Conference bookie::movies

    
    Yea, George Clooney is in it too. They play vampires I think
    looks good!
    
    
    
    Bob
    
    

    I believe they play two hoodlums who find themselves stuck in a place 
    full of vampires, as opposed to being vampires themselves.  
    
    
    kim

    
    I saw a small piece about this movie the other day.The story is kinda
    like..
    
    Quentin and George are two bank robbing bothers.They stop in a nightclub
    while on the run which is full of regular people and vampires.Its a 
    fight to stay human.
    
    
    
    						Ian

    
    	"Dusk to Dawn" is the name of the nightclub, and those are the
    	hours of operation of same.
    

    
    Well, it's not the name of the club, only the opening hours.  This is
    worth matinee price if you want to see what Quentin Tarantino was
    writing on his way to Resevoir Dogs and if Robert Rodriguez can direct
    anything besides films about Mexicans with weird firearms.  The jury is
    still out on the latter.  Anyone who agrees with Bob Dole on the state
    of American cinema ought to give this a miss, because it is violent,
    gory, and vulgar as all get out.
    
    Two stars out of five.  Let's hope this doesn't torpedo Clooney's movie
    career.
    
    DFW

    For those considering wasting 7 dollars on this movie - dont.  I went
    to see this movie over the weekend and we ended up in this movie
    because the others were sold out.  The first part of the movie was 
    not too bad, kind of a thriller.  When they get to the bar scene 
    were the vampires were the movie was awful.
    
    If you like body parts flying around, fake guts everywhere you will like
    this movie.  We left before the movie ended and I have never walked
    out on a movie before....

    i just wrote a note saying that i thought this movie was dull right up
    until they got to the 'bar'..and then i deleted is as i noticed that i
    forgot to put a spoiler in...something the previous noter didn't do....
    the gist of it was that not all movies are war and peace...and this movie 
    is full of gore etc..but the special effects are very good and you might 
    enjoy this movie if you're into, tarantino type films....and alot of 
    tongue in cheek humor................sometimes you just have to let art
    'flow' over you.........;"))))........./k...

    
    Tarantino
    
    gore
    
    guns
    
    vampires
    
    George Clooney
    
    crappy humour....!
    
    
    
    I loved it! 8)
    
    					Ian

I'll be seeing this movie this weekend (I hope) and I'm pretty sure I'm
going to like it!  :')

Especially judging from the last reply!

Ken

    Yep, I liked it!
    
    Note:  may contain a spoiler or two...
    
    
    Definately not a movie for everyone though.  If you gross out easily,
    or are opposed to violent movies, don't see it.
    
    
    
    >    Tarantino
    >
    >    gore
    >
    >    guns
    >
    >    vampires
    >
    >    George Clooney
    >
    >    crappy humour....!
    
    You forgot:  Cheech Marin... in 3 different roles!
    And I'd also add Juliet Lewis.  She may act the same in all her roles,
    but she's fitting somehow.  She even changed in this one, from
    innocent "cape fear" like character to crossbow weilding vamipire
    killer a la Natural Born Killers.
    
    George Clooney was great in this.  I don't think I've ever seen him in
    anything else, so I don't know what to compare him to, but he played
    his character perfectly.  On the other hand, I'm beginning to think
    Quentin Tarantino isn't a very good actor.  But he writes/directs great
    movies!
    
    > Well, it's not the name of the club, only the opening hours.  This is
    
    Yeah, Shawn you won't forget the name of the club when you see it.  :')
    
    > worth matinee price if you want to see what Quentin Tarantino was
    > writing on his way to Resevoir Dogs
    
    Why?  Was this written before Reservior Dogs?
    
    
    > and if Robert Rodriguez can direct
    >    anything besides films about Mexicans with weird firearms.
    
    Funny you mention that.  There *was* a weird firearm in it.  There was
    what looked like a sawed off shotgun, with this loop of metal in place
    of the uh... part underneath the barrel, that you use to cock it.
    (whatever it's called).  A piece of wood was stuck through it
    horizontally so that it formed a cross that could be used to shoot with
    if leveled at a target.  
    
    > If you like body parts flying around, fake guts everywhere you will
    > like this movie.  
    
    Fake exploding guts...  and lets hope they were fake!  :')
    
    They kinda did overdo it a little at one point, but hey, it's a movie!
    Kind of like cinematic masturbation I think, for Quentin Tarantino.
    
    Ken
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    I saw this film the other day and i loved  it.
    
    George Clooney was brilliant, it's his first film since being in ER and
    filmed it whilst also filming ER. I understand in one scene when he is
    looking at Tarantino's bloodied hand, he was looking at it the way Dr
    Ross would and so they had to refilm it with him not looking so worried
    about it.
    
    re -1
    	I don't think Tarantino can act,he always seems a bit stiff,
    although his performance in From Dusk Til Dawn is his best to date.
    
