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From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) -- Two criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in an establishment populated by vampires, with chaotic results.
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) -- Two criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in an establishment populated by vampires, with chaotic results.
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) -- Two criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in an establishment populated by vampires, with chaotic results.
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Overview

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Director:
Robert Rodriguez
Writers:
Robert Kurtzman (story)
Quentin Tarantino (screenplay)
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Release Date:
19 January 1996 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Horror | Thriller more
Tagline:
A terrifying evil has been unleashed. And five strangers are our only hope to stop it. more
Plot:
Two criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in an establishment populated by vampires, with chaotic results. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
4 wins & 8 nominations more
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence and gore, language and nudity.
Runtime:
108 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Spanish
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
SDDS (8 channels) | Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Austin, Texas, USA more

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Trivia:
The dialogue between Kate and Seth while awaiting the final vampire attack ("use 'em on the first couple of these parasites that try to bite you") is virtually word for word from Assault on Precinct 13 (1976). Scott Fuller is wearing a T-shirt with 'Precinct 13' on it. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Seth and Richie are in the Fuller's hotel room holding Scott and Jacob at gunpoint, Kate opens the door and stops when Richie and Seth point their guns at her, Richie then closes the door with her behind it but in the next shot of the door she is front of it. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Pete Bottoms: Hey, Earl
Earl McGraw: Yes, sir.
Pete Bottoms: What do ya know?
Earl McGraw: Well, it's a hot goddam day
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Mary Had A Little Lamb more

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94 out of 114 people found the following comment useful.
Silly fun, 21 November 2004
8/10
Author: rbverhoef (rbverhoef@hotmail.com) from The Hague, Netherlands

'From Dusk Till Dawn' is kind of brilliant, brutal, bloody, Tarantino, horror, silly and funny. It is brilliant, brutal, bloody, horror, silly and funny the way Sam Raimi's 'The Evil Dead'-series is all those things, the twist here is a screenplay written by Quentin Tarantino. This means the first hour is just brutal and bloody, sometimes a little funny, in the 'Pulp Fiction' kind of way.

We see two brothers named Seth (George Clooney) and Richie Gecko (Quentin Tarantino). They are bank robbers, although they do the occasional killing as well. We learn they want to reach the Mexican border. That the entire state of Texas and the FBI are looking for them is a problem so they force the Fuller family to bring them across the border with their motor home. Father Jacob (Harvey Keitel) used to be a minister but gave up faith after his wife died in a car crash. He travels with his adopted son Scott (Ernest Liu) and his daughter Kate (Juliette Lewis).

So we have the first hour, filled with Tarantino-stuff in its dialogue and references, and then the party arrives at a bar called the Titty Twister. Not long after they are inside it is revealed that every crew member from the bar is actually a vampire, feeding themselves on bikers and truckers that visit the place. The Fullers and Geckos survive together with a guy who calls himself Sex Machine (Tom Savini) and a guy named Frost (Fred Williamson). Now they are a team and face vampires as their opponents.

You see how this movie is actually two movies. Especially the second part will find a smaller audience and in a way I was a little curious how the first part would have ended if they kept it as serious as it was. Still, because the movie shifts the way it does it becomes quite original. We have a crime movie to start and a horror comedy, really in the Sam Raimi way, to end. If you are able to take it the way it comes, not too serious, there is a good chance you might like it. Even the gore is presented in a silly way, making it less gory.

Clooney's cool performance, the fitting soundtrack, some hilarious moments, Tarantino's fine touches all make this a highly original, quite bloody, vampire adventure. If you are a genre fan don't miss it, if you are not you might give it a try and be pleasantly surprised.

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