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'''''Grindhouse''''' is a [[2007 in film|2007]] film expected to be released in the United States on [[April 6]], [[2007]]. The film is presented as a [[double feature]] of two full-length segments, one being a [[zombie]] film written and directed by [[Robert Rodriguez]], and the other being a [[slasher film]] written and directed by [[Quentin Tarantino]], with [[trailer (film)|trailers]] advertising fake films preceding each segment. |
'''''Grindhouse''''' is a [[2007 in film|2007]] film expected to be released in the United States on [[April 6]], [[2007]]. The film is presented as a [[double feature]] of two full-length segments, one being a [[zombie]] film written and directed by [[Robert Rodriguez]], and the other being a [[slasher film]] written and directed by [[Quentin Tarantino]], with [[trailer (film)|trailers]] advertising fake films preceding each segment. The filmmakers invoke the term [[Exploitation film#Grindhouse cinema|grindhouse]], and apply several touches such as a simulated worn out look to the film, to be taken as a literal exercise in recreating an actual period grindhouse film.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} |
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==Background== |
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Director Rodriguez began filming ''Planet Terror'' in [[Austin, Texas]] in March 2006. Director Tarantino began filming ''Death Proof'' in June 2006. The first ever footage was shown at 2006's [[Comic Con]] and then was aired a few months later, on October 10, 2006, on [[Spike TV|Spike TV's]] [[Scream Awards]]. Rodriguez and Tarantino were also honored with awards. |
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===Faux trailers=== |
===Faux trailers=== |
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Between the two segments will be trailers advertising fake films. In an interview with [[Danny Trejo]], the actor said that he will be in a fake trailer for a movie called ''They Call Him Machete,'' obviously a reference to Trejo's character of the same name in Rodriguez' ''[[Spy Kids]]'' series. Trejo's other characters in Rodriguez movies have also had names similar to knives, such as Razor Charlie in ''[[From Dusk Till Dawn]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/features.php?id=211 |title=Grindhouse, SIn City 2: Star Danny Trejo |accessdate=2007-01-06 |last= |first= |author=Elaine Lamkin |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=Bloody-Disgusting.com |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> According to ''[[Fangoria (magazine)|Fangoria]]'', [[Rob Zombie]] is shooting a faux trailer called ''Werewolf Women of the S.S.,'' featuring [[ |
Between the two segments will be trailers advertising fake films. In an interview with [[Danny Trejo]], the actor said that he will be in a fake trailer for a movie called ''They Call Him Machete,'' obviously a reference to Trejo's character of the same name in Rodriguez' ''[[Spy Kids]]'' series. Trejo's other characters in Rodriguez movies have also had names similar to knives, such as Razor Charlie in ''[[From Dusk Till Dawn]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/features.php?id=211 |title=Grindhouse, SIn City 2: Star Danny Trejo |accessdate=2007-01-06 |last= |first= |author=Elaine Lamkin |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=Bloody-Disgusting.com |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> According to ''[[Fangoria (magazine)|Fangoria]]'', [[Rob Zombie]] is shooting a faux trailer called ''Werewolf Women of the S.S.,'' featuring [[Marilyn Manson]] as [[Fu Manchu]], [[Udo Kier]] as SS officer Franz Hess, and Zombie's wife, [[Sheri Moon|Sheri Moon Zombie]], and [[Sybil Danning]] as SS officers/sisters Eva and Gretchen Krupp. [[Eli Roth|Eli Roth's]] contribution (in addition to an onscreen cameo in ''Death Proof'') will be a promo for the slasher opus ''Thanksgiving''. ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'' director [[Edgar Wright]] is also directing a trailer, although the title and subject have not been released.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slashfilm.com/article.php/20070108edgarwrightgrindhouse |title=Shaun of the Grindhouse |accessdate=2007-01-29 |last= |first= |author=Elaine Lamkin |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=Ifilm |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> |
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===Confirmed actors=== |
===Confirmed actors=== |
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It has been confirmed that [[Kurt Russell]] will be playing the part of a slasher named Stuntman Mike in ''Death Proof''. [[Rosario Dawson]] and [[Mary Elizabeth |
It has been confirmed that [[Kurt Russell]] will be playing the part of a slasher named Stuntman Mike in ''Death Proof''. [[Rosario Dawson]] and [[Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio]] also have roles in the film.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cinescape.com/0/editorial.asp?aff_id=0&this_cat=Movies&action=page&type_id=&cat_id=270338&obj_id=51785 |title=Kurt Russell slashes ''Grindhouse'' |accessdate=2007-01-06 |author=Karl Schneider |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=July 23, 2006 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=Mania Movies |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> [[Freddy Rodriguez]] has also been confirmed has an actor in the movie.