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Grindhouse (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) [Blu-ray] (2007)

Rose McGowan , Bruce Willis , Quentin Tarantino , Robert Rodriguez  |  R |  Blu-ray
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Product Details

  • Actors: Rose McGowan, Bruce Willis, Freddy Rodriguez, Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson
  • Directors: Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez
  • Format: AC-3, Blu-ray, Dolby, NTSC, Special Edition, Widescreen
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Rated: R (Restricted)
  • Studio: Vivendi Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: October 5, 2010
  • Run Time: 191 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (140 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B003VMFWYI
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,531 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Special Features

Intermission cards

Extended trailer Werewolf Woman of the SS

Don't trailer storyboards

Thanksgiving trailer

Planet Terror commentary by Robert Rodriguez

Planet Terror audience reaction track

Thanksgiving trailer commentary by director Eli Roth and co-writer/actor Jeff Rendel

Death Proof deleted scene gag reel

From Texas to Tennessee, The look of Death Proof

Robert Rodriguez's 10 Min Cooking School

Makeup effects of Planet Terror

Hot Rods of Death Proof

The Production Design of Death Proof

Making of the trailers: Don't and Thanksgiving


Editorial Reviews

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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. Rodriguez's Planet Terror is a rollicking horror/sci-fi/action piece about a plague outbreak that turns citizens into cannibalistic murderers; it's heavy on the gore and explosions but also features a terrific cast of A players (Freddy Rodriguez, Naveen Andrews, Marley Shelton) and B-movie vets (Michael Biehn, Jeff Fahey, Tom Savini) and the indelible image of Rose McGowan as a stripper whose torn-off leg is replaced by a high-powered machine gun.- Paul Gaita

Product Description

Together for the first time the Rodriguez/Tarantino Double Feature GRINDHOUSE is back and better than ever! These rip-roaring and adrenaline-pumping films are now featured in the original theatrical exhibition format. Loaded with over 2 hours of bonus content, including the fan favorite "Rodriguez's 10 Minute Cooking School", this 2-disc Blu-Ray will deliver a new experience like never before!

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Again, very funny. General Zombie  |  29 reviewers made a similar statement
It's the original theatrical edition with the fake trailers included! Tim  |  10 reviewers made a similar statement
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238 of 247 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Almost perfect, don't believe the one star reviews. October 5, 2010
By Dennis
Format:Blu-ray
This set is getting bad reviews, based on a few people who really don't know what they're talking about. One of the reviews gave the blu ray a one-star review because this set isn't available on DVD. How does that make sense? Some other reviews, bashed the fact that these aren't the "extended" versions. Of course there not, you can already buy those. The point of this set is recreate the entire theatrical experience, so of course they have the theatrical cuts of the film and in my opinion, this is the way these films were meant to be seen. Also keep in mind that most of those bad reviews, came out before this edition did, therefore they aren't first hand reviews and are inaccurate.
I received the set today and it's great, packaging is great incredibly detailed and really adds to the feel of the fims. The movies play just as they did in theaters, which to me is the best way to see them and it is packed with special features, a good amount of them exclusive to this set. If you liked the Grindhouse films, but didn't get to see them in theaters, or if your like me and wanted to recreate that experience, then I highly recommend this set. If you want the extended cuts, well then go buy those.
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72 of 79 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Lotsa Fun April 7, 2007
One thing that baffles me about "Grindhouse" is how little mainstream press coverage it has received. We've got a legitimately unique, unusual film experience here and I've heard hardly a peep from the same people who were going on and on about that movie what with all the snakes on the plane and that other one with all the spartans. (Nothing against those films, by the way, I just don't see that they're news.) Perhaps the idea of recreating an old-school, independent theater double bill experience isn't that big of a deal, but how often do you hear about some film trying to do something unique at all? But whatever, even if the mainstreamers don't think this is something noteworthy, I do, and it proved to be a pretty damn good time. Furthermore, the unusual format did matter, I think, and helped make the film better than the sum of its parts.

The two features here are "Planet Terror" from Robert Rodriguez and "Death Proof" from Quentin Tarantino. Coming into this I was a much bigger Tarantino fan than a Rodriguez one, but the Rodriguez segment sounded more promising, and proved to be easily the better of the two, though "Death Proof" is certainly worth a watch too, even if it's easily Tarantino's weakest feature length work.

