From the legendary director of Dawn Of The Dead, George A. Romero comes a new take on his terrifying world of the undead.
This box set collects From Dusk Till Dawn and its two lesser-known sequels, plus a wealth of associated material. None are horror classics, but taken as a trilogy the series offers above-average thrills and an interesting invented mythology. The original is a trashy but fun crime spree/vampire movie, directed by Robert Rodriguez, with Quentin Tarantino doing one job too many as producer, writer and co-star. The crime movie half is suspenseful and flavoursome and the left turn into horror begins wonderfully, but the script makes the mistake of getting rid of the flamboyant monster villains too quickly, replacing them with an orgy of rubbery Evil Dead II-style effects. It never gets boring, there's a terrific Tex-Mex-Gothic soundtrack and Rodriguez stages shoot-outs better than anyone not called John Woo. It was a big enough hit to warrant sequels made for the video market, shot back-to-back in South Africa (doubling for Texas and Mexico). From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money begins as another cowboy noir, with ex-con Robert Patrick playing cat and mouse with Texas Ranger Bo Hopkins. It segues into horror as heist man Duane Whitaker runs into a bat on the highway and proceeds to turn his gang into vampires who engage during a total eclipse in a Wild Bunch-style bank raid-cum-shootout. Switching genres and playing the prequel game, From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter is more distinctive. A cod-spaghetti Western, it takes a plot nugget from history as the aged Ambrose Bierce (Michael Parks, the Sheriff killed before the credits in the first film) tangles with vampires in Mexico in 1914 en route to his mythic disappearance. Though it has the best storyline of the trio, it still degenerates into a compilation of horror gags in its carnage-strewn climax. On the DVD: From Dusk Till Dawn is identical to the previous collector's edition release, while the sequels here appear on disc for the first time in great-looking 1.85:1 widescreen, which shows off the attempts made by directors Scott Spiegel and P.J. Pesce to add visual quality to reruns of the original's plot. A second disc included in the first movie's keepcase features "Full Tilt Boogie", a light but informative feature-length documentary about making an effects-heavy film on the cheap; there's also a Rodriguez-Tarantino commentary; alternate and deleted scenes (more gore effects); excerpts from the film intercut with on-the-set-footage and commented on by Rodriguez and effects man Greg Nicotero; the trailer; Rodriguez music videos; a still gallery; cast and crew bios. If you count the sequels as extras in their own right, it's not that disappointing that they only rate one tiny extra between them, a deleted snippet from The Hangman's Daughter originally intended as an after-the-end-credits punchline.--Kim Newman
Tarantino XX contains eight films chosen by Tarantino to illustrate the first 20 years of his career, featuring the films that helped define his early success, including Reservoir Dogs, True Romance, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill Vol. 1, Kill Bill Vol. 2, Death Proof and Inglourious Basterds. To complete the stunning high definition 10-disc set, the Tarantino XX: 8-Film Collection also features two discs with five hours of all-new bonus material, highlighted by a critics' retrospective on Tarantino's groundbreaking catalogue of films and 20 Years of Filmmaking that contains interviews with critics, stars and other masters of cinema. Tarantino XX: 8-Film Collection showcases one of the most innovative filmmakers of our time and is a must-have for serious film fans. Honouring the 20th anniversary of Reservoir Dogs - the cultural milestone