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grindhouse.com|title=Grindhouse official website|accessdate=2007-02-10 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=July 23, 2006 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> At the 2006 [[Scream Awards]] on [[Spike TV]], Tarantino and Rodriguez showed random footage from ''Grindhouse'' which confirmed that [[Tom Savini]] has a lead role in ''Planet Terror''. The [[Internet Movie Database]] has confirmed [[Naveen Andrews]] of ABC's ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]'', [[Rosario Dawson]], [[Rose McGowan]], [[Michael Parks]], [[Justin Timberlake]], [[Fergie (singer)|Fergie]], and [[Kurt Russell]]. Quentin Tarantino attempted to cast both [[Kal Penn]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slashfilm.com/article.php?story=20061121kalpenngrindhouse |title=Did You Know: Kal Penn was cast in Tarantino's ''Grindhouse''? |accessdate=2007-01-06 |author=Peter Sciretta |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=Ifilm |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> and [[Sylvester Stallone]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slashfilm.com/article.php?story=20061204stallonegrindhouse |title=Tarantino wanted Stallone for ''Grindhouse'' |accessdate=2007-01-06 |author=Peter Sciretta |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=Ifilm |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> in ''Death Proof'', but both were unable to work due to prior commitments. |
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===Musical score=== |
===Musical score=== |
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Rodriguez revealed at [[Comic-Con International|Comic-Con]] [[2006]] that inspiration for his score came from music composed by [[John Carpenter]]. Rodriguez said that during the filming of ''Planet Terror'', Carpenter's music was often played on set.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=23947 |title=Updated! GRINDHOUSE news from Comic-Con! Snake Plissken to be Tarantino's villain! Plus more!!! |accessdate=2007-01-06 |author=Quint |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=[[ |
Rodriguez revealed at [[Comic-Con International|Comic-Con]] [[2006]] that inspiration for his score came from music composed by [[John Carpenter]]. Rodriguez said that during the filming of ''Planet Terror'', Carpenter's music was often played on set.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=23947 |title=Updated! GRINDHOUSE news from Comic-Con! Snake Plissken to be Tarantino's villain! Plus more!!! |accessdate=2007-01-06 |author=Quint |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=[[Newtown Creek News]] |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> |
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==''Planet Terror''== |
==''Planet Terror''== |
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* [[Rose McGowan]]: Cherry Darling |
* [[Rose McGowan]]: Cherry Darling |
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* [[Michael Biehn]]: Sheriff Hague |
* [[Michael Biehn]]: Sheriff Hague |
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* [[ |
* [[Dylan Baker]]: Dr. Dakota Block |
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* [[Tom Savini]]: Deputy Tolo |
* [[Tom Savini]]: Deputy Tolo |
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* [[Fergie (singer)|Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson]]: Tammy |
* [[Fergie (singer)|Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson]]: Tammy |
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* [[Nicky Katt]]: Joe |
* [[Nicky Katt]]: Joe |
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* [[Michael Parks]]: Earl McGraw |
* [[Michael Parks]]: Earl McGraw |
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* [[Stephen Baldwin]]: Wray |
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* [[Bradley Whitford]]: Vic |
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* [[Jeff Fahey]]: J.T. |
* [[Jeff Fahey]]: J.T. |
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* [[Monica |
* [[Monica Bellucci]]: Lanna Franks |
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* [[Jean Reno]]: The Rapist |
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* [[ |
* [[Justin Timberlake]]: Clyde Wheeler |
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* [[Bruce Willis]]: Lt. Muldoon |
* [[Bruce Willis]]: Lt. Muldoon |
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* [[Chad McQueen]]: Dr. William Block |
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* [[Naveen Andrews]]: Abby |
* [[Naveen Andrews]]: Abby G. |
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* Rebel Rodríguez: Tony |
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===Plot=== |
===Plot=== |
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The poster for "Planet Terror" incorrectly depicts [[Rose McGowan]]'s machine gun leg as her left. In the movie trailer, it is her right leg. Recent posters fixed this error. |
The poster for "Planet Terror" incorrectly depicts [[Rose McGowan]]'s machine gun leg as her left. In the movie trailer, it is her right leg. Recent posters fixed this error. |
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Danny Trejo's character is a possible reference to Robert Rodriguez's Spy Kids Trilogy. He played a character called 'Machete' and also does in Grindhouse. It is not clear if the two characters are linked, but sources{{fact}} say they are. |
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==''Death Proof''== |
==''Death Proof''== |
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===Credited cast=== |
===Credited cast=== |
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* [[Kurt Russell]]: Stuntman Mike |
* [[Kurt Russell]]: Stuntman Mike |
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* [[Mary Elizabeth |
* [[Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio]]: Lee |
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* [[Rosario Dawson]]: Abernathy |
* [[Rosario Dawson]]: Abernathy |
