Characters:
BILL
THE BRIDE
CHARLES ARTHUR, BRIDEGROOM DEAD BODY
TIM, DEAD BODY
JANEEN, DEAD BODY
ERICA, DEAD BODY
REVEREND HILLHOUSE, DEAD BODY
REVEREND'S WIFE, DEAD BODY
ORGAN PLAYER, DEAD BODY
OVER BLACK
We hear labored breathing.
BLACK FRAME
QUOTE APPEARS:
"Revenge is a dish best served cold"
- Old Klingon Proverb -
QUOTE FADES OUT
WE STAY ON BLACK...breathing continues...
Then a MAN'S VOICE talks over the breathing;
MAN'S VOICE (O.S.)
Do you find me sadistic?
CUT TO:
BLACK AND WHITE CU of a WOMAN lying on the floor, looking up. The woman on the floor has just taken a severe spaghetti-western-style gang beating. Her face is bloody, beaten up, and torn. The high contrast B/W turning the red blood into black blood.A hand belonging to the off-screen Man's Voice ENTERS FRAME holding a white handkerchief with the name "BILL" sewn in the corner, and begins tenderly wiping away the blood from the young woman's face. Little by little as the Male Voice speaks, the beautiful face underneath is revealed to the audience. But what can't be wiped away, is the white hot hate that shines in both eyes at the man who stands over her, the "BILL" of the title.
In another age men who shook the world for their own purposes were called conquerors. In our age, the men who shake the planet for their own power and greed are called corrupters. And of the world's corrupters Bill stands alone. For while he corrupts the world, inside himself he is pure.
BILL'S VOICE (O.S.)
I bet I could fry an egg on your head about now,
if I wanted to.
He continues wiping away the blood.
BILL'S VOICE (O.S.)
No kiddo, I'd like to believe, even now,
you're aware enough to know there isn't
a trace of sadism in my actions... Okay
- Maybe towards these other jokers -
but not you.
OVERHEAD SHOT
We see for a moment, A WIDE SHOT looking down at the woman on the floor. Bill (from behind) bent down over her. Four others in black suits, standing over her (three are female, one is male). And about four DEAD BODIES lying in their own blood. We also see we're in a wedding chapel that's been redecorated by blood death and gunfire. And firstly or lastly, depending on the viewer, that the woman on the floor is dressed in a white bridal gown. This woman is our Heroine, and from this moment forth she will only be referred to as The BRIDE.
Back to CU of The BRIDE.
The BRIDE on the floor. Her pretty face is wiped clean.
BILL'S VOICE (O.S.)
No Kiddo at this moment, this is me
at my most masochistic.
While still in her CU The Bride speaks for the first time in the picture. She looks up at the man standing over her and says;
THE BRIDE
Bill, I'm pregnant. It's your baby.
After saying the "y" in "baby", we hear a BANG and The Bride receives a bullet in the side of her head.
BLACK SCREEN: Presentation Credit
"The 4th Film by QUENTIN TARANTINO"
CUT TO:
B/W CU of a Young MAN in a TUXEDO. Shot to death. The BRIDE speaks to us in a VO;
THE BRIDE (V.O.)
That's Tim, Arthur's best friend.
THE BRIDE (V.O.)
That's his girlfriend Janeen.
CU A PLUMP YOUNG WOMAN, shot to death, wedding bouquet still clutched in her dead fist.
THE BRIDE (V.O.)
That's my best friend from work Erica.
AN OLDER MAN IN A BLACK SUIT shot fulla holes.
THE BRIDE (V.O.)
That's the minister. I think his
name was Reverend Hillhouse.
A DEAD OLDER WOMAN by his side in an old-fashioned flower print dress.
THE BRIDE (V.O.)
That's his wife.
A DEAD OLDER WOMAN slumped over an organ.
THE BRIDE (V.O.)
Organ player, don't know her name.
A YOUNG MAN IN A TUXEDO WITH HIS FACE BLOWN OFF.
THE BRIDE (V.O.)
That's Arthur. Arthur Plympton. The
name on his driver's license was
Charles Arthur Plympton, but for
some reason he preferred Arthur.
Maybe if he went by Carles people
would have called him Charlie. If
that was his reason for going by
Arthur I can understand it.
