Death Proof (2007)

Director:

Quentin Tarantino

Writer:

Quentin Tarantino (written by)

Release Date:

31 May 2007 (Hungary)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

A White-Hot Juggernaut At 200 Miles Per Hour!

Plot:

Two separate sets of voluptuous women are stalked at different times by a scarred stuntman who uses his "death proof" cars to execute his murderous plans.

Plot Keywords:

Stuntman | Revenge | Serial Killer | Death In Title | Car Chase

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Kurt Russell	...	Stuntman Mike
Zoe Bell	...	Herself (as Zoë Bell)
Rosario Dawson	...	Abernathy
Vanessa Ferlito	...	Arlene
Sydney Tamiia Poitier	...	Jungle Julia (as Sydney Poitier)
Tracie Thoms	...	Kim
Rose McGowan	...	Pam
Jordan Ladd	...	Shanna
Mary Elizabeth Winstead	...	Lee
Quentin Tarantino	...	Warren
Marcy Harriell	...	Marcy
Eli Roth	...	Dov
Omar Doom	...	Nate
Michael Bacall	...	Omar
Monica Staggs	...	Lanna Frank

Also Known As:

Grindhouse Presents: Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof (USA) (DVD title)
Grindhouse: Death Proof (International: English title)
Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof (USA) (complete title)
Quentin Tarantino's Thunder Bolt (USA) (informal alternative title)
Quentin Tarantino's Thunder Bolt! (USA) (working title)
Thunder Bolt (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

114 min (international version) | Japan:113 min | USA:90 min (edited version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Certification:

Norway:15 | Finland:K-18 | Singapore:M18 (cut) | France:-12 | UK:18 | Italy:VM14 | Ireland:18 | Hong Kong:IIB | Australia:MA | Australia:MA (2007) | Portugal:M/16 | Germany:16 | Hungary:18 | Sweden:15 | South Korea:18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Brazil:16 | Japan:R-15 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Spain:18 | New Zealand:R16 | USA:R (No. 43396) | Australia:MA (Original rating) | Canada:18A (Canadian Home Video rating) | Netherlands:16 | South Africa:16LV | Argentina:16 | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Austin, Texas, USA

Company:

Dimension Films

Trivia:

In the hospital scene, Texas Ranger McGraw refers to Stuntman Mike as Frankenstein. This is a reference to Death Race 2000 (1975), where David Carradine plays a character called Frankenstein.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When the first girls are driving to the lake, Jungle Julia Lucai calls a station to play a song by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch. But, whenever she says their names, she incorrectly calls Mick, Mitch.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Arlene: [shouting to Jungle Julia] Hold on, I gotta come up! I gotta take the world's biggest fuckin' piss!

Movie Connections:

References La liga de las muchachas (1950)

Soundtrack:

Down in Mexico

A poor tribute? Actually, just a poor film.

Death Proof…or How QT Fell so in Love with His Own Ideas that he Forgot to Make a Good Film. I'll be honest, for all that I've never really believed Tarantino's hype, I never expected to be bored by one of his efforts, but this is basically rubbish. If you want to see a homage to rubbish done in an entertaining way, seek out Garth Marenghi's Dark Places. If you want to see a lazy, indulgent, meandering, misguided, tedious example of what being too rich and famous can lead to (disguised as a homage to rubbish) then watch Death Proof. Quick summary to save you the effort, though: first hour – five minutes of character setting dragged out painfully for 60 minutes; next half hour – more of the same; last twenty minutes – a reasonably cool car chase. The end. Wow, how attractive does that sound? The patented QT dialogue now just sounds forced and unreal, and all the 'grindhouse' bits (random black and white, scratchy stuff on screen, etc) is a tiresome and inconsequential gimmick. Judging a film on a trailer can be rash, but Planet Terror looks to have nailed the idea that Quentin and Robert hatched together, whilst Death Proof would probably have looked poor next to a cheap-ass 70s car chase film. Avoid.