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52-584: SPCS may refer to: Society for the Promotion of Community Standards State Plane Coordinate System St. Paul's Convent School , a secondary school in Hong Kong Soldier Plate Carrier System , a U.S. Army bulletproof vest Satanicpornocultshop Swiss Post Cybersecurity Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

104-404: A brand new 4K remaster for the film's 20th anniversary. On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes , Kill Bill: Volume 1 has a score of 85% based on reviews from 238 critics; the average rating is 7.70/10. Its consensus reads: " Kill Bill is admittedly little more than a stylish revenge thriller – albeit one that benefits from a wildly inventive surfeit of style." At Metacritic , which assigns

156-550: A list of Nazis she would cross off as she killed. Tarantino switched the character to the Bride and redeveloped Dreyfus. Thurman cited Clint Eastwood 's performance as Blondie in the 1966 film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly as an inspiration. In her words, Eastwood "says almost nothing but somehow manages to portray a whole character". Tarantino originally wrote Bill for Warren Beatty , but as

208-622: A parent despite criticisms of the film's graphic violence. This stance was criticised as being weak or even hypocritical. As a result of a review brought by Hoyts , the distributor of The Passion of the Christ , the film's classification was reduced from R16 to R15, which meant that most fifth-form (15-year-old) students could view it. Since 1995, the SPCS has taken sixteen appeals to the Film and Literature Board of Review and succeeded in three of them. In 1995

260-459: A restaurant, where she amputates the arm of O-Ren's assistant, Sofie Fatale. The Bride defeats O-Ren's squad of elite fighters, the Crazy 88, and kills O-Ren's bodyguard, the schoolgirl Gogo Yubari. O-Ren and the Bride duel in the restaurant's Japanese garden . The Bride kills O-Ren by slicing off the top of her head. She tortures Sofie for information about the other Deadly Vipers, and leaves her alive as

312-510: A string of anti-censorship court and regulatory decisions that came to rely on evidence-based social scientific proof for censorship policy decisions. This culminated in passage of the Films, Videos and Publications Classification Act 1993 , and marginalised their campaign. The SPCS has issued media releases opposing civil unions , hate speech bans, the repeal of section 59 of the Crimes Act, and

364-465: A sword again. After learning that her target is Bill, his former student, he crafts his finest sword for her. The Bride travels to Tokyo to find another Deadly Viper, O-Ren Ishii, now the leader of the Tokyo yakuza . After witnessing the yakuza murder her parents when she was a child, O-Ren took vengeance on the yakuza boss and replaced him after training as an elite assassin. The Bride tracks O-Ren Ishii to

416-559: A threat. Bill finds Sofie and asks her if the Bride knows that her daughter is alive. Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman conceived the Bride character during the production of Tarantino's 1994 film Pulp Fiction ; Kill Bill credits the story to "Q & U". Tarantino spent a year and a half writing the script while he was living in New York City in 2000 and 2001, spending time with Thurman and her newborn daughter Maya . Reuniting with

468-426: A weighted average score 69 out of 100 based on 43 reviews from mainstream critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale. A. O. Scott of The New York Times wrote: While being so relentlessly exposed to a filmmaker's idiosyncratic turn-ons can be tedious and off-putting, the undeniable passion that drives Kill Bill

520-469: A worldwide total of $ 180.9 million . In the United States, Volume 1 was released on DVD and VHS on April 13, 2004, the week Volume 2 was released in theaters. In a December 2005 interview, Tarantino addressed the lack of a special edition DVD for Kill Bill by stating "I've been holding off because I've been working on it for so long that I just wanted a year off from Kill Bill and then I'll do

572-412: Is a 2003 American martial arts action film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino . It stars Uma Thurman as the Bride , who swears revenge on a group of assassins ( Lucy Liu , Michael Madsen , Daryl Hannah , and Vivica A. Fox ) and their leader, Bill ( David Carradine ), after they try to kill her and her unborn child. Her journey takes her to Tokyo, where she battles the yakuza . Kill Bill

