Kill Bill Vol.1 [2003]

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2002 - 2003
Running Times: 94 mins
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound: Dolby Digital/DTS/SDDS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Miramax Films / A Band Apart / Super Cool ManChu
Copyright: © 2003 Supercool Manchu, Inc
Created by: Supercool Manchu, Inc.
Executive Producers: Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein, Erica Steinberg, E. Bennett Walsh
Produced by: Lawrence Bender
Associate Producers: Dede Nickerson, Koko Maeda
Production Supervisor: Mexico: Ricardo Del Río
Production Manager: Cornelia Ryan
Unit Production Manager [Mexico]: Arturo Del Rio
Production Coordinators: Cynthia Graves, Jennifer Stephens
Assistant Production Coordinator: Rachael Lin Gallaghan

SCRIPT
Written by: Quentin Tarantino
Based on the character of "The Bride," created by Q & U

DIRECTION
The 4th film by Quentin Tarantino (opening titles) Directed by: Quentin Tarantino (closing title)
Assistant Director: William Paul Clark
2nd Assistant Director: Dawn Massaro
2nd Assistant Director [Mexico]: Marco Polo Constandse
2nd 2nd Assistant Director: Heather I. Denton

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Robert Richardson
Steadicam Operator: Larry McConkey
Key 1st Assistant Camera: Gregor Tavenner
Assistant Camera: Geraldine Brezca
Gaffer: Ian Kincaid
Rigging Gaffer: John R. Manocchia
Dimmer Board Operator: Simone Perusse
Electricians: Cindy Lagerstrom, Khan Griffith, Kim Kono
Rigging Electrician: Richard Ralston
Best Boy Electric: Mark Hadland
Grips: John Seravic, W. Ted Mayer
Rigging Key Grip: Dhamarata Dhiensuwana
Rigging Grips: Carlos Escobar, Eric Leach
Rigging Best Boy Grip: Jerry L. Marshall
Stills: Andrew Cooper
Video Assist Operator: Glenn Cannon
Produced and distributed on Kodak Film
Color by Technicolor
Prints by DeLuxe

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Sally Menke
Assistant Editor: Peggy Eghbalian
Editorial Assistant: Katie Flint

MUSIC
Original Music: The RZA
Additional Music: Ennio Morricone; Luis Bacalov [from Il grande duello (1972)]; Charles Bernstein [from White Lightning (1973)]; Bernard Herrmann [from Twisted Nerve (1968)]; Al Hirt [from The Green Hornet (1966 - 1967); Quincy Jones [from Ironside (1967 - 1975)]
Music Consultant: Mary Ramos

SONGS AND ADDITIONAL MUSIC
"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)"
Written by Sonny Bono
Performed by Nancy Sinatra
Courtesy of Boots Enterprises, Inc.
By Arrangement with Celebrity Licensing

"Ironside"
Written by Quincy D. Jones
Performed by Quincy Jones
Courtesy of A&M Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

"That Certain Female"
Written by Charlie Feathers
Performed by Charlie Feathers
Courtesy of Rockin' Ronny Weiser, Rollin' Rock Records, Las Vegas

"Seven Notes in Black"
Written by Franco Bixio, Fabio Frizzi & Vince Tempera
Performed by Vince Tempera & Orchestra
Courtesy of Bixio Music c/o IDM Music Ltd.-NYC

"Il Grande Duello / The Grand Duel M10"
Written by Luis Bacalov
Performed by Luis Bacalov
Courtesy of EMI General Music Srl

"Il Grande Duello / The Grand Duel - (Parte Prima)"
Written by Luis Bacalov
Performed by Luis Bacalov
Courtesy of EMI General Music Srl

"Run Fay Run"
Written by Isaac Hayes
Performed by Isaac Hayes
Courtesy of Stax Records / Fantasy, Inc.

"The Lonely Shepherd"
Written by James Last
Performed by Zamfir
Courtesy of Decca Music Group Limited
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

"Urami-Bushi"
Written by Shunya Ito and Shun-suke Kikuchi
Performed by Meiko Kaji
Courtesy of Toei Music Publishing Co., Ltd.

"Battle Without Honor or Humanity"
aka "Theme for Shin Jingi Naki Tatakai"
Written by Tomoyasu Hotei
Performed by Tomoyasu Hotei
Courtesy of IRc2 Corporation and Toshiba-EMI Ltd.
© 2000 by IRc2 Corporation
administered by EMI Music Publishing

"I'm Blue"
Written by Ike Turner
Performed by The 5.6.7.8's

"Death Rides a Horse"
Written by Ennio Morricone
Performed by Ennio Morricone
Courtesy of BMG Ricordi S.P.A.
Under license from BMG Film and Television Music

"Champions of Death"
Written by Shunsuke Kikuchi
Courtesy of Toei Music Publishing Co., Ltd.

