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Rebel Rodriguez is an American actor and composer, born in 1999 in Austin, Texas. He is known for his roles in Planet Terror, Grindhouse, The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D, and Spy Kids.
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May 13, 2023 · The Austin Chronicle interviews the moviemaking dynasty behind Hypnotic, a mindbending thriller starring Ben Affleck. Robert Rodriguez wrote and directed, Racer produced, and Rebel composed the score.
May 12, 2023 · Rebel Rodriguez, son of writer-director Robert Rodriguez, talks about composing the music for Hypnotic, a film inspired by Hitchcock's Vertigo. He reveals how he combined synthesizer and orchestral sounds, and how he adapted to Ben Affleck's performance as a detective chasing a mind-controlling bank robber.
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Under the original title Project Terror, Robert Rodriguez wrote the first 30 pages of the screenplay while filming The Faculty in 1998. At the time, the Mexican visionary told actors Elijah Woodand Josh Hartnett that zombie flicks were poised for a big comeback. Rodriguez wanted to be at the forefront of the horror subgenre's return and hurried to ...
After working with her on Sin City two years prior, Rodriguez specifically tailored the role of Dr. Dakota Block in Planet Terrorfor actress Marley Shelton. RELATED: The Hard Goodbye: 10 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Sin City Dakota Block is a doctor and mother of a young boy named Tony. When her sadistic husband, William Block (Josh Brolin), disco...
One of the most memorable shots in the film comes when Dakota escapes by leaping from the window into a pile of trashcans below. The shot was achieved by filming it twice while using a passing car to distract the audience from noticing the edit. In the first shot, a stunt doublewas filmed falling from the original height of the window ledge onto a ...
While filming Planet Terror, Josh Brolin desperately wanted to audition for the Coen Brothers' No Country For Old Men. When Joel and Ethan Coen refused to let him try out for a role, Brolin had Rodriguez and his pal Quentin Tarantino light and film his audition anyway. Rodriguez and Tarantino used a digital camera worth roughly $1 million to film B...
To set the mood while filming, Rodriguez reportedly played the soundtracks for John Carpenter's Escape From New York and The Thing. When it came time to score Planet Terror, he hired Carpenter to compose arrangements for the film. RELATED: 10 Signs You're Watching A John Carpenter Film While Carpenter wrote the songs "Back to the Pod" and "The Craz...
To achieve the utmost authenticity, Robert Rodriguezhired a pair of non-actors from his personal life that he knew would give convincing performances on screen. For instance, Skip the strip-club owner in the film is played by Skip Lessig, Rodriguez's real-estate agent. Rodriguez told Skip to be himself and to let his natural terse and gruff demeano...
One of the most iconic images in Planet Terroris the powerful machine-gun leg Cherry Darling (McGowan) uses to mow down blood-parched zombies. The effect was achieved by encasing McGowan's leg in a medical cast so that it would remain stiff and immovable. Green and gray first-aid tape was then swaddled around her leg to shroud the cast. For the sho...
One of the staples of grindhouse cinema in the 70s was to feature famous movie stars in the marketing campaign, despite their limited appearance in the film. As a nod to this sort of false advertising, Bruce Willisis given high-billing in the credits, but only appears in a few scenes in the film. RELATED: Bruce Willis' 10 Best Movies (According To ...
When it came time to film the devastating sequence in which baby Tony fatally shoots himself in the face while left alone in Dakota's car, Rodriguez felt the material was so disturbing that he did not want to inflict psychological harm on the young actor. As a result, he used his own son Rebel Rodriguez for the scene instead. Rodriguez was sensitiv...
While Planet Terror literally connects with Death Proof as a horror double-feature, several nods to Tarantino's film are planted in the film. For instance, Death Proof star Zoe Bell appears as a zombie chomping on a paramedic in Planet Terror. In addition to Bell, Marley Shelton, Rose McGowan, the Babysitter Twins (Electra and Elise Avellan), and M...
Learn about the behind-the-scenes details of Planet Terror, the first half of Grindhouse, a horror homage by Robert Rodriguez. Find out how he cast his son Rebel Rodriguez, hired John Carpenter, and used Marley Shelton's leg as a weapon.
Sep 19, 2023 · Listen to the sons of Robert Rodriguez and Elizabeth Avellán talk about growing up on movie sets, working with their dad, and making Spy Kids: Armageddon for Netflix. Learn from their insights and experiences as filmmakers, actors, and composers.
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Aug 15, 2018 · 13.2M subscribers. Subscribed. 91. 15K views 5 years ago #ForgedInFire. Two smiths, Chuck Cook and Rebel Rodriguez, take us on a personal tour of their home forges in this bonus scene from...
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Sep 21, 2023 · Rebel Rodriguez, the son of Robert Rodriguez, composed the original score for the family action comedy Spy Kids: Armageddon. The soundtrack album also includes tracks by Robert Rodriguez and a song by Rhiannon Rodriguez & Tiger Darrow.
