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'''''Planet Terror''''' is a [[2007]] feature length film written and directed by [[Robert Rodriguez]], initially as part of [[Grindhouse (film)|Grindhouse]], a [[double feature]] film collaboration with [[Quentin Tarantino]]. |
'''''Planet Terror''''' is a [[2007]] feature length film written and directed by [[Robert Rodriguez]], initially as part of [[Grindhouse (film)|Grindhouse]], a [[double feature]] film collaboration with [[Quentin Tarantino]]. |
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According to actress [[Marley Shelton]], "(Rodriguez and Tarantino) really co-directed, at least ''Planet Terror''. Quentin was on set a lot. He had notes and adjustments to our performances and he changed lines every once in a while. Of course, he always deferred to Robert on ''Planet Terror'' and vice versa for ''Death Proof''. So it's really both of their brainchild."<ref name="Fangoria-Shelton">{{cite web |url=http://www.fangoria.com/fearful_feature.php?id=4019 |title=Doctor in the GRINDHOUSE |accessdate=2007-04-28 |last=Spelling |first=Ian |publisher=Fangoria}}</ref> Tarantino has stated "I can't imagine doing ''Grindhouse'' with any other director in the way me and Robert did it because I just had complete faith and trust in him. So much so that we didn't actually see each other's movie completed until three weeks before the film opened. It was as if we worked in little vacuums and cut our movies down, and then put them together and watched it all play, and then made a couple of little changes after that, and pretty much that was it."<ref name="Telegraph"/> |
According to actress [[Marley Shelton]], "(Rodriguez and Tarantino) really co-directed, at least ''Planet Terror''. Quentin was on set a lot. He had notes and adjustments to our performances and he changed lines every once in a while. Of course, he always deferred to Robert on ''Planet Terror'' and vice versa for ''Death Proof''. So it's really both of their brainchild."<ref name="Fangoria-Shelton">{{cite web |url=http://www.fangoria.com/fearful_feature.php?id=4019 |title=Doctor in the GRINDHOUSE |accessdate=2007-04-28 |last=Spelling |first=Ian |publisher=Fangoria}}</ref> Tarantino has stated "I can't imagine doing ''Grindhouse'' with any other director in the way me and Robert did it because I just had complete faith and trust in him. So much so that we didn't actually see each other's movie completed until three weeks before the film opened. It was as if we worked in little vacuums and cut our movies down, and then put them together and watched it all play, and then made a couple of little changes after that, and pretty much that was it."<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/04/27/bfquentin27.xml&page=1 |title=Quentin Tarantino: I'm proud of my flop |accessdate=2007-04-27 |date=[[April 27]], [[2007]] |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> |
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Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino each acted as [[cinematographer]] on their segments. Although Rodriguez had previously worked as the cinematographer on six of his own feature films, ''Death Proof'' marked Tarantino's first credit as a cinematographer.<ref name="RodriguezFilmography">{{cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001675/ |title=Robert Rodriguez filmography |accessdate=2007-04-29 |publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]]}}</ref><ref name="TarantinoFilmography" |
Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino each acted as [[cinematographer]] on their segments. Although Rodriguez had previously worked as the cinematographer on six of his own feature films, ''Death Proof'' marked Tarantino's first credit as a cinematographer.<ref name="RodriguezFilmography">{{cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001675/ |title=Robert Rodriguez filmography |accessdate=2007-04-29 |publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]]}}</ref><ref name="TarantinoFilmography">{{cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000233/ |title=Quentin Tarantino filmography |accessdate=2007-04-29 |publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]]}}</ref> |
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During editing, Tarantino and Rodriguez came up with the idea of inserting "missing reels" into the film. "(Quentin) was about to show an Italian crime movie with [[Oliver Reed]]," Rodriguez recalls, "and he was saying, 'Oh, it's got a missing reel in it. But it's really interesting because after the missing reel, you don't know if he slept with a girl or he didn't because she says he did and he says that he didn't. It leaves you guessing, and the movie still works with 20 minutes gone out of it.' I thought, 'Oh, my God, that's what we’ve got to do. We've got to have a missing reel!' I'm going to use it in a way where it actually says 'missing reel' for 10 seconds, and then when we come back, you're arriving in the third act. [...] The late second acts in movies are usually the most predictable and the most boring, that's where the good guy really turns out to be the bad guy, and the bad guy is really good, and the couple becomes friends. Suddenly, though, in the third act, all bets are off and it's a whole new story anyway."<ref name="Wizard"/> |