"Police Check Point"
Written by Harry Betts
Performed by Harry Betts
Courtesy of Metro Goldwyn Mayer Music, Inc.

"Nobody But Me"
Written by Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley and O'Kelly Isley
Performed by The Human Beinz
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from EMI Film and Television Music

"Flower of Carnage (Shura No Hana)"
Written by Kazuo Koike, Masaaki Hirao, Koji Ryuzaki
Performed by Meiko Kaji
Courtesy of Teichiku Entertainment, Inc.

"Music Box Dancer"
Written by Frank Mills

"Armundo"
Written by David Allen Young
Performed by David Allen Young

"Twisted Nerve"
Written by Bernard Herrmann
Performed by Bernard Herrmann
Courtesy of Canal + Image UK, Ltd.

"Truck Turner"
Written by Isaac Hayes
Performed by Isaac Hayes
Courtesy of Stax Records / Fantasy, Inc.

"Il Grande Duello / The Grand Duel, A (Mix II)"
Written by Luis Bacalov
Performed by Luis Bacalov
Courtesy of EMI General Music Srl

"I lunghi gioni della vendetta / The Long Day of Vengeance"
Written by Armando Trovajoli
Performed by Armando Trovajoli
Courtesy of EMI General Music Srl

"Wound That Heals"
Written by Takeshi Kobayashi
Performed by Lily Chou-Chou
Courtesy of Oorong-Sha Co., Ltd.

"Green Hornet"
Written by Billy May
Performed by Al Hirt
Courtesy of The RCA Records Label, a unit of BMG
Under license from BMG Film and Television Music

"I Walk Like Jayne Mansfield"
Written by The 5.6.7.8's
Performed by The 5.6.7.8's

"Woo Hoo"
Written by George Donald McGraw
Performed by The 5.6.7.8's
Courtesy of Time Bomb Records, Japan; Sympathy for the Record Industry, U.S.

"I giorni dell'ira"
Written by Riziere Ortolani
Performed by Riz Ortolani
Courtesy of BMG Ricordi, S.P.A., Rome
Under license from BMG Film and Television Music

"Super 16"
Written by Klaus Dinger, Michael Rother
Performed by NEU!
Courtesy of Grönland Records / Astralwerks
Under license from EMI Film and Television Music

"White Lightning"
Written by Charles Bernstein
Performed by Charles Bernstein
Courtesy of Metro Goldwyn Mayer Music, Inc.

"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood / Esmeralda Suite"
Written by Benjamin, Caldwell, Marcus, Donnez, Skorsky and De Scarano
Performed by Santa Esmeralda
Courtesy of Music Sales Corporation o/b/o Premiere Music Group / Universal Music S.A. Division Mercury (France)
Under license from Universal Music Enteprises

"Yagyu Conspiracy"
Written by Toshiaki Tsushima
Performed by Toshiaki Tsushima
Courtesy of Toei Music Publishing Co., Ltd.

"Land of 1000 Dances"
Written by Chris Kenner
Performed by Wilson Pickett

SOUND
Sound Designer: Scott Sanders
Production Sound Mixer: Mark Ulano
Additional Sound Mixer: Adam Blantz
Boom Operator: Tom Hartig
2nd Boom Operator: Adam Blantz
Supervising Sound Engineer: David Young
Chief Engineer: David Young
Sound Engineer: John Bires
Sound Mix Technician: Eddie Bydalek
Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Michael Minkler
Co-Supervising Sound Editor: Scott Martin Gershin
Assistant Sound Editor: David Kudell
Dialogue Editor: Michael Hertlein
Utility Sound: Adam Blantz

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designers: Catherine Thomas, Kumiko Ogawa
International Costume Supervisor: Helen Monaghan
Make Up: Heba Thorisdottir
Make Up and Hair Designer for Uma Thurman: Kyra Panchenko
Hair: Miia Kovero

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Makeup Effects: K.N.B. EFX Group, Inc.
Special Effects Makeup Supervisor: Gregory Nicotero
Special Make Up Effects: Jake Garber, Chris Nelson

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: K.N.B. EFX Group Inc
Special Effects Supervisor: Jason Gustafson
Special Effects Coordinator: Corey Pritchett
Special Effects Foreman: Matt McDonnell
Foam Department Supervisor: Ben Rittenhouse

