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Death Proof

  • 20072007
  • TV-MATV-MA
  • 2h 7m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
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Death Proof (2007)
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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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
289K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
611
396
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    • Director
      • Quentin Tarantino
    • Writer
      • Quentin Tarantino
    • Stars
      • Kurt Russell
      • Zoë Bell
      • Rosario Dawson
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Quentin Tarantino
    • Writer
      • Quentin Tarantino
    • Stars
      • Kurt Russell
      • Zoë Bell
      • Rosario Dawson
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 758User reviews
    • 232Critic reviews
    • Awards
      • 8 nominations

    Videos5

    Death Proof: Blu-Ray
    Trailer 1:09
    Death Proof: Blu-Ray
    Death Proof
    Trailer 0:31
    Death Proof
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    Clip 5:09
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    25 Years After 'Pulp Fiction', Tarantino Delivers a 'Hollywood' Masterwork
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    "The First" Cast Connections: Meet the Mars Mission's Crew
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    "The First" Cast Connections: Meet the Mars Mission's Crew

    Photos301

    Rosario Dawson, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Zoë Bell, and Tracie Thoms in Grindhouse (2007)
    Kurt Russell in Grindhouse (2007)
    Quentin Tarantino and Vanessa Ferlito in Grindhouse (2007)
    Michael Bacall, Jordan Ladd, and Sydney Tamiia Poitier in Grindhouse (2007)
    Quentin Tarantino in Grindhouse (2007)
    Kurt Russell in Grindhouse (2007)
    Kurt Russell in Grindhouse (2007)
    Quentin Tarantino, Rosario Dawson, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Zoë Bell, and Tracie Thoms in Grindhouse (2007)
    Quentin Tarantino and Kurt Russell in Grindhouse (2007)
    Quentin Tarantino in Grindhouse (2007)
    Quentin Tarantino and Vanessa Ferlito in Grindhouse (2007)
    Quentin Tarantino in Grindhouse (2007)

    Top cast

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    Kurt Russell
    Kurt Russell
    • Stuntman Mike
    Zoë Bell
    Zoë Bell
    • Zoë Bell
    Rosario Dawson
    Rosario Dawson
    • Abernathy
    Vanessa Ferlito
    Vanessa Ferlito
    • Arlene
    Sydney Tamiia Poitier
    Sydney Tamiia Poitier
    • Jungle Julia
    • (as Sydney Poitier)
    Tracie Thoms
    Tracie Thoms
    • Kim
    Rose McGowan
    Rose McGowan
    • Pam
    Jordan Ladd
    Jordan Ladd
    • Shanna
    Mary Elizabeth Winstead
    Mary Elizabeth Winstead
    • Lee
    Quentin Tarantino
    Quentin Tarantino
    • Warren
    Marcy Harriell
    Marcy Harriell
    • Marcy
    Eli Roth
    Eli Roth
    • Dov
    Omar Doom
    Omar Doom
    • Nate
    Michael Bacall
    Michael Bacall
    • Omar
    Monica Staggs
    Monica Staggs
    • Lanna Frank
    Jonathan Loughran
    Jonathan Loughran
    • Jasper
    Marta Mendoza
    • Punky Bruiser
    Tim Murphy
    • Tim the Bartender
    • Director
      • Quentin Tarantino
    • Writer
      • Quentin Tarantino
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Tarantino came up with the idea of "Death Proof" when he was having a drunken hotel night with friend Sean Penn. Tarantino wanted to buy a Volvo because he "didn't want to die in some auto accident like the one in Pulp Fiction (1994)". In regards to the safety of the car, Sean Penn said, "Well, you could take any car and give it to a stunt team, and for $10,000 or $15,000, they can death-proof it for you." The "death proof" phrase had stuck to Tarantino after that.
    • Goofs
      As 'Death Proof' is an homage to the old, low-budget Grindhouse films of the 70's and 80's, there are many deliberate errors by the filmmaker to give an authentic Grindhouse feel.
    • Quotes

      Stuntman Mike: [Stuntman Mike and Pam are in his death-proof car, but Pam is in the passenger-seat which is in a crash-box] Well, Pam... Which way you going, left or right?

      Pam: [enthusiastic] Right!

      Stuntman Mike: Oh, that's too bad...

      [ominous sound effect]

      Pam: Why?

      Stuntman Mike: Because it was a 50-50 shot on whether you'd be going left or right. You see we're BOTH going left. You could have just as easily been going left, too. And if that was the case... It would have been a while before you started getting scared. But since you're going the other way, I'm afraid you're gonna have to start getting scared... immediately!

