Pulp Fiction (1994) — QuantCinema

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CAST · PULP FICTION

Faces & feelings

Per-character screen time, dialogue and emotion breakdown — derived from face recognition + expression classifier across every frame.

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Faces detected

29,120

across full runtime

Named matches

14

actors identified

Close-up shots

17.9%

of all framed shots

Smile rate

4.5%

frames with detected joy

Gender split

78%

22%

M / F · screen-time weighted

Dominant emotion

Neutral 28%

film-wide aggregate

Most expressive

Rosanna Arquette

89% non-neutral

Lead screen share

28%

14 tracked characters

Overall emotion distribution

7 emotions · all characters · screen-time weighted

Happy

4.5%

1,324 frames

Surprise

4.0%

1,178 frames

Neutral

28.1%

8,184 frames

Fear

13.5%

3,935 frames

Sad

20.8%

6,051 frames

Angry

23.8%

6,936 frames

Disgust

5.2%

1,512 frames

Screen time by actor

14 named · 116m tracked of 154.5m

01

John Travolta

as Vincent Vega · 4730 scenes

32.9min · 28% of cast

angry

02

Bruce Willis

as Butch Coolidge · 2923 scenes

20.3min · 18% of cast

angry

03

Samuel L. Jackson

as Jules Winnfield · 2205 scenes

15.3min · 13% of cast

angry

04

Uma Thurman

as Mia Wallace · 1587 scenes

11.0min · 10% of cast

sad

05

Tim Roth

as Pumpkin · 1277 scenes

8.9min · 8% of cast

angry

06

Harvey Keitel

as The Wolf · 812 scenes

5.6min · 5% of cast

angry

07

Ving Rhames

as Marsellus Wallace · 703 scenes

4.9min · 4% of cast

angry

08

Quentin Tarantino

as Jimmie Dimmick · 543 scenes

3.8min · 3% of cast

disgust

09

Christopher Walken

as Captain Koons · 511 scenes

3.5min · 3% of cast

angry

10

Maria de Medeiros

as Fabienne · 508 scenes

3.5min · 3% of cast

sad

11

Eric Stoltz

as Lance · 291 scenes

2.0min · 2% of cast

sad

12

Peter Greene

as Zed · 193 scenes

1.3min · 1% of cast

angry

13

Amanda Plummer

as Honey Bunny · 185 scenes

1.3min · 1% of cast

fear

14

Rosanna Arquette

as Jody · 170 scenes

1.2min · 1% of cast

sad

Dialogue by character

words spoken · WPM · share of total dialogue

NOTE — speaker matching uses face-detection overlap; actors not recognized by the AI appear as unidentified.

Actor / Character	Words spoken	WPM	% of dialogue
Samuel L. Jackson as Jules Winnfield	3,787	255	25.0%
John Travolta as Vincent Vega	2,499	245.1	16.5%
Maria de Medeiros as Fabienne	1,360	240.8	9.0%
Eric Stoltz as Lance	1,250	278.4	8.2%
Harvey Keitel as The Wolf	1,191	279.4	7.9%
Tim Roth as Pumpkin	1,131	281.5	7.5%
Uma Thurman as Mia Wallace	1,078	186	7.1%
Unidentified speakers	760	—	5.0%
Quentin Tarantino as Jimmie Dimmick	621	245.7	4.1%
Christopher Walken as Captain Koons	536	164.5	3.5%
Bruce Willis as Butch Coolidge	510	161.1	3.4%
Rosanna Arquette as Jody	205	108.5	1.4%
Amanda Plummer as Honey Bunny	185	162	1.2%
Peter Greene as Zed	39	288.2	0.3%

