Grindhouse - A prova di morte

Titolo originale: Death Proof
Regia: Quentin Tarantino |
Anno: 2007
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Azione Thriller
Tag: sports car | sadism | psychopath | disc jockey | ladykiller | exploitation | gore | stunt | female friendship | women's prison | stalker | stuntman | grindhouse | beaten to death | slasher | sadist | cynical | killer car | macabre | duringcreditsstinger | angry | aggressive | domineering | frantic | malicious | mischievous | bloody | april march | hilarious | intense | sinister | apathetic | audacious | cruel | enraged | harsh | mean spirited | powerful |
Cast: Kurt Russell | Zoë Bell | Rosario Dawson | Vanessa Ferlito | Sydney Tamiia Poitier | Tracie Thoms | Rose McGowan | Jordan Ladd | Mary Elizabeth Winstead | Quentin Tarantino | Marcy Harriell | Eli Roth | Omar Doom | Michael Bacall | Monica Staggs | Jonathan Loughran | Marta Mendoza | Tim Murphy | Melissa Arcaro | Michael Parks | James Parks | Marley Shelton | Nicky Katt | Electra Avellan | Elise Avellan | Helen Kim | Tina Rodriguez | Kelley Robins Hicks | Eurlyne Epper | Jamie L. Dunno | Chris King | April March | Julitta Pourciau | Amanda Rivas | Gary Teague | Tommy Nix |

Tre ragazze Jungle Julia, Shanna e Arlene, tutte molto carine, si divertono a passare le serate tra due locali di Austin, Texas, il "Guero's" e il "Texas Chili Parlor", dove attirano gli sguardi indiscreti degli avventori. Tra i tanti camionisti e motociclisti presenti al locale c'è Stuntman Mike un killer misogino schizofrenico che si diverte a uccidere le ragazze a bordo di una truccatissima vettura. Una sera, Mike prende di mira le tre amiche e, a loro insaputa, le seduce per poi condurle verso la sua arma, posteggiata vicino il Guero's...