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624-521: Is fascinating, even, strange to say it, endearing. Mr. Tarantino is an irrepressible showoff, recklessly flaunting his formal skills as a choreographer of high-concept violence, but he is also an unabashed cinephile, and the sincerity of his enthusiasm gives this messy, uneven spectacle an odd, feverish integrity. Manohla Dargis of the Los Angeles Times called Kill Bill: Volume 1 a "blood-soaked valentine to movies. ... It's apparent that Tarantino

676-400: Is horrified to discover she is no longer pregnant. She kills a man who intends to rape her, and a hospital worker who has been selling her body while she was comatose. She takes the hospital worker's truck and vows to kill Bill and the other Deadly Vipers. The Bride goes to the home of Vernita Green, a former Deadly Viper who now leads a normal suburban life. They engage in a knife fight, which

728-401: Is interrupted when Vernita's young daughter arrives home. When Vernita tries to shoot the Bride with a pistol hidden in a box of cereal, the Bride throws a knife into her chest, killing her, in front of her daughter, who she offers the chance for revenge when she becomes older. The Bride goes to Okinawa to obtain a sword from the legendary swordsmith Hattori Hanzō , who has sworn never to forge

780-417: Is striving for more than an off-the-rack mash note or a pastiche of golden oldies. It is, rather, his homage to movies shot in celluloid and wide, wide, wide, wide screen — an ode to the time right before movies were radically secularized." She also recognized Tarantino's technical talent, but thought the film's appeal was too limited to popular culture references, calling its story "the least interesting part of

832-694: The Shaw Brothers Studio , known for its martial arts films, with the inclusion of the ShawScope logo in the opening titles and the "crashing zoom", a fast zoom usually ending in a close-up commonly used in Shaw Brothers films. The Bride's yellow tracksuit, helmet and motorcycle resemble those used by Bruce Lee in the 1972 martial arts film Game of Death . The animated sequence pays homage to violent anime films such as Golgo 13: The Professional (1983) and Wicked City (1987). Tarantino stated in

884-530: The decriminalisation of sex work . The SPCS had repeatedly criticised Bill Hastings , while he was New Zealand's Chief Censor, the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC), and the Film and Literature Board of Review for what it believes to be their liberal application of censorship law. In 2001 SPCS submitted a number of film festival items to the Film and Literature Board of Review for reclassification, including

936-618: The Blu-ray and DVD releases on April 26, 2011. A limited edition steelbook release sold exclusively in Best Buy stores was released on November 24, 2013. Following Paramount Global 's 49% stake in Miramax, the film was reissued on Blu-ray and DVD by Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment on September 22, 2020. In 2023, Lionsgate announced that they had purchased the distribution rights to both Kill Bill films, along with Jackie Brown , and announced

988-621: The Bride was also ranked number 66 in Empire magazine's "100 Greatest Movie Characters". Neither Kill Bill movie received any Academy Awards (Oscars) nominations. A direct sequel, Kill Bill: Volume 2 , was released in April 2004. It continues the Bride's quest to kill Bill and the remaining members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad. Volume 2 was also a critical and commercial success, earning over $ 150 million. Kill Buljo

1040-554: The Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993 could not be interpreted to ban two American anti-gay videos produced by Jeremiah Films . The SPCS was not the originator of the appeal over the videos but was a strong supporter of the Court's decision. In 2011, the SPCS submitted Bruce LaBruce 's gay horror film LA Zombie to the Film and Literature Board of Review for reclassification. The Board President, Dr Don Mathieson agreed with

1092-528: The French film Baise-Moi . It contended the film should be banned, as it was by Australian censors. The campaign was initially successful, although after several appeals this film subsequently went on to general commercial release. The SPCS has also sought permanent bans of the films Kill Bill , Irreversible , Visitor Q , Bully , Ken Park , Anatomie de l'enfer , Twentynine Palms , Y Tu Mama Tambien , 9 Songs and The Piano Teacher , again on

