Interesting facts about the film "From Dusk Till Dawn" (16 photos)

Photos from the filming and curious facts about the film "From Dusk Till Dawn, which was directed by Robert Rodriguez and written by Quentin Tarantino.





1. When Santanico Pandemonium says to Seth "Good go to hell", he replies to her "Thank you, I was already married." Given the line was not in the script. This is pure improvisation by George Clooney.



2 Quentin Tarantino Was Originally Going To Direct film, but in the end he decided not to do it in order to focus on the script and his role as Richie Gekko. And the post of director occupied by his friend Robert Rodriguez.



3. Tom Savini, who played the Sex Machine, during the filming of the scenes the battle with vampires really got into the taste, because of which he stopped following for staging punches and really smacked several actors and stuntmen. Even George Clooney suffered.



4. Many vampires participate in the final battle, but on in fact, there were only 6 stuntmen playing the roles of vampires. And all these 6 stuntmen appeared in different places, portraying different vampires. Well, to create the effect of quantity, mannequins were also involved.

5. Quentin Tarantino originally wrote in the script that all the main characters will survive, namely the Fuller family and the Gekko brothers. But in In the end, he changed his mind and decided that it would be much more interesting if, among the main characters will also be victims. Therefore, he decided to leave one alive of the Gekko brothers and one of the Fuller family.



6. Salma Hayek was scared to death of snakes, but didn't want to miss the chance to star in a movie as Santanico Pandemonium. That's why, she visited a psychotherapist for two months. A big push for this was a joke of Quentin Tarantino, who said that if she did not agrees to this role, then this role will go to Madonna. Salma was very it's nice that she can move Madonna herself.

7. The whip used by the Sex Machine is a reference to the cult game "Castlevania", where the main character also wielded a whip, which even has its own name - Vampire Killer.



8. Today, the film "From Dusk Till Dawn" is considered cult, but at the time of release it failed at the box office, collecting only 26 million dollars with a budget of 19 million.



9. Tim Roth was asked to play Pete store at the beginning of the film), but he could not due to employment in other projects. For the same reason, Steve Buscemi did not play this role either.

10 Danny Trejo Played The Bartender Nicknamed "Charlie" Razor". He became the only actor who played in all three parts and even in the 2014 series.



By the way, Trejo starred in many Rodriguez films. AND quite often he got nicknames in honor of edged weapons. Razor Charlie, Machete, Navajas in "Desperate" (Navajas - "knife" in Spanish).



11. Salma Hayek's dance was pure improvisation by the actress, so how to do a staged dance with a snake was almost impossible.



12. As we have already noted, in 2014 the series "From Sunset until dawn", which practically repeats the plot of the film, but made it more extended. The director of the first series, by the way, was also Robert Rodriguez.



13. The film "From Dusk Till Dawn" was the first work Quentin Tarantino as writer for a side project. Before At this point, he wrote scripts only for his films.



14. The film "From Dusk Till Dawn" could be the second feature film from the "Tales from the Crypt" series, but in the end the producers decided to include in this cycle another film about vampires - "Bloody brothel".



15. Tarantino decided to remove from the film the scene where the stomach of one from vampires turned into a huge mouth. He counted her too much caricature.

16. Seth Gekko brought Big Kahuna burgers to the motel. This a reference to Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, where Jules ate these fictional burgers.

17. Tom Savini, who played Sex Machine, is not just an actor, but a professional special effects artist who has worked on such films like Friday the 13th, Dawn of the Dead (1978), Kaleidoscope horror", "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", "Red Scorpion", etc.



By the way, Tom played not only in the original film, but also appeared in the third season of the series "From Dusk Till Dawn", where he played vampire hunter named Bert.



18. Actor Cheech Marin played three roles in the film - the border guard, who was inspecting the motor home, touted to the club, and also the bandit Carlos at the end of the film.