From Dusk till Dawn

From Dusk till Dawn
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Robert Rodriguez
Screenplay by	Quentin Tarantino
Story by	Robert Kurtzman
Produced by	Gianni Nunnari Meir Teper
Starring	Harvey Keitel George Clooney Quentin Tarantino Juliette Lewis Cheech Marin Fred Williamson Salma Hayek
Cinematography	Guillermo Navarro
Edited by	Robert Rodriguez
Music by	Graeme Revell
Production companies	Dimension Films A Band Apart Los Hooligans Productions
Distributed by	Miramax Films
Release dates	January 17, 1996 (1996-01-17) (Cinerama Dome) January 19, 1996 (1996-01-19) (United States)
Running time	108 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$19 million[1]
Box office	$59.3 million[2][3]

From Dusk till Dawn is a 1996 American action horror film directed by Robert Rodriguez and written by Quentin Tarantino from a concept and story by Robert Kurtzman.^[4] Starring Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino, Ernest Liu, and Juliette Lewis, the plot follows a pair of American criminal brothers (Clooney and Tarantino) who take a family as hostages (Keitel, Liu, and Lewis) in order to cross into Mexico, but ultimately find themselves trapped in a saloon frequented by vampires.

From Dusk till Dawn premiered on January 17, 1996, at the Cinerama Dome theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles,^[5] and was released on January 19 in the United States. It initially received mixed reviews from critics, who described the film as well-made if overly violent. After enjoying financial success at the box office, From Dusk till Dawn has since become a cult film^[6] and spawned a media franchise of sequel films, a video game and other media adaptations.