During editing, Tarantino and Rodriguez came up with the idea of inserting "missing reels" into the film. "(Quentin) was about to show an Italian crime movie with [[Oliver Reed]]," Rodriguez recalls, "and he was saying, 'Oh, it's got a missing reel in it. But it's really interesting because after the missing reel, you don't know if he slept with a girl or he didn't because she says he did and he says that he didn't. It leaves you guessing, and the movie still works with 20 minutes gone out of it.' I thought, 'Oh, my God, that's what we’ve got to do. We've got to have a missing reel!' I'm going to use it in a way where it actually says 'missing reel' for 10 seconds, and then when we come back, you're arriving in the third act. [...] The late second acts in movies are usually the most predictable and the most boring, that's where the good guy really turns out to be the bad guy, and the bad guy is really good, and the couple becomes friends. Suddenly, though, in the third act, all bets are off and it's a whole new story anyway."<ref name="Wizard">{{cite web |url=http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazine/wizard/004090803.cfm |title=House Party |accessdate=2007-04-04 |last=Cotton |first=Mike |date=[[April 4]], [[2007]] |publisher=[[Wizard (magazine)|Wizard Universe]]}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 02:51, 25 September 2007
| Planet Terror | |
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| File:Planet Terror (Netherlands).jpg Planet Terror theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Robert Rodriguez |
| Written by | Robert Rodriguez |
| Produced by | Elizabeth Avellan Erica Steinberg Robert Rodriguez Quentin Tarantino |
| Starring | Rose McGowan Freddy Rodriguez Josh Brolin Marley Shelton Michael Biehn |
| Cinematography | Robert Rodriguez Quentin Tarantino |
| Edited by | Robert Rodriguez |
| Music by | Robert Rodriguez Graeme Revell |
| Distributed by | Dimension Films The Weinstein Company |
Release dates | Grindhouse:  April 6, 2007Planet Terror:  2008 2008 |
Running time | Double Feature: 191 min.[1] Planet Terror: 105 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
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Planet Terror is a 2007 feature length film written and directed by Robert Rodriguez, initially as part of Grindhouse, a double feature film collaboration with Quentin Tarantino.
Rodriguez's film, a tribute to "grindhouse cinema" and "B movies," revolves around an outfit of rebels attempting to survive an onslaught of zombie-like creatures as they feud with a military unit.
Grindhouse was released on April 6, 2007, ticket sales performed significantly below box office analysts' expectations despite mostly positive critic reviews. In much of the rest of the world, each feature was released separately, with Death Proof screened in an extended version.[2][3] Two soundtracks were also released for the features and include music and audio snippets from the film. Death Proof was released separately in international theatrical markets, and on DVD in the United States on September 18, 2007.
Plot
In a rural town in Texas, go-go dancer 'Cherry Darling' (Rose McGowan) decides to quit her low-paying job and find another use for her numerous 'useless' talents. As she meets her ex-boyfriend El Wray (Freddy Rodriguez) at the Bone Shack, a restaurant owned by JT Hague (Jeff Fahey), a group of military officials, led by the demented Lt. Muldoon (Bruce Willis), are making a business transaction with a scientist named Abby (Naveen Andrews) for mass quantities of a deadly biochemical agent known as DC2 (codename "Project Terror"), but when Muldoon learns Abby has an extra supply on hand, he attempts to take Abby hostage and as he does, Abby intentionally releases the gas into the air. The gas reaches the town area and turns its residents into deformed bloodthirsty psychopaths, mockingly referred to as "sickos" by the surviving humans. The infected townspeople are treated by the sinister Dr. William Block (Josh Brolin) and his abused, neglected anesthesiologist wife Dakota (Marley Shelton) at a local hospital.
As Cherry and El Wray are attacked by the sickos, Doc Block learns of his wife's plans to abandon him and reunite with her lesbian lover, Tammy (Stacy Ferguson), who was brutally killed by the sickos earlier. Doc Block attacks Dakota with her own anesthetic hypodermic needles, inflicting multiple puncture wounds on her hands as she tries to defend herself. He then locks her in a closet before returning to the overwhelming amount of infected patients, including Cherry who has lost her right leg in a sicko attack. El Wray is detained by Sheriff Hague (Michael Biehn) based on past encounters between the two men. As the patients transform into sickos, El Wray escapes the police station and arrives at the hospital, attaching a wooden table leg to Cherry's stump. As El Wray and Cherry fight their way out of the hospital, Dakota escapes to her car but in trying to open its door with her numbed hands, accidentally breaks her wrist. Meanwhile, Doc Block becomes infected by one of the first sickos, Joe (Nicky Katt), and the others take refuge at the Bone Shack.
