Seth Gecko and his younger brother Richard are on the run after a bloody bank robbery in Texas. They escape across the border into Mexico and will be home-free the next morning, when they pay off the local kingpin. They just have to survive ‘from dusk till dawn’ at the rendezvous point, which turns out to be a Hell of a strip joint.
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Film Cast:
- Seth Gecko: George Clooney
- Richard Gecko: Quentin Tarantino
- Jacob Fuller: Harvey Keitel
- Kate Fuller: Juliette Lewis
- Scott Fuller: Ernest Liu
- Santanico Pandemonium: Salma Hayek
- Border Guard/Chet Pussy/Carlos: Cheech Marin
- Razor Charlie: Danny Trejo
- Sex Machine: Tom Savini
- Frost: Fred Williamson
- Texas Ranger: Michael Parks
- Hostage Gloria Hill: Brenda Hillhouse
- FBI Agent: John Saxon
- Motel Owner: Marc Lawrence
- Newscaster Kelly Houge: Kelly Preston
- Pete Bottoms / Liquor Store Clerk: John Hawkes
- Titty Twister Guitarist & Vocalist: Tito Larriva
- Titty Twister Saxophonist: Peter Atanasoff
- Titty Twister Drummer: Johnny Vatos Hernandez
- Blonde Hostage: Aimee Graham
- Red-headed Hostage: Heidi McNeal
- Big Emilio: Ernest M. Garcia
- Sex Machine’s Buddy: Gregory Nicotero
- Danny: Cristos
- Manny: Mike Moroff
- Bar Dancer: Tia Texada
- Bar Dancer: Janine Jordae
- Bar Dancer: Ungela Brockman
- Bar Dancer: Michelle Berube
- Monster: Michael McKay
- Monster: Jake McKinnon
- Monster: Walter Phelan
- Monster: Wayne Toth
- Bar Dancer: Rosalia Hayakawa
- Herself: Cecilia Montiel
- Bar Dancer: Annette Harper
- Man in Diner (Uncredited): Lawrence Bender
- Bar Dancer (uncredited): Madison Clark
- Band Member (uncredited): Robert Rodriguez
Film Crew:
- Steadicam Operator: Robert Rodriguez
- Executive Producer: Quentin Tarantino
- Executive Producer: Lawrence Bender
- Co-Producer: Paul Hellerman
- Art Direction: Mayne Berke
- Choreographer: Salma Hayek
- Casting: Johanna Ray
- Camera Operator: Guillermo Navarro
- Co-Producer: Elizabeth Avellan
- Original Music Composer: Graeme Revell
- Supervising Sound Editor: Dean Beville
- Casting: Elaine J. Huzzar
- Co-Producer: Robert Kurtzman
- Producer: Gianni Nunnari
- Co-Producer: John Esposito
- Production Design: Cecilia Montiel
- Set Decoration: Felipe Fernández del Paso
- Costume Design: Graciela Mazón
- Foley Mixer: Robert Deschaine
- Supervising ADR Editor: Harry B. Miller III
- Construction Foreman: Michael Atwell
- Producer: Meir Teper
- Conductor: Tim Simonec
- Set Costumer: Jillian Kreiner
- Foley Editor: Scott Curtis
- Post Production Supervisor: Tamara Smith
- First Assistant Director: Douglas Aarniokoski
- Scoring Mixer: Dan Wallin
- Still Photographer: Joyce Rudolph
- Foley Recordist: Dana Porter
- Music Editor: Joshua Winget
- Key Makeup Artist: Ermahn Ospina
- Color Timer: David Orr
- ADR Voice Casting: Barbara Harris
- Sound Editor: Charles Maynes
- Unit Production Manager: Luz María Rojas
- Effects Supervisor: Robert Stromberg
- Makeup Effects Designer: John Bisson
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Tom Gerard
- Set Production Assistant: Jay Beattie
- Sound Editor: Warren Hamilton Jr.
- Boom Operator: Patrushkha Mierzwa
- Sound Editor: Patricio A. Libenson
- Set Designer: Colin De Rouin
- Transportation Coordinator: Derek Raser
- Location Assistant: Douglas Dresser
- Stunt Double: Steve M. Davison
- Construction Coordinator: Brian Markey
- Sound Editor: Greg Hedgepath
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Sergio Reyes
- Visual Effects Producer: Josh R. Jaggars
- Property Master: Caylah Eddleblute
- Digital Supervisor: John ‘D.J.’ Des Jardin
- Location Manager: Robert Earl Craft
- Production Coordinator: Dawn Todd Curfman
- Dialogue Coach: Jon Sperry
- Dialogue Editor: Frank Smathers
- Dolby Consultant: Thom ‘Coach’ Ehle
- Additional Gaffer: Brian Louks
- Foley Editor: Solange S. Schwalbe
- Art Department Coordinator: Abigail Sheiner
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: B. Tennyson Sebastian III
- Assistant Sound Editor: Dana Gustafson
- Sound Effects Editor: William Jacobs
- Script Supervisor: Lou Ann Quast
- Sound Editor: John Pospisil
- Sculptor: Robert Clark
- Second Second Assistant Director: Dieter Busch
- CGI Supervisor: Antoine Durr
- Assistant Art Director: Adam Lustig
- Costume Supervisor: Jacqueline Aronson
- Production Sound Mixer: Mark Ulano
- Set Dresser: Michael Whetstone
- ADR Editor: Beth Bergeron
- Sound Editor: Charles Ewing Smith
- Digital Compositors: Steven J. Scott
- Sound Recordist: Matthew C. Beville
- Driver: Bruce Callahan
- First Assistant Camera: Alan Cohen
- Set Dresser: Jeff Hay
- Second Assistant Director: Brian Bettwy
- Key Grip: Rick Stribling
- Negative Cutter: Mo Henry
- First Assistant Editor: Daniel Fort
- Leadman: Chris Carriveau
- Additional Music: Craig Braginsky
- Camera Loader: David Berryman
- Sound Editor: Allan Bromberg
- Boom Operator: Gloria Cooper
- Tattooist: Gill Montie
- Painter: James C. Beeson
- Painter: Carlos A. Chavez
- Painter: Jennifer Flynn
- Painter: Wendy Jerde
- Painter: Adam Markey
- Painter: Pedro V. Suchite
- Sculptor: Alex Bogartz
- Sculptor: Larry McCauley
- Sculptor: David Shwartz
- Set Dresser: Kenneth Carriveau
- Set Dresser: Paul Dowler
- Set Dresser: Gregg M. Hartman
- Set Dresser: Howard Payne Miller
- Assistant Property Master: Martin Milligan
- Additional Key Grip: Kevin Wadowski
- Security: Nick Roberts
- Studio Teachers: Jan D. Tys
- Camera Intern: Patrick Yackett
- Grip: Young Vance Cohen
- Seamstress: Mary Kay Jensen
- Craft Service: Ken Bondy
- Post Production Assistant: Laura Rush
- Set Medic: Taylor A. Cummings
- Stand In: William Atwell
- Best Boy Electric: Nathan Hathaway
- Electrician: Lennon Bass Jr.
