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Writer:
Quentin Tarantino (written by)
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Release Date:
21 August 2009 (USA) more
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Once upon a time in Nazi occupied France... more
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. The Basterds soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 4 Golden Globes. Another 6 wins & 20 nominations more
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(2903 articles)
Inglourious Basterds DVD Review
 (From ScreenStar. 15 December 2009, 11:09 PM, PST)

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A Rip Roaring Yarn more (798 total)
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Also Known As:
Inglorious Bastards (USA) (working title)
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Rated R for strong graphic violence, language and brief sexuality.
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153 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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The sharp guitar chord that is Hugo Stiglitz's theme is from 'Billy Preston''s score for Slaughter (1972). more
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Continuity: The level of beer in the glass, shaped like a boot, of the Nazi-officer in the basement pub, changes between shots. more
Quotes:
Col. Hans Landa: [Landa and Bridget sit alone in Shosanna's office] Let me see your foot.
Bridget von Hammersmark: I beg your pardon?
Col. Hans Landa: [he pats his lap] Put your foot in my lap.
Bridget von Hammersmark: Colonel, you embarrass me.
Col. Hans Landa: I assure you, Fräulein, my intention is not to flirt.
[Bridget gives in and places her foot in Landa's lap. He removes her shoe, and then places the shoe he found on her foot]
Col. Hans Landa: What's that American expression? "If the shoe fits... You must wear it."
[he removes the foot from his lap]
Bridget von Hammersmark: What now, Colonel?
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References The Dirty Dozen (1967) more
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Did Col. Landa know that Shosanna was the girl he let escape when he meets her at the cafe'?
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54 out of 82 people found the following comment useful.
A Rip Roaring Yarn, 7 October 2009
8/10
Author: Ubaldo Martinez from United States

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.

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