Dakota rescues her son Tony and takes him to her father, Earl McGraw (Michael Parks). Tony, who had been given a handgun and was told by his mother to shoot "anyone who isn't me" shoots himself, after being told to be careful where he pointed the gun. Panicking, due to Tony's death and approaching sickos, she pounds on the door and Earl lets her in. Meanwhile, the survivors, including Cherry, El Wray and some of the police, hole up in The Bone Shack. Cherry and El Wray make love in J.T.'s bedroom, and the film catches fire and skips to the next part. After the missing scene, Sheriff Hague has been shot in the neck, sickos have amassed outside and The Bone Shack is burning to the ground. Also, El Wray's past has presumably been told to the sheriff, who has much more respect for him. Dakota, Earl, and Tony's crazed babysitter twins (Electra and Elise Avellan) arrive at the Bone Shack. With Sheriff Hague critically injured, the group decides to flee to the Mexican border, before being stopped by a large mob of sickos. Muldoon's men arrive, and kill the sickos before arresting the rebels. They learn from Abby that the officials are stealing Abby's supply of the gas because they are infected with it and the only treatment is by constant inhalation of the gas, which delays the effects. They also learn that a small percentage of the population is immune to the gas, suggesting a possible treatment, which is why Muldoon quarantined the survivors.
As Cherry and Dakota are taken away by two soldiers who intend to rape them, the others defeat the security guards, with JT receiving a fatal gunshot wound in the process, and search for Muldoon. Discovered by El Wray and Abby, Muldoon explains that he killed Osama bin Laden before he and his men were infected with DC2 and were ordered to protect the area. After killing a mutating Muldoon, El Wray and Abby arrive and save Cherry and Dakota, ultimately replacing Cherry's wooden leg with a custom-made M4A1 carbine assault rifle/M203 grenade launcher. In the final battle, Sheriff Hague dies of his injuries as JT sacrifices himself to eliminate the sickos, shortly before Abby is killed in combat. Doc Block then arrives and is killed by Earl, shortly before the survivors use a nearby helicopter to defeat the remaining sickos. However, while saving Cherry from a sicko, El Wray is shot to death, and the remaining survivors flee. In the epilogue, Cherry (now sporting a Gattling gun prosthetic leg) leads the group to Tulum, Mexico, where they start a new society. In the final moments of the film it is revealed that Cherry Darling has given birth to El Wray's daughter.
Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Rose McGowan | Cherry Darling |
| Freddy Rodriguez | El Wray |
| Josh Brolin | Dr. William Block |
| Marley Shelton | Dr. Dakota Block |
| Jeff Fahey | J.T. Hague |
| Michael Biehn | Sheriff Hague |
| Rebel Rodriguez | Tony Block |
| Bruce Willis | Lt. Muldoon |
| Naveen Andrews | Abby |
| Julio Oscar Mechoso | Romey |
| Stacy Ferguson | Tammy Visan |
| Nicky Katt | Joe |
| Hung Nguyen | Dr. Crane |
| Tom Savini | Deputy Tolo |
| Carlos Gallardo | Deputy Carlos |
| Skip Reissig | Skip |
| Electra Avellan | Crazy Babysitter Twin #1 |
| Elise Avellan | Crazy Babysitter Twin #2 |
| Quentin Tarantino | Rapist #1 |
| Greg Kelly | Rapist #2 |
| Michael Parks | Earl McGraw |
| Jerili Romero | Ramona McGraw |
| Felix Sabates | Dr. Felix |
Production
According to actress Marley Shelton, "(Rodriguez and Tarantino) really co-directed, at least Planet Terror. Quentin was on set a lot. He had notes and adjustments to our performances and he changed lines every once in a while. Of course, he always deferred to Robert on Planet Terror and vice versa for Death Proof. So it's really both of their brainchild."[4] Tarantino has stated "I can't imagine doing Grindhouse with any other director in the way me and Robert did it because I just had complete faith and trust in him. So much so that we didn't actually see each other's movie completed until three weeks before the film opened. It was as if we worked in little vacuums and cut our movies down, and then put them together and watched it all play, and then made a couple of little changes after that, and pretty much that was it."[5]
Casting
Many of the cast members had previously worked with one or both directors. Before appearing in Grindhouse, Marley Shelton had auditioned for The Faculty, but Rodriguez chose not to cast her. She was eventually cast in the role of the Customer in the opening sequence of Sin City.[4] Bruce Willis had appeared in both Tarantino's Pulp Fiction and Rodriguez's Sin City, in addition to having a cameo appearance in a segment Tarantino directed for the anthology film Four Rooms.[6] Tom Savini had previously acted in From Dusk Till Dawn, which was written by Tarantino and directed by Rodriguez. Michael Parks reprises the role of Earl McGraw in Planet Terror and Death Proof. Parks first portrayed the role in From Dusk Till Dawn. His son, James Parks, appears in Death Proof as Edgar McGraw, a character that first appeared in From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money. The first time the two characters appeared together was in Tarantino's Kill Bill. Tarantino himself plays small roles in both segments of Grindhouse.