VISUAL EFFECTS
Digital Effects Artist: Don Greenberg

Japanese Anime: Productions I.G., Tokyo, Japan

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designers: Yohei Taneda, David Wasco
Art Director: Daniel Bradford
Assistant Art Director: Christopher Tandon
Set Designers: Peter Davidson, Mary Finn
Chinese Sets: Keiji Akatsuka
Set Decorator: Sandy Reynolds-Wasco
Assistant Set Decorator: Jennie Harris
Prop Makers: Kevin Berve, Cole Young
Carpenter: Archie Hankins
Scenic Artist: Jennifer A. Bolitho
Art Department Coordinator: Gretchen Engel
Art Department Assistant: Perry Strong

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Sherrie Liu
Script Coordinator: Susan Eileen Stewart [uncredited]
Production Accountant: Kristina Soderquist
Assistant Accountants: Jerry Carville, S.R. Conger
1st Assistant Accountant: Beverly L. Mink
2nd Assistant Accountant: Sean Carville
Payroll Accountant: Edward Poveda
Set Production Assistant: Stephen Dudycha
Production Assistant: S. Dylan Kirkland
Camera Department Production Assistant: Jessica Miglio [uncredited]
Assistant to E. Bennett Walsh: Kwame Parker
Transportation Coordinator: Derek Raser
Transportation Co-Captain: Bruce Callahan
Travel Coordinators: Andrew Blau, Damiana Kamishin
Driver: Michael Dawes
Catering / Craft Service: Jose Manuel Ballesteros
Production Counsel: Aaron Campbell
R.I.P.: Charles Bronson, Cheng Cheh, Kinji Fukasaku, Lo Lieh, Shintaro Katsu, William Whitney

LOCATIONS
Locations: Austin, Texas, USA; Beijing, China; Hong Kong, China; Los Angeles, California, USA; Mexico; Tokyo, Japan
Location Manager: Douglas Dresser
Key Assistant Location Manager: Nancy Haecker
Location Scout: Marie Healy [uncredited]

STUNTS
Martial Arts Advisor: Yuen Wo-Ping
Stunt Coordinator: Keith Adams
Stunt Double For Uma Thurman: Zoe Bell
Stunt Double For David Carradine: Chris O'Hara
Stunt Double For Daryl Hannah Double: Monica Staggs
Stunts: Gary Ray Stearns, Angela Meryl, Steve Upton, Troy Wood, Sho Brown [uncredited]
Stunt Driver: Cheryl Bermeo
Kenjutsu Fight Choreography: Sonny Chiba
Actresses Kenjutsu Trainee: Julie Manase
Woo-ping Crew Team Manager: Fish Fong

CASTING
Casting: Johanna Ray and Koko Maeda
Casting Associate: Jessica Vogl
Extras Casting: Rich King

CAST
Uma Thurman [The Bride]

Co-Starring
Julie Dreyfus [Sofie Fatale]
Michael Bowen [Buck]
Jun Kunimura [Boss Tanaka]
Kenji Oba [guy (sushi shop)]
Yuki Kazamatsuri [proprietor]
James Parks [Edgar McGraw]
Akaji Maro [Boss Ozawah]
Kazuki Kitamura [Crazy 88 #2]
Goro Daimon [Boss Honda]
Shun Suguta [Boss Benta]
and
The 5,6,7,8's (Sachiko Fujii, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Ronnie Yushiko Fujiyama)

As The Deadly Viper Assassination Squad
1. Lucy Liu as O-Ren Ishii
2. Vivica A. Fox as Vernita Green
3. Michael Madsen as Budd
4. Daryl Hannah as Elle Driver
5. David Carradine as Bill

Guest Starring
Sonny Chiba [Hattori Hanzo]
Chiaki Kuriyama as Gogo
Gordon Liu [Johnny Mo]
Michael Parks [Earl McGraw]

Sakichi Sato [Charlie Brown]
Jonathan Loughran [trucker]
Yoshiyuki Morishita [Tokyo business man]
Tetsuro Shimaguchi [Crazy 88 '1 (Miki)]
Yoji Boba Tanaka [Crazy 88 #3]
Issei Takahashi [Crazy 88 #4]
So Yamanaka [Crazy 88 #5]
Juri Manase [Crazy 88 #6 (girl)]
Zhang Jin Zhan [Boss Orgami]
Hu Xiaohui [young 88 (spanked boy)]
Ambrosia Kelley [Nikki Bell]
Shu Lan Tuan [Okinawa airline ticked agent]

Michael Jai White [Alburt / Da Moe]
Larry Bishop [Larry]
Laura Cayouette
Caitlin Keats [Janeen]
Chris Nelson [the groom]
Stevo Polyi [Tim]
Shana Stein [Erica]

A young woman opts to leave the gang of crack international assassins to which she belongs when she falls pregnant. But on her wedding day, her former colleagues, led by the mysterious Bill, turn up at the church and massacre the guests, leaving The Bride for dead. Five years later, she wakes from a coma and sets out to get her revenge.