that brought Tarantino to the forefront as a cinematic legend. Tarantino XX on Blu-ray also features striking, original artwork designed and illustrated by Mondo. In collectible packaging, the Tarantino XX: 8-Film Collection is a must have for any Tarantino or film fan! Special Features: Critics Corner: The Films of Quentin Tarantino 20 Years of Filmmaking - Take a look at Tarantino's career from the beginning Reservior Dogs Special Features: Commentary with Quentin Tarantino, Producer Lawrence Bender and Selected Cast and Crew Pulp Factoid Viewer The Critics' Commentaries Playing It Fast and Loose Profiling the Reservoir Dogs Tipping Guide Deleted Scenes The Class of '92: Sundance Interviews Tarantino's Sundance Institute Film-Makers Lab An Introduction to Film Noir: Writers and Film-Makers Feature Dedications - Tarantino On His Influences Securing the Shot: Location Scouting with Billy Fox Feature Original Interviews with Tarantino and Cast Reservoir Dolls K-Billy Super Sounds of the 70's Reservoir Dogs Style Guide True Romance Special Features: Audio Commentary by Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette Audio Commentary by Tony Scott Audio Commentary by Quentin Tarantino Scene Selective Commentaries by Val Kilmer, Dennis Hopper, Brad Pitt and Michael Rapaport Deleted / Extended Scenes with Optional Director Commentary Alternate Ending with Optional Director and Writer Commentary Original 1993 Mini-feature Behind-the-Scenes Interactive Feature Animated Photo Gallery Theatrical Trailer Pulp Fiction Special Features: Interviews with Cast Critics' Retrospective on the Movie's Place in Film History Behind-the-Scenes Footage Pulp Fiction: The Facts Production Design Feature Siskel and Ebert at the Movies – The Tarantino Generation Independent Spirit Awards Footage Cannes Film Festival Footage Charlie Rose - Tarantino Interview Stills Galleries Trivia Track Deleted Scenes Jackie Brown Special Features: Breaking Down Jackie Brown Jackie Brown: How It Went Down - Retrospective Interviews with Cast and Crew A Look Back at Jackie Brown – Interview with Quentin Tarantino Chicks with Guns Video Siskel and Ebert at the Movies - Jackie Brown Review Jackie Brown on MTV Marketing Gallery Stills Galleries Trivia Track Deleted and Alternate Scenes Kill Bill Vol. 1 Special Features: The Making of Kill Bill Vol. 1 The 5.6.7.8's Bonus Music Performances Tarantino Trailers Kill Bill Vol. 2 Special Features: The Making of Kill Bill Vol. 2 Damoe Deleted Scene Chingon Musical Performance Death Proof Special Features: Stunts on Wheels: The Legendary Drivers of Death Proof Introducing Zoe Bell Kurt Russell as Stuntman Mike The Uncut Version of Baby, It's You performed by Mary Elizabeth WinsteadThe Guys of Death Proof Quentin’s Greatest Collaborator: Editor Sally Menke Double Dare Trailer Death Proof International Trailer An International Poster Gallery Inglorious Basterds Special Features: Extended and Alternate Scenes Roundtable Discussion with Quentin Tarantino, Brad Pitt and Elvis Mitchell The Making of Nation's Pride A Conversation with Rod Taylor Nation’s Pride – The Film within the Film The Original Inglorious Bastards Quentin Tarantino's Camera Angel Film Poster Gallery Tour Rod Taylor on Victoria BitterHi Sallys Killin' Nazis Trivia Challenge Trailers
Eddie Presley (Duane Whitaker). is a security guard who like his lifetime hero is slightly overweight these days. Formerly he occasionally worked as an Elvis impersonator. Recently he has had rather a rough time but his spirits have improved on learning that he will have a chance to revive his impersonation routines for a single evening at a none-too spiffy nightclub. When the club's music equipment chews up his tapes Eddie doesn't simply leave the stage. Instead he delivers a m