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1144-543: The Kapiti Christian Fellowship, and the executive director is David Lane. Lane is the most active figure in the society, researching current issues in New Zealand society with the information gathered being used for press releases and submissions. Initially, the organisation campaigned against pornography in films, videos and magazines. However, Howley v Lawrence Publishing [1986] (Court of Appeal) initiated

1196-529: The Promotion of Community Standards The society was founded in 1970 by Patricia Bartlett , a former nun of the Roman Catholic Order of the Sisters of Mercy . She retired from the organisation in 1996. Membership of SPCS rose to a peak of 25,000 in the 1970s. Since then, membership numbers have declined to the present steady level of about 400. The current president is John Mills, businessman and Elder of

1248-466: The SPCS succeeded in having one pornographic video banned and in 1996 it had scenes cut from another on appeal. Since then every appeal that the SPCS has sought has resulted in the same or a lower classification. Ironically, former Chief Censor Bill Hastings , whom the SPCS campaigned to remove from Office, was a member of the Board that allowed the two successful appeals. In 2006 the SPCS began to criticise

1300-550: The SPCS that the film should be reclassified "objectionable" due to its major focus on graphic, gratuitous and offensive depictions of necrophilia - and other "sexual or physical conduct of a degrading or demeaning nature" and thereby banned. However, the remaining four Board members upheld the original R18 classification. Subsequently, the film was screened at Out Takes/Real Queer Film Festival run by Real Queer Inc in Auckland and Wellington. Kill Bill Kill Bill: Volume 1

1352-428: The United States was restricted to theatergoers 17 years old and up. It ranked first at the box office, beating School of Rock (in its second weekend) and Intolerable Cruelty (in its first). Volume 1 had the widest theatrical release and highest-grossing opening weekend of a Tarantino film to date; Jackie Brown and Pulp Fiction (1994) had each grossed $ 9.3 million on their opening weekends. According to

1404-435: The basis of what the SPCS believed was their objectionable sexual and violent content. It has not succeeded in obtaining permanent bans of any of the above, however. In 2005, the SPCS unsuccessfully sought an R18 classification of the computer game Playboy: The Mansion . The SPCS applied for a review of the rating of The Passion of the Christ reduced to permit its exhibition to children provided they were accompanied by

1456-589: The big supplementary DVD package." After one week of release, the film's DVD sales had surpassed its $ 70 million US box office gross. The United States does not have a DVD boxed set of Kill Bill , though box sets of the two separate volumes are available in other countries, such as France, Japan and the United Kingdom. Upon the DVD release of Volume 2 in the US, however, Best Buy did offer an exclusive box set slipcase to house

1508-488: The chapel, shooting everyone. As the Bride lies wounded, she tells Bill he is the father of her unborn child just as he shoots her in the head. The Bride falls into a coma. In the hospital, Elle Driver, one of the Deadly Vipers, prepares to assassinate her via lethal injection. Bill aborts the mission at the last moment, considering it dishonorable to kill her while she is defenseless. The Bride awakens four years later and

1560-524: The character developed and the role required greater screen time and martial arts training, he rewrote it for David Carradine . Beatty said he turned the role down, as he did not want to be away from his family while shooting in China. Tarantino also considered Bruce Willis for the role. He cast Daryl Hannah as Elle Driver after seeing her performance in the television film First Target . The physical similarities between Thurman and Hannah inspired how he wrote

1612-470: The character provides a complex site for identification with one's own aggression. Uma Thurman received a Golden Globe Best Actress nomination in 2004. She was also nominated in 2004 for a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role , in addition with four other BAFTA nominations. Kill Bill: Volume 1 was placed in Empire Magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Films of All Time at number 325 and

