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Brad Pitt takes no prisoners in Quentin Tarantino's high-octane WWII revenge fantasy Inglourious Basterds. As war rages in Europe, a Nazi-scalping squad of American soldiers, known to their enemy as "The Basterds," is on a daring mission to take down the leaders of the Third Reich. Bursting with "action, hair-trigger suspense and a machine-gun spray of killer dialogue" (Peter Travers, Rolling ...
Aug 21, 2009 · Release Date: August 21, 2009"Inglourious Basterds" (sic) begins in German-occupied France, where Shosanna Dreyfus (Mιlanie Laurent) witnesses the execution ...
Aug 18, 2009 · Pitt is lively but he disappears for a long time and is upstaged by Waltz, who gives a teasing turn of sly comedy and cruel charm. His scenes are the film’s best. For the film’s final chapters ...
Feb 25, 2022 · A masterpiece like "Inglourious Basterds" takes a lot of work to get right. Tarantino worked on the script for years, made tough decisions in casting the film, and took time to get the final cut ...
Nov 26, 2019 · 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 ...
Jan 10, 2022 · Part of the distinctive look of Inglourious Basterds stems from its disregard for pure naturalism and lighting motivation, which also contributes to its impressionistic period feel. For example, the look of the opening scene in the farmhouse is defined by hot, hard daylight that shines down onto a table, bouncing to illuminate the two characters.
Although the original eight members of the Basterds are supposed to be Jewish, only three actors portraying them are actually Jewish: Eli Roth, B. J. Novak and Samm Levine. There was a real unit known as "Masters' Bastards" in WWII.