With Pulp Fiction writer-director Quentin Tarantino stunned the filmmaking world, exploding into prominence as a cinematic heavyweight contender after initial success with 1992's Reservoir Dogs. But Pulp Fiction was more than just the follow-up to an impressive first feature, or the winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival, or a script stuffed with the sort of juicy bubblegum dialogue actors just love to chew, or the vehicle that re-established John Travolta on the A-list, or the relatively low-budget ($8 million) independent showcase for an ultra-hip mixture of established marquee names and rising stars from the indie scene (among them Samuel L Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, Harvey Keitel, Christopher Walken, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Julia Sweeney, Kathy Griffin and Phil Lamar). It was more, even, than an unprecedented $100-million-plus hit for indie distributor Miramax. Pulp Fiction was a sensation. It packs so much energy and invention into telling its non-chronologically interwoven short stories (all about temptation, corruption and redemption among modern criminals, large and small) it leaves viewers both exhilarated and exhausted--hearts racing and knuckles white from the ride. (Oh, and the infectious, surf-guitar-based soundtrack is tastier than a Royale with Cheese.) --Jim Emerson
Quentin Tarantino rocked the film world with this powerful and controversial debut movie. Set mainly in a warehouse in the aftermath of a bungled robbery the story gradually unfolds to introduce the colour-coded gangsters and the planning of the crime step by step through Tarantino's trademark flashbacks. Four have survived after a police ambush - betrayed. What went wrong and who is the betrayer? Brilliantly scripted and complemented by the 70's retro soundtrack the scenes are stylish and violent yet intelligent and full of dark humour. With stunning performances by Harvey Keitel Tim Roth Steve Buscemi and Michael Madsen Reservoir Dogs is a tense and exciting examination of male ego on a collision course that results in an unforgettable climax.
A feature-length documentary about Roger Corman's life, career and remarkable influence on modern moviemaking.Blue jeans, sock-hops and drive-in movies: the Fifties were America's age of innocence. But stalking the depths of its post-nuclear bliss, mass paranoia became fuel for Joseph McCarthy's brand of Red Scare terror propaganda. Bomb shelters were a deluxe feature in every American home, government-sponsored educational reels promised an imminent nuclear threat from across the Atlantic, and Hollywood, Babylon of the western world, hung on the brink of collapse. It was here, in the last-ditch machinations of a dying juggernaut, that a mild-mannered, civil engineer's son would become the most influential force in modern moviemaking. Corman's World tracks the triumphant rise of Hollywood's most prolific writer-director-producer, the true godfather of independent filmmaking.
A feature-length documentary about Roger Corman's life, career and remarkable influence on modern moviemaking.Blue jeans, sock-hops and drive-in movies: the Fifties were America's age of innocence. But stalking the depths of its post-nuclear bliss, mass paranoia became fuel for Joseph McCarthy's brand of Red Scare terror propaganda. Bomb shelters were a deluxe feature in every American home, government-sponsored educational reels promised an imminent nuclear threat from across the Atlantic, and Hollywood, Babylon of the western world, hung on the brink of collapse. It was here, in the last-ditch machinations of a dying juggernaut, that a mild-mannered, civil engineer's son would become the most influential force in modern moviemaking. Corman's World tracks the triumphant rise of Hollywood's most prolific writer-director-producer, the true godfather of independent filmmaking.
