Rolling Thunder Pictures
Rolling Thunder Pictures was a short-lived film distribution company, set up under Miramax Films by Quentin Tarantino, that was headed by Jerry Martinez and Tarantino. It specialized on releasing independent, cult, or foreign films to theaters.[1] The company was created in 1995 but closed in 1999.[1] The company was named after the film Rolling Thunder.[2]
Releases
The following films were re-released under the Rolling Thunder Pictures label:
- The Beyond (in association with Grindhouse Releasing)
- Chungking Express
- Detroit 9000
- Mighty Peking Man
- Sonatine
- Switchblade Sisters
The label also released the independent films Hard Core Logo and Curdled. The 1994 Jet Li film Fist of Legend had been scheduled for a Rolling Thunder Pictures release, but eventually Dimension Films released it. Other production companies re-released on DVD later.
Quentin Tarantino's Rolling Thunder Pictures Triple Feature
On April 16, 2013, coinciding with the release of Django Unchained, Miramax and Lions Gate released a special DVD set of three films previously released under the Rolling Thunder Pictures label. The set includes The Mighty Peking Man, a King Kong knock-off; Detroit 9000, a detective-style blaxploitation film; and Switchblade Sisters, an obvious inspiration for Tarantino's films. Tarantino said of the collection "If you like my stuff, you can look at it as – this is where mine came from."[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b "Rolling Thunder, Grindhouse and Cowboy Go ‘Beyond’ Dinner and a Movie, To Midnight" Indiewire, April 8, 1998
- ^ "The Beyond Special" by Guido Henkel, DVD review
Further References
- Retrospective page at the Quentin Tarantino Archives
- List of Rolling Thunder Films in the Grindhouse Cinema Database
- DJANGO and QT’s Rolling Thunder triple feature released today
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- Reservoir Dogs (1992)
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- Jackie Brown (1997)
- Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
- Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)
- Death Proof (2007)
- Inglourious Basterds (2009)
- Django Unchained (2012)
- The Hateful Eight (2015)
- Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood (2019)
- True Romance (1993)
- Natural Born Killers (1994; story)
- From Dusk till Dawn (1996)
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: A Novel (2021)
- Cinema Speculation (2022)
- Mia Wallace
- Seth Gecko
- The Bride
- Hans Landa
- My Best Friend's Birthday (1987)
- "Motherhood" (1995)
- Four Rooms (1995)
- Sin City (2005)
- "Grave Danger" (2005)
- Grindhouse (2007)
- Planet Terror (2007)
- Tony Tarantino (father)
- Quentin Tarantino Film Festival
- New Beverly Cinema
- Vista Theatre
- Video Archives
- A Band Apart
- Rolling Thunder Pictures
- Big Kahuna Burger
- "Never Again" (1997)
- Quentin Tarantino's Suicide Squad (2016)
- QT8: The First Eight (2019)
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