Inglourious Basterds (2009)

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.

Director:

Quentin Tarantino

Writer:

Quentin Tarantino

Stars:

Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Eli Roth

Top 250 #108 | Won 1 Oscar. Another 75 wins & 63 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Brad Pitt	...	Lt. Aldo Raine
Mélanie Laurent	...	Shosanna
Christoph Waltz	...	Col. Hans Landa
Eli Roth	...	Sgt. Donny Donowitz
Michael Fassbender	...	Lt. Archie Hicox
Diane Kruger	...	Bridget von Hammersmark
Daniel Brühl	...	Fredrick Zoller
Til Schweiger	...	Sgt. Hugo Stiglitz
Gedeon Burkhard	...	Cpl. Wilhelm Wicki
Jacky Ido	...	Marcel
B.J. Novak	...	Pfc. Smithson Utivich
Omar Doom	...	Pfc. Omar Ulmer
August Diehl	...	Major Hellstrom
Denis Ménochet	...	Perrier LaPadite
Sylvester Groth	...	Joseph Goebbels

Storyline

In Nazi-occupied France, young Jewish refugee Shosanna Dreyfus witnesses the slaughter of her family by Colonel Hans Landa. Narrowly escaping with her life, she plots her revenge several years later when German war hero Fredrick Zoller takes a rapid interest in her and arranges an illustrious movie premiere at the theater she now runs. With the promise of every major Nazi officer in attendance, the event catches the attention of the "Basterds", a group of Jewish-American guerilla soldiers led by the ruthless Lt. Aldo Raine. As the relentless executioners advance and the conspiring young girl's plans are set in motion, their paths will cross for a fateful evening that will shake the very annals of history.

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Plot Keywords:

nazis | german | soldier | france | jewish | 

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Taglines:

Once upon a time in Nazi occupied France...

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | War

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong graphic violence, language and brief sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [ru]

Country:

USA Germany

Language:

English German French Italian

Release Date:

21 August 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Inglorious Bastards

Filming Locations:

Babelsberg, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany

Box Office

Budget:

$75,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£3,596,415 (UK) (21 August 2009)

Gross:

$120,523,073 (USA) (11 December 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Weinstein Company, The, A Band Apart

Technical Specs

Runtime:

153 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Quentin Tarantino intended for this to be as much a war film as a spaghetti western, and considered titling the movie "Once Upon a Time in Nazi-Occupied France". He gave that title instead to the first chapter of the film.

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Goofs

When Eric (the bartender) hands a glass to Bridget, he calls her "Frau" instead of "Fräulein." "Frau" implies she is married and/or elderly, which Bridget isn't.

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Quotes

[Raine is interrogating Rachtman and poitning out all of his men]
Lt. Aldo Raine: And another one over there, you might be familiar with: Sgt. Hugo Stiglitz. Heard of 'em?
Sgt. Werner Rachtman: Everybody in the German army's heard of Hugo Stiglitz.
[Some of the Basterds laugh, and the camera focuses on Stiglitz; the scene freezes and the words "Hugo Stiglitz" appear on the screen]
Narrator: [voice-over] The reason for Hugo Stiglitz's celebrity among German soldiers is simple. As a German enlisted man, he killed thirteen Gestapo officers.
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Crazy Credits

Both the opening and closing credits change fonts numerous times, displaying typefaces seen in a variety of earlier Tarantino films.

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Connections

References Zulu Dawn (1979)

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Soundtracks

"MAIN THEME"
(1968)
from Dark of the Sun
Written by Jacques Loussier
Performed by Jacques Loussier
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment

User Reviews

I'm Speechless. Wish Tarantino was.

I love QT's films. All of them. Until today. Inglorious Basterds, in many reviews is accosted for being to ludicrously violent. It is that. But I'm not bothered by it. It's a QT trademark, after all. It is lambasted for its absolutely ridiculous fragment of a plot. I agree that what's there is frankly, insulting. But QT has often managed to do amazing things with such plots. Problem is: It is intensely boring. there is this thing that happens to famous directors. They forget there is this concept called editing. They come to believe that their vision, their every second of imagery is heavenly treasure; that to cut a line of dialog out of, for instance, the third 20-minute conversation around a table, is to cut the heart out of their child. We're here, folks. QT has become boring. His once masterful dialog may be in there somewhere, but it's buried in stuff that would make George Lucas reach for the scissors. And that is all this movie is--talking. Sure, there's some blood and explosions, but QT dashes through the action so that he can get back to yet another stilted, pointless conversation among characters who, frequently have no role save for that conversation. Boring, boring, boring. Stupid and violent, yes, but the boredom: thats' unforgivable.