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For the exploitation/cult film distribution company, see Grindhouse Releasing.
Grindhouse
File:Grindhouse3.jpg
Grindhouse theatrical poster
Directed byPlanet Terror:
Robert Rodriguez
Death Proof:
Quentin Tarantino
Fake Trailers:
Eli Roth
Edgar Wright
Rob Zombie
Robert Rodriguez
Quentin Tarantino
Written byRobert Rodriguez
Quentin Tarantino
Produced byElizabeth Avellan
Erica Steinberg
Music byRobert Rodriguez
Distributed byDimension Films
Release dates
April 6, 2007
Running time
Planet Terror:
80 min.
Death Proof:
90 min.[1]
Country United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$50,000,000

Grindhouse is a 2007 film expected to be released in the United States on April 6, 2007. In the United States, 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 faux trailers advertising fictional films preceding each segment; in much of the rest of the world, the film will be split in two and each feature will be released separately.[2][3]

Background

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's Scream Awards. Rodriguez and Tarantino were also honored with awards.

Confirmed actors

Template:Spoiler Kurt Russell will play the part of a slasher named Stuntman Mike in Death Proof while Rose McGowan stars as Cherry Darling, a gun-toting, go-go dancer with an attitude in Planet Terror. Rosario Dawson and Mary Elizabeth Winstead also have roles in the film.[4] Freddy Rodriguez has also been confirmed as an actor in the movie.[5] 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, and Bruce Willis also appears as "Lt. Muldoon". The Internet Movie Database has confirmed Naveen Andrews of ABC's Lost, Rosario Dawson, Michael Parks, Eli Roth, Fergie, and Kurt Russell. Quentin Tarantino attempted to cast both Kal Penn[6] and Sylvester Stallone[7] in Death Proof, but both were unable to work due to prior commitments. Template:Endspoiler

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.[8]

Rating

Grindhouse is rated R for strong graphic bloody violence and gore, pervasive language, some sexuality, nudity and drug use. On March 15, 2007, The New York Post reported the film may require heavy and extensive cuts in order to avoid an NC-17 rating.[9] Shortly after, the film officially received an R rating from the MPAA. According to Ain't It Cool News, only minimal cuts were made which ended up totaling 20 seconds according to Tarantino.[10]

Planet Terror

Plot

Template:Spoiler 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 go-go dancer who lost her leg in a creature attack, and her boyfriend Wray. As the 'zombies' become more and more aggressive, Wray and Cherry - after Cherry is outfitted with an automatic weapon doubling as a prosthetic leg - lead a group of survivors in an attempt to rid the planet of the mysterious and dangerous foes.

Cherry, the amputee turned sex symbol has provoked sexuality rights groups to call her a cultural symbol for full sexual citizenship of the disabled.[11] Template:Endspoiler

Cast

Actor Role
Kurt Russell Stuntman Mike
Rose McGowan Cherry Darling
Michael Biehn Sheriff Hague
Marley Shelton Dr. Dakota McGraw Block
Tom Savini Deputy Tolo
Freddy Rodriguez El Wray
Carlos Gallardo Deputy Carlos
Nicky Katt Joe
Michael Parks Earl McGraw
Stacy Ferguson Tammy Visan
Eli Roth Vic
Jeff Fahey J.T. Hague
Quentin Tarantino The Rapist # 1
Bruce Willis Lt. Muldoon
Josh Brolin Dr. William Block
Naveen Andrews Abby
Rebel Rodriguez Tony Block

Soundtrack

The soundtrack to Planet Terror will be available on April 3rd from Varèse Sarabande.

