John Travolta in "look whose talking"
Downturn Travolta in 1983 After Urban Cowboy, Travolta starred in a string of flops that sidelined his acting career. These included Perfect, co-starring Jamie Lee Curtis, and Two of a Kind, a romantic comedy reteaming him with Olivia Newton-John. During that time he was offered, but turned down, lead roles in what would become box office hits, including American Gigolo and An Officer and a Gentleman, both of which went to Richard Gere.
Resurgence Travolta dancing with Princess Diana at the White House. In 1989 Travolta starred in Look Who's Talking, which grossed $297,000,000, making it his most successful film since Grease. Travolta continued to the 2 sequels Look Who's Talking Too (1990) and Look Who's Talking Now (1993). But It was not until he played Vincent Vega in Quentin Tarantino's hit Pulp Fiction (1994), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, that his career was revived. The movie shifted him back onto the A-list, and he was inundated with offers. Notable roles following Pulp Fiction include a movie-buff loan shark in Get Shorty (1995), an FBI agent and terrorist in Face/Off (1997), a desperate attorney in A Civil Action (1998), a Bill Clinton-esque presidential candidate in Primary Colors (1998) and a military detective in The General's Daughter (1999).
2000–present Scene from Battlefield Earth, showing (left to right) Barry Pepper, John Travolta and Forest Whitaker in costume. Travolta also starred in Battlefield Earth (2000) based on a work of science fiction by L. Ron Hubbard, in which he played the leader of a group of aliens that enslaves humanity on a bleak future Earth. The film received almost universally negative reviews and did very poorly at the box office.Travolta played Mrs. Edna Turnblad in the remake of Hairspray, his first musical since Grease.
Resurgence Travolta dancing with Princess Diana at the White House. In 1989 Travolta starred in Look Who's Talking, which grossed $297,000,000, making it his most successful film since Grease. Travolta continued to the 2 sequels Look Who's Talking Too (1990) and Look Who's Talking Now (1993). But It was not until he played Vincent Vega in Quentin Tarantino's hit Pulp Fiction (1994), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, that his career was revived. The movie shifted him back onto the A-list, and he was inundated with offers. Notable roles following Pulp Fiction include a movie-buff loan shark in Get Shorty (1995), an FBI agent and terrorist in Face/Off (1997), a desperate attorney in A Civil Action (1998), a Bill Clinton-esque presidential candidate in Primary Colors (1998) and a military detective in The General's Daughter (1999).
2000–present Scene from Battlefield Earth, showing (left to right) Barry Pepper, John Travolta and Forest Whitaker in costume. Travolta also starred in Battlefield Earth (2000) based on a work of science fiction by L. Ron Hubbard, in which he played the leader of a group of aliens that enslaves humanity on a bleak future Earth. The film received almost universally negative reviews and did very poorly at the box office.Travolta played Mrs. Edna Turnblad in the remake of Hairspray, his first musical since Grease.
