discuss such topics as the relative importance of tipping, who starred in Get Christie Love!, and what to do when you enter a men's room full of cops carrying a briefcase full of marijuana. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1992.
Widescreen format (2.35:1) or standard format (1.33:1).
Special features (disc one): optional audio commentary by Tarantino, Bender, Sekula, Menke, Roth, Penn, Madsen & Baltz; interviews with Penn, Baltz, Madsen, Bender, Roth & Tarantino; 5 deleted scenes; theatrical trailer.
Special features (disc two): scene-specific audio commentary by critics Amy Taubin, Peter Travers & Emanuel Levy; K-BILLY interactive radio; "Class of '92" 1992 Sundance Film Festival retrospective featurettes; dedications to Lawrence Tierney, Eddie Bunker; tributes to the film by Monte Hellman, Jack Hill, Pam Grier, Roger Corman; "The film noir web" historical featurettes; "Small dogs" action figure development featurette; "Securing the shot : location scouting with Billy A. Fox" featurette; "In style with 'Reservoir dogs'" featurette; poster gallery.
Disc one. Widescreen version -- disc two. Full screen version.
Educational and home use only.
Director of photography, Andrzej Sekula ; editor, Sally Menke ; music supervisor, Karyn Rachtman.
Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Steve Buscemi, Lawrence Tierney, Eddie Bunker, Quentin Tarantino, Tim Roth, Steven Wright.
"They were perfect strangers, assembled to pull off the perfect crime. Then their simple robbery explodes into a bloody ambush, and the ruthless killers realize one of them is [an undercover police officer]. But which one?"--Container.
MPAA rating: R; for strong language and violence.
DVD, region 1; widescreen and full screen version; DTS digital surround, Dolby digital 5.1, Dolby digital 2.0.
For private home use only.
In English, with optional Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Film Independent Spirit Awards, 1993: Best Supoorting Actor (Buscemi)
Toronto International Film Festival, 1992: International Critics' Award (Tarantino)