Grindhouse Presents, Death Proof - Extended and Unrated (Two-Disc Special Edition) | 
| Director: Quentin Tarantino
Actors: Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Rose Mcgowan
Studio: The Weinstein Company
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Rating:  397 reviews
Sales Rank: 1916
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 113 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: WEID80388D
UPC: 796019803885
EAN: 0796019803885
ASIN: B000R7HY0K
Theatrical Release Date: April 6, 2007
Release Date: September 18, 2007
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A deranged stuntman stalks his victims from the safety of his killer car but when he picks on the wrong group of badass babes all bets are off in an adrenaline-pumping high speed white-knuckle automotive duel of epic proportions where anything can happen. Studio: Genius Products Inc Release Date: 09/16/2008 Starring: Kurt Russell Rose Mcgowan Run time: 117 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Quentin Tarantino
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Loud, fast, and proudly out of control, Grindhouse is a tribute to the low-budget exploitation movies that lurked at drive-ins and inner city theaters in the '60s and early '70s. Writers/directors Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill) and Robert Rodriguez (Sin City) cooked up this three-hour double feature as a way to pay homage to these films, and the end result manages to evoke the down-and-dirty vibe of the original films for an audience that may be too young to remember them. Tarantino's Death Proof is the mellower of the two, relatively speaking; it's wordier (as to be expected) and rife with pulp/comic book posturing and eminently quotable dialogue. It also features a terrific lead performance by Kurt Russell as a homicidal stunt man whose weapon of choice is a souped-up car. Tarantino's affection for his own dialogue slows down the action at times, but he does provide showy roles for a host of likable actresses, including Rosario Dawson, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rose McGowan, Sydney Poitier, and newcomer Zoe Bell, who was Uma Thurman's stunt double in Kill Bill. Detractors may decry the rampant violence and latch onto a sexist undertone in Tarantino's feature, but for those viewers who grew up watching these types of films in either theaters or on VHS, such elements will be probably be more of a virtue than a detrimental factor. -- Paul Gaita
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 Genius blend of homage and originality August 22, 2007
trashcanman (Hanford, CA United States)
322 out of 396 found this review helpful
First, a word about this childish boycott. "Grindhouse" gave us two brilliant genre films for the price of one in the theaters. It was a once in a lifetime experience for most of us and a chance to see the two most bada$* directors in Hollywood give us 3+ hours of hardcore horror/exploitation entertainment including the funniest faux-trailers you're likely to ever see (or not see if you missed it). And it bombed. Big time. Why? Because lazy America said it'd wait for the DVD because both films together were too long and they lost the chance to support a truly brilliant idea and show that we are sick and tired of cardboard cutout PG-13 teen horror and bad remakes of beloved cult classics. They went to see "Disturbia" instead. "Grindhouse" was what true horror fans -hell, what all true film fanatics- have been dying for and shame on all of you who missed it. So the studio took a loss for taking a chance on this idea and as a result, they've split the two films up with extra scenes that were cut for time and are giving us these two films as we haven't yet seen them, each in double-disc editions packed with extras. Awesome, right? Weeeeeellllll, now the same whiners who stiffed the films in the theaters are angry they missed out and want both films on one DVD (as if there'd even be room) for a discount price. Sorry, but it don't work that way. The theatrical cut was packaged as just that, an experience for the theaters simulating the double-feature drive-in days of old. Even if that experience would translate to DVD, why would the company re-release it in the same form that already failed miserably? The bottom line is this: we now have another chance to show that THIS is what we as horror fans want to see and the only way to do that is to buy these great-looking DVDs. The notion that making the films bomb yet again on DVD is going to lead to some super-duper deluxe theatrical edition must have been conceived in the mind of a five year old on crack. If we don't support these editions, these films will die and the studio will waste no more money on this failed project or any like it in the future. This is basic business sense. Support true horror and other genre films and boycott crappy remakes and bloated sequels *cough*Spiderman3*cough* instead. YOu know you'll double-dip on those.
"Death Proof" was Quentin Tarantino's half of the "Grindhouse" experience. It's a film of stunning originality that switches gears between genres seamlessly and, in true Tarantino fashion, pays tribute to it's influences all the way going so far as to name the films it strives to emulate. "Planet Terror", Robert Rodriguez's zombie-heavy gorefest that served as the other half of "Grindhouse", captured the spirit of exploitation cinema by being over-the-top and silly, but "Death Proof" pays homage to it while building a more subtle, character-driven masterpiece. Kurt Russell plays an old stunt driver with a car built so that the driver can not be killed no matter how bad he crashes (death proof, see?). Well, the guy is a bit of a misogynistic bastard (and a wuss at that) and he gets his jollies by murdering young, beautiful women, possibly as a way of getting back at a world that doesn't share his enthusiasm for -or even a vague awareness of- the carphilic genre films that make up his very existence. His weapon of choice? His stunt car, of course. They crash, he lives, they die. There is an amazing scene where a crash with a car full of girls is replayed over-and-over, each repeat focusing on a different girl and her particular gory demise. Unbelievable. The girls are all well fleshed-out as characters with lives and personalities of their own and you just don't know who will live and die. You cheer when they live, you gasp (and then cheer at the way it was filmed) when they die; a win-win situation.
Rose McGownan is indeed the grindhouse queen as she co-stars in both films and steals the show in every scene she appears in. Real-life stuntwoman Zoe Bell makes her acting debut and proves an impossibly endearing on-screen presence who shall henceforth be known as Spiderwoman to me after her incredible stuntwork here. Rosario Dawson charms as always and the rest of the cast is beyond solid as well.
