Anyone get to see Ms. Bell at UC Irvine Film and Video Center? You did? Do tell, and don't skimp on the pics! ;)

http://www.humanities.uci.edu/fvc/schedS09_05_death-proof-featuring-zoe-bell.html

 Hello,
I am the Director of the University of California, Irvine Film and Video Center. Zoe is coming to a Q&A after our screening of Death Proof on May 14.

We only sell tickets the day of the event, one hour before the event starts.
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Prof. Steimer

9. "Death Proof" (2007)

Source: HERE

Death Proof is out on Blu Ray, and the New York Times has a nice little write-up reviewing the movie again:

"[Stuntman Mike] gets what he wants with the first group of women, but 14 months later, with the second group, things don’t go as planned. Something new has been added in the broad-shouldered figure of a stuntwoman (Zoë Bell, the New Zealand-born Amazon who doubled for Uma Thurman in “Kill Bill”). She not only shares Mike’s adrenaline addiction, but also does him one better."

At $29.95, I'm not sure the Blu Ray is worth it. It's not a film like Iron Man where you can enjoy all the special effects and bright colors more in hi-def. Death Proof is supposed to look beat up and scratchy, like old reels of film, so Blu Ray might be defeating the purpose of the movie. Then again, what could be better than Zoë Bell in extreme hi-definition and really crisp sound?

10. "Deathproof" (Quentin Tarantino, 2007)
Stunt: Car chase on bonnet Stuntwoman: Zoë Bell

SOURCE:
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/20/top10.stunts/

Grindhouse - Best Overall Stunt by a Stunt Woman



High speed chase featuring a stunt woman on the hood of the car. Female driver reaches high speeds and receives hits from another car, only one shot shows a dummy on the hood. Once the stunt woman climbs back into the car, chase continues with a reverse 180, double car jump and hits tail end of car causing the other car to turn over.

Nominees: Zoe Bell, Tracy Keehn Dashnaw - WINNER

CONGRATULATIONS!

I posted about this sometime last year and I just wanted to follow up to document her visitation to the Summer Camp Cinema in 2007. Check out the sites if you like, pix included.

http://www.myspace.com/reelentertainmentinc
http://summercampcinema.com/sc_friends.html

Is on May 17, 2008. Hopefully we will hear word on ZB's two nominations for Deathproof. If anyone gets any info, please share!

BLAKE: So that was you at the screening of Sukiyaki Western Django, the latest from Takashi Miike?

JUNGLE JULIA: Yes, I was and I loved it.

BLAKE: What did you think of Quentin Tarantino in that film?

JUNGLE JULIA: I thought he was hysterical. I loved his performance, and now that I know him, Zoe Bell and me were sitting there saying that he was loving every second of this - if he could play a character that was that spaghetti western tough guy, guns a blazing character. Zoe and I were also cracking up because his accent changed from American cowboy to Japanese anime and even some Irish in there. We were wondering what he was doing, but it was in typical Quentin and grindhouse fashion; all over the map and really cool.

BLAKE: Was that the first Miike film you’ve seen?

JUNGLE JULIA: Yes. Are there others that I should see? I loved Django!

BLAKE: It was an experiment with everyone speaking English, but it damn sure worked!

JUNGLE JULIA: That just made it for me, the way they spoke English. It was that Old West dialogue with the Japanese accent that just seemed to me seemed like it had an element of irony. And me and Zoe Bell laughed the entire movie, to the point I think the guys sitting in front of us hated us!

BLAKE: Well I think you were behind me and Marc (Outcast Cinema), but there were three guys to the left of us that were going nuts trying to make everyone quiet throughout the movie, which made absolutely no sense (as everyone was rocking and rolling with the movie and these three guys were trying to shush people from laughing).

JUNGLE JULIA: Yeah, and they kept trying to shush us, which was even more funny!

Source: [HERE]

'Death Proof'
Category: Film
Date: 10/02/08
Location: International Students' House, 229 Great Portland Street, London
Postcode: W1W 5PN

See Quentin Tarantino's latest film 'Death Proof', for free in the International Students' House

http://www.londonisfree.com/2008/01/deathproof.html

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#2: Although it happens almost three hours into Grindhouse, when I saw New Zealand stuntwoman Zoe Bell on the roof of a 1970 Dodge Challenger while Kurt Russell’s Stuntman Mike continually plows into the car at high speeds, I had really genuine shivers going down my spine and got startled right out of my seat. It’s not just the fact that Bell is doing all her own stunts, but it’s also because much of the scene is shot wide so you see every nuance and every bit of the danger that comes crashing down on these girls. The entire scene is gripping and to top it off Zoe Bell is so damn charming that when you’re finally able to breathe a sigh of relief it’s coupled with a collective chuckle.

And the 2007 Smashie Awards

At #3, Grindhouse.

Biggest Badass: Zoe Bell in “Death Proof”
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Pinnacle of Ass-Kicking: In “Planet Terror,” Rose McGowan lets the bullets fly on an army of the undead using a leg-turned-machine-gun and all the stripper moves at her disposal. Meanwhile, in “Death Proof,” the ultimate Hollywood stuntwoman delivers one of the best car chases ever and an unlikely star cries like a little girl.

7. "Grindhouse" The dueling cars in Quentin Tarantino's "Death Proof." No CGI here, just awesome stunt work as Zoe Bell hangs on to the hood for dear life. Bravo.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/77766

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Stunt Queen Still A Kiwi Girl

"Kiwi stuntwoman-turned-movie star Zoe Bell has walked the red carpet in Hollywood but she's more nervous about the reception she gets back home.

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Despite being based in the United States for large parts of the year, she says she constantly misses New Zealand and sees herself returning home to raise a family."

Year of Living Dangerously

"GOING down to the pub for a drink with friends is no straightforward matter for stunt woman Zoe Bell.

The New Zealander, who has a starring role as herself in Quentin Tarantino's new flick Death Proof, is constantly being challenged to perform some physical feat.

"(I get it) all the time: 'Can you fall down these stairs?'," Bell told AAP.

"My favourite, though, is when dudes are like: 'Do you want to arm wrestle?'

"I'm like: 'Yeah actually I do. I would love to arm wrestle with a complete stranger. I don't want to hang out with my mates, I want to hang out with you drunk bastards'," she laughs."

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"Bell's key scene involved her performing a stunt referred to in the movie as the ship's mast, where she hangs onto the bonnet of a speeding 1970 Dodge Challenger.

She's not willing to give away all the tricks of the trade and reveal how it was done, but warns people not to try it at home.

"I've watched enough of YouTube people trying to do it on their own that I need to say ... just know that if you try this at home, I think you're stupid," she said."