Here comes the bride. Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill: A Whole Blood Event combines both Kill Bill Vol. and Kill Bill Vol. 2, and will be released in theaters for the first time in national theatres on December 5th by Lionsgate. The rollout includes 70mm and 35mm presentations and plans to play in all major markets.
“I wrote and directed it as one film, and I’m so happy to be able to give fans the opportunity to see it as one film,” Tarantino wrote in a statement of the release. “The best way to see ‘Kilville: Whole Blood Events’ is in a glorious 70mm or 35mm cinema. There is blood and courage on the big screen in all glory! ”
“The Whole Bloody Affair” removes the cliffhanger that ends in “Kill Bill Vol. 1,” removes the summary opening match for “Kill Bill Vol. 2,” and brings together the pair as a single, cohesive storyline. The release also includes an unprecedented 7 1/2 minute animation sequence.
“Kill Bill” was originally conceived and filmed as a single feature, but was split into two installments during the editing process, serving its epic length of four hours or more runtime. The parts were released six months apart in October 2003 and April 2004. The installments that Tarantino considered his collective fourth feature were box office successes, which earned more than $330 million worldwide between them.
Tarantino came out of the competition, premiering “Full Blood Events” at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. In 2008, he first came up with plans to release “The Whole Bloody Affair” as a single release. The re-edited film debuted in 2011 with the director’s own new Beverly Cinema. The film has remained in the vault for years since then, and has become a somewhat white whale for the director’s fans.
The film returned to theaters this summer. He got his existing limited run at the Vista Theater in LA, which also owns his director, including his personal Cannes prints, French subtitles. The execution included a break between the first and second parts.
Lionsgate currently manages library distribution rights for several Tarantino features, including “Reservoir Dog,” “Jackie Brown,” “Inglousbusters,” “Django Unchained,” “The Hateful Eight,” and “Death Proof.”
