![]() Long before he named his network “El Rey, ” Robert Rodriguez has been using this name in a number of projects including From Dusk Till Dawn as the destination the Gecko Brothers are hoping to arrive at. He also starred in the original “The Inglorious Bastards, ” the title for which Tarantino would use for his own 2009 film. Williamson plays Frost in the film, and is most noted for his roles in Blaxploitation cinema including Black Caeser and Hammer, among others. Fred WilliamsonĪnother cult actor that appears in the film is former Oakland Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs football player Fred Williamson. Salma Hayek’s character in the film is given the name Satanico Pandemonium, a reference to a Mexican horror film a “nunsploitation ” film from 1975. The song was remade by Rodriguez’s band Chingon for the TV series. The house band for the Titty Twister bar is Tito & Tarantula, friends of director Robert Rodriguez who contributed three songs to the film’s soundtrack. Sex machine is played by Jake Busey in the series Greg NicoteroĪ character that Savini’s Sex Machine steals a beer from is played by none other than effects titan Greg Nicotero, current executive producer on “The Walking Dead. One of the many appearances by industry legends in the film is Tom Savini as Sex Machine, a doubly whammy of a reference as his codpiece revolver also made a brief appearance in Desperado the year before. ![]() The many faces of Cheech MarinĪ frequent collaborator of Robert Rodriguez’s, comedian Cheech Marin appears in three different roles in the film, as Border Guard, the barker Chet outside the club, and the gangster Carlos. Let’s get rambling is also the name of the 4th episode of Season 1. “Lets get ramblin’ ”Ī line of dialogue that Clooney has before the Gecko Brothers and the Fullers leave for Mexico echoes a similar line that Joe Cabot says in Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs. The Carpenter ConnectionĮrnest Liu’s character Scott Fuller wears a shirt that reads “Precinct 13, ” a reference to the John Carpenter film Assault on Precinct 13. It also appears in the television series. Big Kahuna BurgerĪnother Tarantino trademark, the Hawaiian burger restaurant chain that debuted in Pulp Fiction makes another appearance in From Dusk Till Dawn. In her brief appearance, Preston’s character interviews FBI Agent Stanley Chase as played by Enter the Dragon and A Nightmare on Elm Street actor John Saxon. One of the many cameos in the film comes in the form of Newscaster Kelly Houge as played by Kelly Preston, wife of Pulp Fiction star John Travolta. The year before From Dusk Till Dawn, Lewis starred alongside Woody Harrelson in Natural Born Killers, which was originally scripted by Tarantino. He would go on to provide a voice in Tarantino’s war film Inglorious Basterds. One of Tarantino’s longtime collaborators, Keitel appeared in Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction before From Dusk Till Dawn. Though the movie isn’t directed by Tarantino, it does feature one of his trademark “Trunk shots, ” as seen in Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, and others. Navarro also previously worked as the director of photography on Guillermo del Toro’s 1993 vampire film Cronos. The film’s Director of Photography, Guillermo Navarro, previously worked with Rodriguez on Desperado and his segment of Four Rooms and would go on to shoot Tarantino’s 1997 film Jackie Brown. ![]() One of Clooney’s first lines of dialogue in the film is when he tells the other characters in the liquor store to “be cool, ” a line repeated more than once in Tarantino’s 1994 film Pulp Fiction. He’s played by former “Miami Vice ” star Don Johnson in the TV series. Though he only makes it a few minutes into the film before taking a bullet to the head, Parks has made multiple appearances as the character, including in Kill Bill, Planet Terror, and Death Proof. The first character that appears on screen in the film is none other than Michael Parks as Earl McGraw. Now that the film has transitioned into a TV series on Rodriguez’s own El Rey Network, we want to uncover the past of the franchise, it’s connection to other films, and the forgotten corners that it went to. From Dusk Till Dawn is not only a love letter by Rodriguez and Tarantino to vampire films from across cinema, but it’s filled to the brim with references to their own previous works and it didn’t end with the 1996 film.
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