Kill Bill

Kill Bill is the fourth feature film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, and stars Uma Thurman. Though technically one film, it was released in two parts due to its long (3 hour, 47 minute) running time. Volume 1 was released on October 10, 2003 and Volume 2 was released on April 16, 2004. Volume 1 grossed $70 million in its American release while Volume 2 grossed $66 million.

Releases

DVD release

In the United States Kill Bill: Volume 1 was released as a DVD on April 13, 2004 while Volume 2 was released August 10, 2004.

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United States - DVD - April 13 - August 10

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Before the release of Volume 1, Rick Sands, chief operating officer at Miramax, commented on future multiple releases of the Kill Bill DVDs: "This is the beauty of having two volumes—Vol. 1 goes out, Vol. 2 goes out, then Vol. 1 Special Edition, Vol. 2 Special Edition, the two-pack, then the Tarantino collection as a boxed set out for Christmas. It's called multiple bites at the apple. And you multiply this internationally."

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These comments were heavily criticized by the online DVD community, and may have influenced DVD sales, which were lower than expected. As of October 2005, only the basic DVDs have been released, with almost no special features. No further DVD releases have been announced.

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October - 2005

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Rumors of a deluxe edition DVD entilted Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair claim that there will be some slightly extended scenes, with the possible addition of the unfilmed scene "Yuki's Revenge", in which Go-Go Yubari's death is avenged by her younger sister, Yuki. This scene takes place right afer The Bride kills Vernita Green. Yuki was using an ice-cream truck to track The Bride (the truck's music can be heard faintly when The Bride arrives at Vernita's house), and this battle resulted in The Bride's stolen pick-up truck, the Pussy Wagon, being destroyed, which relates to The Bride later telling Bill's surrogate father that her "pussy broke".

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Though the United States doesn't have a DVD BOXED SET of Kill Bill, other countries carry four disc boxed sets of both of these movies combined.

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Japan, for example, has boxed sets of Vol.1 and Vol.2, Uncut, with not only tons of special features, but also, the Vol.1 boxed set has a tee-shirt, a model of a Hattori Hanz? Sword, and a collectors Booklet. However, the Japanese Deluxe Editions are very limited and maybe a little difficult to find. There's also a French DVD set which has four discs and includes both volumes of the film.

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Planned sequel

Tarantino told Entertainment Weekly in April 2004 that he is planning a sequel:

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Entertainment Weekly - April 2004

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:Oh yeah, initially I was thinking this would be my Dollars trilogy. I was going to do a new one every ten years. But I need at least fifteen years before I do this again.

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Dollars - Trilogy

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:I've already got the whole mythology: Sofie Fatale will get all of Bill's money. She'll raise Nikki, who'll take on The Bride. Nikki deserves her revenge every bit as much as The Bride deserved hers. I might even shoot a couple of scenes for it now so I can get the actresses while they're this age.

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Nikki is the daughter of character Vernita Green, who The Bride kills at the beginning of Volume 1.

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Soundtracks

Soundtrack albums have been released for each volume. The Volume 1 soundtrack was organised (and to a certain extent, produced and orchestrated by) the RZA from the Wu-Tang Clan. The Volume 2 soundtrack was orchestrated by fellow filmmaker and personal friend Robert Rodriguez. Volume 1 reached #45 on the Billboard 200 album chart and #1 on the soundtracks chart in August 2003. Volume 2 reached #58 on the Billboard 200 and #2 on the Billboard soundtracks chart in the US. It has also reached the ARIA Top 50 album charts in Australia.

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''Volume 1'' soundtrack - RZA - Wu-Tang Clan - ''Volume 2'' soundtrack - Robert Rodriguez - August 2003 - ARIA - Australia

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