The combination to the briefcase that Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) and Vincent Vega (John Travolta) retrieve for Marcellus Wallace (Ving Rhames) in the 1994 film "Pulp Fiction" is 666. Here, the briefcase is used as a simple plot device to help move the story forward. No explanation or good reason is given as to why they have it in the first place. Thus, it appears that it doesn't matter what's in the case; what is of concern is that all the key characters are after it.

Actor Phil LaMarr, who played Marvin, is a doomed wanna-be criminal who feels the wrath of Jules’s furious anger for daring to steal something from Wallace. He sought the film's director for an answer. What did Tarantino want people to think was in that briefcase? LaMarr says that he asked the director point-blank on set and received this response: “It’s whatever you want it to be.” In that moment, it satisfied his curiosity.

After a number of years, LaMarr admits that he’s thought more and more about the implications of Tarantino’s non-answer. “Is it what I want it to be or what whoever opens it wants it to be? There’s a difference,” he believes. “If Vincent opens it and sees whatever he wants to see, then it’s a magical briefcase. But, if the concept is that it’s just the most precious thing ever, than it’s whatever precious thing the audience wants it to be.”

Once opened, how should a person view the case. Is it a magical briefcase or not?

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