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

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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:

While the White Challenger is an obvious nod to Vanishing Point (1971), Kim's yellow mustang is a reference to the original H.B. Halicki film, Gone in 60 Seconds (1974). The yellow 1973 "Mach One" was the original "Elenor" in Halicki's film. In fact, it is mentioned as one of the greatest car movies in the diner scene, though Kim strongly adds that they are not referring to the remake Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Stuntman Mike is sitting at the bar there is a shot in which he is holding a tissue, in the next shot he is holding a glass, and then it cuts back to the tissue.

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 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)

Soundtrack:

Introduction

Another Fresh innovation of Quentin!

Quentin Tarantino had certainly proved himself a rising best entity in wildly innovated movie genre. It was a blow for me watching Death Proof, though the hostile, nostalgic, and unlikely atmosphere of the opening seems uninviting, but I knew that if it comes to Quentin you expect surprises instead of a load of thwarted crap mess.

Death Proof is a movie about this retarded-psychotic-stuntman-maniac naming himself Stuntman Mike, who seems to be normally conversing with other people, hopping in a bar, telling experiences and sharing views, but the danger for a being, especially a girl, waits when she intends to submit with his sugar-coated voluptuous style of luring a victim. Need to consider for that are his anomalous tendencies leading to perverse fetishes and absurd fantasies. Most of his victims are beautiful girls who are hot, flirty and nasty in their own ways. Stuntman mike uses his charismatic luring techniques to bait his victims; he uses his car to accomplish his unimaginable fetish. In the movie you will feel terrible for the first four victims on how unlucky were they in falling to his shut in, but the real excitement starts at the second batch. The next four victims had entirely flipped the situation upside-down, and progresses throughout as chasing the maniac out for sweet revenge.

The story isn't tedious, it is absolutely not! You bet that those hefty, extended dialogues of characters seems to be a crap but it's not! The magnitude of the story line depicts the typical mood for girls gimmicking out with their fellows, and it just suits the mood of the story then suddenly out of the blue a diabolical maniac monster came to ambush the characters. Compare with other Quentin Tarantino's crime, thriller and suspense action films, like Grindhouse, Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, and Reservoir Dogs Death Proof will indeed be a must-see and an additive in your Quentin-list-collection. Watch it you'll never regret it! It just derserve the best 10 rating for me.