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1664-406: The dialogue scenes he was known for. The House of Blue Leaves sequence, in which the Bride battles dozens of yakuza soldiers, took eight weeks to film, six weeks over schedule. Tarantino wanted to create "one of the greatest, most exciting sequences in the history of cinema". The crew eschewed computer-generated imagery in favor of practical effects used in 1970s Chinese cinema , particularly by

1716-404: The director Chang Cheh , including the use of fire extinguishers and condoms to create spurts and explosions of blood. Tarantino told his crew: "Let's pretend we're little kids and we're making a Super 8 movie in our back yard, and you don't have all this shit. How would you achieve this effect? Ingenuity is important here!" Near the end of filming, Thurman was injured in a crash while filming

1768-452: The film being partially set there and because of its homages to Japanese martial arts cinema. It had "a muted entry" in the United Kingdom and Germany due to its 18 certificate, but "experienced acceptable drops" after its opening weekend in the two territories. By November 2 , 2003, it had made $ 31 million in the 20 territories . It grossed a total of $ 70 million in the United States and Canada and $ 110.9 million in other territories for

1820-578: The financial management of the OFLC. It complained to the Auditor General that the OFLC was inefficient and mismanaged taxpayer funds. The Auditor General dismissed the SPCS's complaint, stating that "no evidence of waste was found during the course of the audit" of the OFLC. SPCS is also strongly opposed to the promotion of equal rights for lesbians and gays. In 2000, the Court of Appeal of New Zealand ruled that

1872-403: The more mature Thurman, now a mother, influenced the way Tarantino wrote the Bride character. He didn't realize that her child could still be alive until the end of the writing process. Tarantino developed many of the Bride's characteristics for the character of Shosanna Dreyfus for his 2009 film Inglourious Basterds , which he worked on before Kill Bill . Dreyfus was to be an assassin with

1924-551: The movie was, are these little detours and these little grace notes." The decision to split the film was announced in July 2003. Tarantino saved most of the Bride's character development for the second film, saying he wanted to make her scary rather than sympathetic for Volume 1. Kill Bill was inspired by exploitation films that played in cheap US theaters in the 1970s, including martial arts films, samurai cinema , blaxploitation films and spaghetti westerns . It pays homage to

1976-515: The narrative that were too expensive to film", Kill Bill similarly uses "Japanese-style animation to break up the narrative". The plot also resembles the 1968 French film The Bride Wore Black , in which a bride seeks revenge on five gang members and strikes them off a list as she kills them. According to Tarantino, the animated sequence in Kill Bill was inspired by Indian director Kamal Haasan 's 2001 film, Aalavandhan . Kill Bill: Volume 1

2028-461: The rivalry between the characters. Michelle Yeoh met with Tarantino about a role in the film. An early draft included a chapter after the confrontation with Vernita, in which the Bride has a gunfight with Gogo Yubari's vengeful sister Yuki. It was cut because it would have made the film overlong and added $ 1 million to the budget. Another draft featured a scene in which the Bride's car is blown up by Elle. When Thurman became pregnant as shooting

2080-459: The scene in which she drives to Bill. According to Thurman, she was uncomfortable driving the car and asked that a stunt driver do it. Tarantino assured her that the car and road were safe. She lost control of the car and hit a tree, suffering a concussion and knee injuries. According to Thurman, Miramax would only give her the crash footage if she signed a document "releasing them of any consequences of [Thurman's] future pain and suffering". Tarantino

2132-579: The studio, exit polls showed that 90% of the audience was interested in seeing the second Kill Bill after seeing the first. Outside the United States and Canada, Kill Bill: Volume 1 was released in 20 territories . The film outperformed its main competitor Intolerable Cruelty in Norway, Denmark and Finland, though it ranked second in Italy. Volume 1 had a record opening in Japan, though expectations were higher due to