Kill Bill is exactly the glorious, over-the-top, trashy comeback we were all hoping for from Tarantino, a hyperactive kaleidoscope of all the best bits from just about every movie that Tarantino has ever seen. And that's a lot films. Violent, beautiful, dark and hsyetrically funny, this is movie geek's wet dream, with more references to other films than you can shake a stick at. There's probably some sort of law that makes having this much fun in a cinema illegal. Dazzling and quite brilliant. [Full Review]

Argentina
Theatrical Distributor: Buena Vista International

Belgium
Theatrical Distributor: RCV Film Distribution

France
Theatrical Distributor: TFM Distribution

Italy
Theatrical Distributor: Buena Vista International Italia

Japan
Theatrical Distributors: GAGA Communications / Humax Pictures Inc

Luxembourg
Theatrical Distributor: RCV Film Distribution

Netherlands
Theatrical Distributor: RCV Film Distribution

UK
Theatrical Distributors: Buena Vista International
Video Distributors: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Miramax Home Entertainment [D612746]
DVD Distributors: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Miramax Home Entertainment [D881273]

Ukraine
Theatrical Distributor: Cinergia Ltd

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Miramax Films
Video Distributors: Miramax
DVD Distributors: Miramax

USA
MPAA: 40294

2002
June
17: USA - filming begins

2003
March
3: USA - filming ends

October
10: Czech Republic, Iceland, Turkey, USA - theatrical release
16: Australia, Austria, Germany, Hungary, New Zealand – theatrical release
17: Poland, UK – theatrical release
23: Argentina – theatrical release
24: Denmark, Finland, Italy, Norway – theatrical release
25: Japan – theatrical release
29: Belgium – theatrical release

November
20: Netherlands – theatrical release
26: France – theatrical release

December
3: Sweden – theatrical release
4: Russia – theatrical release
12: Brazil – theatrical release

2004
April
13: USA - DVD / video release [Miramax]
19: UK - DVD release [Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Miramax Home Entertainment [D881273]]; video release [Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Miramax Home Entertainment [D612746]]

2007
January
7: UK - television broadcast [on BBC Two]

In the year 2003, Uma Thurman will kill Bill

The Fourth Film by Quentin Tarantino

Here comes the bride

SEE ALSO
Day of the Woman [1978]
Thriller - en grym film [1974]
Wo hu cang long [2000]
Xian si jue [1982]

SEQUEL
Kill Bill Vol. 2 [2004]

MAGAZINES

Empire no.161 [November 2002] pp.18-19 [UK]
illustrated article

Empire no.164 [February 2003] pp.84-92 [UK]
illustrated article

Empire no.170 [August 2003] pp.28-30 [UK]
illustrated article

Empire no.173 [November 2003] pp.50-51; 84-88, 91-92; 95; 97; 98; 100 [UK]
illustrated credits, review [by Colin Kennedy]; illustrated interview with Quentin Tarantino [The Big Boss by Mark Dinning]; illustrated interview with Uma Thurman [by Mark Dinning]; illustrated interview with Lucy Liu [by Mark Dinning]; illustrated interview with Viveca A. Fox [by Mark Dinning]; illustrated interview with Daryl Hannah [by Mark Dinning]

Entertainment Weekly no.673 [20 September 2002] pp.27-30 [USA]
article [Blood Work by Daniel Fierman]

Hollywood Reporter vol.375 no.11 [17 September 2002] p.59 [USA]
credits

Premiere vol.17 no.1 [September 2003] pp.64-67 [USA]
illustrated article [View To A Kill by Cheo Hodari Coker]

Screen International no.1413 [18 July 2003] p.2 [UK]
illustrated article

Screen International no.1415 [8 August 2003] p.8 [UK]
illustrated article

Total Film no.81 [October 2003] pp.52-53; 53 [UK]
illustrated preview; illustrated mini-interview with Uma Thurman [by Jan Janssen]

KEYWORDS

animated sequences, axes, brides, churches, comas, martial arts, revenge, swords, sword fights

Last Updated: 6 March, 2007