Planet Terror

Planet Terror (2007)

Timing: 1:45 (105 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2007-04-06

Country

United States

Production

Troublemaker Studios, Dimension Films, Rodriguez International Pictures

Genre

Horror, Action, Thriller

Budget

$23 000 000

Revenue

$11 446 172

Website

http://www.planetterror.senator.de/

Director

Robert Rodriguez

Actors

Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodríguez, Marley Shelton, Josh Brolin, Jeff Fahey, Michael Biehn, Bruce Willis, Rebel Rodriguez, Naveen Andrews, Julio Oscar Mechoso
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Scenario

Producer

Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino, Elizabeth Avellan, Erica Steinberg, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Sandra Condito

Operator

Robert Rodriguez

Composer

Robert Rodriguez

Artist

Audition

Mary Vernieu

Editing

Robert Rodriguez, Sally Menke
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• Some of the music for 'Planet Terror' was borrowed from the films 'Escape from New York' (1981) and 'Blow Out' (1981).
• Michael Parks, who played Sheriff Earl McGraw, also appears in the same role in "Death Proof" (2007), "Kill Bill: Volume 1" (2003), and "From Dusk Till Dawn" (1995).
• Robert Rodriguez wrote the first 30 pages of the script in 1998.
• The name of Freddy Rodriguez's character, El Rey, is a reference to the town the main characters in "From Dusk Till Dawn" (1995) were heading to.
• Soldiers are watching the trailer for "Women in Cages" (1971) starring Pam Grier.
• In one scene of the film, you can spot "Great White Bites" cereal in the background. A box of cereal appears in every Quentin Tarantino film.
• A poster with the inscription "Support Our Troops" can be seen in the hospital.
• Robert Rodriguez's son, Rebel Rodriguez, played Tony Block.
• Prominent scratches and bubbles appeared in the 1970s only at the end of the reel, but not during the film's screening.
• Rose McGowan wanted Ray-Phillip Santos to play El Rey, but the role went to Freddy Rodriguez.
• The working title of the film was "Project Terror".
• Originally, John Carpenter was supposed to compose the music for the film.
• The filmmakers deliberately 'aged' the film to simulate the look of movies shown in grindhouses.
• The role of Dakota was specifically written for Marley Shelton.
• In the scene where Earl McGraw (Michael Parks) feeds his wife, a photograph of Parks on a motorcycle from the television series 'Bronson' (1969) can be seen.
• The international version of the film has a runtime of 105 minutes.
• In the scene where the doctor calls the nurse to sedate the patient, a notepad with the large inscription "Kill Bill" lies on the nurse's table.
• The twin nannies were played by Robert Rodriguez's nieces.
• The character Freddy Rodriguez's nickname, El Rey, is a reference to the city the main characters in the film "From Dusk Till Dawn" (1995) were heading to.
• In the scene where the doctor calls for a nurse to sedate the patient, a notepad with the large inscription "Kill Bill" lies on the nurse's table.