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Grindhouse: Death Proof movie trailer
Another example of John Carpenter's influence on Tarantino, Grindhouse: Death Proof, the movie that halves the Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez collaboration, even features frequent appearances by both John Carpenter and the cast. Kurt Russell. While the rest of Grindhouse: Rodriguez's Planet Terror also has a "John Carpenter style", Grindhouse: Death Proof is influenced by Escape from New York and Assault on Precinct 13.
The plot of Grindhouse: Death Proof follows two groups of women who interact separately with stuntman Mike (Russell), a killer who has been likened to a "death machine".