Trivia

When the car crashes through the sign for a theater, the movies playing are Scary Movie 4 and Wolf Creek.

Zoe Bell, who plays the character Zoe in the segment "Death Proof", does all her own stunts (she was the stunt double for Uma Thurman in the Kill Bill series).

The complete list of songs contained in the jukebox is as follows: 1. Isaac Hayes - Theme from Shaft / Ellie's Love Theme (From Shaft) 2. Barry White - You're the First, the Last, My Everything / Can't Get Enough 3. Bob Dylan - George Jackson (Acoustic) / George Jackson (Big Band) 4. Stevie Wonder - Lately / If It's Magic 5. The Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her / Oh Girl 6. The THP Orchestra - Theme from S.W.A.T., Pt. 1 / Oh Girl 7. Stevie Wonder - I Ain't Gonna Stand for It / Knocks Me off My Feet 8. Bloodstone - Natural High / This Thing is Heavy ("Natural High" is heard in Jackie Brown) 9. Don McLean - American Pie, Pt. 1 / American Pie, Pt. 2 10. The Sweet - Little Willy / Man from Mecca 11. The Isley Brothers - Take Me to the Next Phase, Pt. 1 / Take Me to the Next Phase, Pt. 2 12. The Miracles - Love Machine, Pt. 1 / Love Machine, Pt. 2 13. Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues / She Belongs to Me 14. Honey Cone - Stick Up / V.I.P. 15. Earth, Wind and Fire - Shining Star / Yearning, Learning 16. Amii Stewart - Knock on Wood / When You Are Beautiful 17. Honey Cone - Want Ads / We Belong Together 18. Kool & the Gang - Hollywood Swinging / Jungle Boogie ("Jungle Boogie" is heard in Pulp Fiction) 19. Bob Dylan - Band of the Hand / Theme from Joe's Death (From Band of the Hand) 20. The Sweet - Wig-Wam-Bam / New York Connection 21. The Friends of Distinction - Grazing in the Grass / I Really Hope You Do 22. Marvin Gaye - Trouble Man / Don't Mess With Mr. T (From Trouble Man) 23. Bob Dylan - Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again / Rita May 24. Pacific Gas & Electric - Are You Ready? / Staggolee ("Staggolee" is heard in Death Proof) 25. Donna Summer - Love to Love you Baby / Need-A-Man Blues 26. Michael Zager Band - Let's All Chant / Love Express 27. Santa Esmeralda - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood / You're My Everything ("Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" is heard in Kill Bill: Vol. 1) 28. Jigsaw - Sky High / Brand New Love Affair 29. George Baker Selection - Little Green Bag / Pretty Little Dreamer ("Little Green Bag" is heard in Reservoir Dogs) 30. The Sweet - Blockbuster / Need a Lot of Lovin' 31. Eddie Floyd - Good Love, Bad Love / Things Get Better ("Good Love, Bad Love" is heard in Death Proof) 32. Joe Tex - The Love You Save / If Sugar Was as Sweet as You ("The Love You Save" is heard in Death Proof) 33. Bob Dylan - Gotta Serve Somebody (Long Version) / Gotta Serve Somebody (Short Version) 34. Dick Dale - Misirlou / Eight Till Midnight ("Miserlou" is heard in Pulp Fiction) 35. Lee Williams - They Told a Lie / I'm Tore Up 36. William Bell - Formula of Love / You Don't Miss Your Water 37. Dinah Washington - Mad About the Boy / Stormy Weather 38. The Box Tops - Cry Like a Baby / The Door You Closed to Me 39. The Checkmates, Ltd. - Black Pearl / Lazy Susan 40. The Sweet - Fox on the Run / Miss Demeanor 41. The Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) / La-La Means I Love You ("Didn't I" is heard in Jackie Brown) 42. Brothers Johnson - Get the Funk Outta Ma Face / Tomorrow 43. Bob Dylan - Hurricane, Pt. 1 / Hurricane, Pt. 2 44. ABBA - Waterloo / Watch Out 45. T. Rex - Jeepster / Life's a Gas ("Jeepster" is heard in Death Proof) 46. Melanie - What Have They Done to My Song Ma? / Ruby Tuesday 47. Commander Cody - Hot Rod Lincoln / Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar 48. Dean Martin - Rio Bravo / My Rifle My Pony and Me (From Rio Bravo) 49. Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Hold Tight! / You Know What I Want

The jukebox featured in "Death Proof" (named AMi, pronounced "Amy"), is Quentin Tarantino's own. It was trucked to Austin to be used in the film in its very own rig. The list of songs on it was also hand-written by Tarantino.

