Section B research - Miramax

Miramax was founded in 1979 by Harvey and Bob Weinstein who are brothers from Buffalo, New York. It was a leading independent film motion picture distibution and production company before it was taken on by The Walt Disney Company in 2003. Disney's 17 years involvement ended in 2010 when it was sold to Colony Capital.

Kill Bill Vol 1 and 2 were distibuted by Miramax films in 2003-2004 and were written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Kill Bill Vol 1 budget was $55 million and it earned $180,949,045 in the box office. As Miramax is a successful and well known film company Kill Bill was given a generous budget which helped their success by including special effects and locations etc in the film to make it more successful.

Kill Bill has released a soundtrack, and a parody has taken place on the TV series "Robot Chicken" in 2005.

Kill Bill Vol 1 was released in 2004, 1 week before Vol 2 hit cinemas. The timing of this encourages the public to buy the DVD more as they have seen trailers, billboards and poster for Vol 2 so they will be reminded of the films success and want to buy it more.

The picture underneath is the Calvary Baptist Church in Hi Vista, California used for a filming location. (The wedding scenes).