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They are being stalked by an aging and sadistic Hollywood stunt double, “Stuntman” Mike (Kurt Russell).

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While bar-crawling, Julia reveals that she made a radio announcement earlier that morning, offering a free lap dance from Arlene in return for addressing her as 'Butterfly,' buying her a drink, and reciting a segment of the poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.” They are unawareĪrlene 'Butterfly' preparing for lap dance with Stuntman Mike McKay

Three friends -– Arlene (Vanessa Ferlito), Shanna (Jordan Ladd), and radio DJ “Jungle” Julia Lucai (Sydney Tamiia Poitier) -– drive down Colorado Street in Austin, Texas, on their way to celebrate Jungle Julia's birthday. The films were released separately outside the United States and on DVD, with Death Proof going on sale in the United States on September 18, 2007.

The film is a tribute to exploitation, muscle cars, and slasher film genres of the 1970s, and stars Kurt Russell, Zoë Bell, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito, Jordan Ladd, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Tracie Thoms, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Rose McGowan.ĭeath Proof was released theatrically in the United States as part of a double feature with Robert Rodriguez’s Planet Terror under the collective title Grindhouse in order to replicate the experience of viewing exploitation film double features in a 'grindhouse' theater. (released as part of double-feature titled Grindhouse)Īccidents using his “death-proof” stunt car. Robert Rodriguez Elizabeth Avellan Erica Steinberg Distributed by Columbia Pictures and Produced by Troublemaker Studios. The film centers on a psychopathic stunt man who stalks young women before murdering them in staged car. Real dumb people hitting real dumb people.'Īt this idea, the most iconic actor of our generation throws his head back and laughs.Īs Tarantino says, 'He really stands alone.Death Proof is a 2007 American thriller film written, cinematographed, and directed by Quentin Tarantino. And that was real people crashing into real people and real stupid people doing it. She says `CGI?' `Yeah, today you're probably right.' Well, this is an homage to that. `How do you think they do that?' he asks this young woman. Russell, a licensed pilot in real life, is also a veteran stunt driver. That's Kurt Russell doing all the driving in Death Proof, another bit of business that wouldn't have been possible had Tarantino gone with his original choice. But Russell – not to mention Mike – was on every one. The women look at each other before sheepishly shaking their heads. Then it occurs to him: 'Have you ever seen any of those shows?' Sitting in a Texas bar, Mike attempts to impress a group of young women with his stellar credentials: guest spots on vintage shows like High Chaparral, Then Came Bronson and Harry-O, stunt doubling for Robert Urich on Vega$. So if you can be sort of nothing and still be slightly entertaining and slightly sort of mysterious, that's what you're trying to pull off.'Īs ideally cast as Russell is as Stuntman Mike, he wasn't Tarantino's first choice for the role – and he won't say who was.īut once inspiration struck, the writer-director was so jazzed by casting Russell he customized one of the movie's funniest scenes to suit his star's unique background. But you can't be it to her, because otherwise the audience would go, `Well I would never get in the car.' The danger of that is that it's just sort of nothing. 'So how do you get the girl in the car? You've got to still be this kind of mysterious and kind of creepy-scary guy. 'That was the audience knows who you are – you're the bad guy.

'As an actor I think there was one challenge,' says Russell. Or get in Stuntman Mike's 'death-proof' car – the one that has a skull painted on the hood. Perfect, that is, to play the kind of guy who might seduce a much younger woman into doing something she otherwise wouldn't.

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The one who grew up in Disney movies like The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes? Who retired from movies to play pro baseball when his child stardom dimmed? Who was Ted Nugent's best man and continues to be happily unmarried to long-time companion Goldie Hawn? Who still does most of his own stunts? Who became a genuine cult article in movies like Big Trouble in Little China and The Thing?Īnd who plays a singularly seductive and perverse perpetrator of vehicular homicide – named Stuntman Mike – in Tarantino's half of the retro-double bill Grindhouse?Īt 56 years of age, Russell still has an Elvis-ian head of full, swept-back hair, an easy grin and a face that's at once imperviously boyish and honestly lived-in. 'Of the male actors of our generation,' pronounces Quentin Tarantino of his Death Proof leading man Kurt Russell, 'he is the most iconic.'

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