In the uncut European Version of Death Proof, Abernathy's cell phone ring is Bernard Herman's Twisted Nerve, which is also reference to Kill Bill: Vol. 1. The scene also has Abernathy buying the Allure Magazine with Lee in it which will later be used in the scene where they convince Jasper to let them test drive the Challenger.

In Death Proof, the Acuna Boys seen in the movie is a reference to The Acuna Boys mentioned in Kill Bill: Vol. 2.

Chronologically, Death Proof takes place before "Planet Terror". Stuntman Mike is seen in the exact same Texas hospital as the exposed patients in "Planet Terror".

"The poem that Jungle Julia has her listeners recite to Butterfly is an excerpt of the poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost." - it is also a reference to the 70's thriller Telefon," where the poem was used as a posthypnotic signal to activate Russian sleeper agents.

In the Death Proof segment when Kim, Zoe and Abby are in the Challenger, ready to go on their "test drive", they pull up by Mary and Abby says, "Hey good looking, we'll be back later for YOU!" This was a line in a commercial for a cheesy Ronco product, Mr. Microphone, in the '70s.

The idea for a double feature movie came from Desperado. Quentin Tarantino loved it, and immediately signed on for it to be his follow up to the Kill Bill series.

In the uncut European version of Death Proof, Kim says she has to pee while at a liquor store. Lee and Abernathy respond "Thats a little more information then we needed to know." This is a reference back to Pulp Fiction where Uma Thurman says this to John Travolta.

The hood ornament on Stuntman Mike's car in Death Proof is an homage to the chrome duck ornament used in Convoy.

A few shots of the lap dance scene from the missing reel of Death Proof can be seen in the Grindhouse trailer. The shots of Vanessa Ferlito crawling along the floor to a seated Kurt Russell do not appear in the theatrical film.

In the "Death Proof" segment, the tank top Kurt Russell wore in Big Trouble in Little China can be seen hanging on the wall of the Texas Chili Parlour.

The license plate on Stuntman Mike's (Death Proof) Chevy Nova is JJZ-109. This is the same license plate number that was on the 1968 Ford Mustang Fastback that Steve McQueen's character drove in Bullitt.

The two cars in the chase at the end are a black 1969 Dodge Charger (an homage to the General Lee, with correct 10 spoke American Racing Vector rims), and a 1970 Dodge Challenger (just like the one Barry Newman drove in Vanishing Point.

A mere 17 seconds was cut from the movie for an R rating.

In the segment "Planet Terror" the soldiers at the army base are seen watching a "grindhouse" trailer for the film Women in Cages starring Pam Grier. This full trailer and more were put on the special edition of the DVD of Jackie Brown, directed by Quentin Tarantino, who's character watches the trailer briefly in the scene.

Red Apple Cigarettes and Chango Beer are fake product placements from previous Quentin Tarantino's and Robert Rodriguez's films.

The "Thanksgiving" trailer is a direct spoof of the original trailer for Halloween.

The music playing in the "Thanksgiving" segment is part of John Harrison's original score in Creepshow for the "Father's Day" and "Something to Tide You Over" segments.

In the segment "Death Proof", one of the songs listed on the bar jukebox is "Misirlou", which is the opening theme to Pulp Fiction.

At Warren's bar in Death Proof," there is a sign that says "CASH ONLY" with the famous photo of Johnny Cash giving the finger.

Eli Roth did the creepy voice-over for his "Thanksgiving" trailer.

The original name for Death Proof that pops up for about a second is "Thunder Bolt".

