Stuck in the Middle with You a slide. Eventually, the other band members appear, driving off the strange characters so that Egan can sit down at last. Leif Garrett released a version of the song on his 1980 album, "Can't Explain". The song is used in Quentin Tarantino's 1992 debut film "Reservoir Dogs", during the scene in which the character Mr. Blonde (played by Michael Madsen) taunts and tortures bound policeman Marvin Nash (Kirk Baltz) while singing and dancing to the song. In an interview with "Rolling Stone", Tarantino recalled: "That was one of those things where I thought [the song] would work really well, and
Reservoir Dogs dudes." The film was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. It won the Critic's Award at the 4th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in February 1993 which Tarantino attended. The film was also nominated for the prestigious Grand Prix of the Belgian Syndicate of Cinema Critics. Steve Buscemi won the 1992 Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male. "Reservoir Dogs" ranks at 97 in "Empire" magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Films of All Time. In the United Kingdom, release of the VHS rental video was delayed until 1995 due to the British Board of Film