Dance contest scene from Pulp Fiction (1994).
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Stars: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Chuck Berry’s You Never Can Tell (1986 Stereo Remix)
Info about scene: Working with Quentin Tarantino for the first time on “Pulp Fiction” presented Uma Thurman with several challenges, including one scene where she would have to painstakingly recreate a drug overdose, but nothing was more terrifying for the young actress than dancing opposite John Travolta. In what has become one of Tarantino’s most iconic scenes, Thurman’s Mia Wallace and Travolta’s Vincent Vega get up on stage at the fictional Jack Rabbit Slims restaurant and perform the twist during a dance competition. According to Thurman, it was the scene she dreaded most during the making of “Pulp Fiction.” “I was more afraid of the dancing than almost anything because it was exactly to my total insecurity,” Thurman said during a keynote speech at France’s Series Mania Festival (via Variety). “Being big and awkward and still quite young then. But once I started dancing I didn’t wanna stop, so it was a dream come true.”