"two other films. The following year, Tarantino directed ""The Man from Hollywood"", one of the four segments of the anthology film ""Four Rooms"", and an episode of ""ER"", entitled ""The Motherhood"". He wrote Robert Rodriguez's ""From Dusk till Dawn"" (1996)—one of the many collaborations between them—which attained cult status and spawned several sequels, in which they served as executive producers. His next directorial ventures ""Jackie Brown"" (1997) and ""Kill Bill"" (2003–04) were met with critical acclaim. The latter, a two-part martial arts film ( and ), follows a former assassin, seeking revenge on her ex-colleagues who attempted to kill her."
"initial inspiration was the three-part horror anthology film ""Black Sabbath"" (1963), by Italian filmmaker Mario Bava. The Tarantino–Avary project was provisionally titled ""Black Mask"", after the seminal hardboiled crime fiction magazine. Tarantino's script was produced as ""Reservoir Dogs"", his directorial debut; Avary's, titled ""Pandemonium Reigns"", would form the basis for the ""Gold Watch"" storyline of ""Pulp Fiction"". With work on ""Reservoir Dogs"" completed, Tarantino returned to the notion of a trilogy film: ""I got the idea of doing something that novelists get a chance to do but filmmakers don't: telling three separate stories, having characters float in and out with"
"police following the accusations of sexual abuse by producer Harvey Weinstein. ""Kill Bill"" was planned and produced as a single film. After shooting ended and editing began, Harvey Weinstein, known for pressuring filmmakers to shorten their films, suggested that Tarantino split the film in two. This meant Tarantino did not have to cut scenes, such as the anime sequence. Tarantino told IGN: ""I'm talking about scenes that are some of the best scenes in the movie, but in this hurdling pace where you're trying to tell only one story, that would have been the stuff that would have had to"
"Grindhouse (film) Grindhouse is a 2007 American horror film double feature co-written, produced, and directed by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino. The double feature consists of two feature-length segments, Rodriguez's ""Planet Terror"" and Tarantino's ""Death Proof"", and is bookended by fictional trailers for upcoming attractions (though two of the trailers, ""Machete"" and ""Hobo with a Shotgun"", have since been made into movies), advertisements, and in-theater announcements. The film's title derives from the U.S. film industry term ""grindhouse"", which refers to (now mostly defunct) movie theaters specializing in B movies, often exploitation films, shown in a multiple-feature format. The film stars"
"working together and Tarantino is the sole owner of A Band Apart Films. David Heyman (Harry Potter, Gravity, Fantastic Beasts) is producing Tarantino's next film ""Once Upon a Time in Hollywood"". While the company is listed as studio for Tarantino's 2009 ""Inglourious Basterds"" and 2012 ""Django Unchained"", and credited in the 2007 ""Grindhouse"" movies, it is unclear whether the company was reformed for the films or was credited for involvement in pre-2006 production of those films. A Band Apart A Band Apart Films was a production company founded by Quentin Tarantino, Michael Bodnarchek, and Lawrence Bender, which was active from"
"with the 2012 western film ""Django Unchained"", earning $425.4 million worldwide; it also won him another Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He then wrote and directed another commercially successful western film ""The Hateful Eight"" (2015), whose screenplay was nominated for a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award. Quentin Tarantino filmography Quentin Tarantino is an American director, producer, screenwriter and actor, who has directed eight films and written all of them. He began his career in the late 1980s by directing, writing and starring in the black-and-white ""My Best Friend's Birthday"", a partially lost amateur short film which was"
"Quentin Tarantino filmography Quentin Tarantino is an American director, producer, screenwriter and actor, who has directed eight films and written all of them. He began his career in the late 1980s by directing, writing and starring in the black-and-white ""My Best Friend's Birthday"", a partially lost amateur short film which was never officially released. He impersonated musician Elvis Presley in a small role in the sitcom ""The Golden Girls"" (1988), and briefly appeared in ""Eddie Presley"" (1992). As an independent filmmaker, he directed, wrote and appeared in the crime thriller ""Reservoir Dogs"" (1992), which tells the story of five strangers"
"heist called 'The Reservoir Dogs Heist' in late 2017. ""Kaante"", a Bollywood film released in 2002, is a remake of ""Reservoir Dogs"", combined with elements of ""City on Fire"". The film also borrows plot points from ""The Usual Suspects"" and ""Heat"". Tarantino has been quoted as saying that ""Kaante"" is his favorite among the many films inspired by his work. Tarantino later screened ""Kaante"" at his New Beverly Cinema alongside ""Reservoir Dogs"" and ""City on Fire"". Reservoir Dogs Reservoir Dogs is a 1992 American black comedy heist film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino in his feature-length debut. It stars"
