Pulp Fiction?

Question

What is in the briefcase?

Answer 1

Marcellus Wallace's soul...

Answer 2

The only indisputable observations about the stolen attaché case recovered by Jules and Vincent are that its latch lock combination is "666" (the "Number of the Beast") and that the contents of the case either glow orange or are highly reflective. ("Fox Force Five" may also be a play on the 666 phenomenon as "F" is the 6th letter of the English alphabet.) The only acknowledgments of its contents are the captivated stares of Vincent and Pumpkin and their exclamations "Is that what I think it is?" and "It's beautiful."

Whenever asked, director Tarantino has replied that there is no explanation for the case's contents: it is simply a MacGuffin. Originally, the case was to contain the diamonds stolen in Reservoir Dogs, but this was seen as too mundane. For filming purposes, the briefcase contained an orange light bulb, silver foil, and a battery. Despite Tarantino's explanation, many theories have been proposed for the contents of the briefcase, for instance that it contains Marsellus' soul.[8]

The glowing briefcase is an unintentional echo of the 1955 film noir Kiss Me Deadly, in which a briefcase glows from its nuclear contents. When Tarantino learned of the similarity, he said it was purely accidental but that he liked the idea. The 1984 film Repo Man also contains an item held in a car trunk that glows with radioactivity (and kills people whenever the trunk is opened). [8]

It is also said to have been the same briefcase that Tim Roth (Mr. Orange) was carrying in Reservoir Dogs when he was telling the story about how he went into a bathroom full of cops.

I personally would have loved it to be the diamonds!

Answer 3

The only indisputable observations about the stolen attaché case recovered by Jules and Vincent are that its latch lock combination is "666", the "Number of the Beast", and that the contents of the case either glow orange or are highly reflective. ("Fox Force Five" may also be a play on the 666 phenomenon as "F" is the 6th letter of the English alphabet.) The only acknowledgments of its contents are the captivated stares of Vincent and Pumpkin and their exclamations "Is that what I think it is?" and "It's beautiful."

Whenever asked, director Tarantino has replied that there is no explanation for the case's contents: it is simply a MacGuffin. Originally, the case was to contain the diamonds stolen in Reservoir Dogs, but this was seen as too mundane. For filming purposes, the briefcase contained an orange light bulb, silver foil, and a battery. Despite Tarantino's explanation, many theories have been proposed for the contents of the briefcase, for instance that it contains Marsellus' soul.

Answer 4

The whole lot of you that have answered to date are missing the point...
What was in the brief case was a Mirror ,so you saw the reflection of whomever opened it, with the word boldly etched into it.."He who looks is looking into this case is looking at the soul of a blessed one"hence the surprised looks.
Quentin Tarantino loved quirky props to get reactions from actors...(a pic is worth a thousand words)♥

Answer 5

Unknown. It is something that Quentin Terrintino wanted to be as unknown. A bit of mystery of the movie. But if I was gonna guess, it would either be money or drugs. Typical of modern day gansters or mobsters.

Answer 6

Marsellus' soul.
Note the bandaid on the back of his neck, where the devil cuts you to remove your soul. The "miracle" in the apartment when Vincent and Jules don't get killed - at the time, they are attempting to retrieve the soul, therefore protected as ministers of God.

Answer 7

Rumor was Tarantino says it's the soul of someone in that movie. I can't remember which character, but that's what was said when that movie first came out on video.

Answer 8

I think its money that belongs to Marcellus Wallace.

Answer 9

An orange light bulb. No kidding. That's what's in there.

Answer 10

it is his soul remember the bandage on the back of his head when he is talking to bruce willis that is where it was extracted