What was in the suitcase in Pulp Fiction?
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Origins:   Much  \ndebate centers around the contents of the briefcase in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. A theory that has been passed around via e-mail and is prominent on the Internet is the following: \n\n\nIf you all are anything like me then you had no idea what was in the briefcase in Pulp Fiction. So, through a friend of a friend of a friend who had a two hour conversation with Quentin Tarantino himself, I now know, and I thought I would pass along the information because it makes the movie even 100 times better than it already is. \nRemember the first time you were introduced to Marsellus Wallace. The first shot of him was of the back of his head, complete with band-aid. Then, remember the combination of the lock on the briefcase was 666. Then, remember that whenever anyone opened the briefcase, it glowed, and they were in amazement at how beautiful it was; they were speechless. Now, bring in some Bible knowledge, and remember that when the devil takes your soul, he takes it from the back of your head. \n\nYep, you guessed it. What is the most beautiful thing about a person: his soul. Marsellus Wallace had sold his soul to the devil, and was trying to buy it back. The three kids in the beginning of the movie were the devil's helpers. And remember that when the kid at the end came out of the bathroom with a "hand cannon," Jules and Vincent were not harmed by the bullets. "God came down and stopped the bullets" because they were saving a soul. It was divine intervention. \n\n[Note: Nowhere in the Bible is it stated that "when the devil takes your soul, he takes it from the back of your head."] \n\nHowever, that this interpretation came directly from Tarantino conflicts with other accounts. According to Tarantino A to Zed: The Films of Quentin Tarantino: \n\n\nTarantino has admitted that there is no official explanation behind the briefcase's contents, and that it was simply written into the screen play as an intriguing McGuffin. \nAnd from Rober Ebert's Questions for the Movie Answer Man comes the following statement by Pulp Fiction co-author Roger Avery: \n\n\nOriginally the briefcase contained diamonds. But that just seemed too boring and predictable. So it was decided that the contents of the briefcase were never to be seen. This way each audience member would fill in the blank with their own ultimate contents. All you were supposed to know was that it was "so beautiful." No prop master can come up with something better than each individual's imagination. At least that was the original idea. Then somebody had the bright idea (which I think was a mistake) of putting an orange lightbulb in there. Suddenly what could have been anything became anything supernatural. Didn't need to push the effect. People would have debated it for years anyway, and it would have been much more subtle. I can't believe I'm actually talking about being subtle. \nThere have been many other theories on what is contained in the mysterious briefcase. A contest run by the Toronto Star to decide the contents produced several popular answers: \n\n\nThe Oscar that Quentin Tarantino hopes to win  \n\nA human head \nThe ear from Reservoir Dogs \nO.J.'s other glove \nMichael Jackson's other glove \nThe diamonds from the robbery in Reservoir Dogs \nRudolph's nose \nThe winner of the contest claimed it was a homage to Robert Aldrich's Kiss Me Deadly, which centers around another briefcase, glowing because it contained a small nuclear bomb. Tarantino maintains that the similarity was purely accidental, although he apparently liked the idea. \n\nLast updated:   11 July 1997
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its from "the Candyman" [movie]
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Let's see.... how about a Chewbacca pez dispenser, a pair of fuzzy dice, a sheet of bubble wrap, a coupon to Denny's, and a roll of duct tape. That way they'll understand our culture about as well as I do.\n\nAnd on the inside of the time capsule I'll inscribe the following message: 'Sorry, but SunsetSam said you can only have 5 things.'\n\nThanks for the question, btw, now I'll be up all night thinking of other silly things I should've included... a pair of SpongeBob boxers, a souvenir route 66 shot glass, a package of twinkies, a box of Trojans, a pin that says 'Kiss me, I'm Irish', an Andy Warhol wig, one of those coffee table knickknacks that looks like a stack of fake books, a t-shirt that says 'I'm with Stupid', a tin of sardines, a 'My Little Pony' coloring book, a bobble-head Elvis, those seven mystery keys on my keychain... maybe they'll have better luck figuring out what they unlock... yeah... this could go on for days....
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I did a search because the name doesnt ring any "bell", la la or otherwise. but the search was comfusing, there is a magical lalabelle who travels with a suitcase, a Japanese one"Mahô shôjo Lalabelle" (1980)  who is maybe the same thing, \nSorry.
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Depends on the briefcase. What kind is it?
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In the movie, when everyone is looking at the hole, someone says, "That's a great shit hole" or something similar to that. That's exactly what it was, it was his "toilet" for the week that he was back there.\n\nThe diamond in his pocket at the end was put there by the bank robber when he bumped into him on the way out.
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Does this look like a suitcase shop to you?
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The band or the alcohol?\n\nIf it is my suitcase it is my life in the suitcase, or at least what is left of it.
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pulp fiction\ngoodfellas\nleathal weapon\ndonnie brasco\ndie hard\nthe shawshank redemption\nmermaids\nfrom dusk til dawn\nrounders\ncasino\ngood will hunting
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I read an interview in a magazine ( unfortunately, I don't remember which magazine it was) w/ Michael Mann and he said  he wanted the movie to be gritty and not the slick production it was in the '80s. This included the costumes. music, cars, etc.
