From Dusk Till Dawn Movie Review 1995

Escaped cons Seth and Richie Gecko (Clooney and Tarantino) pick up an ex-preacher (Keitel) and his two kids (Lewis and Liu) as hostages en route to their Mexican rendezvous spot, a raunchy biker joint run (unbenownst to them) by vampires. Feels like two movies in one, as Rodriguez's and Tarantino's styles don't necessarily mesh as much as they coexist. The first half features Tarantino's gift for snappy dialogue and somewhat sympathetic scumbags while the barroom finale shows off Rodriguez's mastery of the go-for-broke action set piece. Clooney proves the jump from TV to movies can be made successfully. Penned by Tarantino in 1990 during his video store days, he used the fee to get "Reservoir Dogs" off the ground.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 108 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Supernatural Horror, Vampires, Vampire Babes, Brothers & Sisters, Psychotics/Sociopaths, Hearts!, Mexico, Strippers, Boom!, Road Trip, Great Death Scenes, Up All Night, Bar & Grill, Escaped Cons, Dance Fever

Screenplay

Quentin Tarantino

Cast

George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino, Harvey Keitel, Juliette Lewis, Ernest Liu, Fred Williamson, Richard "Cheech" Marin, Salma Hayek, Michael Parks, Tom Savini, Kelly Preston, John Saxon, Danny Trejo, Tia Texada

Cinematography

Guillermo Navarro

Director

Robert Rodriguez

Music

Graeme Revell

Producer

Gianni Nunnari, Meir Teper, Lawrence Bender, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino, Dimension Films, A Band Apart, Los Hooligans, Miramax Films

Awards

MTV Movie Awards 1996: Breakthrough Perf. (Clooney).