    He writes a mean script.I was good the way it went from a standard
    Tarantino script (swearing/shooting kinda thing) into a tarantino
    vampire script (the same as before w/ vampires included).
    
    I love Rodriguez films. Talking about wierd guns. The cod piece mini
    cannon thingy, isn't that in Desperado?
    
    Good old Harvey Kietal was excellent as Jacob, the minister who had
    lost faith.
    
    Easily an 8 bordering on a 9
     

    
    Apparently, George Clooney was juggling filming schedules between this
    and ER and learning the scripts for his next part in the car between
    sets (I assume he slept somewhere in there too) so he was quite often
    slipping into his Ross character when on the set of "dusk" and this set
    back filming a bit.
    
    I loved the codpiece cannon and the introduction scene:
    
    "what's your name?"
    
    "Kate.  what's yours?"
    
    "sex machine.  Pleased to meet you"
    
    
    
    
    I.

    BTW, the guy wearing the codpiece cannon is Tom Savini.  He did the
    makeup for Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, as well as a bunch of other
    horror films.
    
    Just useless trivia....
    
    Ken
    

    
    Tom is *the* horror make-up guy!His movie list is endless.....
    
    
    
    ...I'm sure Shawn will find it(hint,hint) 8)
    
    
    						ian

    He also did a lot of the special effects at Spooky World in Berlin,
    Massachusetts.
    
    
    even more trivia....
    
    E

    
    	Tom Savini was in on the 1st "Friday the 13th" make-up effects,
    	as well as starring and doing make-up in/for "Creepshow" [he
    	was 1 of the garbage collectors].
    

                                 Tom Savini

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The IMDb has filmographies for Tom Savini in the following categories:
     Miscellaneous crew Actor Director

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Miscellaneous crew filmography

  1. Mr. Stitch (1995) (TV) (makeup design and effects)
  2. Trauma (1993) (make-up)
  3. Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh (1991) (special make-up effects)
  4. Two Evil Eyes (1990) (make-up)

  5. Monkey Shines: An Experiment in Fear (1988) (special make-up effects)
     ... aka Ella (1988)
     ... aka Monkey Shines (1988)
  6. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, The (1986) (make-up)
  7. Day of the Dead (1985) (special make-up efx)
  8. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) (make-up)
  9. Maria's Lovers (1984) (special effects make-up)
 10. Creepshow (1982) (make-up special effects)
 11. Burning, The (1981) (special make-up effects)
 12. Prowler, The (1981) (special make-up and effects)
     ... aka Rosemary's Killer (1981)
 13. Friday the 13th (1980) (make-up)
 14. Maniac (1980) (make-up)

 15. Dawn of the Dead (1979) (make-up & cosmetic special effects)(stunts)
 16. Martin (1978) (make-up)(special effects)
 17. Deranged (1974) (make-up)
 18. Deathdream (1972) (special effects)(make-up)
     ... aka Dead of Night (1972)
     ... aka Night Andy Came Home, The (1972)

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Actor filmography

  1. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) .... Sex Machine
  2. Mr. Stitch (1995) (TV) .... Chemical/Weapons Engineer
  3. Innocent Blood (1992) .... News Photographer
     ... aka French Vampire in America, A (1992)

  4. Creepshow 2 (1987) .... The Creep
  5. Ripper, The (1985) .... The spirit of Jack the Ripper
  6. Creepshow (1982) .... Garbage Man #2
  7. Knightriders (1981) .... Morgan
  8. Maniac (1980) .... Disco Boy

  9. Dawn of the Dead (1979) .... Motorcycle Raider
 10. Martin (1978) .... Arthur

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Director filmography

  1. Night of the Living Dead (1990)

    
    I'd love to know who gets the job of mangling these movie titles.  As
    I've quoted before in this conference, they must spend hours coming up
    with a title so lame, only the most brain-dead would go to see the
    movie.  I mean really, "Innocent blood" becomes "A french vampire in
    America"???  that's the most pathetic title adaptation I've seen this
    month!
    
    
    I.

What's wrong with "From Dusk Till Dawn"?  I thought that was a pretty good
movie title.

    RE: (.19 film titles)
    
    I believe the previous noter was referring to the title change of
    "Innocent Blood" to "A French Vampire in America" rather than anything
    to do with "From Dusk till Dawn".
    
    Let's not pursue the title-change rathole here.
    
    Thanks,
    
    - Dave with his moderator hat on 

> Let's not pursue the title-change rathole here.

	And FWIW for those interested the official topic for that rathole is:

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