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Reservoir Dogs Facts

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1. Tarantino wanted to stage "Reservoir Dogs" as a play. Keitel brought up this factoid as he recalled the film's unusually long rehearsal process. "We had two weeks of rehearsal, which is unheard of in Hollywood," he said. "We actually almost went to four, because Quentin thought at one time about doing a play."

2. Madsen had never done his "Stuck in the Middle With You" dance until the day they shot the scene.
The most iconic moment in "Reservoir Dogs" is unquestionably the scene in which Madsen's character, Mr. Blonde, tortures a captured cop (Kirk Baltz), cutting off his ear after doing a little dance to the jaunty tune of Stealers Wheel's "Stuck in the Middle With You." That dance was entirely spontaneous, it turns out. "You never made me do it in rehearsal, because I was so intimidated by it," Madsen reminded Tarantino at the panel. "I didn't know what to do. In the script, it said, 'Mr. Blonde maniacally dances around.' And I kept thinking, 'What the f–k does that mean? Like Mike Jagger, or what? What the f–k am I gonna do?'"

3. It Took Only 35 Days To Shoot

Reservoir Dogs
Debut features can be a nightmare to shoot. First-time directors don't always know what they're doing, so trial and error is called for to perfect each scene, but this wasn't the case with Reservoir Dogs.

Tarantino is clearly a man who had expert knowledge of movies long before he made one.

4. Tarantino Almost Played Mr. Pink

Quentin Tarantino - Reservoir Dogs
The Reservoir Dogs cast was reshuffled several times before Tarantino was satisfied that everyone had the part that they were best suited for, and it turns out that he didn't cast himself in the most appropriate role the first time around.

The director eventually played Mr. Brown, but was originally down as Mr. Pink, the only member of the heist crew to make it through to the end credits alive. Steve Buscemi was eventually assigned this role.

5. Lawrence Tierney Was A Nightmare On Set

Lawrence Tierney in Reservoir Dogs
It's a minor miracle that Tarantino was able to film Reservoir Dogs in just 35 days, considering how many problems Lawrence Tierney caused him on set. The actor, who played mob boss Joe Cabot, is said to have been a toxic influence throughout the shoot.

6. Tarantino Wrote The First Draft In Just Three-And-A-Half Weeks

Quentin Tarantino
A script sharper than Mr. Blonde's razor is one of the key weapons in Reservoir Dog's arsenal, and it took Tarantino less time than you might think to get those award-winning words down on the page. The filmmaker penned the first draft in just three-and-a-half weeks, and it spanned 100 pages.

7. Tim Roth Got Stuck In A Pool Of Fake Blood

Compared to most movies, it was smooth sailing for Tarantino and co. during the Reservoir Dogs shoots, but filming did hit a snag when Tim Roth was glued to the floor by a pool of congealed fake blood.

8. Mr. Blonde Almost Appeared In A Spinoff With Pulp Fiction's Vincent Vega

Most Tarantino fans will know that his movies take place within the same universe. Although his characters operate on the same plane of existence, the ties between his movies are subtle, often limited to nothing more than a fictitious brand of cigarettes.

In Reservoir Dogs' case, it shares DNA with Pulp Fiction since Mr. Blonde -- whose real name is Vic Vega -- is the brother of Pulp Fiction's Vincent Vega, played by John Travolta. Tarantino once revealed plans to bring the siblings together for a spinoff of sorts, but the idea never came to fruition.

9. The Actors Wore Their Own Clothes On Set

Reservoir Dogs is just as famous for its wardrobe as it is for its soundtrack. That image of the main cast suited and booted is nothing short of iconic. However, much of what they're wearing came from the actors' own closets.

The movie's budget was initially a piffling $30,000, a figure which rose to $1.5 million when Keitel came on board as producer.

10. Edward Bunker Called The Movie "Unrealistic"

Eddie Bunker, who plays Mr. Blue in the movie, has since dubbed Reservoir Dogs "unrealistic," and he should know what he's talking about, since his résumé lists "career criminal" alongside "crime writer" and "actor."

Bunker spent much of the first half of his life in and out of correctional facilities for his part in various robberies, including one not dissimilar to the movie's botched heist.

11. The F-Word Is Used 272 Times

Reservoir Dogs' main cast throw f-bombs back and forth for fun. In fact, the word "f**k" is used no less than 272 times throughout the movie.

This might sound over the top, but it's nowhere close to being a record. Martin Scorsese is clearly a big fan of the f-word, as he has several movies in the top 20, including the gangster classic Goodfellas with 300 instances and Casino with 422. (A/N: but I absolutely loved this fact 💀)

12. MR. BLUE HAD BEEN A BANK ROBBER IN REAL LIFE.

Before he was an actor, Eddie Bunker was a criminal, spending much of the first half of his life in various correctional facilities. He went straight in 1975, at the age of 42, writing several crime novels (Tarantino was a fan), and eventually doing some acting and screenwriting. Eleven years before Reservoir Dogs, he wrote a semi-autobiographical novel with a prescient title: Little Boy Blue.

13.  THE EAR-CUTTING SCENE INVOLVED SOME IMPROVISATION.

Kirk Baltz, who played poor Officer Marvin Nash, ad-libbed the exclamation, "I've got a little kid at home!" It was allegedly so shocking that Michael Madsen, who had an 18-month-old son, had to take a break to regain his composure. Madsen later did some macabre improvisation of his own, talking into the severed ear. (This broke me 😭)

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