Cast profiles

arc · volatility · emotion breakdown per actor

VV

John Travolta

AS VINCENT VEGA

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

32m 53s

Scenes

4730

First seen

7:06

Last seen

149:43

Volatility

34 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0038m77m115m154.5m

6%

Happy

1%

Surprise

30%

Neutral

2%

Fear

25%

Sad

32%

Angry

5%

Disgust

BC

Bruce Willis

AS BUTCH COOLIDGE

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

20m 19s

Scenes

2923

First seen

21:15

Last seen

111:28

Volatility

26 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0038m77m115m154.5m

2%

Happy

2%

Surprise

5%

Neutral

9%

Fear

26%

Sad

51%

Angry

5%

Disgust

JW

Samuel L. Jackson

AS JULES WINNFIELD

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

15m 20s

Scenes

2205

First seen

7:07

Last seen

149:36

Volatility

34 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0038m77m115m154.5m

4%

Happy

2%

Surprise

32%

Neutral

10%

Fear

12%

Sad

37%

Angry

3%

Disgust

MW

Uma Thurman

AS MIA WALLACE

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

11m 02s

Scenes

1587

First seen

34:13

Last seen

121:28

Volatility

36 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0038m77m115m154.5m

5%

Happy

3%

Surprise

11%

Neutral

7%

Fear

55%

Sad

7%

Angry

13%

Disgust

P

Tim Roth

AS PUMPKIN

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

8m 53s

Scenes

1277

First seen

0:30

Last seen

148:52

Volatility

35 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0038m77m115m154.5m

2%

Happy

12%

Surprise

15%

Neutral

5%

Fear

10%

Sad

39%

Angry

17%

Disgust

TW

Harvey Keitel

AS THE WOLF

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

5m 38s

Scenes

812

First seen

122:28

Last seen

132:49

Volatility

32 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0038m77m115m154.5m

10%

Happy

1%

Surprise

1%

Neutral

3%

Fear

15%

Sad

57%

Angry

14%

Disgust

MW

Ving Rhames

AS MARSELLUS WALLACE

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

4m 53s

Scenes

703

First seen

94:34

Last seen

121:29

Volatility

18 Low

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0038m77m115m154.5m

1%

Happy

1%

Surprise

13%

Neutral

2%

Fear

24%

Sad

59%

Angry

1%

Disgust

JD

Quentin Tarantino

AS JIMMIE DIMMICK

● Dominant: disgust

Screen time

3m 46s

Scenes

543

First seen

118:29

Last seen

130:60

Volatility

22 Low

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0038m77m115m154.5m

9%

Happy

0%

Surprise

6%

Neutral

2%

Fear

17%

Sad

21%

Angry

44%

Disgust

CK

Christopher Walken

AS CAPTAIN KOONS

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

3m 33s

Scenes

511

First seen

63:48

Last seen

68:06

Volatility

37 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0038m77m115m154.5m

6%

Happy

8%

Surprise

16%

Neutral

11%

Fear

24%

Sad

31%

Angry

5%

Disgust

F

Maria de Medeiros

AS FABIENNE

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

3m 32s

Scenes

508

First seen

76:08

Last seen

111:28

Volatility

22 Low

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0038m77m115m154.5m

7%

Happy

4%

Surprise

8%

Neutral

17%

Fear

63%

Sad

1%

Angry

1%

Disgust

L

Eric Stoltz

AS LANCE

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

2m 01s

Scenes

291

First seen

27:10

Last seen

60:53

Volatility

38 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0038m77m115m154.5m

5%

Happy

2%

Surprise

24%

Neutral

14%

Fear

46%

Sad

6%

Angry

2%

Disgust

Z

Peter Greene

AS ZED

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

1m 20s

Scenes

193

First seen

99:04

Last seen

106:13

Volatility

29 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0038m77m115m154.5m

0%

Happy

2%

Surprise

32%

Neutral

3%

Fear

8%

Sad

52%

Angry

4%

Disgust

HB

Amanda Plummer

AS HONEY BUNNY

● Dominant: fear

Screen time

1m 17s

Scenes

185

First seen

0:35

Last seen

145:10

Volatility

32 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0038m77m115m154.5m

8%

Happy

1%

Surprise

12%

Neutral

49%

Fear

15%

Sad

10%

Angry

5%

Disgust

J

Rosanna Arquette

AS JODY

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

1m 11s

Scenes

170

First seen

26:31

Last seen

61:04

Volatility

46 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0038m77m115m154.5m

27%

Happy

0%

Surprise

11%

Neutral

4%

Fear

38%

Sad

14%

Angry

8%

Disgust

Speaker diarization

talk-time · turns · pacing per speaker

Talk-time share · 20 clusterssums to 100.0% of all dialogue

Jackson 19.6%

Travolta 13.4%

Medeiros 7.4%

Thurman 7.6%

Unknown 13.6%

First-word entry · per speakerdot = first line · trail = on-screen window · 14 ensemble