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Quentin Tarantino named the character "Jungle Julia Lucai" after his personal assistant, Victoria Lu [...] D
In an interview, Quentin Tarantino said that the version of "Down in Mexico" heard in 'Death Proof' [...] D
Tarantino came up with the idea of "Death Proof" when he was having a drunken hotel night with frien [...] D
The 1970 Dodge Challenger driven by the girls has door frames. The original did not have door frames [...] D
According to Zoë Bell, when her friend Quentin Tarantino told her she would be starring in the mo [...] D
Zoë Bell does all her own stunts. D
At one point, Pam (Rose McGowan) calls the other girls "double-fucks." This came from an incident on [...] D
In the extended version, there is a scene where Stuntman Mike fondles Abernathy's feet while she is [...] D
Kanan Hooker (Buddy Joe Hooker's son) and production assistant for Hoonigan TV still owns one of the [...] D
The original name for this film, which pops up for only a few frames, is "Quentin Tarantino's Thunde [...] D
According to director Quentin Tarantino, Rosario Dawson enjoyed the car scenes in the Challenger so [...] D
In the car scene with Abernathy, Kim, Lee, and Zoë, the girls are discussing men they have had re [...] D
The first Quentin Tarantino-directed film not to be produced by Lawrence Bender. D
Quentin Tarantino: [bare feet] opening credits, Jungle Julia is constantly wearing no shoes and Aber [...] D
Australian actor John Jarratt was nearly selected to play Stuntman Mike until Quentin Tarantino deci [...] D
When Kurt Russell's Stuntman Mike looks into the camera with a smile before getting into his Chevy N [...] D
Based on the two-disc Special Edition D.V.D., from the time the girls' Challenger initially takes of [...] D
The hospital that the sheriff and his son talk in is the same hospital that is in planet terror, the [...] D
According to Tarantino Universe aficionados, this is the third appearance of "Jungle" Julia, The fir [...] D
In the second segment of Grindhouse - A prova di morte (2007), the yellow car with the black stripes [...] D
Tracie Thoms and Rosario Dawson had also appeared together in Rent. D
Kurt Russell offered high praise to Rosario Dawson's character of Abernathy, saying as a pure passen [...] D
Michael Parks, Marley Shelton, Elise Avellan, Electra Avellan, Rose McGowan and Quentin Tarantino ar [...] D
The drive-in theater advertisement sign that Stuntman Mike crashes into during the final car chase s [...] D
When Kim, Zoë and Abby are in the Challenger, ready to go on their "test drive", they pull up by [...] D
Tracie Thomas plays Etta Candy in the failed NBC pilot Wonder Woman and Zoe Bell played herself in D [...] D
In 2018, the site AllHorror.com ranked Vanessa Ferlito's clothed lap dance on Kurt Russell as #3 on [...] D
The yellow Mustang from the second segment is labeled "Lil' Pussy Wagon", a reference to the Pussy W [...] D
In Mexico, this film was exhibited in its original unrated version in cinemas. D
Quentin Tarantino: [Red Apple] One of the characters asks for 'Red Apple' cigarettes, a fictional br [...] D
The jukebox (named AMi, pronounced "Amy") is the same one as in the opening diner scene of Assassini [...] D
Stars Jordan Ladd, whose mother, Cheryl Ladd, starred in Charlie's Angels with Shelly Hack. Hack als [...] D
In one of the film's main posters, the car is depicted without its rubber duck hood ornament. D
Tarantino first attempted to re-team with his Pulp Fiction star John Travolta for the project, but h [...] D
Quentin Tarantino: [burger] Stuntman Mike asks Jungle Julia about having a billboard "near Big Kahun [...] D
Kurt Russel didn't require lessons or training to drive the car in this movie, he had already perfec [...] D
Quentin Tarantino: [trunk shot] Tarantino's traditional shot looking up at the actors from the trunk [...] D
The opening production company logo used is from Dimension Pictures which was a theatrical distribut [...] D
After Zoë Bell was cast, Quentin Tarantino told Bell that he would hire a second stunt person to [...] D
The 1967 Chevy Camaro on the poster and DVD covers is likely a reference to "Vanishing Point (1971) [...] D
Quentin Tarantino admitted later in an interview that he believed he "over-tweaked" Grindhouse - A p [...] D
The posters and D.V.D. cover feature a 1967 Chevrolet Camaro, though this car never actually appears [...] D
Stuntman Mike is sitting in his parked car while watching the girls. Home Slice Pizza can be seen ou [...] D
The Circle A convenience store is the same fictional chain used in "SubUrbia" from Tarantino's frien [...] D
Originally the first crash in the film was to take place on an overpass, and after the cars hit they [...] D
A scene was cut showing Stuntman Mike masturbating in his flipped-over car after the first car crash [...] D
WILHELM SCREAM: Heard right after the car runs over Arlene's face. D
A conversation takes place among Abby, Zoë, Kim and Lee in which it's revealed that Abby's last b [...] D
This was Quentin Tarantino's first film since Le iene (1992) to not be at least nominated for any ma [...] D
Tarantino told Collider: "Death Proof has got to be the worst movie I ever made. And for a left-hand [...] D
The poster of Brigitte Bardot in Jungle Julia's house above the sofa was made especially for the mov [...] D
The film was physically scratched to achieve its dirty look, rather than digitally scratch the film [...] D
This is the 2nd film that both Kurt Russell and Mary Elizabeth Winstead appeared in. They were also [...] D
During the closing credits are random shots of beautiful women (from what looks like vintage films o [...] D
As Arlene is scrolling through the selections in the jukebox, one of the selections is "Miserlou" by [...] D
In a 2012 directors round-table conducted by The Hollywood Reporter, Quentin Tarantino said "'Death [...] D
The song playing while Jungle Julia texts a mystery character is the theme song from the movie Blow [...] D
Quentin Tarantino considered John Travolta, Willem Dafoe, John Malkovich, Mickey Rourke, Ron Perlman [...] D
The only Quentin Tarantino movie that takes place completely in chronological order and without flas [...] D
At one point, Sheriff McGraw refers to Stuntman Mike as "Frankenstein." This may have been a referen [...] D
Kurt Russell can be seen eating in the background through the diner scene in the film's second half. D
When Warren is talking to some girls and Pam asks him in what shows Stuntman Mike appeared in, he me [...] D
Quentin was so intrigued by Marcy Harriell's "southern boy" characterization during her audition, th [...] D
Mickey Rourke, Sylvester Stallone, Ving Rhames, Kurt Russell, and Australian actor John Jarratt were [...] D
During the first crash, the four girls are listening to Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich. In 196 [...] D
The director 'Cecil Evans' mentioned by Rosario Dawson in the car refers to Cecil D. Evans, transpor [...] D
At the beginning, Vanessa Ferlito's character is drinking from a soda cup. The restaurant on the cup [...] D
The juke-box (named AMi, pronounced "Amy"), is Quentin Tarantino's own. It was trucked to Austin to [...] D
When Abernathy gets a phone call before buying a magazine in the convenience store, her briefly hear [...] D
In 2021 Quentin Tarantino revealed during a podcast with Joe Rogan that he had his heart set on Mick [...] D
Jack Burton's tank top (white tank top with a Japanese Rising Sun and a Samurai) from Grosso guaio a [...] D
The rubber duck on the front of Stuntman Mike's cars are an homage to the rubber duck on the front o [...] D
When Abernathy is talking to her friends in the Mustang, she relates that she let the film director [...] D
The license plate on Stuntman Mike's '69 Dodge Charger is the same as the '69 Dodge Charger in Zozza [...] D
The Crazy Babysitter Twins from Planet Terror (2007) are featured prominently in the shot introducin [...] D
There was originally to be a scene near the beginning where Jungle Julia and her friends hang out in [...] D
The front plate on Stuntman Mike's '70 Nova has the same characters as the 68 Fastback Mustang drive [...] D
The Chevy Nova has the same license plate of 1967 Mustang from Bullitt. D
In the end credits under special thanks "AMI the jukebox" is the first listed. D
"The poem that Jungle Julia has her listeners recite to Butterfly is an excerpt of the poem "Stoppin [...] D
Quentin Tarantino: [Long Take] In the scene in the second half of the film where the four women are [...] D
Pam's hair, make-up and clothing were designed to contrast heavily with Rose McGowan's appearance as [...] D
Jasper's location is also used as The Bone Shack in "Planet Terror". D
At Warren's bar, there is a sign that says "CASH ONLY" with the famous photo of Johnny Cash giving t [...] D
Chosen by "Les Cahiers du cinéma" (France) as one of the 10 best pictures of 2007 (#02, tied with [...] D
The cops in the hospital after Stuntman Mike crashes his car for the first time are the cops in Kill [...] D