Sin City (film)

Sin City is a 2005 neo-noir film based on the graphic novels of the same name, directed by Robert Rodriguez.

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2005 - Neo-noir - Film - Graphic novel - Directed - Robert Rodriguez

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Rodriguez also gave Sin City creator Frank Miller a directing credit on the film, crediting his visual style and its influence on the resulting film. However, the Director's Guild of America refused to recognize Rodriguez and Miller as being a bona-fide team. To avoid compromise, Rodriguez resigned from the Guild, and the joint credit remained.

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Sin City - Frank Miller - Director's Guild of America

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Quentin Tarantino is credited as "Special Guest Director" for his role in directing one scene in the movie.

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The movie was released in cinemas across the US on April 1, 2005 by Dimension Films. One of the taglines for the film, Walk down the right back alley in Sin City and you can find anything, is a quote from the graphic novels.

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Cinema - US - April 1 - 2005 - Dimension Films

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Originally, creator Frank Miller did not want to release the movie rights of Sin City, because of a poor Hollywood experience in the early 1990s -- namely, the second and third RoboCop movies. However, director Robert Rodriguez shot a 'proof of concept' short movie of the Sin City story The Customer is Always Right (starring Josh Hartnett and Marley Shelton, who did this for Rodriguez as a favor) and Frank Miller approved of the footage, and the movie was underway. Supposedly, Rodriguez also used the short film to convince the actors he wanted for parts to play them and reportedly, most were quite impressed. The short film was used as the opening of the finished film.

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Frank Miller - 1990s - RoboCop - Robert Rodriguez - Proof of concept - Josh Hartnett - Marley Shelton

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The movie is primarily based on four Sin City stories:

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• Sin City (The Hard Goodbye)
• The Customer is Always Right
• The Big Fat Kill
• That Yellow Bastard

The movie also includes a short epilogue written exclusively for the movie by Rodriguez and Miller.

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