The scratchy film (and film bubbles) only happened in the 70's at the end of a reel - not the entire movie. The point where the print experienced the most stress.

Freddy Rodríguez does a cameo in Grindhouse costar Stacy Ferguson's music video for "Glamorous" as an airline pilot.

The instrumental, Jack Nitzsche's "The Last Race", that plays over the opening credits of "Death Proof", had previously been used as the opening theme song of Village of the Giants.

In the Machete trailer, one of the men Machete kills is the lead singer of Tito and Tarantula. He also appeared in Desperado, From Dusk Till Dawn and Once Upon a Time in Mexico, all directed by Robert Rodriguez.

Both directors "aged" the films, adding scratches, dirt, and dust, to simulate the feel of the real Grindhouse films. (Check the credits for "Film Damage Compositor".)

Robert Rodriguez specifically wrote the part of Dakota for Marley Shelton after working with her on Sin City.

The Canadian release of Grindhouse had one extra trailer attached to the opening of the film. The trailer was called "Hobo With A Shotgun" and was the winner of the SXSW Grindhouse fake trailer competition. The short was directed by an indie film maker from Nova Scotia, Canada, named Jason Eisener.

Kurt Russell has a scar over his left eye. This is the same eye the character Snake Plissken, played by Russell in Escape from New York, wears an eye patch over.

Eli Roth filmed the faux-trailer for "Thanksgiving" in the Czech Republic while he was there directing Hostel: Part II. Jay Hernandez and Jordan Ladd, as well as several extras from that film, appear in the trailer as well.

In the "Machete" trailer, Danny Trejo throws knives at people in a limousine through the sun roof. He does the exact same thing in Desperado.

Tony Block, played by Rebel Rodriguez is the son of director Robert Rodriguez.

The film for "Death Proof" was physically scratched to achieve its dirty look, rather than digitally scratch the film footage.

In order to give the cast and crew an idea of how a double feature grindhouse movie would feel, Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino compiled together the Italian films: Torso and Zombie, with a few old grind house trailers in between.

In "Planet Terror", Quentin Tarantino tells Rose McGowan she looks like actress Ava Gardner. In reality, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who plays Lee in "Death Proof", is related to Ava Gardner.

The reference to the Acuna Boys goes back further than Kill Bill: Vol. 2: they were the the murderers in Rolling Thunder, which came out in 1977.

During filming, Josh Brolin asked Robert Rodriguez for a video camera so he could shoot his audition tape for No Country for Old Men. He ended up having his audition shot with the million dollar digital camera they were using for the picture, directed by Quentin Tarantino, and with Marley Shelton reading the part of his wife in the scene. The tape was then scored and edited by Rodriguez before being sent to Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. Their first response on viewing the tape was to ask who lit the set.

Quentin Tarantino:  [bare feet]  Use of bare feet, in the beginning of Death Proof.

Quentin Tarantino:  [car hood shot]  traditional shot looking up at the actors from the trunk of a car is replaced by one looking up from under the hood.

The Dr. Dakota Block character (Marley Shelton) has a large role in the "Planet Terror" segment, and shows up for a smaller role (playing the same character) in Death Proof- with her yellow, blue and red needle "friends" once again in her lab coat breast pocket.

Originally the first crash in Death Proof was to take place on an overpass, and after the cars hit, they were to fall off and land on a highway. Another car going 80 mph was to crash in to them once they reached the highway causing there to be another female victim.

Robert Rodriguez found the scene where Dr Dakota Block leaves son Tony in the car with gun to be so chilling to film he didn't want to use anyone else's children to play Tony so he used his own son, Rebel Rodriguez, so he wouldn't feel as bad "killing a child".

In Death Proof, when Stuntman Mike realizes that Jungle Julia is the same girl that's on multiple billboards around town, Julia calls him "Zatoichi". Zatoichi is a samurai swordsman of legend that is blind, and was featured in dozens of Japanese films.

The escape in Planet Terror involving the truck and the gas tanks is an homage to Night of the Living Dead, where a similar escape plan is concocted. In Night of the living Dead, the plan fails. In Planet Terror, it works.