Though you may never have guessed it from the ads, which consist of nothing but Rose McGowan and here assault rifle leg, "Planet Terror" is a zombie film. Though the film as a whole is meant to recall the 70's, "Planet Terror" has the mid to late 80's written all over it. Furthermore, this ain't an update of the good zombie movies, like Romero made, but the bad ones, like Zombi 3 and After Death and numerous others. Some of those films were so bad that they weren't amusing anymore, but "Planet Terror" never comes close to crossing that line.

As with most zombie movies, the plot is of little interest. Basically, there's an outbreak of, uh, zombieism in a Texas town, and our cast of varied heroes must fight them off. It has a surprisingly large cast of characters and a number of subplots, but none of that matters much. It all just comes together as a rough, incredibly gruesome cheesefest, and it's a helluva lot of fun. Most significatly, though "Planet Terror" is essentially a comedy, it still feels genuinely affectionate towards it's dubious inspirations.

Rodriguez goes to great lengths to simulate the old theater/cheap movie experience, with a washed out, horribly scratched up print and rough technical aspects and editing. Watching the ads, I was worried that he might takes this stuff too far, but it works well and never too distracting. Rodriguez isn't afraid to be modern too, at times, with some fancier effects, though it's never so pristine as to take away from the old B-movie feel.

Zombie films, at least of this sort, are mostly about the gore, and Rodriguez delivers in spades, with lots of spewing blood, gruesome dismemberment and even liquefaction. (And liquification, in fact. We get both!) The humor is mostly of the lowbrow, grossout variety, but it's legitimately clever at some points too, which is more than you can say of most horror comedies. (The final delivery of the line "I never miss" had damn well better get a laugh out of you.) Beyond this, it still has some endearing performances, particularly from Michael Biehn as the sheriff and the main protagonist Wray, played by Freddy Rodriguez, who inexplicably turns out to be quite a killing machine.

Tarantino's "Death Proof" has a more legitimately 70's vibe to it, coming off as a mix of old-school slasher and car movie with a dash of rape-revenge thriller thrown in their. That said, "Death Proof" is less committed to the concept as a whole, proves to be more technically sound and comes off mostly as a Tarantino movie. That's, obviously, not a bad thing in and of itself, but it would've been cool if Tarantino had been more committed to the concept.

Tarantino inevitably described "Death Proof" as a slasher movie where the killer uses his car as his weapon of choice. Kurt Russell is our killer, Stuntman Mike, and Russell does a great job, charming and menacing at the same time. Definitely the best turn we've seen from him in some time. The other characters are a bit more dubious, however. We've got two packs of female protagonists, most of them interchangeable, all of them standard Tarantino characters, but with a lot of the charm lopped off. Now, the endless dialogue is amusing about half the time, but we've got a lot of dubious material in their too. The major problem comes in the middle. The first 40 or so minutes of "Death Proof" are massively dialogue driven, but it's building to the first major chase/action/horror scene, and we actually get to deal with the Russell character some and learn about him etc. After the first major encounter, however, Tarantino goes back into dialogue mode, this time with no Russell and it starts to get wearying. In short, the first major talking section feels like exposition and build up, the second like filler. The final climax works very well, again, but much of the build up is pointless, and it takes so long to get there that it seems rather abrupt. In short, "Death Proof" could easily stand to have 10 minutes lopped off, even at its brief length. It's still cool and all, but I expect more from Quentin Tarantino.

The icing on the cake of the whole experience are the fake trailers which are, minute for minute, the most entertaining part of the film. These are definitely the most old-school part of the film, filled with the gratuitous violence and nudity, the choppy editing and the repeated titular references that defined exploitation film trailers. Eli Roth's "Thanksgiving" trailer is the best of them and is, within the limits of the form, genius. "Thanksgiving" is meant to be an early 80's, just after "Friday the 13th" style slasher movie, and Roth's recreation of the style is just spot on, but with plenty of intentional humor thrown in. I don't dare give away too many specific jokes, but Roth's having the killer be dressed up as a pilgrim is hilarious, and the outrageously awful narration is brilliantly written and performed. (...and this time there will be no leftovers...) You can check it out over at IGN, which you definitely should if you like slasher movies. Rob Zombie's "Werewolf Women of the SS" isn't as strong overall, but it has a great concept perhaps the biggest laugh in the movie, which I won't give away, and the casting of Udo Kier is another great stroke. Rodriguez's trailer "Machete" is an 80's style actioner, though its plot appears remarkably similar to "Shooter". (More great voice over: "They ****** with the wrong Mexican" and "If you hire Machete to kill the badguy, you'd better make sure that bad guy isn't you".) Again, very funny. Edgar Wright's "Don't" trailer is the weakest of them, and is basically one joke, but it's a pretty funny joke, at least. .