- Gaffer: Eric S. Foster
- Production Accountant: Steev Beeson
- Visual Effects Coordinator: Rochelle Gross
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Diana Dru Botsford
- Stunt Driver: George A. Sack Jr.
- Casting Assistant: Mary Jane Fendler
- Project Manager: Stephen Sobisky
- Best Boy Grip: James Irons
- Dolly Grip: Bob Ivanjack
- Music Consultant: Chuck Kelley
- Creative Director: Peter Sternlicht
- Swing: Michael J. Brady
- ADR Mixer: Steve Heinke
- Apprentice Sound Editor: Thomas Raymond Fabbricante
- Assistant Camera: Gary Anderton
- Second Assistant Camera: Camille Freer
- Wardrobe Intern: Nathan Easterling
- Assistant Editor: Joaquin Gonzalo Avellán
- Art Department Production Assistant: Melissa Hale
- Assistant Accountant: Venus Ventura
- Assistant Production Coordinator: Cathy Ragona
- Key Set Production Assistant: Ben Parker
- Production Assistant: Jack M. Harvey
- Pyrotechnician: David Gallion
Movie Reviews:
- Per Gunnar Jonsson: This movie is directed by Robert Rodriquez and has a screenplay by Quentin Tarantino who also has a role in the film. This is actually one of the first movies by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino that I watched and from then on I pretty much became a fan of them both. So, when it came out on Blu-ray a while ago I had to get it for the collection of course.
When I and my dear wife first watched this movie we did not really know what it was all about. We thought it was just another robbery/criminal story and the first half of the movie it is indeed “just” a robbery/criminal story. It is a fairly violent one at that which should be no surprise given who it is that have their fingers in the movie.
Then half way into the movie everything goes wild when the vampires enter the scene. I remember going “what the f…” when I first saw it since I wasn’t really expecting it to be a vampire movie at all.
The movie is quite a rollercoaster ride which bears all the trademarks, in particular lots of bizarre violence, of the Rodriguez/Tarantino couple. Needless to say this is one of my favourite cult/bizarre movies.
- John Chard: Outrageous!
It was probably the most fun I had at the cinema back in 1996. I absolutely love “From Dusk Till Dawn”, very much one of those films that you either buy into or you don’t. There’s no surprise element with the film, you get everything that director Robert Rodriguez and writer Quentin Tarantino said you would get – a hard buttocked road movie that turns into a raging “B” horror movie gore fest.
The plot, for what’s it’s worth, sees two criminal brothers, Seth (George Clooney) & Richie Gecko (Tarantino) on the lam after Richie breaks Seth out of prison. They are heading for the haven of Mexico with wads of cash garnered from a robbery. After overcoming a couple of fatal (for others) hiccups, the brothers, in need of a vehicle, kidnap faithless minister Jacob (Harvey Keitel), his daughter Kate (Juliette Lewis) and adopted son Scott (Ernest Liu). From here they must make it to a rendezvous point in Mexico – a bar called “The Titty Twister”, where they will exchange cash with a friend of Seth’s and start their new lives as Mexican civilians. Trouble is, is that “The Titty Twister” isn’t no ordinary bar, it’s a vampire stronghold and the Geko’s – and their newly acquired captives, are on the menu. Can they make it till dawn and let the daylight be their saviour?.
Swearing, blood, limbs severed, nudity, violence, sexual references, guns, more violence, more blood, other weapons, lots of teeth, bats, a snake, more violence. On it goes really, yet as Rodriguez and Tarantino start thrusting a blunt blade into your stomach, you really should be feeling them also caressing the funny bones in both your arms. For it’s a key point that “From Dusk Till Dawn” is a damn funny film as well, something that bizarrely many critics have failed to understand. Honestly you can go to various sites and read people saying the characters are shallow, or the plot is preposterous!! Dear me, it staggers the mind. Hey don’t like the film by all means, but failure to understand its genre leanings and homage persuasion is as funny as Cheech Marin is in the movie (one of many awesome “B” cult movie actors in the pic). It’s bonkers and silly as hell, but once a fan of “From Dusk Till Dawn”, you are a fan for life. Well as long as you don’t venture out to “The Titty Twister” yourself of course..
Welcome To Slavery. 9/10