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Pulp fiction meme7/10/2023 The following day, ILikeToWonkaMyWilly posted a tutorial for making Confused Travolta GIFs using Sony Vegas Pro software and provided a GIF of Travolta in front of a green background (shown below). Within ten days, the post gained over 2.8 million views, 12,600 points and 370 comments. On November 6th, Imgur user ILikeToWonkaMyWilly uploaded a Confused Travolta GIF in a supermarket toy aisle (shown below). The book and Gibney's upcoming documentary, made with Wright, are critical of Travolta for being a public face to the controversial organization.On November 17th, 2012, Imgur user karmafrappuccino posted a reaction GIF of the Pulp Fiction character Vincent Vega (played by John Travolta) looking around a room while being spoken to over an intercom by the character Mia Wallace (shown below). In 2013, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright published "Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief," a thoroughly researched expose of the Church of Scientology, that Travolta joined in the `70s. His son, Jett, died in 2009 of a seizure at age 16. LOW: Travolta's recent years have been marred by tragedy, lawsuits and increased attention to his long-held religion. Simpson defense attorney Robert Shapiro in the upcoming FX series "American Crime Story" by Ryan Murphy ("Nip/Tuck," `'American Horror Story"). HIGH: Travolta perhaps never recovered after "Battlefield Earth," but he continued to co-star in big-budget releases that received mediocre reviews and did modest box office: "Swordfish," `'The Punisher," `'The Taking of Pelham 123." More recently, Travolta has lined up several films: "The Forger" (a crime drama due out in April), "Criminal Activities" (a mob thriller directed by Jackie Earle Haley) and "In a Valley of Violence" (a Western co-starring Ethan Hawke). It's frequently ranked among the worst movies of the decade. It was made by independent production company Franchise Pictures (which was later convicted for inflating the budget to "Battlefield Earth" and went bankrupt), with Travolta putting up money of his own. He even had a notable cameo in Terrence Malick's "The Thin Red Line." But in 2000, he starred in perhaps the biggest bomb of his career: "Battlefield Earth." The futuristic science-fiction film was partly based on a novel by Scientology founder L. LOW: The "Pulp Fiction" rejuvenation did not last long, though Travolta's track record ("Michael," "Face/Off," "Primary Colors," "A Civil Action") was better in the late 1990s than it was in the `80s. Travolta's performance as Vincent Vega earned him his second Oscar nomination and brought on a rush of work, including the acclaimed Elmore Leonard adaptation "Get Shorty." The director specifically sought out Travolta, even though Daniel Day-Lewis, fresh off his Oscar win for "My Left Foot," reportedly wanted the part. HIGH: Though the "Look Who's Talking" comedies restored Travolta's popularity, his resurrection was undoubtedly due to one man: Quentin Tarantino. Many of the films he turned down (like "American Gigolo") were more successful than the films he chose to make. He worked consistently, but in a string of flops like "Perfect," in which he played a Rolling Stone reporter, and "Two of a Kind," which reteamed him with "Grease" co-star Olivia Newton-John. LOW: The 1980s weren't nearly as good to Travolta as the `70s. I just move and strut, and THAT'S DANCING!" He followed it up as Danny Zuko in 1978's "Grease," forever immortalizing his high voice and pomade-slicked hair. HIGH: Already known to TV viewers of "Welcome Back Kotter," Travolta emphatically debuted as a leading man in the 1977 disco sensation "Saturday Night Fever." He pronounced: "This is dancing, not that Fred Astaire thing. Should that upcoming film, "Going Clear," from the Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney, go on to be Oscar nominated, as many expect it to, it could again make Travolta a part of next year's Academy Awards, albeit in a much different way.īut Travolta has long navigated the ebb and flow of celebrity, relying on his boyish charisma and a few good dance moves for numerous revivals. The Oscar incidents come at a time when Travolta, 61, is prepping a handful of projects and ahead of the release of an explosive documentary on Scientology that focuses considerably on Travolta's relationship with the organization. Johansson, however, defended Travolta in a statement to The Associated Press on Thursday, saying, "There is nothing at all strange, creepy or inappropriate about John Travolta" and called the photo "an unfortunate still-frame from a live-action encounter" that was very sweet "and totally welcome." Images of Travolta kissing Scarlett Johansson in front of photographers on the red carpet also went viral, turning the star into a social media punch line.
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