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* [[Maria Sokoloff]]: Arlene |
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* [[Camryn Manheim]]: Shanna |
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* [[Rose McGowan]]: Pam |
* [[Rose McGowan]]: Pam |
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* [[Lisa Nicole Carson]]: Jungle Julia |
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* [[Sarah Knowlton]]: Kim |
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* [[Vicki Lewis]]: Zoe |
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* [[Clancy Brown]]: Dov |
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* [[America Ferrera]]: Lanna Franco |
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* [[Justin Timberlake]]: Clyde Wheeler |
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* Charles Oakley: Dopeman |
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* Mikhail Sebastian: Doctor |
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===Plot (or at least, the closest thing to a plot)=== |
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===Plot=== |
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According to an [[MTV]] News interview with the film's co-star [[Mary Elizabeth |
According to an [[MTV]] News interview with the film's co-star [[Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio]], the story of ''Death Proof'' will be set around a fictional movie shoot. Winstead plays a character named Lee, who's an up-and-coming film actress starring in her first big movie. [[Rosario Dawson]] plays her makeup artist, while [[Vicki Lewis]] and [[Maria Sokoloff]] play [[stunt]] [[women]]. The girls hang out together and have a good time until a psychotic killer named Stuntman Mike ([[Kurt Russell]]) begins to stalk them.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1544416/10302006/story.jhtml |title=Fergie helping Tarantino, Rodrigues 'Grind' out horror flick |accessdate=2007-01-06 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=MTV Movie News |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> |
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===Trivia=== |
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The "''Skull & Lightening Bolts''" logo used on the car in the film's ''Death Proof'' poster is inspired by the the "''Skull & Chopsticks''" logo used in the international kung fu comedy tv and dvd series known as [[Kung Faux]], as can be seen here at the [[Kung Faux]] fan site known as ''BentoBox.TV''[http://www.bentobox.tv], after Director Quentin Tarantino met successfully with [[Kung Faux]] creator [[Mic Neumann]] to discuss working together in the future on the [[Dragon Dynasty]] brand of kung fu related film, tv, and dvd projects during the production of the film "''Grindhouse''".[http://www.grindhousemovie.net] |
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==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 18:42, 20 February 2007
Grindhouse | |
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File:Grindhouse3.jpg Grindhouse theatrical poster | |
Directed by | Planet Terror: Robert Rodriguez Death Proof: Quentin Tarantino Fake Trailers: Eli Roth Edgar Wright Rob Zombie Robert Rodriguez Quentin Tarantino |
Written by | Robert Rodriguez Quentin Tarantino |
Produced by | Elizabeth Avellan Erica Steinberg |
Music by | Robert Rodriguez |
Distributed by | Dimension Films |
Release dates | April 6, 2007 |
Language | English |
Budget | $105,000,000 |
Grindhouse is a 2007 film expected to be released in the United States on April 6, 2007. The film is presented as a double feature of two full-length segments, one being a zombie film written and directed by Robert Rodriguez, and the other being a slasher film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, with trailers advertising fake films preceding each segment. The filmmakers invoke the term grindhouse, and apply several touches such as a simulated worn out look to the film, to be taken as a literal exercise in recreating an actual period grindhouse film.[citation needed]
Faux trailers
Between the two segments will be trailers advertising fake films. In an interview with Danny Trejo, the actor said that he will be in a fake trailer for a movie called They Call Him Machete, obviously a reference to Trejo's character of the same name in Rodriguez' Spy Kids series. Trejo's other characters in Rodriguez movies have also had names similar to knives, such as Razor Charlie in From Dusk Till Dawn.[1] According to Fangoria, Rob Zombie is shooting a faux trailer called Werewolf Women of the S.S., featuring Marilyn Manson as Fu Manchu, Udo Kier as SS officer Franz Hess, and Zombie's wife, Sheri Moon Zombie, and Sybil Danning as SS officers/sisters Eva and Gretchen Krupp. Eli Roth's contribution (in addition to an onscreen cameo in Death Proof) will be a promo for the slasher opus Thanksgiving. Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright is also directing a trailer, although the title and subject have not been released.[2]
Confirmed actors
It has been confirmed that Kurt Russell will be playing the part of a slasher named Stuntman Mike in Death Proof. Rosario Dawson and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio also have roles in the film.[3] Freddy Rodriguez has also been confirmed has an actor in the movie.[4] At the 2006 Scream Awards on Spike TV, Tarantino and Rodriguez showed random footage from Grindhouse which confirmed that Tom Savini has a lead role in Planet Terror. The Internet Movie Database has confirmed Naveen Andrews of ABC's Lost, Rosario Dawson, Rose McGowan, Michael Parks, Justin Timberlake, Fergie, and Kurt Russell. Quentin Tarantino attempted to cast both Kal Penn[5] and Sylvester Stallone[6] in Death Proof, but both were unable to work due to prior commitments.
