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'''''Pulp Fiction''''' is an [[Academy Award]]-winning [[1994 in film|1994 film]] directed by [[Quentin Tarantino]], who co-wrote the screenplay with [[Roger Avary]]. The film is structured around a fragmented storyline and includes [[eclecticism|eclectic]] dialogue, heavy [[arthouse]] and [[independent film]] influences (although it was reasonably well-financed by Miramax Films), [[irony|ironic]] and [[Camp (style)|campy]] influences, unorthodox camerawork, and numerous [[pop culture]] references. Tarantino and Avary won [[Academy Awards]] for [[Best Original Screenplay]] and the film was nominated for seven Oscars in total, including [[Best Picture]]; it also took home the [[Palme d'Or]] at the [[Cannes Film Festival|Festival de Cannes]].<ref name ="Awards Database">{{cite web | title = Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences  | url = http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1167112929833 | publisher = Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences |date= December 26, 2006}}</ref><ref name = "IMDb Cannes 1994" >{{cite web | title = Cannes Film Festival 1994  | url = http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Cannes_Film_Festival/1994 | publisher = Internet Movie Database |date= December 26, 2006}}</ref>

The plot, in keeping with most other Tarantino works, runs in [[nonlinear (arts)|nonlinear]] order. The unconventional structure of the movie is an example of a so-called [[postmodernist film]]. The film's title refers to the [[pulp magazine]]s popular during the mid–20th century, known for their strongly graphic nature. Much of the film's dialogue and many of its scenes are based on other works of "pulp" fiction, that is to say bits of other, less acclaimed, works. 

The film had a significant impact on the careers of many of its cast members. It provided a breakthrough role for [[Samuel L. Jackson]], who became an international star in a part Tarantino wrote especially for him.<ref name="Sam Jackson Biography">{{cite web|author=Dominic Wills|title=Samuel L. Jackson Biography|publisher=Tiscali|url=http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/samuel_l_jackson_biog/6|accessdate=2006-12-27}}</ref> It revived the fortunes of [[John Travolta]], whose career was slumping at the time, and allowed [[Bruce Willis]] to move away from the [[action hero]] reputation he had gained through films such as ''[[Die Hard]]''. It raised the profile of [[Uma Thurman]] and led to greater recognition for character actors such as [[Ving Rhames]] and [[Harvey Keitel]]. [[Eric Stoltz]] was also acclaimed for his role as Lance, the bathrobe-clad heroin dealer.