    • Crazy credits
      In the OPENING credits during the prologue driving sequence, after "Kurt Russell in" there is a quick ten-frame color animation of the title "Quentin Tarentino's Thunder Bolt" which cuts immediately to a simple grainy white-on-black title screen that says "Death Proof".
    • Alternate versions
      After Zoe flies off the hood, she walks back to the car and says, "Phew that was a close one". In the Unrated Extended version it then cuts right to her line, "So, where's the maniac?" In the U.S. Theatrical Double Feature version there's some extra lines of dialog in between: As Zoe notices that Abernathy and Kim have been crying she remarks, "You guys look like shit. Who died?" Abernathy then asks Zoe if she's okay, to which she replies, "Well, I'm gonna have a hell of a bruise on my bum, but aside from that I'll be sweet."
    • Connections
      Edited from Grindhouse (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Funky Fanfare
      Written by Keith Mansfield

      Courtesy of APM Music

    User reviews758

    Review
    Top review
    Stretched to the point of breaking with not enough of value outside of the action
    The hot summer brings out all the stunning girls in their hot shorts, tight tops and sassy attitudes. Two such groups of girls are enjoying a carefree world of dance, music, boys and drink when they find themselves stalked by the charming but yet sinister "Stuntman Mike" – a killer hunting down young women and killing them with his "death proof" car.

    Much was made of this long before it even arrived in the UK and poor box office had seen Grindhouse split into two feature films. I'll comment on what I believe the impact of this was on Death Proof but first a word about the project. I have no problem with directors homaging the style of a period or genre as long as they do it well. The Good German did it pretty well recently and I had hoped that Death Proof would bring the world of trashy b-movie pictures to me, having never experienced it for myself. So basically I rented Death Proof looking for Tarantino to use it to explain to me why he loves this genre and show me how "good" it can be if met on its terms.

    Sadly for me the only place he really does this is in the closing chase sequence, which is trashy, exciting and driven by a period soundtrack that is well used and well selected. Even this though is trashy stuff and cannot be enjoyed unless you meet it on its own terms and ask nothing else from it. Outside of this, the film feels really stretched to fill the time and not only that but it is "how" the film fills it. It does it mainly by having very attractive young woman hang out, chat about sex and men before then killing (or trying to kill) them. The effect is dulling and dull. At the start it is at least livened up by scratchy effects and grainy footage that reminds us of what Tarantino is meant to be delivering, but these become less and less as it goes on and gradually it does just feel like a pointless modern film with no real genre aspirations to it once the superficial is gone.

    Perhaps if less had been made of it, it would work better. Maybe as a genuine labour of love without a lot of hoopla it could have been injected with the passion of a fan, but as it is, it lacks even that which I thought it would be strongest at. The talking is just about watchable because it is written by a man and is spoken by stunning women. As a result the women tend to be fantasy figures – sassy women who drink, smoke, talk about cars and are free and easy with their sexuality (but yet somehow not sluts). It is pure wish-fulfilment but yet if you are sort of on the same page it works (which I suppose is the point and also a genre reference). I love Dawson and seeing her sexy and bubbly is a joy to me but even I must wonder if she is tired of this, essentially being given the same sort of stuff in Clerks 2. Thankless tasks that she does well at but she is better than this and deserves more. As a stunt woman Bell is impressive but as an actress? Well, suffice to say that she looked more comfortable hanging off cars than delivering lines. All the rest of the women are pretty much the same – sassy, sexy, attractive and playful. It is what they do and they all do it well in the way that all such women know how to play up to middle-aged men to get what they want without giving anything up. This leaves Russell. In some scenes he is pretty good but there is too little for him to do. I liked the switch he put in his character as the tables turned but the script doesn't help him with this beyond the basics. He is not bad – just wasted and it did feel like Tarantino had lost his golden touch in working with older (faded?) stars.

    Overall then a disappointing film with too little to come to it for. I didn't think it served that well as a homage to a genre and I felt very little love – which genuinely surprised me. The break into two films has maybe made it easier to sell, but it has padded this out with too much inane talking that will bore and frustrate. The fact that it is done by stunning women helps, but doesn't save. The action is impressive and memorable when it comes but I couldn't help feel that it would have had that much more impact if everything had been tightened around it. So worth a glance for the action, Rosario Dawson's legs, April March's "Chick Habit" but not much in cool points, passion and the cinema-savvy that I expected as a given.
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    • bob the moo
    • Feb 27, 2008

    FAQ15

    • Why were the cop and the doctor arguing in the hospital after the big crash?
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 31, 2007 (Hungary)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Grindhouse Presents: Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof
    • Filming locations
      • Texas Chili Parlor - 1409 Lavaca St, Austin, Texas, USA
    • Production companies
      • Dimension Films
      • Troublemaker Studios
      • Rodriguez International Pictures
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $31,126,421
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 7 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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