John Travolta Found a Historical Mistake in Quentin

John Travolta and Quentin Tarantino will all the time be linked by way of “Pulp Fiction,” the 1994 movie that helped reinvigorate the actor’s profession. So naturally, the person who performed Vincent Vega went to see Tarantino’s newest movie, “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood.” What he didn’t anticipate was to discover a mistake that solely a registered pilot and “aviation nerd ” — as Travolta describes himself — may spot.

At a Q&A with TheWrap following a screening of his newest movie, “The Fanatic,” Travolta mentioned how he discovered the error throughout a scene organising the climactic showdown between Rick Dalton, Cliff Booth, and the acolytes of Charles Manson whom historical past says would kill Sharon Tate in her Cielo Drive dwelling.

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“Leonardo [DiCaprio, who plays Rick Dalton] is going home from Italy or wherever he was, and the narrator says that he took a 747,” Travolta informed his followers on the screening. “Well, the 747 had its test flight in February 1969, but it went into service in January 1970. They’re nine months off! He would have been on a Boeing 707!”

Perhaps such an error may very well be excused as “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood” is overtly not going for historic accuracy. It is a model of Hollywood as filtered by way of Tarantino’s nostalgic reminiscence of that period of moviemaking. Still, Travolta, who had simply arrived in Hollywood in 1969, was so impressed by Tarantino’s recreation of that period that he was taken again to his personal reminiscences of that point and place.

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“I remember being there in the city when all of this was happening. I remember being scared because of Sharon Tate being killed. It triggered far more real memories than anything from filming ‘Pulp Fiction.’ I was right there in the moment with everyone else and that’s what’s so great about Quentin as a filmmaker. Like with ‘Inglorious Basterds,’ he sort of repairs our history.’”

Check out extra ideas from Travolta on his newest movie, “The Fanatic,” in addition to his personal private relationship with the character of fandom, by clicking on our interview right here.