  1. Grindhouse (Main Titles) - (Robert Rodriguez)
  2. Doc Block - (Robert Rodriguez & Carl Thiel)
  3. The Sickos - (Robert Rodriguez & Graeme Revell)
  4. You Belong to Me - Performed by Rose McGowan (Pee Wee King, Chilton Price & Redd Stewart
  5. Go Go Not Cry Cry - (Robert Rodriguez & Rick Del Castillo)
  6. Hospital Epimedic - (Graeme Revell & Robert Rodriguez)
  7. Useless Talent #32 - Performed by Rose McGowan (Rebecca Rodriguez & Robert Rodriguez)
  8. His Prescription... Pain - (Robert Rodriguez & Carl Thiel)
  9. Cherry Darling - (Robert Rodriguez)
  10. The Grindhouse Blues - (Robert Rodriguez)
  11. El Wray - (Robert Rodriguez)
  12. Police Station Assault - (Robert Rodriguez)
  13. Dakota - (Robert Rodriguez & Carl Thiel)
  14. Zero to Fifty In Four - (Robert Rodriguez)
  15. Fury Road - (Robert Rodriguez)
  16. Helicopter Sicko Chopper - (Graeme Revell & Robert Rodriguez)
  17. The Ring in the Jacket - (Robert Rodriguez & George Oldziey)
  18. Killer Legs - (Robert Rodriguez & Rick Del Castillo)
  19. Melting Member - (Graeme Revell & Robert Rodriguez)
  20. Too Drunk to Fuck - Performed by Nouvelle Vague (Jello Biafra)
  21. Cherry's Dance of Death - Performed by Chingon (Robert Rodriguez)
  22. Two Against the World - Performed by Rose McGowan (Rebecca Rodriguez & Robert Rodriguez)

Death Proof

Plot

Template:Spoiler According to an MTV News interview with the film's co-star Mary Elizabeth Winstead, 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 Zoë Bell and Tracie Thoms 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 with his souped-up "death proof" cars: a 1971 Chevy Nova SS and a 1969 Dodge Charger.

The "Skull & Lightning 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.

Cast

Actor Role
Kurt Russell Stuntman Mike
Mary Elizabeth Winstead Lee
Rosario Dawson Abernathy
Tracie Thoms Kim
Zoë Bell Zoe
Vanessa Ferlito Arlene
Jordan Ladd Shanna
Rose McGowan Pam
Sydney Tamiia Poitier Jungle Julia Lucai
Eli Roth Dov
Monica Staggs Lanna Frank
Michael Parks Earl McGraw
James Parks Edgar McGraw
Marley Shelton Dr. Dakota Block
Mikhail Sebastian Doctor

Soundtrack

The soundtrack will be available on April 3 from Maverick Records. It also includes trademark audio snippets from the film.

  1. "The Last Race" — Jack Nitzsche
  2. "Baby, It's You" — Smith
  3. "Paranoia Prima" — Ennio Morricone
  4. "Planning & Scheming" — Eli Roth & Michael Bacall
  5. "Jeepster" — T. Rex
  6. "Stuntman Mike" — Rose McGowan & Kurt Russell
  7. "Staggolee" — Pacific Gas & Electric
  8. "The Love You Save (May Be Your Own)" — Joe Tex
  9. "Good Love, Bad Love" — Eddie Floyd
  10. "Down In Mexico" — The Coasters
  11. "Hold Tight" - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
  12. "Sally and Jack (From the Motion Picture Blow Out)" — Pino Donaggio
  13. "It's So Easy" — Willy DeVille
  14. "Whatever-However" — Tracie Thoms & Zoe Bell
  15. "Riot In Thunder Alley" — Eddie Beram
  16. "Chick Habit" - April March

Faux trailers

Template:Spoiler Before both segments there will be trailers advertising fake films. Quentin Tarantino has said that he is making a fake sexploitation trailer called Cowgirls in Sweden.

In an interview with Danny Trejo, the actor said that he will be in a fake trailer for a movie called "Machete". It was later announced that the trailer will be made as a direct-to-DVD feature film.[12] This continues a theme for Trejo's characters in Rodriguez movies who often have knife-like names, such as Razor Charlie in From Dusk Till Dawn, Razor Eddie From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money and indeed Machete in Spy Kids.[13]

According to Fangoria, Rob Zombie is shooting a faux trailer called Werewolf Women of the SS, featuring Nicolas Cage 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 (The Black Widow of Berlin) 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 called Don't, a 1970's Britsploitation meets Mondo trailer.[14] Singer Katie Melua and actress Emily Booth are to appear in Wright's trailer, alongside Wright regulars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.[15][16] Template:End spoiler

