Can you name Tarantino’s films? Any Quentin Tarantino quiz is sure to contain this question based on the extremely low number of films that he has produced. Tarantino’s films in order of release date are My Best Friend’s Birthday, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill Volumes 1 and 2, Grindhouse, Death Proof, and the upcoming Inglourious Basterds.

            In addition to listing his own filmography, any Quentin Tarantino trivia buff should also be aware of the fact that this director has worked in both television and is well known for working on collaborative projects. Collaborations could include Grindhouse, although he and Robert Rodriguez actually each direted a separate feature film which were billed together, but he has also worked on Four Rooms, which had several segments directed by different directors, as well as working as a guest director in Sin City.

            Tarantino also has directed episodes of two of televisions most well known series; ER and CSI.

            Tarantino has also worked as an actor, appearing both in many of his own films as well as in several others. Of his own films he has appeared in Resevoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Four Rooms, Jackie Brown, the first Kill Bill, and Grindhouse. He has also had other notable appearances in movies like Desperado and From Dusk Till Dawn (which he wrote).

            Tarantino has also been nominated for several awards, most notable for Pulp Fiction, widely critically acclaimed as one of the best pictures made in the last twenty five years. Pulp Fiction won the Palme d’OR at the Cannes festival in 1994, and also was nominated for Best Picture at the Academy awards. It would lose in that Category, but co-writers Tarntino and Roger Avary would win the Oscar for best original screenplay.

            In addition to his accomplishments as a director and actor, Tarntino has also written the scripts for almost all of his films, and is also one of the most respected producers currently active in Hollywood.

Through a career that spanned 45 of her 47 years, Garland attained international stardom as an actress in musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist and on the concert stage. Respected for her versatility, she received a Juvenile Academy Award, won a Golden Globe Award, received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for her work in films, as well as Grammy Awards and a Tony Award. She had a contralto singing range.

Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm, June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was a truly amazing talent.  But Despite her professional triumphs, Garland battled personal problems throughout her life. Insecure about her appearance, her
feelings were compounded by film executives who told her she was unattractive and overweight. Plied with drugs to control her weight and increase her productivity, Garland endured a decades-long struggle with addiction. Garland
was plagued by financial instability, often owing hundreds of thousands of dollars in back taxes, and her first four of five marriages ended in divorce. She attempted suicide on a number of occasions. Garland died of an accidental drug overdose at the age of forty-seven, leaving children Liza Minnelli, Lorna Luft, and Joey Luft.

In 1997, Garland was posthumously awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and several of her recordings have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 1999, the American Film Institute placed her among the ten greatest female stars in the history of American cinema.

Garland landed the lead role of Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz (1939) at the age of sixteen, in which she introduced the song with which she would forever be identified, “Over the Rainbow”. Although producers Arthur Freed and Mervyn LeRoy had wanted Garland from the start, studio chief Mayer tried first to borrow Shirley Temple from 20th Century Fox. Temple’s services were denied and Garland was cast.

Judy Garland’s legacy as a performer and a personality has endured long after her death. The American Film Institute named Garland eighth among the Greatest Female Stars of All Time.

Of particular note is Garland’s status as a gay icon. She always had a large base of fans in the gay community. Reasons often given for her standing, especially  amongst gay men, are admiration of her ability as a performer, the
way her personal struggles supposedly mirrored those of gay men in America during the height of her fame and her value as a camp figure.

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