Musical score
Rodriguez revealed at Comic-Con 2006 that inspiration for his score came from music composed by John Carpenter. Rodriguez said that during the filming of Planet Terror, Carpenter's music was often played on set.[7]
Planet Terror
Credited cast
- Rose McGowan: Cherry Darling
- Michael Biehn: Sheriff Hague
- Dylan Baker: Dr. Dakota Block
- Tom Savini: Deputy Tolo
- Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson: Tammy
- Carlos Gallardo: Deputy Carlos
- Nicky Katt: Joe
- Michael Parks: Earl McGraw
- Stephen Baldwin: Wray
- Bradley Whitford: Vic
- Jeff Fahey: J.T.
- Monica Bellucci: Lanna Franks
- Jean Reno: The Rapist
- Justin Timberlake: Clyde Wheeler
- Bruce Willis: Lt. Muldoon
- Chad McQueen: Dr. William Block
- Naveen Andrews: Abby G.
Plot
Two doctors, William and Dakota Block, find that their town is overrun by people covered in suspicious sores. They come across a wounded woman by the name of Cherry, a stripper who lost her leg in a creature attack, and her boyfriend Wray. As the 'zombies' become more and more aggressive, Wray and Cherry lead a group of survivors in an attempt to rid the planet of the mysterious and dangerous foes.
Trivia
The poster for "Planet Terror" incorrectly depicts Rose McGowan's machine gun leg as her left. In the movie trailer, it is her right leg. Recent posters fixed this error.
Death Proof
Credited cast
- Kurt Russell: Stuntman Mike
- Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio: Lee
- Rosario Dawson: Abernathy
- Maria Sokoloff: Arlene
- Camryn Manheim: Shanna
- Rose McGowan: Pam
- Lisa Nicole Carson: Jungle Julia
- Sarah Knowlton: Kim
- Vicki Lewis: Zoe
- Clancy Brown: Dov
- America Ferrera: Lanna Franco
- Justin Timberlake: Clyde Wheeler
- Charles Oakley: Dopeman
Plot (or at least, the closest thing to a plot)
According to an MTV News interview with the film's co-star Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, the story of Death Proof will be set around a fictional movie shoot. Winstead plays a character named Lee, who's an up-and-coming film actress starring in her first big movie. Rosario Dawson plays her makeup artist, while Vicki Lewis and Maria Sokoloff play stunt women. The girls hang out together and have a good time until a psychotic killer named Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell) begins to stalk them.[8]
References
- ^ Elaine Lamkin. "Grindhouse, SIn City 2: Star Danny Trejo". Bloody-Disgusting.com. Retrieved 2007-01-06.
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(help) - ^ Karl Schneider (July 23, 2006). "Kurt Russell slashes Grindhouse". Mania Movies. Retrieved 2007-01-06.
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(help) - ^ "Grindhouse official website". July 23, 2006. Retrieved 2007-02-10.
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(help) - ^ Peter Sciretta. "Did You Know: Kal Penn was cast in Tarantino's Grindhouse?". Ifilm. Retrieved 2007-01-06.
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(help) - ^ Quint. "Updated! GRINDHOUSE news from Comic-Con! Snake Plissken to be Tarantino's villain! Plus more!!!". Newtown Creek News. Retrieved 2007-01-06.
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(help) - ^ "Fergie helping Tarantino, Rodrigues 'Grind' out horror flick". MTV Movie News. Retrieved 2007-01-06.
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External links
- Official Movie Website
- Grindhouse at IMDb
- Set pics on JoBlo.com
- Grindhouse-Trailer on MovieMaze.de
- Official pictures on EW.com