- - originally posted by Kurt on Twitchfilm.net
The NY Times did a piece on Grindhouse today, which includes details on the project that I was unaware of; including concrete run times of each feature. Tarantino’s Deathproof is going to run 90 minutes and Rodriguez’s Planet Terror is going to run 80 minutes. There will be several ‘fake trailers’ in between the two features (as reported previously by Quentin Tarantino “Cowgirls in Sweden”, Eli Roth “Thanksgiving”, Edward Wright, and Rob Zombie “Werewolf Women of the SS”) featuring Nicholas Cage - plus the one featured prominently in the Grindhouse trailer, “They Call Him Machete” with Danny Trejo. The entire run-time of this extravaganza should be around 223 minutes. That is pushing 4 hours folks!
***MINOR SPOILER***And since the old grindhouse films were often missing reels, both filmmakers have purposefully cut out a segment of their movies. “My whole thing is to play with the audience,” said Mr. Tarantino. “I guarantee you, when it pops up ‘Missing Reel,’ the entire theater is going to scream. They might very well be screaming my name: ‘Quentin, you bastard! We hate you!’
”And then the next reel starts, and all of the sudden, people who don’t like each other suddenly like each other now. ‘What happened to that guy?’ The only way to do a missing reel is, it’s got to be something you can’t wait to see.”
Trailer (downloadable 480p AVI)
The NY Times piece
She Women of the SS (Rob Zombie Faux Trailer) picture
Death Proof Photos
Planet Terror Photos
One Sheets Gallery
Grindhouse is to be released April 6th by The Weinstein Company