Timeline Tuesday 21 January 1992

Events on Tuesday 21 January 1992 2

• 1992 Reservoir Dogs Sundance, and an ear A heist film with no heist in it, premiering at Sundance in January and reaching American cinemas in October. Made for a little over a million dollars with Harvey Keitel both starring and helping produce, it takes only around three million at the box office and becomes, on video, one of the most influential independent films ever released. Everything Tarantino will be accused of and praised for is already fully present.
• 1992 Reservoir Dogs premieres Quentin Tarantino's directorial debut Quentin Tarantino's heist thriller Reservoir Dogs premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, marking his debut as a feature director. Its nonlinear structure, stylized dialogue, and graphic violence influenced a generation of independent filmmakers. The film built a cult following ahead of Tarantino's breakthrough with Pulp Fiction.