"as preludes to other Disney films, in an effort to revive the viewing of cartoon shorts before major films. Only three were made and the scheme failed. Many repertory houses continue to show two films, usually related in some way, back to back. During the 1990s, many VHS cassettes that showed two films on the same tape (the second was often a sequel to the first film) were self-named as ""double features."" In 2007, filmmakers Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez released their individual films ""Planet Terror"" and ""Death Proof"" as a double feature under the title ""Grindhouse"", edited together with"
"Tarantino said that breaking the story into four parts would be more satisfying to audiences than a four-hour movie: ""...it wouldn't be an endurance test. It would be a mini-series. And people love those."" The story which became the director's follow-up film ""The Hateful Eight"" was first attempted as a paperback novel sequel to Django Unchained titled ""Django in White Hell"". Tarantino decided, however, that the character's established morals did not fit the tone of the developing story so he began re-writing it as an original screenplay with no connection to the earlier film. He has expressed a desire to"
"My Best Friend's Birthday My Best Friend's Birthday is a partially lost black-and-white amateur film directed, edited, co-written, co-produced and starring Quentin Tarantino. A young man continually tries to do something nice for his friend's birthday, only to have his efforts backfire. The film was made while Tarantino was working at the Video Archives, now closed, in Manhattan Beach, California. The project started in 1984, when Hamann wrote a short 30- to 40-page script. Tarantino became attached to the project as co-writer and director, and he and Hamann expanded the script to 80 pages. On an estimated budget of $5,000,"
"starring in it, but also writing, directing and co-producing with producers Michael Steinberg and Shana Stein, and executive producer Quentin Tarantino. This film is Bishop's modern-day take on those 1960s motorcycle flicks he used to turn out for B-movie masters American International Pictures. It is the project Tarantino inspired Bishop to begin some five and a half years ago, when he told Bishop: ""It is your destiny to write, direct and star in a movie"". Tarantino also assured Bishop that he would help to produce his film. ""Hell Ride"" premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. It had a brief"
"Quentin Tarantino Quentin Jerome Tarantino (; born March 27, 1963) is an American filmmaker, author, and actor. His films are characterized by nonlinear storylines; satirical subject matter; an aestheticization of violence; extended scenes of dialogue; ensemble casts consisting of established and lesser-known performers; references to popular culture and a wide variety of other films; soundtracks primarily containing songs and score pieces from the 1960s to the 1980s; and features of neo-noir film. His career began in the late 1980s when he wrote and directed ""My Best Friend's Birthday"", the screenplay of which later formed the basis for ""True Romance"". In"
"the titles of romance comic books such as """"True Life Secrets"""", """"True Stories of Romance"""", """"Romance Tales"""", """"Untamed Love"""" and """"Strange Love"""". The film was a breakthrough for Tarantino. Released after ""Reservoir Dogs"", it was his first screenplay for a major motion picture, and Tarantino contends that it is his most autobiographical film to date. He had hoped to also direct the film, but lost interest in directing and sold the script. According to Tarantino's audio commentary on the DVD release, he was happy with the way it turned out. Apart from changing the nonlinear narrative he wrote to a"
"films: ""Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice"" (1969) and ""Blume in Love"" (1973). In addition to the daily double features, midnight screenings are programmed on Fridays and Saturdays. ""Kiddee matinees"" take place on weekend afternoons, and admission includes a small popcorn. Features are usually preceded by a curated collection of vintage cartoons, shorts, and trailers. In January 2016, the double-feature programming was suspended again, this time for a month-long run of the 35mm ""roadshow version"" of Tarantino's latest film, ""The Hateful Eight"". In February, the double-feature format resumed, with each double feature that month consisting of ""The Hateful Eight"""
"after directing his tenth film. In November 2017, Tarantino and J. J. Abrams pitched an idea for a ""Star Trek"" film with Abrams assembling a writers room. If both approve of the script Tarantino will direct and Abrams will produce the film. Mark L. Smith was hired to write the screenplay the same month. Tarantino's use of music in his films was recognized at the 16th Critics' Choice Awards with the inaugural BFCA Critics' Choice Award . In the 2012 ""Sight & Sound"" directors' poll, Tarantino listed his top 12 films: ""Apocalypse Now"", ""The Bad News Bears"", ""Carrie"", ""Dazed and"
"who team up for a jewelry heist. It proved to be Tarantino's breakthrough film and was named the ""Greatest Independent Film of all Time"" by ""Empire"". His screenplay for Tony Scott's ""True Romance"" (1993) was nominated for a Saturn Award. In 1994, Tarantino wrote and directed the neo-noir black comedy ""Pulp Fiction"", a major critical and commercial success. Cited in the media as a defining film of the modern Hollywood, the film earned Tarantino an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and a Best Director nomination. Also in 1994, he served as an executive producer for ""Killing Zoe"" and wrote"
