On the Hollywood star’s 70th birthday; then: “Pulp Fiction”
Vienna (OTS) – “Saturday Night Fever”, “Grease”, “Look Who’s Talking”, “In the Body of the Enemy”, “Password: Swordfish”… John Travolta’s filmography includes musicals and comedies as well as action blockbusters and at least since his participation in Quentin Tarantino’s cult film “Pulp Fiction” ranks him among the most successful actors in Hollywood. “The True Story of John Travolta” – to be seen as an ORF premiere on Sunday, February 18, 2024, at 10:20 p.m. on ORF 1 – documents Travolta’s life and career, from his beginnings, to his 70th birthday comeback to the tragic blows of fate in his private life. Afterwards – at 11:05 p.m. – “Pulp Fiction,” the film for which John Travolta received his second Oscar nomination, will be on the program.
„The True Story of John Travolta“ (18. Februar 2024, 22.20 Uhr, ORF 1)
On February 18, 2024, Hollywood star John Travolta turns 70: The leading role as Tony Manero in “Saturday Night Fever” helped John Travolta to worldwide fame and his first Oscar nomination in 1978. He celebrated in the cult musical “Grease”. as Danny with Olivia Newton-John at his side the next success. In the “Look Who’s Talking” trilogy, he provided the best family entertainment with Kirstie Alley. He finally made a furious comeback as Vincent Vega in Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction,” for which he was nominated for an Oscar for the second time in 1995. Since then, one blockbuster followed another. However, during his multi-faceted career, John Travolta has suffered some tragic family blows.
“Pulp Fiction” (February 18th, 11:05 p.m., ORF 1)
Black humorous cult film from 1994 by Quentin Tarantino, who received his first Oscar for the screenplay – John Travolta, Bruce Willis, Uma Thurman and Samuel L. Jackson playfully plunge into the criminal demimonde: the crook couple Honey Bunny (Amanda Plummer) and Pumpkin (Tim Roth) is planning his next coup in a coffee shop. Professional killer Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Jules (Samuel L. Jackson) play angels of death at the same time. At the same time, boxer Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis) is bribed by crime boss Marsellus (Ving Rhames) to lose his next fight. Within 24 hours, the paths of all these criminals in Los Angeles cross by chance – yet fateful.