Reservoir Dogs
Reservoir Dogs is a 1992 American crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino in his feature-length directorial debut. It stars Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Chris Penn, Steve Buscemi, Lawrence Tierney, Michael Madsen, Tarantino, and Edward Bunker as diamond thieves whose heist of a jewelry store goes terribly wrong. Kirk Baltz, Randy Brooks, and Steven Wright also play supporting roles. The film incorporates many motifs that have become Tarantino's hallmarks: violent crime, pop culture references, profanity, and nonlinear storytelling.
Plot
Eight men planning to rob a jewelry store for a diamond shipment eat breakfast at a diner. To pull off the heist, boss Joe Cabot assembles six strangers to each other who are experienced robbers. Joe Cabot and his son, "Nice Guy" Eddie Cabot, have known some of the team for years, but to shield identities, the rest use aliases: Mr. White, a career criminal; Mr. Blonde, a trigger-happy ex-convict; Mr. Orange, a reputed drug dealer; Mr. Pink, a paranoid neurotic; Mr. Brown, a pseudo philosopher; and Mr. Blue, an even-tempered cohort.
More details
| author | Quentin Tarantino |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Los Angeles |
| director | Quentin Tarantino |
| editor | Sally Menke |
| genre | comedy crime |
| keywords | build create cut drug dealer hijack jewelry store kidnap kill loose cannon mexican standoff nice guy no-show job old friend parole plan police officer prison sentence running from police setup sting operation straight razor stuck in the middle with you undercover operation undercover police officer wait wound |
| producer | Lawrence Bender |
| productionCompany | Dog Eat Dog Productions Live America Inc. |
| publisher | Miramax Films |
| recordedAt | Los Angeles |
| theme | art black comedy crime comedy heist independent narrative |