All in all, "Grind House" does prove to be more than the sum of its parts, though the individual parts are quite cool by themselves. Make sure to see this in theaters.

Grades

Planet Terror: A-
Death Proof: B-
Overall Experience: B+

P.S. This movie does contain a brief appearance by Fergie. Just thought I should warn you.
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64 of 74 people found the following review helpful
Just so you know, "Grindhouse" begins with a trailer for "Machete" and then the first film, "Planet Terror." You then have to choose your opportunity to run to the restroom between the three trailers--Rob Zombie's "Werewolf Women of the S.S." (look for Nicholas Cage, Sybil Danning, and Udo Kier), Edgar Wright's "Don't," and Eli Roth's "Thanksgiving"--or the start of the second feature, "Death Proof." My recommendation would be for the start of the second movie if you need to miss a minute or two what is on the screen. At 191 minutes, not including the real trailers before the fun begins, "Grindhouse" presents the same sort of challenge to bladder control that movie patrons faced with Peter Jackson's "King Kong." Hope this helps you make an informed decision. My other bit of advice would be do not play on eating anything gooey during the first feature. You have been warned.

I doubt that I have seen half as many exploitation films as Quentin Tarantino but having checked out dozens of double features on DVDs from the friendly folks at Something Weird Video, I have ample reason to believe I have seen more examples of the genre than 99% of the populace. I also get nostalgic when the "Coming Attractions" and "Feature Presentation" bits from my youth appear on the big screen once again. My wife has probably never seen an exploitation film in her life, which would explain why she hit me no less than six times during "Planet Terror" over the fountains of blood, gore, and other bodily fluids that were gleefully showering the cast of characters. So she does not appreciate how what she sees on the screen (or would have seen if she had not buried her face in her hands) is an homage to those days when producers had to come up with "legitimate" reasons to show sex and violence on screen. The whole bit with the doctor looking at the horrible pictures on the computer is clearly a reference when not only nudity but gross medical abnormalities could be shown in the name of sexual hygiene (booklets will be available in the lobby or blink your headlights and somebody will come to your car and sell them to you).

That being said, be well aware that Robert Rodriguez will make all of those earlier efforts look like children's films. By the time Quentin Tarantino's character gets what is coming to him in "Planet Terror," you will be totally revising your definition of the word "GROSS." However, if you come to see "Grindhouse" just to see Rose McGowan strap that machine gun onto the stump where her leg used to be, then be aware that you are going to have to wait for the climax of the film to get to the point. Rodriguez's film is a potent reminder of why I never wanted to take biology in high school, and tries to touch on as many of the types of exploitation film as possible, from zombies and women in prison to your basic mixture of shock and sex. McGowan's Cherry meets up again with her old lover, Freddy Rodriguez's El Wray, just as their Texas town in being overrun by people with festering sores turning into zombies (I am really understating the sores: check you gag reflex at the door). Cherry has El Wray's jacket, which she took with her when she left and he keeps trying to explain how he looked for it for two weeks and she keeps interrupting his story. This matters because Rodriguez has also loaded up his film with as many cliches as he could think of, and it is to the credit of the actors in this film (including Jeff Fahey, Michael Biehn, Josh Brolin, Tom Savini, Michael Parks, Naveen Andrews, Bruce Willis, and Marlene Shelton), that they are able to say some of this dialogue with more than a straight face. I also want to add that if you did not expect what happens during the big sex scene then you are just not in the right frame of mind to endure this film. This is not an exploitation film, but a self-conscious parody of an exploitation film that takes its tongue in cheek approach seriously. For me the high point of the movie is when we get to the "Missing Reel" part of the film and we get back to the story to immediately discover that things have changed (big time) for the worse.