0:0038:3877:15115:53154:30

runtime

Tim Roth

0:30enter

Amanda Plummer

0:34enter

Rosanna Arquette

0:60enter

SPEAKER 48

4:06enter

SPEAKER 45

4:48enter

Samuel L. Jackson

7:08enter

John Travolta

7:11enter

Bruce Willis

13:46enter

SPEAKER 40

16:42enter

SPEAKER 39

17:02enter

SPEAKER 19

20:59enter

Eric Stoltz

24:20enter

Uma Thurman

24:33enter

Maria de Medeiros

25:35enter

SPEAKER 11

31:56enter

Christopher Walken

63:48enter

SPEAKER 17

78:13enter

Peter Greene

83:31enter

Quentin Tarantino

84:60enter

Harvey Keitel

121:35enter

Samuel L. JacksonSPEAKER 20

Rapid exchange

19.6%

of all dialogue · 3,787 words · 14:51 spoken

WPM255

Turns469

Avg turn2.1s

Longest17.0s

enters at 7:08profanity 140

John TravoltaSPEAKER 29

Rapid exchange

13.4%

of all dialogue · 2,499 words · 10:12 spoken

WPM245.1

Turns480

Avg turn1.5s

Longest15.8s

enters at 7:11profanity 60

Maria de MedeirosSPEAKER 26

Rapid exchange

7.4%

of all dialogue · 1,360 words · 5:39 spoken

WPM240.8

Turns298

Avg turn1.3s

Longest7.4s

enters at 25:35profanity 16

Eric StoltzSPEAKER 23

Rapid exchange

5.9%

of all dialogue · 1,250 words · 4:29 spoken

WPM278.4

Turns188

Avg turn1.7s

Longest19.6s

enters at 24:20profanity 50

Harvey KeitelSPEAKER 35

Rapid exchange

5.6%

of all dialogue · 1,191 words · 4:16 spoken

WPM279.4

Turns167

Avg turn1.7s

Longest14.1s

enters at 121:35profanity 14

Tim RothSPEAKER 38

Rapid exchange

5.3%

of all dialogue · 1,131 words · 4:01 spoken

WPM281.5

Turns171

Avg turn1.5s

Longest8.7s

enters at 0:30profanity 33

Uma ThurmanSPEAKER 46

Rapid exchange

7.6%

of all dialogue · 1,078 words · 5:48 spoken

WPM186

Turns221

Avg turn1.5s

Longest10.1s

enters at 24:33profanity 4

Quentin TarantinoSPEAKER 22

Brief

3.3%

of all dialogue · 621 words · 2:32 spoken

WPM245.7

Turns91

Avg turn1.8s

Longest16.0s

enters at 84:60profanity 24

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 19 · unmatched

Rapid exchange

13.6%

of all dialogue · 598 words · 10:18 spoken

WPM58

Turns168

Avg turn1.3s

Longest6.7s

enters at 20:59profanity 24

Christopher WalkenSPEAKER 04

Brief

4.3%

of all dialogue · 536 words · 3:16 spoken

WPM164.5

Turns89

Avg turn1.8s

Longest5.8s

enters at 63:48profanity 4

Bruce WillisSPEAKER 44

Rapid exchange

4.2%

of all dialogue · 510 words · 3:10 spoken

WPM161.1

Turns151

Avg turn1.0s

Longest5.5s

enters at 13:46profanity 7

Rosanna ArquetteSPEAKER 03

Rapid exchange

2.5%

of all dialogue · 205 words · 1:53 spoken

WPM108.5

Turns206

Avg turn0.7s

Longest6.9s

enters at 0:60profanity 3

Amanda PlummerSPEAKER 43

Brief

1.5%

of all dialogue · 185 words · 1:09 spoken

WPM162

Turns59

Avg turn1.4s

Longest12.8s

enters at 0:34profanity 4

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 11 · unmatched

Brief

0.2%

of all dialogue · 41 words · 0:11 spoken

WPM233.8

Turns14

Avg turn1.3s

Longest3.5s

enters at 31:56profanity 0

Peter GreeneSPEAKER 47

Brief

0.2%

of all dialogue · 39 words · 0:08 spoken

WPM288.2

Turns30

Avg turn0.7s

Longest1.9s

enters at 83:31profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 40 · unmatched

Brief

0.3%

of all dialogue · 38 words · 0:13 spoken

WPM172.3

Turns5

Avg turn2.3s

Longest9.1s

enters at 16:42profanity 1

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 17 · unmatched

Brief

0.2%

of all dialogue · 34 words · 0:07 spoken

WPM297.4

Turns10

Avg turn0.7s

Longest1.5s

enters at 78:13profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 39 · unmatched

Brief

0.2%

of all dialogue · 26 words · 0:08 spoken

WPM190.7

Turns11

Avg turn0.7s

Longest2.6s

enters at 17:02profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 48 · unmatched

Brief

1.6%

of all dialogue · 17 words · 1:15 spoken

WPM13.6

Turns20

Avg turn1.0s

Longest6.3s

enters at 4:06profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 45 · unmatched

Brief

3.1%

of all dialogue · 6 words · 2:20 spoken

WPM2.6

Turns9

Avg turn1.1s

Longest2.4s

enters at 4:48profanity 0

AGGREGATE — 14 unique characters · 29,120 faces detected · 14 named matches · 116m screen-time tracked