Santa Monica’s Lionsgate to Debut the Complete, Unrated Version With New Footage and Select 70MM Screenings.
Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair will hit theaters nationwide on December 5, marking the first wide release of the director’s revenge saga as a single, uninterrupted film, Lionsgate announced from their Santa Monica office on Wednesday.
The project, distributed by Lionsgate, combines Kill Bill Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 into an unrated presentation originally envisioned by Tarantino. Unlike the original release, which split the story into two installments, the theatrical cut eliminates the first film’s cliffhanger and the sequel’s recap.
Tarantino said, “I wrote and directed it as one movie—and I’m so glad to give the fans the chance to see it as one movie. The best way to see Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair is at a movie theater in Glorious 70mm or 35mm. Blood and guts on a big screen in all its glory!”
Audiences will also see new material: a previously unreleased seven-and-a-half-minute animated sequence. Select screenings will be offered in 70mm and 35mm, while most major markets are expected to show the feature digitally.
Lionsgate, which controls distribution of a large portion of Tarantino’s catalog, also handles Reservoir Dogs, Jackie Brown, Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained, The Hateful Eight, and Death Proof.
Starring Uma Thurman as “The Bride,” the film follows a betrayed assassin who survives a brutal wedding chapel massacre and embarks on a quest to eliminate the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad before facing her former lover and mentor, Bill (David Carradine). Co-stars include Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, Gordon Liu, and Michael Parks.
Produced by Lawrence Bender, the feature is written and directed by Tarantino and is presented with a classic intermission. With its stylized action, operatic tone, and expanded material, The Whole Bloody Affair offers one of modern cinema’s most iconic revenge epics in its intended form.
