Kill Bill ULTIMATE Edition

[Pants]

I've heard that a super-special deluxe version of Kill Bill is coming out at some point, but... I can't seem to find any information on it.

Anyone know if it is still coming out and when?

 

[LightPhoenix]

I did a little searching, but info was hard to find. From what I understand the total movie has been cut, with a couple of minor changes to Vol. 1 (the ending twist with the baby being the main one). It was a bit difficult to determine if the composite is going to be released in theaters, or go straight to DVD. My guess is it won't be out before year's end - I couldn't even find a tentative release date for it, which means it probably won't be out for Christmas.

 

[Truth Seeker]

A while back, I heard that might be (not '7') 6 different verisons of Kill Bill sets, but that was months ago.

And here is the thread, started by Dark Jezter Go Here

And possible release date, might be August 2005.

 

[Pants]

A while back, I heard that might be (not '7') 6 different verisons of Kill Bill sets, but that was months ago.

And here is the thread, started by Dark Jezter Go Here

And possible release date, might be August 2005.

Yeah, I remember reading that, although I posted this because nothing seemed to come of it.

Thanks all for the replies. Wonder if I should hold out for a big Kill Bill set 'cause I really want the movies for Christmas...

 

[John Crichton]

I'm holding off. The set is inevitable. I try and avoid double-dips if I know they are coming.

Now, if the current releases of Kill Bill offered something similar to the theatrical release LotR DVD discs...

 

[BrooklynKnight]

I dont get it. ALL available footage was used for both movies. Thats why there are two movies. NOTHING was cut.

Just what the hell is being offered that we can get 6 diffrent dvd releases. I just dont get it.

 

[Pants]

I dont get it. ALL available footage was used for both movies. Thats why there are two movies. NOTHING was cut.

Just what the hell is being offered that we can get 6 diffrent dvd releases. I just dont get it.

In the final release there is an easter egg in which Quentin Tarantino is featured in a giant, white room full of 20 dollar bills. He then spends an entire hour rolling in money and laughing at all the people who bought each release of the movie.

 

[Villano]

I dont get it. ALL available footage was used for both movies. Thats why there are two movies. NOTHING was cut.

Just what the hell is being offered that we can get 6 diffrent dvd releases. I just dont get it.

Not true. Vol 1 has two cuts, the Japanese cut and the one the rest of the world saw. Here are the differences (stolen from a website which admits to taking it from the IMBD):

- The opening scene between The Bride and Vernita Green has two alternate angles shown when The Bride asks for a towel instead of keeping the overhead shot.
- In the anime sequence, one of Boss Matsumoto's men has his face smashed into a wall twice, rather then just once.
- In the anime sequence, when O-Ren Ishii kills Matsumoto and tells him to look at her face, she asks him to look at more facial features (nose, chin. etc.) to be recognized, and then before pulling the knife out, there is a close up shot of her moving the knife up his stomach and then finally pulling it out. There are a couple of close up shots of Matsumoto's face as he's dying as well that were eliminated from the US print and then a pan up shot of Matsumoto's blood covered and disemboweled body.

- The "House of Blue Leaves" fight is not only in full color, but features about 9 new shots missing from the US print which include:

- A close up of the first female Crazy 88 (Julie Manase) gargling blood after being pinned to a wodden pillar by a sword. This shot, while cut from the US version of Vol 1, showed up in the end credits of the US cut of Vol 2.
- A shot of The Bride stabbing two Crazy 88s at once using her own sword as well as another Crazy 88's sword.
- A ten foot high super backflip that The Bride executes before landing back down to pop out one of the Crazy 88's eyes. This shot appeared in the TV spot teaser, but disappeared soon after.
- The Bride jabbing a Crazy 88 in the throat with her "snake fist", and the partially armless Sofie Fatale giving a disgusted reaction.
- A shot of another female Crazy 88 attacking only to get slashed in the throat and spraying blood everywhere.
- The first appearance of the "Kid Crazy 88" (the one who gets spanked with the sword). In this shot, we now find out why he's missing a mask later on. As he's about to attack The Bride, she swipes his mask off. We see he's just a kid, and he gives the universal "don't hurt me" sign. The Bride has a look of shock on her face in realizing he's just a kid, so she grabs him, throws him across, knocking 3-4 Crazy 88 into a blood filled mini pool. This shot of the 3-4 falling, while cut from the US version of Vol 1, also showed up in the end credits of the US cut of Vol 2. Overall, this "mini scene" helps establish The Bride's look of surprise even more when she sees the young Crazy 88 the last time... and his follow up "don't hurt me" look even funnier.
- A shot of a Crazy 88 getting slashed across the chest and spraying blood all over a wall.
- When The Bride jumps onto the shoulders of one of the Crazy 88, after she slashes another one across the face, the Crazy 88 she's standing on tries to attack her from below. She parries the attack and cuts his hands off. The shot then cuts to the forward sommersault.
- Since the fight is already in color, the close up "eye shot" of The Bride blinking is cut. Instead, the first part of the close up before she blinks is shown, however, at the point when she normally blinks, there is a replacement medium shot of her standing slightly fatigued and holding her sword out.

- Finally, after the "House of Blue Leaves" fight, is the most infamous of the missing scenes and that is Sofie Fatale's extended "trunk interrogation" scene. After The Bride warns Sofie about cutting off something, instead of cutting back to Sofie in the hospital, The Bride is shown grabbing Sofie's arm and screams "GIVE ME YOUR OTHER ARM!". Sofie starts to panic, but then The Bride chops off her other arm, causing blood to splash onto the screen and Sofie begins screaming again.

Also, the Japanese cut replaces the “Old Klingon Proverb” at the beginning of the film with a dedication to filmmaker Kinji asaku.

Also, I remember a trailer for one of the films that featured a bald black guy dressed Chinese clothes and fighting Bill, but I don't remember seeing that in either film.

 

[Mog Elffoe]

Also, I remember a trailer for one of the films that featured a bald black guy dressed Chinese clothes and fighting Bill, but I don't remember seeing that in either film.

That's a deleted scene that appears on the U.S. DVD release of Vol. 2.

 

[Tom Cashel]

I think there's a single-film version coming out August 5, 2005--you know, both flicks edited back into one movie (the way it should have been from the get-go).

If it does come out, it's the only thing that'll get me to buy another Kill Bill DVD.