The last twenty minutes of "Death Proof" are among the greatest of any film I've ever seen. Edge of your seat barely begins to describe the chase sequences and the finale had me literally applauding in the theater as I laughed myself silly. You will not see the ending coming unless you've see or heard about it already. The rest of the film is splattered with homages and references to classic drive-in fare, humorous and profane dialogue, horror cliches (horny + stoned + female = splat!), and more QT goodness.
This extended cut features the infamous "reel missing" scene featuring a very sexy lapdance and more of the film's awesome music. There is also a black-and-white sequence where Russell and Dawson indulge in Tarantino's creepy foot fetish and a hilarious convenience store scene which stars the almost undrinkable "Big Red" soda in damn near every shot. I laughed harder every time the camera focused on the offending soft drink. The special features are impressive; the highlight for me was watching goretastic horror director Eli Roth plead with Kurt Russell in-between takes where Roth's character had to diss the horror legend.
Buy this film, buy "Planet Terror" (there is a $5 off coupon for it included here if that helps), and wave your copies at the moron down the street who's boycotting because this is brilliant filmmaking and denying yourself this kind of entertainment over sour grapes is self-punishment.
"Hey Ladies..... THAT was fun!"
 No, The Faux Trailers from the Grindhouse feature film are not included. **DvD features below** Rlease date Sept 18th August 15, 2007
Mike Liddell (Massachusetts)
112 out of 124 found this review helpful
Just giving a heads, one of the things i wanted to know is if the fake movie trailers would be on the dvd, so once i found out on Movieweb I figured I'd pass it along, nor will they be on the Planet Terror dvd. I was looking forward to Eli Roth's fake trailer for the horror film Thanksgiving.
I personally don't mind that there not being released together and am looking forward to purchasing both movies, although obviously it would be nice to get both together.
Death Proof is one of the best of 2007 so far. It is another cool, original and stylish film from Quentin Tarantino. A cross between a slasher movie where a car is used in place of a knife and an action movie with a chase scene that would rival The French Connection.
Keep an eye on Vanessa Ferlito the actress that plays butterfly, watch for the lap dance scene. She has a real original look. Also Zoe Bell the stuntwoman in real life who worked on the Tarantino's Kill Bill movies, who now is making her acting debut as what else, a bad blank stuntwoman, and she does her own stunts, she performs one, if not the best car chase scene I've seen in a movie.
Special features:
*) Never-before-seen footage including the "missing reel" (containing Vanessa Ferlito's unseen lap-dance sequence) as well as a black-and-white segment in the film's second act
*) Finding Quentin's Gals featurette
*) The Guys of Death Proof featurette
*) Kurt Russell as Stuntman Mike featurette
*) Introducing Zoe Bell featurette
*) Quentin's Greatest Collaborator: Editor Sally Menke featurette
*) Trailer for Double Dare
*) International poster gallery
 Unbe-flippin-lievable August 26, 2007
John Oconnor (Merritt Island, FL United States)
66 out of 102 found this review helpful
Grindhouse is without a doubt one of the best, most crazy enjoyable movies of this year and several previous years and a few before that. And I can't wait to get it on DVD. But apparently I'll have to.
The people who release DVDs -- not just this travesty but every last one of them -- have finally crossed the line here. I've been scr%w%d over repeatedly by a film coming out and then three months later coming out again and six more versions the following year and then the definitive version and then the next definitive version and on and on and on ...
And no more.
I'm not calling for a boycott of this pathetic release. I'm calling for a boycott of the whole flippin industry. Don't buy DVDs when they come out. Don't do it. Force these people to stop r@ping their customers. They only understand cash money. Take it away from them.
When Grindhouse is finally actually released on DVD -- and it will be, after the studio has soaked whatever suckers they can with this half-film nonsense -- I still won't buy it.
Know why?
Because six months later there will be another version with the complete movie plus these b@st@rdized versions plus the extras.
And even then I still won't buy it.
Know why?
Because after that, there will be yet another release with special packaging (maybe a Cherry Darling action figure), and perhaps a documentary on the DVD release controversy.
It never ends. Save your money.
BOYCOTT June 19, 2007
Joseph C. Fiore
60 out of 118 found this review helpful
I refuse to buy this. I want the whole movie on DVD, not HALF of it.
Release GRINDHOUSE on DVD as it was the theaters, or I'll find myself a nice bootleg!
DO NOT BUY THIS DVD!!! If you do you are telling the studios that this kind of BS is ok, and it's NOT!!!
Wake me up when they release the REAL "Grindhouse" June 21, 2007
W. Lawson (South Australia)
50 out of 91 found this review helpful
You have to be joking!
In Australia, despite fans being pumped for the release of Grindhouse, we're getting the separate releases of Death Proof and Planet Terror in theatres.
So the only thing we could do was wait until Grindhouse was released on DVD and then see it.
Only now it looks like they're planning on releasing Grindhouse in split versions on DVD in the US.
Last time I looked, Grindhouse - Grindhouse has two films, trailers and runs 195 minutes and that's the film we've been hanging out to see. It's also the creators' vision, but I guess that doesn't mean anything.
No matter how good these films may be, they are NOT Grindhouse. Even if Death Proof and Planet Terror are ***** films, this insulting joke of a release gets * (and that only because Amazon doesn't have a zero rating).
If they wanted to wring more money out of us, they could have released the separate films on DVD in 'complete' versions. After all, Tarantino himself said they shot the two flicks as full films then edited them back down so they were Grindhouse-worthy. Fans of the cinema version will probably pay to see the 'original' versions of the films. I would. It would also let viewers who didn't like both films get the one they want.
But no, we get this pathetic travesty.
Release the theatrical version of Grindhouse on DVD and you get my money. Until then...
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