Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Taglines:

Let's get the job done See more »

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence and language (certficate #31489) See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 October 1992 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Perros de la calle See more »

Filming Locations:

5860 North Figueroa Street, Highland Park, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »

Budget:

$1,200,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$21,111 (Germany) (16 September 1992) (19 Screens)

Gross:

$2,832,029 (USA)

Production Co:

Live Entertainment, Dog Eat Dog Productions Inc. See more »

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Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Trivia

Voted best independent film ever by Empire Magazine. It also was voted most influential movie in the past 15 years by the same magazine. See more »

Goofs

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): After the crew leaves their tips on the table of the restaurant, Joe returns to the table after paying the tab. He glances at the pile of money and immediately announces that someone did not leave a tip. There is no way he could have determined this from just a quick glance at the pile. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Mr. Brown: Let me tell you what 'Like a Virgin' is about. It's all about a girl who digs a guy with a big dick. The entire song. It's a metaphor for big dicks.
Mr. Blonde: No, no. It's about a girl who is very vulnerable. She's been fucked over a few times. Then she meets some guy who's really sensitive...
Mr. Brown: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa... Time out Greenbay. Tell that fucking bullshit to the tourists.
Joe: Toby... Who the fuck is Toby? Toby...
Mr. Brown: 'Like a Virgin' is not about this sensitive girl who meets a nice fella. That's what "True Blue" is about, now, granted, no argument about that.
Mr. Orange: Which one is 'True Blue'?
Nice Guy Eddie: 'True Blue' was a big ass hit for Madonna. I don't even follow this Tops In Pops shit, and I've at least heard of "True Blue".
Mr. Orange: Look, asshole, I didn't say I ain't heard of it. All I asked was how does it go? Excuse me for not being the world's biggest Madonna fan.
Mr. Blonde: Personally, I can do without her.
Mr. Blue: I like her early stuff. You know, 'Lucky Star', 'Borderline' - but once she got into her 'Papa Don't Preach' phase, I don't know, I tuned out.
Mr. Brown: Hey, you guys are making me lose my... train of thought here. I was saying something, what was it?
Joe: Oh, Toby was this Chinese girl, what was her last name?
Mr. White: What's that?
Joe: I found this old address book in a jacket I ain't worn in a coon's age. What was that name?
Mr. Brown: What the fuck was I talking about?
Mr. Pink: You said 'True Blue' was about a nice girl, a sensitive girl who meets a nice guy, and that 'Like a Virgin' was a metaphor for big dicks.
Mr. Brown: Lemme tell you what 'Like a Virgin' is about. It's all about this cooze who's a regular fuck machine, I'm talking morning, day, night, afternoon, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick.
Mr. Blue: How many dicks is that?
Mr. White: A lot.
Mr. Brown: Then one day she meets this John Holmes motherfucker and it's like, whoa baby, I mean this cat is like Charles Bronson in the 'Great Escape', he's digging tunnels. Now, she's gettin' the serious dick action and she's feeling something she ain't felt since forever. Pain. Pain.
Joe: Chew? Toby Chew?
Mr. Brown: It hurts her. It shouldn't hurt her, you know, her pussy should be Bubble Yum by now, but when this cat fucks her it hurts. It hurts just like it did the first time. You see the pain is reminding a fuck machine what it once was like to be a virgin. Hence, 'Like a Virgin'.
Joe: Wong?
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Crazy Credits

The opening credits leave out Writing and Directing credits. They are then shown first during the end credits. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Land of the Dead: A Day with the Living Dead (2005) See more »

Soundtracks

"MAGIC CARPET RIDE"
Performed by Bedlam
Written by Rushton Moreve and John Kay
Courtesy of MCA Records See more »