Cinematography
Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino each acted as cinematographer on their segments. Although Rodriguez had previously worked as the cinematographer on six of his own feature films, Death Proof marked Tarantino's first credit as a cinematographer.[7][8]
Special effects
The film uses various unconventional techniques to make the films more like those that were shown in grindhouse theaters in the 1970s. Throughout both feature-length segments and the fake trailers, the film is intentionally damaged to make it look like many of the exploitation films of the 1970s which were generally shipped around from theater to theater and usually ended up in bad shape. To reproduce the look of damaged film reels in Planet Terror, five of the six 25,000 frame reels were edited with real film damage, plug-ins, and stock footage.[9]
Planet Terror makes heavy use of digital effects throughout the film. Perhaps the most notable effect is Cherry's (played by Rose McGowan) fake leg. To accomplish the fake leg that Cherry sports after her accident, during post-production the effects teams digitally removed McGowan's right leg from the shots and replaced it with computer-generated props — first a table leg and then a M4 carbine. During shooting for these scenes, McGowan wore a special cast which restricted her leg movement to give her the correct motion, and helped the effects artists to digitally remove her leg.[9]
Editing
During editing, Tarantino and Rodriguez came up with the idea of inserting "missing reels" into the film. "(Quentin) was about to show an Italian crime movie with Oliver Reed," Rodriguez recalls, "and he was saying, 'Oh, it's got a missing reel in it. But it's really interesting because after the missing reel, you don't know if he slept with a girl or he didn't because she says he did and he says that he didn't. It leaves you guessing, and the movie still works with 20 minutes gone out of it.' I thought, 'Oh, my God, that's what we’ve got to do. We've got to have a missing reel!' I'm going to use it in a way where it actually says 'missing reel' for 10 seconds, and then when we come back, you're arriving in the third act. [...] The late second acts in movies are usually the most predictable and the most boring, that's where the good guy really turns out to be the bad guy, and the bad guy is really good, and the couple becomes friends. Suddenly, though, in the third act, all bets are off and it's a whole new story anyway."[10]
Music
The music for Planet Terror was composed by Robert Rodriguez. Inspiration for his score came from John Carpenter, whose music was often played on set.[11] A cover version of The Dead Kennedys' "Too Drunk to Fuck" performed by Nouvelle Vague, despite Jello Biafra's fight against its inclusion, was also featured. Soundtrack albums for both segments were released on April 3, 2007. Both albums featured dialogue excerpts from the film.
Theatrical release
Internationally, Planet Terror and Death Proof were slated to be released as separate films, approximately two months apart.[12] According to the poster artwork for each film's release in the Netherlands, the fake trailers for Death Proof were directed by Rodriguez, while those for Planet Terror by Tarantino. No mention was made of the trailers by Roth, Wright, or Zombie.[13][14]
In the United Kingdom, Death Proof is being released on September 21 2007[needs update]. The release of Planet Terror will follow at an unspecified later date.[15] Death Proof was screened in Europe in the extended version that was presented in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. The additional material includes scenes that were replaced in the American theatrical release version with a "missing reel" title card, such as the lap dance scene. A total of 27 minutes were added for this version. One of the first screenings of Death Proof was made at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on 20th August, with star Zoe Bell attending the screenings.[16] Tarantino also screened Death Proof by itself at the Cinemanila Film Festival in The Philippines, and it is being released as a solo film in South Korea as well.
