Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Director:

Quentin Tarantino

Writer:

Quentin Tarantino (written by)

Release Date:

21 elokuu 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | War

Tagline:

Once upon a time in Nazi occupied France...

Plot:

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis.

Plot Keywords:

Nazi | Jewish American | France | Nazi Occupied France | Scalping

Awards:

Nominated for 4 Golden Globes. Another 19 wins & 19 nominations

US Showtimes:

Laemmle Music Hall

7:15pm

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Cast

Brad Pitt	...	Lt. Aldo Raine
Mélanie Laurent	...	Shosanna Dreyfus
Christoph Waltz	...	Col. Hans Landa
Eli Roth	...	Sgt. Donny Donowitz
Michael Fassbender	...	Lt. Archie Hicox
Diane Kruger	...	Bridget von Hammersmark
Daniel Brühl	...	Pvt 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 Dieter Hellstrom
Denis Menochet	...	Perrier LaPadite
Sylvester Groth	...	Joseph Goebbels

Also Known As:

Inglorious Bastards (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong graphic violence, language and brief sexuality.

Runtime:

153 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English | German | French | Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #45325) | UK:18 | New Zealand:R16 | Ireland:16 | Sweden:15 | Finland:K-15 | Australia:MA | Germany:16 (bw) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Singapore:M18 | Portugal:M/16 (Qualidade) | France:-12 | Hong Kong:IIB (cut) | Hong Kong:III | South Korea:18 | Iceland:16 | Japan:R15+ | Argentina:16 | Hungary:18 | Brazil:18 | Chile:14 (re-rating) | Chile:TE (original rating) | Italy:VM14 | Spain:13 | India:A | South Africa:16LV | Ireland:18 (DVD rating) | Malaysia:18PL (cut) | Mexico:B15 | Philippines:R-18 (MTRCB)

Filming Locations:

Babelsberg, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

Stiglitz's knife has written on it 'Meine Ehre Heisst Treue', which means 'Honor is my loyalty'.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The "Magnetophon" was a German invention and state secret until 1945 due to its use in propaganda and spying of radio broadcasts. There is no way a French cinema owner would have one in the attic: sound was optically recorded in movies, or picked up on gramophones.

Quotes:

Joseph Goebbels: You have opera boxes?
Shosanna Dreyfus: Oui.
Joseph Goebbels: How many?
Shosanna Dreyfus: Two.
Joseph Goebbels: More would be better.

Movie Connections:

References Le corbeau (1943)

Soundtrack:

THE VERDICT

A Rip Roaring Yarn

An fun, engrossing, beautifully crafted piece of nonsense, the likes of which we hadn't seen in a long long time. The silliness of the story is marvelously camouflaged with great dialogue and some superb performances. Christoph Waltz must be thinking already about his acceptance speech. What a performance! The civilized monster, polyglot, refined and deadly. He gets us going from the first, sensational scene. Brad Pitt is also wonderful. Was he putting a Mussolinni chin while impersonating (hilariously) an Italian? I thought so. His character's name sounds like Aldo Ray and I'm sure that's no accident. The film is full of movie references. Another character is named Fenek, as an homage to his 1970's sexpot, Edwige Fenech. What is already one of Tarantino's trademarks is his sure step along the most immediately recognizable bits of pop culture. He's clearly not a cultured man but a pop expert, king in a world where people get their news from TV, don't reed, other than magazines and comics, etc. That's how it happens, to be in the right place at the right time. For better or worse this are Tarantino times.