From Dusk Till Dawn
Short description
Two brothers on the run from the police after a bank robbery take a father and his two children hostage. To escape into Mexico, the criminals force the family to help them cross the border. Their journey leads them to a remote roadside bar called the Titty Twister, where they discover the establishment is run by bloodthirsty vampires who trap their guests.
Directed by Robert Rodriguez, this was the fifth of 24 films he directed, following Four Rooms and preceding The Faculty. The screenplay was written by Quentin Tarantino, who also stars as Richard Gecko alongside George Clooney as Seth Gecko. The cast includes Harvey Keitel, Juliette Lewis, Ernest Liu, and Salma Hayek Pinault. Produced by Gianni Nunnari and Meir Teper through companies including Dimension Films and Miramax, the movie had a budget of 19 million USD and earned 26 million USD at the worldwide box office.
The film is generally well-regarded by viewers, holding a 7.2 rating on IMDb from 368,000 votes and a 7.1 rating on TMDB from 6,711 votes. These audience scores are higher than the 6.5 rating provided by film critics based on 56 reviews.
What's left behind the scenes
- The Sex Machine's (Tom Savini) pistol can be seen in the Musician's holster in the film "Desperado".
- The phrase "No, thank you, I've been married" was improvised by George Clooney. Robert Rodriguez did not intend to include it in the final version of the film, however, after the studio added the moment to the film's trailer, the director had to leave the phrase in.
- Salma Hayek did not have a choreographer for the dance.
- The film's title was borrowed from drive-in movie theater signs. A "From Dusk Till Dawn" sign indicated a nighttime continuous showing.
- The band playing in the bar is Tito & Tarantula.
- The fictional beer brand Chango can be noticed in various scenes of the film. The same beer appears in other Robert Rodriguez films – "Desperado" and "Sin City".
- Originally, Quentin Tarantino was supposed to direct the film, but he decided not to take the director's chair in order to focus on the screenplay and his role.
- The role of Seth Gecko could have gone to Tim Roth, John Travolta, Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi and Christopher Walken. All of these actors were willing to play the character, but were unable to due to commitments to other projects.
- The dialogue between Kate and Seth before the final vampire attack is a nearly verbatim reproduction of a scene from "Assault on Precinct 13." Scott Fuller is also wearing a t-shirt with the inscription “Precinct 13.”
- In the first version of the script, the entire Fuller family and the Gecko brothers survived, however Tarantino rewrote the script, believing that the film would be more exciting if the main characters died.
- In real life, Salma Hayek hates snakes.
- Tim Roth and Steve Buscemi both wanted to play Pete Bottoms, but were unable to due to commitments to other projects.
- The bar set was built in the California desert.
- According to the DVD bonuses, in the scene where Sex Machine beats everyone around him, Tom Savini genuinely hit a number of stuntmen and actors, including George Clooney.
- Initially, Sex Machine was supposed to be a muscular man with scars wearing a leather biker vest, while Frost was envisioned as thinner and a more "slippery" type. In the film, the characters' traits were swapped.
- The role of the bandit at the end of the film, played by Cheech Marin, could have gone to Erik Estrada.
- William Sadler was originally cast to play FBI agent Stanley Chase.
- The filmmakers intentionally colored the vampires' blood green to avoid issues with the ratings board.
- The Fuller family received their surname in honor of director Samuel Fuller.
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