Actor John Travolta

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Published April 10, 2003 at 12:00 AM EDT

His new film is the military thriller Basic, which reunites him with Pulp Fiction co-star Samuel L. Jackson. Some of Travolta's other films include Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Urban Cowboy and Get Shorty.

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