Thanksgiving Cast

Actor Role
Jeff Rendell The Pilgrim
Liliya Malkina The Grandmother
Kevin Wasner The Turkey Pilgrim
Mike McCarty The Rioter
Michael Biehn The Sheriff
Mark Bakunas The Deputy
The Klando Majorettes Screaming Girls
Vendula Kristek The Cheerleader
Petr Vancura The Boyfriend
Jordan Ladd Judy
Eli Roth Tucker
Jay Hernandez Bobby
Dan Frisch The Human Turkey
Chris Briggs The Vomiting Cousin
Karel Vanásek The Grandfather
Katherin-Ellen Zabehlicky The Granddaughter

Werewolf Women of the S.S. Cast

Actor Role
Nicolas Cage Dr. Fu Manchu
Udo Kier Commandant Franz Hess
Sheri Moon Eva Krupp
Sybil Danning Gretchen Krupp
Bill Moseley Dr. Heinrich von Strasser
Tom Towles Lt. Boorman

Grindhouse split controversy

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Planet Terror poster for the Netherlands
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Death Proof poster for the Netherlands

During the 2007 Berlin Film Festival, Glen Basner, responsible for international releases for The Weinstein Company, made clear that the film would be split in two in non-English speaking countries. The films would be called Grindhouse: Planet Terror and Grindhouse: Death Proof, and will be released approximately 2 months apart.[17] The Faux trailers for Death Proof will be directed by Rodriguez, while those for Planet Terror will be by Tarantino. No mention was made of the trailers by Roth or Zombie.[18][19] European fans of Tarantino have expressed their outrage in film forums and with online petitions, with many suggesting they will boycott the films, or possibly illegally download them.[20]

While The Weinstein Company has stated that the film will be split because non American audiences have no experience with the concept of double features, many in Europe see it as an attempt to increase profits by forcing audiences to pay twice for a film that is shown as a single entity in the United States.[21]

References

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  2. ^ "The Grindhouse Split". Retrieved 2007-03-29. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ "Grindhouse News". ESplatter. Retrieved 2007-03-29. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)
  4. ^ Karl Schneider (July 23, 2006). "Kurt Russell slashes Grindhouse". Mania Movies. Retrieved 2007-01-06. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)
  5. ^ "Grindhouse official website". July 23, 2006. Retrieved 2007-02-10. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)
  6. ^ Peter Sciretta. "Did You Know: Kal Penn was cast in Tarantino's Grindhouse?". Ifilm. Retrieved 2007-01-06. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)
  7. ^ Peter Sciretta. "Tarantino wanted Stallone for Grindhouse". Ifilm. Retrieved 2007-01-06. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)
  8. ^ 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. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)
  9. ^ Richard Johnson (March 15, 2007). "Page Six: RATING WOES FOR 'GRINDHOUSE'". The New York Post. Retrieved 2007-03-19. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ Harry Knowles. "Austinites! Zombify for the GRINDHOUSE premiere and get Free Stuff from AICN!". Ain't It Cool News. Retrieved 2007-03-23. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)
  11. ^ "Grindhouse: Amputee turned sex-symbol". American Sexuality Magazine Blog. Retrieved 2007-03-29. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)
  12. ^ Sciretta, Peter (March 12, 2007). "Grindhouse: Rodriguez to turn They Call Him Machete into Feature Length Movie". /film. Retrieved 2007-03-27. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  13. ^ Elaine Lamkin. "Grindhouse, SIn City 2: Star Danny Trejo". Bloody-Disgusting.com. Retrieved 2007-01-06. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)
  14. ^ Elaine Lamkin. "Shaun of the Grindhouse". Ifilm. Retrieved 2007-01-29. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)
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  16. ^ Mark Olsen (2007-04-01). "These plotlines get hacked to bits". LA Times. latimes.com. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)
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  18. ^ Dutch Death Proof poster art; Retrieved on 2007-03-30
  19. ^ Dutch Planet Terror poster art; Retrieved on 2007-03-30
  20. ^ "Ophef om Grindhouse splitsing" (in Dutch). 2007-03-02. Retrieved 2007-03-30.
  21. ^ Zagt, Ab (2007-03-1). "De goedkope trucs van Tarantino" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2007-03-30. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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