In reaction to the possibility of a split in a foreign release, Tarantino stated "Especially if they were dealing with non-English language countries, they don't really have this tradition ... not only do they not really know what a grind house is, they don't even have the double feature tradition. So you are kind of trying to teach us something else."[17] Many European fans see the split as an attempt to increase profits by forcing audiences to pay twice for a film that is shown as a single film in the United States.[18] A number of European fans of Tarantino have expressed their outrage in film forums and with online petitions, with some announcing they will boycott the films or possibly download them.[19]
DVD release
Death Proof and Planet Terror will be sold separately on DVD. Death Proof was released on September 18, 2007 region 1 DVD.[20] Planet Terror will follow on October 16, 2007. Both releases will be two-disc special editions.[21] Planet Terror will have an extended cut (with the "Missing Reel" intact), audio commentary with Rodriguez, deleted scenes, behind the scenes featurettes, trailers (including the faux trailer for Machete), and, as with previous Rodriguez DVDs, 10 Minute Cooking and Film Schools.[22] Neither disc will feature the fake trailers from Grindhouse, the exception being the trailer for Machete in Planet Terror. Best Buy will release an exclusive steelbook copy of Planet Terror.
Notes and references
- ^ Planet Terror has a runtime of 80 minutes, while Death Proof has a runtime of 90 minutes. They are screened separately in Europe in extended versions with a runtime of 105 and 127 minutes, respectively.
- ^ "The Grindhouse Split". Retrieved 2007-03-29.
- ^ "Grindhouse News". ESplatter. Retrieved 2007-03-29.
- ^ a b Spelling, Ian. "Doctor in the GRINDHOUSE". Fangoria. Retrieved 2007-04-28.
- ^ "Quentin Tarantino: I'm proud of my flop". Telegraph.co.uk. April 27, 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-27.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Full cast and crew for Four Rooms (1995)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-05-14.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Robert Rodriguez filmography". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-04-29.
- ^ "Quentin Tarantino filmography". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-04-29.
- ^ a b "VFX World". Grindhouse: Pistol-Packing VFX. Retrieved April 18.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ Cotton, Mike (April 4, 2007). "House Party". Wizard Universe. Retrieved 2007-04-04.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Quint. "Updated! GRINDHOUSE news from Comic-Con! Snake Plissken to be Tarantino's villain! Plus more!!!". Ain't It Cool News. Retrieved 2007-01-06.
- ^ "Alles Over Quentin Tarantino" (in Dutch). 2007-03-18. Retrieved 2007-03-30.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Dutch Death Proof poster art". Retrieved 2007-04-09.
- ^ "Dutch Planet Terror poster art". Retrieved 2007-04-09.
- ^ "Grindhouse Dismantled". 2007-04-30. Retrieved 2007-05-10.
- ^ McCarthy, Todd (May 22, 2007). "Review of Death Proof". Variety. Retrieved 2007-06-22.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Rotten Tomatoes". Tarantino Chops Feature Length "Death Proof" For "Grindhouse". Retrieved April 18.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ Zagt, Ab (2007-03-1). "De goedkope trucs van Tarantino" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2007-03-30.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Geen double feature in Benelux (Reacties)" (in Dutch). 2007-03-02. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
- ^ "ASIN: B000R7HY0K". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2007-06-10.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help) - ^ Gingold, Michael (July 3, 2007). "DVD Chopping List". Fangoria. Retrieved 2007-07-05.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help) - ^ Monfette, Christopher (July 26, 2007). "DVD SDCC: Grindhouse Gets Cut in Two". IGN. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
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Further reading
- Tarantino, Quentin and Rodriguez, Robert. Grindhouse: The Sleaze-filled Saga of an Exploitation Double Feature. Weinstein Books, 2007. ISBN 1602860149. The book includes forewords by both directors, interviews, a history of grind houses, and behind-the-scenes information about the production of the film. In addition, the book also includes the complete scripts for Planet Terror and the faux trailers Machete and Thanksgiving.
- Tarantino, Quentin. Death Proof: A Screenplay. Weinstein Books, 2007. ISBN 1602860092.
External links
- Official website
- Grindhouse at IMDb
- Planet Terror at IMDb
- Grindhouse at Rotten Tomatoes
- a Grindhouse movie references guide
- Quentin Tarantino: defending Death Proof video interview with stv.tv/movies, September 2007