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Director: Quentin Tarantino Year Released: 1994 Cast: Tim Roth, Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Uma Thurman Get This Movie

For Travolta, comebacks almost seem integral to his career plan, so often has he gone away and reappeared. Saturday Night Fever and Grease, then the leaden flop of Moment to Moment; in with Urban Cowboy, out with Perfect — and we’re still in the first decade of his filmography. After more surges and ebbs (the talking-baby movie, Look Who’s Talking was actually one of the high points), he took on Vincent Vega, the sweet doofus of a professional killer. Under Quentin Tarantino’s direction he got to dance with Uma Thurman and philosophize about French cheeseburgers. That role triggered Travolta’s longest winning-streak: Get Shorty, Broken Arrow, Michael, Face/Off and Primary Colors. After that, to maintain career consistency, he was almost required to make an expensive fiasco, and obliged with the Sci(entology)-fi Battlefield Earth. Then another recovery with Wild Hogs and Hairspray. Travolta’s yo-yo trajectory continues…

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