![]() With Thurman and Jackson's experience in the world of comedic, crime-oriented films, The Kill Room will become a welcome addition to everyone's watch list. Jackson’s Jules and John Travolta’s Vincent from Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction are a couple of incredibly entertaining movie characters. Of the 7 nominations the film received, Pulp Fiction managed to take home the award for Best Screenplay. Aside from Pulp Fiction, Thurman also starred as the lead in Tarantino's Kill Bill.īoth Jackson and Thurman earned Academy Award nominations for their roles in Pulp Fiction in the categories for Best Supporting Actor and Actress. Vincent is given the task of escorting Marsellus' wife Mia (Thurman) for a night out that nearly results in her death. Jules works alongside Travolta's Vincent as they carry out Marsellus' orders and try and keep the briefcase and all other aspects of his life intact. In Pulp Fiction, Jackson played Jules, one of the hitmen who are employed by Marsellus Wallace. ![]() Top-rated films from the likes of Marvel are often not even put up for considerations against serious dramas, despite usually having the same cast members, and the addition of a fan-nominated award this year has not helped matters by being turned into a fan opportunity to put movies up for the accolade for personal reasons rather than for the film being worthy.Neither Thurman nor Jackson is unaccustomed to starring in a film about the crime world. Back in 1994 pulp fiction took the indie scene by storm as the defining movie of the decade. In many ways, Jackson is only mirroring comments from many others in the industry when it comes to Oscar movies versus popular movies, as usual, with exceptions the two do not go hand in hand. Jackson s most popular movies of all time. The diversity of awards ceremonies has been constantly brought into question over the decades. While a large chunk of this has come from his sometimes small roles in Avengers movies, there is no doubt that if you see Jackson’s name on a movie poster, it will pull in a big audience who know precisely the kind of performance they are going to get. Jackson has topped up his box office takings considerably, having been involved in movies that have pulled in over $5.7 billion as of 2021. Jackson s career not only did pulp fiction make jackson a star. Jackson s most iconic role may be jules winnfield in pulp fiction. 1994 s pulp fiction is definitely a quotable movie. Thanks to his role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Samuel L. Jackson s most popular movies of all time. When it comes to Oscar glory, Jackson feels that the awards selection process does need to change to acknowledge what the industry actually reflects. ![]() ![]() In Pulp Fiction, his character has many quotable and meme-filling lines, including his “Royale With Cheese” conversation with John Travolta’s Vincent Vega, and his iconic diner speech. Jackson has portrayed a variety of characters on screen, whether in drama, horror, comedy, or superhero genres, and one thing that it guarantees is that somewhere there is already a new set of T-Shirts with his face and latest quote being made. Still, in 1995 he was nominated for his Pulp Fiction role but ultimately lost out to Martin Landau’s performance in Ed Wood. Jackson On PULP FICTION American Film Institute 306K subscribers Share 497K views 12 years ago Subscribe to this channel for more exclusive videos from the AFI Archive. Jackson has so far not managed to land himself an Oscar despite appearing in some of the biggest and most critically praised movies of a generation. Jackson recently gave his view on the Oscars process, and as well as pointing out that winning an Academy Award “don’t move the comma on your check,” he felt that maybe he should have been given some love by the Academy for playing Jules Winnfield in Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction.
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