Death Proof (2007)

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.

Director:

Quentin Tarantino

Writer:

Quentin Tarantino

Stars:

Kurt Russell, Zoë Bell, Rosario Dawson

7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kurt Russell	...	Stuntman Mike
Zoë Bell	...	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

Storyline

In Austin, Texas, the girlfriends Julia, Arlene and Shanna meet in a bar to drink, smoke and make out with their boyfriends before traveling alone to Lake LBJ to spend the weekend together. They meet the former Hollywood stuntman Mike, who takes Pam out in his "death-proof" stunt car. Fourteen months later, Mike turns up in Lebanon, Tennessee and chase Abernathy, Zoë and Kim, but these girls are tough and decide to pay-back the attack.

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Plot Keywords:

camera shot of a woman's bare feet | psychopath | hot pants | foot fetish | lap dance | 

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Taglines:

A White-Hot Juggernaut At 200 Miles Per Hour!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

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Certificate:

18A

Did You Know?

Trivia

The yellow Mustang from the second segment is labeled "Lil' Pussy Wagon", a reference to the Pussy Wagon in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), which is stolen by the Bride from Buck, who had just let Jasper (the same character who sells the white Dodge in this film) molest her.

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Goofs

In the closing credits, The Austin Chronicle is misspelled as "Cronicle."

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Quotes

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

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Crazy Credits

During the opening credits, the Troublemaker Studios logo remains in it's original form but the Dimension Pictures logo has been rendered in a 1970s style.

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Alternate Versions

On the unrated single movie version there's a scene of Stuntman Mike watching the girls between leaving the restaurant and showing Warren's bar. The three walk out of the place drunk and Shanna falls down on her butt. Then they show the bar and the Crazy Baby Sitter Twins entering the front door to the song "Baby It's You".

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Connections

References Alien (1979)

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Soundtracks

Sally & Jack
(from the motion picture "Blow Out (1981)")
Written by Pino Donaggio
Performed by Pino Donaggio
Courtesy of Metro-Golden-Mayer Music Inc.

User Reviews

Quentin Tarantino's Picnic

Filmgoers who are familiar with Quentin Tarantino knows that movies are his passion and most probably his sole love. 'Death Proof' is the product of Tarantino's love for movies which surpasses his drive for creating his own brand of movies. This is the work of a director who wants to recreate a forgotten genre that appealed to him once. Therefore 'Death Proof' has more elements of the slasher genre than Tarantino's own unique style of film-making. All that being said, 'Death Proof' is definitely not one of his finest works. The action elements in the movie are so wide apart and is ridden with many dialogues that are stuffed with references of the movies that either 'Death Proof' has drawn inspiration from or plays into the theme of the story. While these dialogues between the characters of the movie about random things is one of Tarantino's signature elements, in 'Death Proof' they seem out of place and sometimes even hollow which is worsened by weak performances and lack of chemistry between some of the characters. Despite these disappointments, when there is action it is top-notch and deserves to be applauded for its technical proficiency.

To sum it all up, 'Death Proof', while does not engage you consistently, gives you just enough to distinguish itself from many of the other passable movies.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 May 2007 (Hungary)

Also Known As:

Grindhouse présente Quentin Tarantino's à l'épreuve de la mort

Filming Locations:

4811 Woodrow Ave, Austin, TX 78756, USA

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$31,126,421

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dimension Films, Troublemaker Studios, Rodriguez International Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

127 min 114 min (international) 87 min (Grindhouse) 121 min (extended) 127 min (original)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS SDDS

Color:

Color Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1