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Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's homage to drive-in double features in the 60s and 70s with two back-to-back cult films that include previews of coming attractions between them.
- DIRECTORS
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- Robert Rodriguez
- Eli Roth
- WRITERS
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- Robert Rodriguez
- Rob Zombie
- Dimension Films
- STUDIOS
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- Dimension Films
- Big Talk Productions
- Dartmouth International
- CAST
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Kurt Russell as Stuntman Mike (segment "Death Proof") -
Zoë Bell as Zoë Bell (segment "Death Proof") (as Zoe Bell) -
Rosario Dawson as Abernathy (segment "Death Proof") -
Vanessa Ferlito as Butterfly (segment "Death Proof") -
Sydney Tamiia Poitier as Jungle Julia (segment "Death Proof") -
Tracie Thoms as Kim (segment "Death Proof")
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A double-bill of thrillers that recall both filmmakers' favorite exploitation films. "Grindhouse" (a downtown movie theater in disrepair since its glory days as a movie palace known for "grinding out" non-stop double-bill programs of B-movies) is presented as one full-length feature comprised of two individual films helmed separately by each director. "Death Proof," is a rip-roaring slasher flick where the killer pursues his victims with a car rather than a knife, while "Planet Terror" shows us a view of the world in the midst of a zombie outbreak. The films are joined together by clever faux trailers that recall the '50s exploitation drive-in classics.
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