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Reservoir Dogs
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Dog Eat Dog Productions
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Quentin Tarantino Collection

Reservoir Dogs

Every dog has his day.

1992 99 min ★ 8.1 (15,807) Released
Crime Thriller

A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie -- unravel.

Original title
Reservoir Dogs
Language
EN
Country
US
Budget
$1,200,000
Revenue
$2,859,750
Reviews & Ratings 4
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rsanek

Apr 23, 2024 · via TMDB

★ 4.0

I don't get it. Feels like nothing happens the whole film. Cool to see Buscemi in this though, I didn't realize he was in such an early one of Tarantino's films.

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

Jan 4, 2024 · via TMDB

★ 6.0

Nope, I didn't get the memo... After a jewellery heist goes wrong and the escaping funeral-attired hoodlums kill a couple of cops and one gets gut-shot in a car-jacking, they return to their hideout where they turn on each other with expletive-ridden venom. What now ensues is a recreation of the planning and execution of their raid, their introductions to each other and that all lays the seeds for this over-rated drama of brutal mistrust and duplicity. Tim Roth probably stands out as "Mr. Orange" but the rest of the fairly well established cast offer us little by way of sophistication or subtlety as they try to decide which - if any of them - informed the police. It's violent but so what - it's not Scorsese, nor does the story really hold up after it becomes glaringly obvious what is actually going to happen at the end. Quentin Tarantino's directorial debut has shock value, certainly, but I'm afraid I found the whole thing really quite dull. Sorry - but there's more to good writing and characterisation that loads of effing, jeffing, charm-free thuggery and bullets. Not for me!

Wuchak

Wuchak

Jun 4, 2018 · via TMDB

★ 4.0

The cuss-oriented squabbles of lowlife crooks for 99 minutes (and no women) RELEASED IN 1992 and written/directed by Quentin Tarantino, "Reservoir Dogs” is a crime drama/thriller about a diamond heist gone disastrously wrong in Los Angeles wherein the surviving thugs bicker back-and-forth in a warehouse about which of their members is a police informant. The main thieves are played by Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi, Michael Madsen and Chris Penn while Lawrence Tierney appears as the old salt mastermind. This was Tarantino’s first feature film, costing only $1,200,000, and it has quirky glimmerings of future greatness, as seen in “Pulp Fiction” (1994), “Jackie Brown” (1997), “Kill Bill” (2003/2004), “Inglourious Basterds” (2009) and “Django Unchained” (2012), but “Reservoir” didn’t work for me. It’s hampered by a low-budget vibe, which I can handle, but not the uninteresting lowlife characters, their self-made conundrum, their interminably dull dialogue and the one-dimensional setting where about 80% of the story takes place in an old warehouse, not to mention no females in the main cast. Still, it’s interesting to observe Tarantino’s first serious stab at filmmaking and it has its moments of genuine entertainment. It’s a lesson on humble beginnings, which shows potential while not being up to snuff. THE FILM RUNS 1 hour, 39 minutes and was shot in Los Angeles & Burbank. GRADE: C-

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talisencrw

May 14, 2016 · via TMDB

★ 10.0

This unique take on the heist-film-gone-wrong was excellent--stylish and intelligently made, yet very funny and inexpensive. Tarantino's accolades from giving American cinema the resuscitation it needed mirrors what has happened, at least since the 70's, with Martin Scorsese's 'Mean Streets', both in terms of entertaining violence and usage of music in the scoring of films. I greatly thank Harvey Keitel for taking a chance on Tarantino back then--It paid off in spades.

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Cast 20
Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel

Mr. White / Larry Dimmick

Tim Roth

Tim Roth

Mr. Orange / Freddy Newandyke

Michael Madsen

Michael Madsen

Mr. Blonde / Vic Vega

Chris Penn

Chris Penn

"Nice Guy" Eddie Cabot

Steve Buscemi

Steve Buscemi

Mr. Pink

Lawrence Tierney

Lawrence Tierney

Joe Cabot

Randy Brooks

Randy Brooks

Detective Holdaway

Kirk Baltz

Kirk Baltz

Officer Marvin Nash

Edward Bunker

Edward Bunker

Mr. Blue

Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino

Mr. Brown

Rich Turner

Rich Turner

Sheriff #1

David Steen

David Steen

Sheriff #2

Robert Ruth

Robert Ruth

Shot Cop

Lawrence Bender

Lawrence Bender

Young Cop

Linda Kaye

Linda Kaye

Shocked Woman

Steven Wright

Steven Wright

K-Billy DJ (voice)

Maria Strova

Maria Strova

Background Radio Play (voice)

Burr Steers

Burr Steers

Background Radio Play (voice)

Craig Hamann

Craig Hamann

Background Radio Play (voice)

Scott McElroy

Scott McElroy

Cop (uncredited)

Crew 23
David Wasco

David Wasco

Production Design

Sandy Reynolds-Wasco

Sandy Reynolds-Wasco

Set Decoration

Andrzej Sekula

Andrzej Sekula

Director of Photography

Ziad Doueiri

Ziad Doueiri

First Assistant Camera

Ross Katz

Ross Katz

Grip

Mary Claire Hannan

Mary Claire Hannan

Costume Supervisor

Howard Berger

Howard Berger

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Wayne Toth

Wayne Toth

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino

Additional Dialogue

Roger Avary

Roger Avary

Additional Dialogue

Bruce Comtois

Bruce Comtois

Security

Charlie Estepp

Charlie Estepp

Stunts

Marian Green

Marian Green

Stunts

Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino

Director

Sally Menke

Sally Menke

Editor

Ronnie Yeskel

Ronnie Yeskel

Casting

Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel

Co-Producer

Monte Hellman

Monte Hellman

Executive Producer

Richard N. Gladstein

Richard N. Gladstein

Executive Producer

Lawrence Bender

Lawrence Bender

Producer

Ron Bartlett

Ron Bartlett

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Stephen Hunter Flick

Stephen Hunter Flick

Supervising Sound Editor

Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino

Writer

Gallery 346
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Recommended 65
US Release Dates 4

Jan 21, 1992

Sundance Film Festival

R Premiere

Sep 8, 1992

Los Angeles, California

Premiere

Oct 12, 1992

New York City, New York

Premiere

Oct 23, 1992

R Theatrical (Limited)

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