Paying homage to the spaghetti western world renowned director Takeshi Miike (Ichi the Killer Audition) has invented a uniquely stylish Japanese action western set during the Genpei clan civil wars of the 12th century and shot in English
From a match made in heaven comes a movie spawned in hell! From Dusk Till Dawn sees young hotshot director Robert Rodriquez (El Mariachi, Desperado) team up with Pulp Fiction auteur Quentin Tarantino (offering his services as writer and costar) to make this outrageous, no-holds-barred hybrid of high-octane crime and gruesome horror. Tarantino plays Richard Gecko, a borderline psychopath who breaks his career-criminal brother, Seth (George Clooney), out of prison, after which they rob a bank and leave a trail of dead and wounded in their bloody wake. Then they hijack a mobile home driven by a former Baptist minister (Harvey Keitel) who quit the church after his wife's death and hit the road with his two children (played by Juliette Lewis and Ernest Liu). Heading to Mexico with their hostages, the infamous Gecko brothers arrive at the Titty Twister bar to rendezvous for a money drop, but they don't realise that they've just entered the nocturnal lair of a bloodthirsty gang of vampires! With not-so-subtle aplomb, Rodriguez and Tarantino shift into high gear with a non-stop parade of gore, gunfire and pointy-fanged mayhem featuring Salma Hayek as a snake-charming dancer whose bite is much worse than her bark. If you're a fan of Tarantino's lyrical dialogue and pop-cultural wit, you'll have fun with the road-film half of this supernatural horror-comedy, but if your taste runs more to exploding heads and eyeballs, sloppy entrails and morphing monsters, the second half provides a connoisseur's feast of gross-out excess. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com
Featuring a wealth of footage from classic films such as Superfly (1972) Shaft (1971) and Melvin Van Peebles' Sweet Sweetback's BaadAsssss Song (1971) and interviews with such key players as Richard Roundtree Quentin Tarantino and Pam Grier Baadasssss Cinema thoroughly explores blaxpolitation films from their breakout casting and the unforgettable soundtracks to the outrageous fashions and hilariously over-the-top storylines that together helped the genre ach
They were perfect strangers, assembled to pull off the perfect crime. Then their simple robbery explodes into a bloody ambush, and the ruthless killers realise one of them is a police informer. But which one? Critically acclaimed for its raw power and br
El Mariachi: All he wants to be is to be a Mariachi like his father his grandfather before him. But the town he thinks will bring him luck brings only a curse - of deadly mistaken identity. Forced to trade his guitar for a gun the Mariachi is playing for his life in this critically-acclaimed film debut from director Robert Rodriguez. Desperado: Antonio Banderas Joaquim de Almeida Salma Hayek Steve Buscemi Cheech Marin and Quentin Tarantino star in this stylish shoot -'em - up described as a south-of-the-border Pulp Fiction. Director Robert Rodriguez follows up his legendary debut film El Mariachi with this sexy sequel about a mysterious guitar player (Banderas) searching for vengeance against the men who murdered his girlfriend.
Meg Tilly, Eric Stoltz and Craig Sheffer star in this captivating romantic comedy spiced with a healthy dash of reality.
Richard Gecko (Quentin Tarantino) a deranged rapist is on a road-kill journey with his brother Seth (George Clooney) whose ass was rotting in jail for bank robbery and murder before he escaped. After killing a bunch of police officers Texas Rangers and civilians they kidnap a preacher (Harvey Keitel) and his family (including Juliette Lewis) to cross the Mexican border and flee for the safety of a remote nightclub. But when they face the bar's truly notorious and blood-thirsty clientele the Gecko's are forced to team up with their hostages in order to make it out alive! Directed by Robert Rodriguez (Sin City Machete) and written by Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction Kill Bill Inglorious Basterds). Special Features: Audio Commentary with Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez Outtakes Hollywood goes to Hell. Featurette Music Videos Stills Gallery The Art of Making the Movie Deleted Scenes and Alternative Takes On the Set Trailer Exclusive Titty Twister Edition Poster 2 Titty Twister Shot Glasses 6 Limited edition Postcards 3 Badges Exclusive Santanico Pandemonium Tattoo
