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Grindhouse: Planet Terror + Death Proof

  • Balboa Theater 3630 Balboa St. San Francisco United States (map)

PLANET TERROR:

DIRECTED BY: ROBERT RODRIGUEZ

A cool and hip grindhouse throwback, Planet Terror is an unpredictable zombie thrillride.

A dangerous government experiment unleashes a gas that turns an entire town into flesh-eating zombies. Now a group of ragtag survivors must make their way to a helicopter to escape this scourge.

DEATH PROOF:

DIRECTED BY: QUENTIN TARANTINO

Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell) is a professional body double who likes to take unsuspecting women for deadly drives in his free time. He has doctored his car for maximum impact; when Mike purposely causes wrecks, the bodies pile up while he walks away with barely a scratch. The insane Mike may be in over his head, though, when he targets a tough group of female friends, including real-life stuntwoman Zoe Bell (who served as Uma Thurman's double in "Kill Bill"), who plays herself.

"With its scratchy print, jerky editing and retro title sequence, Quentin Tarantino's fifth film bends over backwards to establish its Seventies sexploitation-flick credentials." - Anthony Quinn Independent (UK)

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