"David and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco are an American husband and wife duo who are production designers and art directors. They are best known for their frequent collaborations with director Quentin Tarantino films, as production designers for ""Reservoir Dogs"" (1992), ""Pulp Fiction"" (1994), """" (2003), """" (2004), and ""Inglourious Basterds"" (2009). They worked as production designer and set decorator, respectively, for ""La La Land"" (2016), for which they received numerous awards and nominations, including the Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film and Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Art Direction,"
"to do a sequel featuring both ""Machete"" and ""The Babysitter Twins"", but the latter concept did not materialize with the former's release. ""Robert mentioned something about the end of the world and Hollywood action films, where we'd be trained in Mexico to come back here and fight,"" Electra Avellan told bloody-disgusting.com. A third feature-length film based on the trailers, the Robert Rodriguez-directed ""Machete Kills"", was released at the end of 2013. Grindhouse (film) Grindhouse is a 2007 American horror film double feature co-written, produced, and directed by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino. The double feature consists of two feature-length segments,"
"kind of heist movie."" The film's plot was suggested by the 1952 film ""Kansas City Confidential"". Additionally, Joseph H. Lewis's 1955 film ""The Big Combo"" and Sergio Corbucci's 1966 Spaghetti Western ""Django"" inspired the scene where a police officer is tortured in a chair. Tarantino has denied that he plagiarized with ""Reservoir Dogs"" and instead said that he does homages. Having the main characters named after colors (Mr. Pink, White, Brown, etc.) was first seen in the 1974 film ""The Taking of Pelham One Two Three"". The film also contains key elements similar to those found in Ringo Lam's 1987"
"fire, only 36 minutes of the film still exist. The surviving footage has been edited together and shown at several film festivals. Several actors in this film later appeared in Tarantino's other films ""Reservoir Dogs"", ""Pulp Fiction"", and ""Kill Bill"". My Best Friend's Birthday My Best Friend's Birthday is a partially lost black-and-white amateur film directed, edited, co-written, co-produced and starring Quentin Tarantino. A young man continually tries to do something nice for his friend's birthday, only to have his efforts backfire. The film was made while Tarantino was working at the Video Archives, now closed, in Manhattan Beach, California."
"with pixelated faces. The first uploaded clip was titled ""NYC Socialite Overdose"" followed by 2 additional clips that were eventually pulled from YouTube. He labeled the first film ""Socialite Overdose"" and uploaded several more clips from the movie during 2011, all of which were supposedly pulled off of YouTube. Media outlets then alleged that Quentin Tarantino had expressed an interest in picking up the footage and releasing it under the name ""Upper"", but that he had to ""kill"" the film due to pressure from outside forces. A website then emerged and claimed to have the complete footage and would release"
"starring Duane Whitaker in the title role. Tarantino's screenplay ""True Romance"" was optioned and the film was eventually released in 1993. The second script that Tarantino sold was for the film ""Natural Born Killers"", which was revised by Dave Veloz, Richard Rutowski and director Oliver Stone. Tarantino was given story credit and in an interview stated that he wished the film well, but later disowned the final film. The film engendered enmity, and the publication of a 'tell all' book titled ""Killer Instinct"" by Jane Hamsher—who with Don Murphy had an original option on the screenplay and produced the film—led"
"to Tarantino physically assaulting Murphy in the AGO restaurant in West Hollywood, California in October 1997. Murphy subsequently filed a $5M lawsuit against Tarantino, which was eventually settled out of court. Tarantino was also an uncredited screenwriter on both ""Crimson Tide"" (1995) and ""The Rock"" (1996). Following the success of ""Reservoir Dogs"", Tarantino was approached by Hollywood and offered numerous projects, including ""Speed"" and ""Men in Black"", but he instead retreated to Amsterdam to work on his script for ""Pulp Fiction"". Tarantino wrote, directed, and acted in the black comedy crime film ""Pulp Fiction"" in 1994, maintaining the aestheticization of"
"Line was a subsidiary of New Line, recently merged into the Time Warner empire—specifically, it was the old exploitation distributor's arthouse division. ""Pulp Fiction"" (1994), directed by Quentin Tarantino on a budget, became a hugely influential hit by crossing multiple lines, as James Mottram describes: ""With its art house narrative structure, B-movie subject matter and Hollywood cast, the film is the axis for three distinct cinematic traditions to intersect."" By the turn of the millennium, the average production cost of an American feature had already spent three years above the mark. In 2005, the top ten movies at the U.S."
