Quentin Tarantino

[Brendan]

A date would help me to mark it on my calendar.

Don't know. Mid to late May maybe, that's when most shows have their season finales.

[Lilly]

Are you fair dinkum.Tarantino doing T.V. work seems like a come down

He's written and directed CSI before, in 2000 (episode 5.23), and directed ER in 1994 (episode Motherhood).

I got that from his IMDb entry.

[Brendan]

He's written and directed CSI before, in 2000 (episode 5.23),...

I got that from his IMDb entry.

Gots to correct you Lilly... the show premiered in 2000, which is what that year there means, and episode 5.23 (season 5, episode 23) is the season finale for CSI's current season.  So that's just the listing for the episode he is going to direct.

And I just found an old article on the Hollywood Reporter that states the season finale is May 19. Which is a Thursday and it will air at 9pm on CBS.

Tarantino bloodying 'CSI' team

Feb. 24, 2005

By Nellie Andreeva and Borys Kit

Call it "Kill Gil."

Quentin Tarantino has signed to direct the season-finale episode of primetime's most-watched series, CBS' "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation." Tarantino also has come up with an original story for the episode, which is expected to shoot in early April and air May 19, according to "CSI" executive producer Carol Mendelsohn.

Tarantino has long been a fan of the stylish forensic drama as series creator/executive producer Anthony Zuiker learned when he bumped into Tarantino at an awards show during "CSI's" first season. They have pursued him to direct an episode for some time, and after members of the "CSI" crew ran into Tarantino a few weeks ago while the show was doing some location shooting in Las Vegas, the stars finally aligned for him to helm the show's fifth-season closer, Mendelsohn said.

"He knows everything there is to know about 'CSI,' and he is into the whole mythology of 'CSI,' " Mendelsohn said. "Quentin came in a couple of weeks ago. We had a story meeting with the writers. He had a great idea, and it was so much fun to have him in the room. ... We are positively giddy."

Zuiker, in particular, "worships Quentin," she added.

Mendelsohn said the story will involve a plot that finds one of the key members of the CSI team, led by Gil Grissom (William Petersen), in serious jeopardy. The teleplay will be penned by Mendelsohn, Zuiker and Naren Shankar.

"There will be more bugs and blood this time," Mendelsohn joked.

Tarantino, who earned an Oscar for co-writing the screenplay to his 1994 smash "Pulp Fiction," directed a 1995 episode of "ER" and appeared as a guest actor on ABC's "Alias" in 2002 and last year. His other features include the "Kill Bill" films, "Jackie Brown" and "Reservoir Dogs."

[Lilly]

Gots to correct you Lilly... the show premiered in 2000, which is what that year there means, and episode 5.23 (season 5, episode 23) is the season finale for CSI's current season.  So that's just the listing for the episode he is going to direct.

Oops.   Thanks for putting me straight, Brendan.   No doubt you can tell I never watch CSI.

[Brendan]

Did anyone happen to catch the two hour CSI season finale directed by Tarrantino tonight? It started at 8pm which I just found out about two days ago since it's a two hour long episode.  I'll have to catch it at 11pm on the West Coast channels.

[The Schofield Kid]

Please give a spoiler notice if you did see it,as here in Australia it probably won't be shown for months.Thanks.

[The Schofield Kid]

Saw Kill Bill Vol.1 tonight for the very first time and I was disappointed with it.If this was supposed to be part homage to the kung fu flicks,give me Jackie Chan any day.The violence was very cartoonish which may have been what Tarantino was trying to accomplish but it just didn't do it for me.After limbs get chopped off we see fountains of blood.Why? I remember saying in another post earlier this year somewhere on the board that these types of action films appealed to me 10-15 years ago,but now after sitting through one I just sit back and ask what's the whole point.Tarantino certainly is a unique film maker and I did like Pulp Fiction which is now over 10 years old so if I watched that again now, I may feel the same way with that film as Kill Bill.
I've seen some here say that Vol.2 is better,I'll see that one day but won't be rushing out to get it.

[little_bill]

tgy. it is supposed to be one whole film, do yourself a favour and see vol2 while one is still fresh in the mind. it makes more sense then.

[Matt]

Good advice from little_bill. See Vol. 2 and let us know what you think then, tgy.

[gimpy]

Quentin Tarantino is currently working on his new film: Inglorious Bastards.

http://www.everythingtarantino.com/inglorious_bastards/

[Brendan]

Quentin Tarantino is currently working on his new film: Inglorious Bastards.

http://www.everythingtarantino.com/inglorious_bastards/

Yeah... "working on". He's been toying around with this one for years. Much like the Kill Bill's I'll believe it when I'm in the theatre watching it. But as for rumoured cast members they include: Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Eddie Muprhy. Apparently Michael Madsen is confirmed though along with Adam Sandler.

[The Schofield Kid]

tgy. it is supposed to be one whole film, do yourself a favour and see vol2 while one is still fresh in the mind. it makes more sense then.

Finally got to see Kill Bill Vol.2 tonight.I know it's been a few months since I saw Vol.1,but I still remember how disappointed I was after seeing that,I really thought Vol.2 would be a vast improvement.It wasn't.Apart from the fight scene between Uma and Darryl Hannah,I found it very slow moving and not that interesting.
So if I had to choose between the two,I'd say Vol.1 is slightly better than Vol.2. and of the 5 Tarantino films:

1- Pulp Fiction
2- Jackie Brown
3- Reservoir Dogs
4- Kill Bill Vol.1
5- Kill Bill Vol.2

[The Schofield Kid]

Attention all Aussie viewers.Last Season's final 2 hour episode of C.S.I. directed by Tarantino is "finally" being shown this Sunday night at 8.30p.m on Channel 9.Although we are getting it in two parts and will have to wait another week for part 2.

Please give a spoiler notice if you did see it,as here in Australia it probably won't be shown for months.Thanks.

Sunday will be exactly SIX months to the day since I posted that.

[The Schofield Kid]

Although we are getting it in two parts and will have to wait another week for part 2.

Actually,in today's paper it says we have to wait until next year to see part 2.

[The Schofield Kid]

We're finally going to see the second part of CSI directed by Tarantino this Sunday in Australia.I hope all this waiting is going to be worth it.

[little_bill]

you should enjoy it tgy, them network guys are bastards for doing that to you. 

[Americanbeauty]

The season finale rocked. You'll love it, tgy 

The whole cast delivered great performances, especially Gary Dourdan and George Eads.
Another cool CSI episode.

*SPOILER* Tgy, don't read the following, because it's in the second episode.

Loved the black and white sequence -Nick's autopsy scene. Black Humor. So funny. So Tarantino

EDIT: Cooool  Thanks, little_bill!

[little_bill]

The season finale rocked. You'll love it, tgy 

The whole cast delivered great performances, especially Gary Dourdan and George Eads.
Another cool CSI episode.

*SPOILER* Tgy, don't read the following, because it's in the second episode.*
 

AB if you want to put a spoiler in try and use the quotes button above the smilies and then change the text colour to black to match the background, that way the spoiler can only be read if highlighted

just like this see

[Matt]

Those of us on the Mocha color scheme can see it though. 

[The Schofield Kid]

The wait was worth it.A great episode that got the heart racing.Really well done by Tarantino.That autopsy scene was funny AB,although at first I thought that he was dead after reading last year there was trouble on the set so I thought the writers had come up with a way to get rid of him.