Quentin Tarantino rocked the film world with his powerful and controversial debut movie. They were perfect strangers, assembled to pull off the perfect crime. When their simple robbery explodes into a bloody ambush, the ruthless killers realise one of them is a police informer, but which one? With stunning performances from Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi and Michael Madsen, Reservoir Dogs loudly announced Tarantino as a talent to be reckoned with and remains one of the most important films ever made. This 2 disc collector's edition features a tonne of extras including a commentary with Quentin Tarantino, Documentary, Cast interviews, Deleted Scenes, A guide to tipping 'Reservoir Dogs style', an introduction to film noir and much more! Special Features: Commentary with Quentin Tarantino, producer Lawrence Bender and selected cast and crew Pulp Factoid Viewer - Insider information about Reservoir Dogs and its sources of inspiration The Critics' Commentaries Playing It Fast and Loose - An insightful documentary about the impact and ripple effect of Reservoir Dogs from its release in 1992 and how it has helped redefine contemporary cinema Profiling the Reservoir Dogs - A unique perspective into the criminal minds of the film's colourful characters Tipping Guide - Proper tipping etiquette Reservoir Dogs style The Class of '92 -Sundance Interviews Tarantino's Sundance Institute Film-makers Lab An Introduction to Film Noir - Writers and Film-makers feature Securing the Shot - Location Scouting with Billy Fox Original Interviews with Tarantino and cast Deleted Scenes Reservoir Dolls K-Billy Super Sounds of the '70s Reservoir Dogs Style Guide Dedications - Tarantino on his influences
Quentin Tarantino came out of nowhere (i.e. a video store in Manhattan Beach, California) and turned Hollywood on its ear in 1992 with his explosive first feature, Reservoir Dogs. Like Tarantino's mainstream breakthrough Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs has an unconventional structure, cleverly shuffling back and forth in time to reveal details about the characters, experienced criminals who know next to nothing about each other. Joe (Lawrence Tierney) has assembled them to pull off a simple heist, and has gruffly assigned them colour-coded aliases (Mr Orange, Mr Pink, Mr White) to conceal their identities even from each other. But something has gone wrong, and the plan has blown up in their faces. One by one, the surviving robbers find their way back to their prearranged warehouse hideout. There, they try to piece together the chronology of this bloody fiasco--and to identify the traitor among them who tipped off the police. Pressure mounts, blood flows, accusations and bullets fly. In the combustible atmosphere these men are forced to confront life-and-death questions of trust, loyalty, professionalism, deception and betrayal.As many critics have observed, it is a movie about "honor among thieves" (just as Pulp Fiction is about redemption, and Jackie Brown is about survival). Along with everything else, the movie provides a showcase for a terrific ensemble of actors: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi, Michael Madsen, Christopher Penn and Tarantino himself, offering a fervent dissection of Madonna's "Like a Virgin" over breakfast. Reservoir Dogs is violent (though the violence is implied rather than explicit), clever, gabby, harrowing, funny, suspenseful and even--in the end--unexpectedly moving. (Don't forget that "Super Sounds of the Seventies" soundtrack, either.) Reservoir Dogs deserves just as much acclaim and attention as its follow-up, Pulp Fiction, would receive two years later. --Jim Emerson
Richard Gecko (Quentin Tarantino), a deranged rapist, is on a road-kill journey with his brother Seth (George Clooney), whose ass was rotting in jail for bank robbery and murder before he escaped. After killing a bunch of police officers, Texas Rangers and civilians, they kidnap a preacher (Harvey Keitel) and his family (including Juliette Lewis) to cross the Mexican border and flee for the safety of a remote nightclub. But when they face the bar’s truly notorious and blood-thirsty clientele, the Gecko's are forced to team up with their hostages in order to make it out alive! Direct by Robert Rodriguez (Sin City, Machete) and written by Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Inglourious Basterds). Blu-Ray Special Features: Audio Commentary with Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez Outtakes Hollywood Goes to Hell Featurette Music Videos Stills Gallery The Art of Making the Movie Deleted Scenes and Alternative Takes On the Set Trailer Limited Edition Box Set Includes: Exclusive Titty Twister Edition Poster 2 Titty Twister Shot Glasses 6 Limited Edition Postcards Titty Twister Iron Bar Sign 3 Badges Exclusive Santanico Pandemonium Tattoo
Muppet Movie (1979): Jim Henson's Muppets make their film debut in this charming story that chronicles their rise to fame. It all begins with Kermit the Frog sitting in a swamp singing and strumming a guitar. Realizing he can use his talent to ""make people happy "" Kermit decides to head for Hollywood. During his trip Kermit meets fellow Muppets Fozzie the Bear the Great Gonzo Miss Piggy and an odd assortment of others who join Kermit on his song-filled journey. But before
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