Buena Vista International owned the overseas rights through their distribution deal with Cinergi. As part of the Disney/Fox merger, The Walt Disney Company also has complete ownership of this film as well as the rest of the Die Hard series.
Grindhouse - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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In Dr. Dakota Block's office during the "Planet Terror" segment, you can see a notepad. Written on it is a checklist, the last item being "Kill Bill," a reference to Tarantino's Kill Bill movies.
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In the scene where Earl McGraw (Michael Parks) feeds his invalid wife, there's a framed photo of Parks on a motorcycle from his television series Then Came Bronson (1969).
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Did not receive a home video release in the U.S. for three years following it's theatrical distribution. Death Proof (2007) and Planet Terror (2007) were initially released separately as extended edition DVDs and Blu-rays, but without the fake trailers (only the "Machete" trailer was included in "Planet Terror"). "Grindhouse" was shown on digital cable television airings as early as 2009, but by then, was already available on DVD in several countries worldwide. Vivendi Entertainment eventually released the film as a Collector's Edition Blu-ray in September 2010.
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When asked about the ending, Robert Rodriguez said "I consider it an anti-Army of Darkness (1992) like ending. In Army of Darkness (1992), Ash is returned to normal suburbia and battles the Undead. In my film, Planet Terror, the characters are taken out of suburbia and now battle the undead in a more barren landscape."
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Due to superstition, the distributors decided to release the film on Easter weekend instead of Friday the 13th. The film did below projected grosses anyway.
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Eli Roth filmed the fake trailer for "Thanksgiving" in the Czech Republic while he was there directing Hostel: Part II (2007). Jay Hernandez and Jordan Ladd, as well as several extras from that film, appear in the trailer as well.
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The Acuna Boys ad between the two features lists the names Automatic Slim and T-Bird: characters from Rolling Thunder (1977).
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Dr. Dakota Block (Marley Shelton) has a large role in the "Planet Terror" segment, and shows up for a smaller role (playing the same character) in Death Proof (2007), with her yellow, blue, and red needle "friends" once again in her lab coat breast pocket.
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The "Thanksgiving" trailer is a spoof of the original trailer for Halloween (1978).
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Quentin Tarantino named the character "Jungle Julia Lucai" after his personal assistant, Victoria Lucai.
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Tony Block, played by Rebel Rodriguez, is the son of director Robert Rodriguez.
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In the first mock preview, directed by Robert Rodriguez, Danny Trejo plays the title character, Machete. Machete was the name of Danny Trejo's character in Rodriguez's Spy Kids franchise. In both, he is a character that is inventive with weapons.
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Stars Jordan Ladd in Death Proof who's mother, Cheryl Ladd, starred in Charlie's Angels with Shelly Hack. Hack also starred in the made for TV movie "Death Car on the Freeway" which features a serial killer murdering women with his vehicle.
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Willem Dafoe, John Malkovich, Mickey Rourke, Sylvester Stallone, John Travolta, and Ving Rhames were other actors said to be considered for the part of "Stuntman Mike" before Kurt Russell stepped into the role.
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In "Planet Terror", Quentin Tarantino tells Rose McGowan she looks like actress Ava Gardner. In reality, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who plays Lee in "Death Proof", is related to Ava Gardner.
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A "Support Our Troops" sign can be seen outside the hospital in "Planet Terror". A clever spin on the fact that the virus is discovered by the U.S. Military.
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In the uncut European version of Death Proof (2007), Kim says she has to pee while at a liquor store. Lee and Abernathy respond "Thats a little more information then we needed to know." This is a reference back to Pulp Fiction (1994) where Uma Thurman says this to John Travolta.
Grindhouse - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Grindhouse - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Grindhouse - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Grindhouse - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Grindhouse - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Grindhouse - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Grindhouse - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Grindhouse - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Grindhouse - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Grindhouse - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Grindhouse - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Grindhouse - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Grindhouse - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Grindhouse - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Grindhouse - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Grindhouse - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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