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2184-570: The supplementary material on the Kill Bill DVD that the character Hattori Hanzō was named in tribute to Sonny Chiba's former role as Hattori Hanzō (the historical 16th-century Iga ninja ) in the 1980s Japanese TV series Shadow Warriors . The Guardian wrote that Kill Bill ' s plot shares similarities with the 1973 Japanese film Lady Snowblood , in which a woman kills off the gang who murdered her family, and observed that like how Lady Snowblood uses stills and illustration for "parts of

2236-436: The title SPCS . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SPCS&oldid=1256942533 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Society for

2288-476: The two individual releases together. Volume 1 , along with Volume 2 , was released in High Definition on Blu-ray on September 9, 2008, in the United States. As of March 2012, Volume 1 sold 141,456 Blu-ray units in the US, grossing $ 1,477,791. After Disney sold Miramax to Filmyard Holdings in 2010, the home media and streaming rights for both Kill Bill films were sold to Lionsgate , who reissued

2340-529: The whole equation". Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it 4 out of 4, describing Tarantino as "effortlessly and brilliantly in command of his technique". He wrote: "The movie is not about anything at all except the skill and humor of its making. It's kind of brilliant." Cultural historian Maud Lavin states that the Bride's embodiment of revenge taps into viewers' personal fantasies of committing violence. For audiences, particularly women viewers,

2392-441: Was apologetic, but their relationship became bitter for years afterwards. Thurman said that after the car crash she "went from being a creative contributor and performer to being like a broken tool". Miramax released the footage in 2018 after Thurman went to police following the accusations of sexual abuse by the producer, Harvey Weinstein . Kill Bill was planned and filmed as a single film. After editing began, Weinstein, who

2444-492: Was directed by Kazuto Nakazawa and produced by Production I.G , which had produced films including Ghost in the Shell and Blood: The Last Vampire . The combined production lasted 155 days and had a budget of $ 55 million. According to Tarantino, the most difficult part of making the film was "trying to take myself to a different place as a filmmaker and throw my hat in the ring with other great action directors", as opposed to

2496-419: Was inspired by 1970s exploitation films and martial arts films. It features an anime sequence by Production I.G . Volume 1 is the first of two Kill Bill films made in a single production. They were originally set for a single release, but the film, with a runtime of over four hours, was divided in two. This meant Tarantino did not have to cut scenes. Volume 2 was released six months later. Kill Bill

2548-441: Was known for pressuring filmmakers to shorten their films, suggested that Tarantino split the film in two. This meant Tarantino did not have to cut scenes, such as the anime sequence. Tarantino told IGN : "I'm talking about scenes that are some of the best scenes in the movie, but in this hurdling pace where you're trying to tell only one story, that would have been the stuff that would have had to go. But to me, that's kind of what

2600-480: Was ready to begin, Tarantino delayed the production, saying: "If Josef Von Sternberg is getting ready to make Morocco and Marlene Dietrich gets pregnant, he waits for Dietrich!" Principal photography began in 2002. Although the scenes are presented out of chronological order, the film was shot in sequence. The choreographer Yuen Woo-Ping , whose credits included The Matrix , was the martial arts advisor. The anime sequence, covering O-Ren Ishii's backstory,

2652-432: Was released in theaters on October 10 , 2003. It was the first Tarantino film in six years, following Jackie Brown in 1997. In the United States and Canada, Volume 1 was released in 3,102 theaters and grossed $ 22 million on its opening weekend. Paul Dergarabedian, president of Exhibitor Relations, said Volume 1 ' s opening weekend gross was significant for a "very genre specific and very violent" film that in

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2704-527: Was theatrically released in the United States on October 10, 2003. It received positive reviews and grossed over $ 180 million worldwide on a $ 30 million budget, achieving the highest-grossing opening weekend of a Tarantino film to that point. In 1999, the Bride , a former member of the Deadly Viper assassination squad, is rehearsing her marriage at a chapel in El Paso, Texas . The Deadly Vipers, led by Bill, attack

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