Copy to clipboard From Dusk Till Dawn, the cult classic genre mash-up directed by Robert Rodriguez, written by Quentin Tarantino and starring George Clooney, Harvey Keitel, Juliette Lewis, Tarantino and a bunch of B-movie icons turns 25 in January. To celebrate its silver anniversary, letâs dive into some of the behind-the-scenes facts on the making and legacy of From Dusk Till Dawn Was Quentin Tarantinoâs First Paid Writing Assignment Quentin Tarantinoâs origin story as a movie-obsessed video store clerk who almost overnight became the hottest filmmaker in Hollywood is pretty well known. However, Reservoir Dogs isnât the script that gave him the ability to dive full on into his career as a writer-director - that distinction goes to