Nothing wrong with the name
Charlie, except he didn't look like
a Charlie, he looked like an
Arthur. Obviously you'll have to take my
word on this. Speaking of names, I
was about two seconds away from
becoming Mrs. Charles Arthur
Plympton.
And then finally, The Bride.
THE BRIDE (V.O.)
And that, that's me. I'm the Bride.
We do a DISSOLVE from the Bride looking dead in the bridal gown To The Bride, still in B/W, still in a bridal gown, but the asswippin she took in the scene before must have been in the past, because she looks like a million dollars now.......three million even.
INT. CAR (MOVING) - NIGHT
The Bride behind the wheel of a Volkswagen Karman Ghia convertible. Her long blonde hair whipping in the wind. A PROCESS SHOT PLAYS behind her.
THE BRIDE (V.O.)
Looked dead, didn't I? Well I
wasn't, but it wasn't for lack of
trying, I can tell you that.
Actually Bill's last bullet put me
in a coma. A coma I was to lie in
for five years.
When I woke up, ...I went on what
the movie advertisements refer to
as a Roaring Rampage of Revenge. I
roarded and I rampaged and I got
bloody satisfaction. In all, I've
killed 33 people to get to this
piont right now.
I have only one more.
The last one.
The one I'M driving to right now.
The only one left.
And when I arrive at my
destination.....
.... I'm gonna Kill Bill.
TITLE SEQUENCE
As a female-sung ballad of heartbreaking lament plays on the soundtrack, we see the credits of "Kill Bill" play over the Bride in her bridal gown, driving to the film's climax. The sequence ends with the Bride arriving at Bill's home.
WE FADE TO BLACK
BLACK FRAME
TITLE APPEARS:
Chapter one "2"
CUT TO:
EX CU The BRIDE's EYEBALL IN GLORIOUS COLOR WE CUT OUT ONE...TWO...THREE...TO A
CU of The BRIDE IN GLORIOUS COLOR She's sitting in a parked pickup truck. Her eyes focused on something.
The BRIDE'S POV:
A very homey three-bedroom house in the affluent suburb of Pasadena, California. A purple Dodge Neon sits parked in the driveway. A tricylce, a big wheel, and a few toys sprinkle the grass on the front yard. A mailbox with the name "The BELLS" on it sits out in front of the lawn. We hear but don't see ice cream truck bells.
SUBTITLE APPEARS AT SCREEN BOTTOM:
"The city of PASADENA, CALIFORNIA"
We hear a Car Door Open and Close....THEN....The Bride Walks into the shot, heading for the front door.
EX CU: A long, white female finger pushes a doorbell.
EXT. RESIDENTIAL PASADENA STREET - DAY
The front door opens and an attractive black HOUSEWIFE the same age as The Bride stands in the doorway. The Housewife's face shows immediate recognition of the blonde on her doorstep.The BRIDE on the porch; we do a quick Shaw-Brothers-style Zoom into her eyes.
FLASHBACK - SPAGHETTI WESTERN STYLE
(That means our Heroine is remembering something, and we see it with an orange filter.) We're back inside the wedding chapel. The Bride is taking the beating of her life by four people in black suits. A black woman PUNCHES HER in the face... WE see it's the black housewife, five years earlier.
The BRIDE ON THE PORCH
We Zoom quick out of her eyes to CU, a VENGEANCE THEME PLAYS LOUD ON THE SOUNDTRACK. (Whenever we hear this theme throughout the picture, we'll quickly learn what accompanies it is The Bride goin Krakatoa all over whoever's ass happens to be in front of her at that moment.) As the Vengeance Theme plays, a Vein in The Bride's forehead begins to pulsate. When the Vengeance Theme stops, The Bride ATTACKS The Housewife.
Presentation of place and time
The presentation of the place and time is very ambiguous in this script which is part of the author's intention to give a sense of mystery to the movie. All we know from the opening scene is that a wedding was supposed to take place at a chapel. Judging from the customs of having weddings in chapels, we can deduce that time at which the story takes place is contemporary. Not much is said about the surroundings however. In the next scene the Bride drives a car to the city of Pasadena in California. We know straight away now that they are located in the United States. Also the car and the house with the porch are very contemporary models and architectures. Thus we can deduce that while the author did not make it explicit in his script,
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