"Tarantino's direction of ""Grave Danger"", a """" episode, garnered him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series nomination. He directed a scene in Frank Miller and Rodriguez's ""Sin City"" (2005). Tarantino and Rodriguez later collaborated in the double feature ""Grindhouse"" (2007); he directed the segment ""Death Proof"". He next penned and directed the war film ""Inglourious Basterds"" (2009), a fictionalized account of the Nazi occupation of France during World War II. The critically and commercially successful film earned Tarantino two nominations at the 82nd Academy Awards—Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. His greatest commercial success came"
"women I've ever seen be truly women [while] holding a weapon"". Production was delayed for several months after Thurman became pregnant and Tarantino refused to recast the part. The film took nine months to shoot, and was filmed in five different countries. The role was also her most demanding, and she spent three months training in martial arts, swordsmanship, and Japanese. ""Kill Bill"" was originally set to be released as one film, however, due to its long running time, it was ultimately released in two parts. Both volumes scored highly with critics and audiences, subsequently developing a cult following. ""Rolling"
"microphone. The couple is shown several years later, in an RV, with Mickey driving and a pregnant Mallory watching their two children play. ""Natural Born Killers"" was based upon a screenplay written by Quentin Tarantino, in which a married couple suddenly decide to go on a killing spree. Tarantino had sold an option for his script to producers Jane Hamsher and Don Murphy for $10,000 after he had tried, and failed, to direct it himself for $500,000. Hamsher and Murphy subsequently sold the screenplay to Warner Bros. Around the same time, Oliver Stone was made aware of the script. He"
"seriously and made many key figures and films part of their canon of world cinema. From here, Hong Kong came to define a new vocabulary for worldwide action cinema, with the aid of a new generation of North American filmmakers. Quentin Tarantino's ""Reservoir Dogs"" (1992) drew inspiration from ""City on Fire"" and his two-part ""Kill Bill"" (2003–04) was in large part a martial arts homage, borrowing Yuen Woo-Ping as fight choreographer and actor. Robert Rodriguez's ""Desperado"" (1995) and its 2003 sequel ""Once Upon a Time in Mexico"" aped Woo's visual mannerisms. The Wachowski brothers' ""The Matrix"" trilogy (1999–2003) of science-fiction-action"
"I didn't know where to go with it. The introduction was about as far as I'd gotten, and then I got onto other movies. Sure enough, the zombie [movie] invasion happened and they all came back again, and I was like, 'Ah, I knew that I should've made my zombie film.'"" The story was reapproached when the idea for ""Grindhouse"" was developed by Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino. ""Planet Terror"" is preceded by a fake trailer for a film titled ""Machete"", starring Danny Trejo and Cheech Marin, as it had during the original ""double feature"" presentation of ""Grindhouse"". Rodriguez wrote ""Machete"""
"of the Wolves"" often cite the similarity of the basic storyline of the film with Quentin Tarantino's debut movie ""Reservoir Dogs"". In both stories, the criminals are anonymized by the gang leader to prevent repercussions should any one of them get caught: in ""The Day of the Wolves"" the criminals wear beards and are identified by numbers, and in ""Reservoir Dogs"" they are identified by the names of colors. However, Tarantino is equally likely to have drawn inspiration from another cult movie, ""The Taking of Pelham One Two Three"", in which the criminals are also identified by the names of"
"significant anniversaries, resulting in multiple discovery of the concept. Screenwriter Terry Rossio notes that there are always multiple film projects with similar subjects being developed in multiple studios while usually only one of them makes it into production in a given period of time, and therefore twin films are better regarded as exceptions. In one case, for the 1974 film ""The Towering Inferno"", the fear of having competing action thrillers, both set in a burning skyscraper, convinced two Hollywood studios to merge their productions into one (all-star) film. While twin films usually are big budget films, a mockbuster can be"
"says 'Kurt Russell in ""Dreamer"",' or 'Kurt Russell in ""Miracle"",' I'm not disparaging these movies, but I'm thinking: When is Kurt Russell going to be a badass again?” Eli Roth, ""Planet Terror"" leading actress Rose McGowan, and Tarantino himself appear in the film. Roth flew in from Europe, where he was filming """", to film his scenes, which took one day. After being stunned by stuntwoman Zoë Bell, who worked as Uma Thurman's stunt double in Tarantino's earlier film ""Kill Bill"", Tarantino wrote her the leading female role. This was her first on-screen acting, which Bell initially thought was going"