From Dusk Till Dawn

"One night is all that stands between them and freedom. But it's going to be one hell of a night."

1996 1h 48m EN

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7.1

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7.2

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★7.1TMDB · 6,744🍅65%Rotten Tomatoes●48Metacritic★7.2IMDB · 367,371

HorrorActionCrime

Synopsis

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After kidnapping a father and his two kids, the Gecko brothers head south to a seedy Mexican bar to hide out in safety, unaware of its notorious clientele.

“One night is all that stands between them and freedom. But it's going to be one hell of a night.”

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Cast

George Clooney
Seth Gecko
Quentin Tarantino
Richard Gecko
Harvey Keitel
Jacob Fuller
Juliette Lewis
Kate Fuller
Ernest Liu
Scott Fuller
Salma Hayek Pinault
Santanico Pandemonium
Cheech Marin
Border Guard / Chet Pussy / Carlos
Danny Trejo
Razor Charlie

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Robert Rodriguez
Writers: Quentin Tarantino, Robert Kurtzman
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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30 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "From Dusk Till Dawn Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

CAST

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238+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Robert Rodriguez, shot by Guillermo Navarro. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Graeme Revell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Robert Rodriguez shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino and Harvey Keitel carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Robert Rodriguez directs. Guillermo Navarro behind the camera. Graeme Revell scores. Robert Rodriguez cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

Trivia

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130 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
3Part of the "From Dusk Till Dawn Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4238+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by Robert Rodriguez, shot by Guillermo Navarro. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Graeme Revell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Robert Rodriguez shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino and Harvey Keitel carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "One night is all that stands between them and freedom. But it's going to be one hell of a night.".
10IMDB entry: tt0116367 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 23 themes, including "dancing", "showdown", "sheriff", "sibling relationship".
12Released under 37 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Guillermo Navarro
Original score: Graeme Revell
Editing: Robert Rodriguez
Production design: Cecilia Montiel
Costume design: Graciela Mazón
Makeup / hair: John Bisson
VFX supervisor: Diana Dru Botsford
Sound: Tom Gerard
Stunt coordinator: Steve M. Davison
Runtime: 108 min · 1h 48m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $19,000,000
Box office: $25,800,000
Return: 136% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes: 65% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 48/100
IMDB rating: 7.2/10 · 367,371 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

7 wins & 13 nominations total

Part of

From Dusk Till Dawn Collection

From Dusk till Dawn is a 1996 American black comedy horror crime film directed by Robert Rodriguez and written by Quentin Tarantino. It stars George Clooney, Tarantino, Harvey Keitel and Juliette Lewis. After enjoying modest success at the box office, it has since become a cult film. It was followed by two direct-to-video prequels, From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money and From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter. They were both received poorly by critics. Danny Trejo is the only actor to appear in all three, although Michael Parks appears in both From Dusk till Dawn and The Hangman's Daughter. Rodriguez, Tarantino and Lawrence Bender served as producers on all three movies.

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Dark Jedi2012-11-25
★ 10/10
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 Chard2020-10-30
★ 9/10
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
CinemaSerf2022-11-09
★ 6/10
So "Seth" (George Clooney) and his nasty brother "Richard" (Quentin Tarantino) leave a trail of death and mayhem as they head to the safety of Mexico after robbing a bank then trashing a convenience store and a motel! Close to the border, they abduct a pastor "Jacob" (Harvey Keitel) and his family and use them to slip un-noticed across the border before heading to a lively brothel "Titty Twister". Once there, and suitably tanked up with booze, they discover that there is something distinctly fishy (and it's not just with the stockings) as darkness descends and the clientele, well let's just say they get hungry... What now ensues is a bloodbath worth of any Hammer film - and frankly, it's of about the same standard. Tarantino may well be formidable behind the camera, but in from of it he is hopeless. Clooney fares a little better but it's really only Keitel who manages to keep this increasingly farcical film moving along for what seems like an age. I found what passed for humour to be pretty vulgar and tawdry and to be honest, I was rather bored with the relentlessness and repetition of the whole thing one we had got past the obligatory violent stages of the plot development. Was it supposed to be a comedy? You tell me - but either way, I won't bother watching it again.