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Tarentino has said that he would never reveal what is in the case, because he wanted viewers to decide for themselves, which gives creedence to the "McGuffin" idea.\n\nI, however, subscribe to the "Marcellus Wallace's Soul" theory, which goes like this:\n\nThe men in the hotel room that Jules and Vincent kill made a deal with Marcellus for his soul (they would have been agents of the devil), and Marcellus initially agreed.  His soul was taken out through the back of his neck, which is why we see a band-aid on Marcellus in the first scene he has with Bruce Willis.  Marcellus either changes his mind about it, or else feels he has been cheated, so he sends out his two "Guardian Angels" to recover his soul.  They find the briefcase (which has the combination "666"), but are nearly killed when a man hiding in the bathroom (Alexis Arquette, now on The Surreal Life) empties a six-shooter at them from point blank range.  Miraculously, neither man is hit.  Vincent thinks that this is just a freak occurrance, but Jules is convinced that it is the work of God.  He retires from his life of crime immediately after delivering Marcellus' soul back to him. Vincent continues as a hitman, and is killed in his very next assignment.  So maybe Jules was right?\n\nTruthfully, Tarentino probably didn't intend ANY of this, but I like it so much, I tell it to everyone who will listen.
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It was fantastic! Here you go...\n\n\n\nTony wakes up in an anonymous business hotel room and heads to the bar for a drink. He calls home and gets the answering machine with...a young boy and girl: "Hi, you've reached the Sopranos." He smiles and leaves a message.\n\nThe next morning signing in for a conference, Tony realizes he has the wrong wallet and briefcase when the picture ID he presents belongs to "Kevin Finnerty", a solar heating systems salesman from Arizona. Tony calls home-but the woman offering consolation is not Carmela. \n\nHe heads back to the bar to see if he can find his belongings-or Finnerty, since he can't get on a plane or check back into his room without his own ID. A group of business travelers overhear his dilemma and invite him to join them for dinner. After dinner, outside the hotel, Tony makes a pass at a woman from the group-she reciprocates briefly but cuts him off. "This isn't going to happen...I saw your face when you got off the phone with your wife."\n\nA helicopter hovers overhead. Tony looks up into its searchlight...and suddenly he is in a hospital intensive care unit, with doctors working on him. Carmela and Meadow are at his side.\n\nChristopher, Silvio, Vito and Paulie wait for news, camped out in the hospital waiting room. It's not good. Tony's on a ventilator; Junior's gun shot damaged his internal organs. "Does he know he's dying?" asks Carmela. "We don't know," the doctor replies. \n\nMeanwhile, business traveler Tony checks into another hotel using Kevin Finnerty's credit card. A couple of Buddhist monks overhear him checking in and thinking he is Finnerty, accost him: "We had a horrible winter at the monastery because of your heating system." They scuffle but flee before Tony can find out more about Finnerty.\n\nAfter another restless night, Tony takes the stairs when the hotel elevator is out of order. When he trips and falls down a flight, we flash back to the hospital room where his family is camped out. Dr. Plepler warns Carmela about possible brain damage and urges them to talk to Tony, maybe play him some favorite music. Janice breaks down when she visits.\n\nIn custody, Junior is being questioned by a psychologist to determine if he shot Tony intentionally. But Junior is confused. "If somebody shot my nephew it was him himself. He's a depression case." \n\nAt Eugene's funeral, Silvio briefs the crew on how he'll run things in Tony's absence. Vito stirs things up asking for Eugene's "sports book in Roseville," bringing up Junior and asking why Bobby wasn't babysitting instead of Tony. "He's gotta make an issue out of everything," Christopher complains to Silvio.\n\nCarmela plays CDs for Tony and reminisces, urging him to keep fighting. "I know that you're really strong, as strong as a bull." \n\nChristopher stops by the Pork Store and sees Agents Harris and Goddard, who test the waters with him as an informant on Harris's new terrorism beat. "If you ever heard of anything going down-Middle-Easterners, Pakistanis-you'd be helping a lot if you picked up the phone." \n\nAnthony Jr., who has been avoiding taking his turn at the hospital, finally sits with his father into the night. He promises to get Uncle Junior for this. "I'm gonna put a bullet in his f&%$in' mummy head. I promise." \n\nCarmela praises Anthony for helping his family and he takes the opportunity to confide that he flunked out of school. Her mood changes: "My God. With your father in a coma." \n\nAt a hospital, business traveler Tony is diagnosed with Alzheimer's after falling down the stairs. When he returns to his hotel room, he stares at the phone, but can't bring himself to call home. \n\n\nThere are video clips and bulletin boards, as well as this summary at the following link...\n\nhttp://
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Gangster....\n\nAll the songs of this film rockzzzzzzzzz
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Casino\n\n\nare you sure it wasnt Rober De Niro and Joe Pesci
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cash, nude photos, fake ID, old driver's license, gun\nporno, lottery tickets, black-mail items.
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A survival knife (hunting, etc)\nMagnesium stick (fire)\nA large roll of twine (just about everything)
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I liked it a lot.  A somewhat similar type of movie that will be coming to video soon is called "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang".  Not quite the same since there's no a-ha moments quite like Slevin, but very good.  Very Pulp Fictionish.  I recommend it.  And with a title like that it's hard to forget.  :)