The Big Picture: John Travolta Career & Biographical Notes: Got his start doing musicals, and found his first big success in Grease A seasoned jet pilot, he once landed a Gulf Stream IIB that had suffered a complete electrical failure at Washington National airport Frequently eats at Denny’s in the middle of the night Dreadlocks worn for Battlefield Earth actually composed of shredded copies of Dianetics

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John Travolta Trivia Quizzes
at HowWellDoYouKnow.com:

• 2/4/11-2/10/11
• 5/4/12-5/10/12
• Austin Powers in Goldmember
• Carrie (1976)
• Grease
• Hairspray
• Look Who's Talking
• Pulp Fiction

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Recent Movies:

Film	Date	Rating	Screens	Opening	Total	Box Office
Savages	7/6/12	N/A
From Paris With Love	2/5/10	N/A
Old Dogs	11/25/09				46.02	Info
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3	6/12/09	N/A
Bolt	11/21/08				104.52	Info
Hairspray	7/20/07	PG			82.45	Info
Wild Hogs	3/2/07	PG-13	3287	39.70	163.41	Info
Be Cool	3/4/05	PG-13	3216	23.45	55.81	Info
A Love Song for Bobby Long	12/29/04	R	8	0.03	0.16	Info
Ladder 49	10/1/04	PG-13	3260	22.09	74.54	Info
The Punisher	4/16/04	R	2649	13.83	33.68	Info
Basic	3/28/03	R	2876	11.51	26.60	Info
Domestic Disturbance	11/2/01	PG-13	2910	14.03	45.21	Info

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Awards:

1998
Primary Colors

• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Musical or Comedy, Golden Globes

1995
Get Shorty

• Win: Best Actor - Musical or Comedy, Golden Globes

1994
Pulp Fiction

• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Actor, Los Angeles Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Drama, Golden Globes
• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Screen Actors' Guild

1978
Grease

• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Musical or Comedy, Golden Globes

1977
Saturday Night Fever

• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Academy Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Musical or Comedy, Golden Globes

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