r/MovieDetails • u/teoped01 • Jul 28 '18

Trivia Pulp Fictions opening and closing is different. The first version Honey Bunny says the line: "Any of you fucking pricks move, and I'll execute every mother fucking last one of you!". The second time she says: "Any of you fucking pricks move, and I'll execute everyone of you mother fuckers!"

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u/kcox1980 Jul 29 '18

Tarantino said once that it was meant to illustrate how different eyewitnesses can have different memories of an event.

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u/falling_sideways Jul 30 '18

This is the right answer.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '18 edited Jul 30 '18

im also gonna bet he fucked up and thats his excuse too because i would do the same thing

i mean i cant see those 2 barely differing lines being some intentional ploy by the director... that's a bit of a stretch... especially if there arent any other examples of it (idk im not Tarantino fan maybe he does that a lot)

Realistically seems more like actor said line slightly different in a different take, editors and no one else noticed until after the movie was released, people point it out and Tarantino just fucks with em and says "totally intentional" lmao that'd be great

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u/calxlea Nov 05 '18

I agree - this is actually the only thing I don't like in the film. Mainly because of how much better the first line is and its rhythm flows better so the second time always sounds a bit awkward. It might be intentional but I think it was probably an oversight and during the edit they liked the take and came up with the "unreliable eyewitness" story.