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Kill Bill. Vol. 1 [videorecording] /

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FilmPublisher number: 32210 | Miramax Home EntertainmentLanguage: English, French Summary language: Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish Original language: English Publication details: [United States] : Miramax Home Entertainment ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2004], c2003.Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

ISBN:

078884847X

Other title:

Title on container and disc label: Kill Bill. Volume 1

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Production credits:

Director of photography, Robert Richardson ; art director, Daniel Bradford ; editor, Sally Menke ; original music, The RZA ; costume designers, Kumiko Ogawa, Catherine Marie Thomas ; production designers, Yohei Taneda, David Wasco ; special effects supervisor, Jason Gustafson.

Cast: Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, David Carradine, Sonny Chiba, Chiaki Kuriyama, Gordon Liu, Michael Parks.Summary: Kill Bill Vol. 1 Tarantino's long awaited fourth film is the first installation of an epic vendetta by an unnamed Bride played by Uma Thurman. After emerging from a 4 year coma, Thurman's character compiles a list of assassins responsible for the death of her entire wedding party and the loss of her baby. In Tarantino's typical style, the film is chock full of pop culture references and asides for many martial arts films, B action movies and television series of the 1960's and 70's. Many images call up Bruce Lee and a young Jackie Chan. Tarrantino also pays homage to Sonny Chiba, casting him as a retired master sword craftsman and the man who trained Bill. Known for his fondness of irony, Tarrantino cast David Carradine in the title role of Bill, the ruthless and brutal leader of the Deadly Viper Assassin Squad, a role very unlike the character he is best known for from the Kung Fu series of the 70's; a Shaolin Monk on the lamb. The Kill Bill screenplay was written specifically with Uma Thurman in mind to play the central character. Tarrantino has written other screenplays with strong female lead characters, but only one other has made it to the screen, "True Romance," directed by Tony Scott. The female lead character, Alabama, is both the narrator and central figure of the film. A fan of non-linear progression, Tarrantino enlists this device again, revealing the plot through a series of chapters and flashbacks - not unlike some of his earlier efforts with "Reservoir Dogs" and "Pulp Fiction." Notes: Written and Directed by Quentin Tarrantino. Starring Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica Fox, Daryl Hannah, and David Carradine. Director of photography, Robert Richardson ; art director, Daniel Bradford ; editor, Sally Menke ; original music, The RZA ; costume designers, Kumiko Ogawa, Catherine Marie Thomas ; production designers, Yohei Taneda, David Wasco ; special effects supervisor, Jason Gustafson.Summary: Four years after taking a bullet in the head at her own wedding, the bride emerges from a coma and decides it's time for payback ... with a vengeance. Having been gunned down by her former boss and his deadly squad of international assassins, it's a kill-or-be-killed fight. She didn't start this deadly series of events, but she is determined to finish the business.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD 0254 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		16050091234

DVD release of the 2003 motion picture.

"This motion picture was created by Supercool Manchu, Inc. for purposes of copyright law in the United Kingdom."

Special features include: The making of Kill Bill Vol. 1; bonus musical performance by The 5, 6, 7, 8's; movie trailers.

Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound or DTS 5.1 digital surround sound; anamorphic widescreen format (2.35:1 aspect ratio).

Run time: approx. 111 min.

DVD.

English or French soundtracks; optional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or Spanish subtitles or English subtitles for the hearing-impaired.

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