Quentin Tarantino On His 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' Novel, Retirement, Fatherhood, And Other Great Tales: Deadline Q&A From left: Steve Buscemi, Christopher Penn, Michael Madsen (back), Kirk Baltz and Harvey Keitel in вЂReservoir DogsвЂ™ Everett Collection After all, this was way before Pulp Fiction, when all Lucas had to judge by was his script and the knowledge that Gerry RaffertyвЂ™s hit song might be indelibly linked to a brutal torture scene. It was a shocking, career-launching moment for the filmmaker, who still sounds a bit surprised that fortune smiled on him when Lucas said yes. Tarantino suggests you cannot hear that song even now and not think of Michael Madsen dancing around a kidnapped police officer trussed to a chair, as Madsen dances around him in menacing fashion, cutting off his ear and planning to set him aflame.

While I wait to get more details from her distraught family, Quentin Tarantino asked to memorialize Lucas and express his forever gratitude to her taking a chance on an unproven filmmaker and granting rights to the Stealers Wheel song вЂњStuck in the Middle with You вЂњВ for use in his directorial debut Reservoir Dogs. EXCLUSIVE: Pat Lucas, the former EMI Music executive who was a longtime friend to filmmakers she licensed songs to for their films, has died after a long battle with cancer.

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