While the publicity for "Grindhouse" has made the sight of Rose McGowan with a machine gun for a leg the iconic image associated with these films, but do not be surprised when you are walking out that the woman you are thinking about is Zoe Bell, who plays herself in "Death Proof." It is Bell, who was Uma Thurman's stunt double in the "Kill Bill" movies, who provides the "DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME" moment in Tarantino's film. I heard "Death Proof" described as a splatter flick where the killer uses a car as their weapon of choice, and that is basically all you need to know about the film, which falls neatly into three acts. I was expecting that Rosario Dawson as Abernathy would be a pivotal figure in this one, but Sydney Tamilia Portier as Jungle Julia gets our primary attention in the first act and then Dawson's "Rent" co-star Tracie Thoms takes over as Kim and Bell shows Kurt Russell's "Stuntman Mike" that there are more impressive hood ornaments that a duck. To say that "Death Proof" is the "better" movie of the two is really comparing apples and oranges because "Planet Terror" is more of a roller coaster ride of exploitational excess, while "Death Proof" actually is an attempt to make what an actual exploitation film. The net result is clearly more entertainment than exploitation, but I think that was really their ultimate goal here. I laughed more than anybody else in the theater because I understood the exploitation elements being played with and my wife kept asking me why I wanted her to see these films. I had as much fun as I expected with all this nonsense and she is never going to let me decide what film we go see for the rest of my life.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good price for both movies
For both movies this is a good price you can watch them how they were ment as a double feature. I give Planet terror an 8.5/10 and Death proof an 7/10,
Published 6 days ago by Paul Stewart
3.0 out of 5 stars If you like fantasy, brutality, and totally unreal situatuins, this is...
Tarantino is one sick and twisted director, and usually has gaps in the storyline that can't be explained . A machine gun for the lower leg? Read more
Published 9 days ago by Peter A. Gemmer
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic and a lot of fun!
This was one of the most enjoyable films ever. It was nice to get two for the price of one.
Published 17 days ago by Film Fanatic C
5.0 out of 5 stars ATT. ROB ZOMBIE ! Please make WWW of the the SS!!!
I love these 2 grindhouse flicks! OK thats out of the way. I gotta say I was heartbroken to learn that werewolf women of the SS was only a teaser trailer. Read more
Published 1 month ago by W. Robinson
3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed With Death Proof
Disappointed With Death Proof because I like the extended version better with the black and white ipod scene. Also the lap dance scene is much shorter. Read more
Published 1 month ago by P. Collins
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Unique
"Grindhouse" is more than a movie, or a pair of movies. It's an experience.

I saw this originally in theaters and it's fantastic. Read more
Published 1 month ago by RT
5.0 out of 5 stars Came just as described, and at a great price.
Classic movies, and the thing that is great is they play off each other well. This one is for anytime you want to see a double feature action movies. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mike
3.0 out of 5 stars A must-have for all the QT's Fans !!
Have Fun with this great edition !! I love the fakes trailers and the QT's style and of course Robert Rodriguez too
Published 2 months ago by TheForsaken
5.0 out of 5 stars Quentin fan
Two of Quentin's best movies in my opinion. I love all his movies. No problems with the discs playing in my player.
Published 2 months ago by James E. Moberly
4.0 out of 5 stars No dance? Lame.
This gets 4 stars instead of 5, simply because it IS the theatrical version, and thus lacks the lapdance in Death Proof.
Published 2 months ago by Angry Amish
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My understanding is that it is supposed to be released on DVD and Blu-ray on the same date. The list price for either is supposedly the same.
Jul 25, 2010 by K. Johnson |  See all 49 posts
Aspect ratio
For the theatrical release planet terror was matted down to 2:35.1, and as this release is to have the best representation of the film, it would be in it's 2.35.1 ratio.
Jun 6, 2011 by James P. Donohue |  See all 2 posts
Subtitles
Yes, English and Spanish.
Dec 30, 2010 by Tommy D. Strong |  See all 3 posts
trailers?
If it's 191 minutes- then it is the exact version as seen in Theatres with the missing reels still "missing".
I caught it on Starz and Starz On Demand (many times). I love both of the movies as stand alone flicks and as one whole big thing. They are great- but even with the... Read more
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