From Dusk till Dawn movie storyline. After a bank heist in Abilene with several casualties, the bank robber Seth Gecko and his psychopath and rapist brother Richard Gecko continue their crime spree in a convenience store in the middle of the desert while heading to Mexico with a hostage. They decide to stop for a while in a low-budget motel.
Meanwhile the former minister Jacob Fuller is traveling on vacation with his son Scott and his daughter Kate in a RV. Jacob lost his faith after the death of his beloved wife in a car accident and quit his position of pastor of his community and stops for the night in the same motel Seth and Richard are lodged. When Seth sees the recreational vehicle, he abducts Jacob and his family to help his brother and him to cross the Mexico border, promising to release them on the next morning.
They head to the truck drivers and bikers bar Titty Twister where Seth will meet with his partner Carlos in the dawn. When they are watching the dancer Santanico Pandemonium, Seth and Richard fight with three bodyguards. But soon they discover that the bar is a coven of vampires and they need to fight until dawn to leave the place alive.
From Dusk till Dawn is a 1996 American action horror film directed by Robert Rodriguez and written by Quentin Tarantino. It stars George Clooney, Tarantino, Harvey Keitel and Juliette Lewis. After enjoying modest success at the box office, it has since become a cult film. The film was conceived by Robert Kurtzman who hired Tarantino to write the script as his first paid writing assignment.
From Dusk till Dawn had its world premiere on January 17, 1996. On its first week, the film grossed $10,240,805 in the United States making it the highest-grossing film of the week. The next week, the film fell to third highest in the box office where it grossed $4,851,921 being beaten by Mr. Holland’s Opus and Bed of Roses. From Dusk till Dawn earned a total of $25,836,616 on its theatrical release.
From Dusk till Dawn (1996)
Directed by: Robert Rodriguez
Starring: George Clooney, Harvey Keitel, Quentin Tarantino, Danny Trejo, Juliette Lewis, Cheech Marin, Fred Williamson, Salma Hayek, Brenda Hillhouse, Kelly Preston
Screenplay by: Quentin Tarantino
Production Design by: Cecilia Montiel
Cinematography by: Guillermo Navarro
Film Editing by: Robert Rodriguez
Costume Design by: Graciela Mazón
Set Decoration by: Felipe Fernández del Paso
Art Direction by: Mayne Berke
Music by: Graeme Revell
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence and gore, language and nudity.
Distributed by: Miramax Films
Release Date: January 19, 1996
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