Cinema surveillance images are loading at the bottom of the page
From dusk till dawn
Threat advisory: Low - Low risk of entertaining activities
Movie propaganda
If Pulp fiction is your idea of a casual bed-time story, you won't want to miss the chance to secure your very own copy of Hollywood's latest grunge horror feature!
From the creators of Pulp fiction and Desperado, comes an explosive, wildly imaginative thrill ride that had audiences raving during its Australian theatrical release with its hybrid horror-comedy-drama-crime story line. Quentin Tarantino and George Clooney star as two notorious thieves on a desperate crime spree who enlist the aid of a preacher (Harvey Keitel) and his two kids (including Juliette Lewis) to flee across the Texas border into Mexico - an adventure that lands the group in an all-night encounter in a seedy saloon.
One night is all that stands between them and freedom. But it's going to be one hell of a night!
Persons of interest
- Harvey Keitel .... Jacob Fuller
- George Clooney .... Seth Gecko
- Quentin Tarantino .... Screenwriter, Richard Gecko
- Juliette Lewis .... Kate Fuller
- Ernest Liu .... Scott Fuller
- Salma Hayek .... Santanico Pandemonium
- Cheech Marin .... Border Guard, Chet Pussy, Carlos
- Danny Trejo .... Razor Charlie
- Tom Savini .... Sex Machine
- Fred Williamson .... Frost
- Michael Parks .... Texas Ranger Earl McGraw
- Brenda Hillhouse .... Hostage Gloria Hill
- John Saxon .... FBI Agent Stanley Chase
- Robert Kurtzman .... Storywriter
- Robert Rodriguez .... Director
Cinematic intelligence sources
- See also From dusk till dawn 2: Texas blood money, From dusk till dawn 3: Hangman's daughter
- Studios and distributors:
Intelligence analyst
Special Agent Matti
Theatrical report
Pulp celluloid (gee, I hope that I've invented a brand new term and not just accessed a repressed memory after undergoing hypnosis).
This is a piece of crap whipped off by Quentin to satisfy some unfulfilled sweaty-palmed adolescent lust for sex and violence, inspired by a socio-economic culture that treats National geographic like a potential porn mag. the plot is as flimsy as the sets, existing only as a vehicle to get from a to b (much like the acting).
George is horrendously miscast as (a) a criminal, (b) a bastard, (c) a desperate man and (d) a violent man. watching his performance is like trying to imagine Little Johnny Howard going down on Jeanette. You can't? Gee, what a (fortunate) surprise.
If you are a great fan of Cheech Marin (who's apparently still alive) then you'll enjoy this film. If you are a great fan of Pulp fiction, then you probably won't. Obviously this was written so that Quentin could earn some money very quickly; it's a hodge-podge of movie half-ideas that go nowhere and for no reason other than (here's that word again) porn. If you don't particularly care what gets you off, then this will do it for you, otherwise, forget it.
Security censorship classification
R 18+ (Medium level violence, horror theme)
Surveillance time
108 minutes (1:48 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
DVD rental: 19 November 1997
Cinema surveillance images
