Django Unchained (2012)

With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

Director:

Quentin Tarantino

Writer:

Quentin Tarantino

Stars:

Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio

Top Rated Movies #58 | Won 2 Oscars. Another 53 wins & 143 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jamie Foxx	...	Django
Christoph Waltz	...	Dr. King Schultz
Leonardo DiCaprio	...	Calvin Candie
Kerry Washington	...	Broomhilda von Shaft
Samuel L. Jackson	...	Stephen
Walton Goggins	...	Billy Crash
Dennis Christopher	...	Leonide Moguy
James Remar	...	Butch Pooch / Ace Speck
David Steen	...	Mr. Stonesipher
Dana Gourrier	...	Cora
Nichole Galicia	...	Sheba
Laura Cayouette	...	Lara Lee Candie-Fitzwilly
Ato Essandoh	...	D'Artagnan
Sammi Rotibi	...	Rodney
Clay Donahue Fontenot	...	Big Fred's Opponent

Storyline

Former dentist, Dr. King Schultz, buys the freedom of a slave, Django, and trains him with the intent to make him his deputy bounty hunter. Instead, he is led to the site of Django's wife who is under the hands of Calvin Candie, a ruthless plantation owner.

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Plot Keywords:

historically inaccurate | ku klux klan | n word | dynamite | slavery | 

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Taglines:

The "D" is Silent. Payback Won't Be.

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Genres:

Drama | Western

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong graphic violence throughout, a vicious fight, language and some nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English German French Italian

Release Date:

25 December 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Django Unchained

Filming Locations:

Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$100,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$30,122,888 (USA) (28 December 2012)

Gross:

$162,804,648 (USA) (10 May 2013)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Weinstein Company, The, Columbia Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

165 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Datasat Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The screenplay for this film was featured in the 2011 Blacklist; a list of the "most liked" unmade scripts of the year.

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Goofs

In Calvin Candie's villa, a decorative copy of the Nefertiti Bust can be seen. However, the movie is set in the year 1858, while the bust wasn't discovered until 1912.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Dicky Speck: [cocks rifle] Who's that stumblin' around in the dark? State your business or prepare to get winged!

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Crazy Credits

There is a small additional scene with the 3 men in a cage at the very end of the credits.

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Connections

Referenced in Life Itself (2014)

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Soundtracks

Ode to Django
(The D Is Silent)
Produced by RZA
Instruments by RZA and (Trú James) Stone Mecca
Dialogues Provided by RZA and Rev. William Burks
Lyrics by RZA Inspired by Quentin Tarantino
Courtesy of Wu Tang Productions
(Incorporated Dialogue from"Day of Anger (1967) (aka Day of Anger)" Directed by Tonino Valerii,"Django (1966)" Directed by Sergio Corbucci, and"The Ugly Ones (1967) (aka The Ugly Ones)" Directed by Eugenio Martín

User Reviews

This Pulp Is The Worst Fiction Ever Made

One out of the worst money-movies these times. Quentin is keeping exterminating his own film-making; burnt out, there's little chance of recovery. He lost his innocence and the genuine investment of the real geniuses that have lived. That's it. I have already written about that not long ago; there's nothing more to do for Tarantino than to laugh his way to the bank. What a loss for all involved. I can understand that Christoph Waltz, Leonardo Di Caprio, Morgan Freeman and Jamie Foxx and many others allow themselves to become involved in the making of a new film and, perhaps, in a performance, in a project with a filmmaker who proved he was somebody... but this garbage is denigrating the art of cinematic storytelling, this is compromising the ability for the young moviegoers to never enjoy in the future any resource and representation of life. What's your name? – Django – Can you spell it? An exchange between Jamie Foxx and Franco Nero, the man who first played Django in 1966, a Damned Great Movie, that time has left behind, which happened, for a sterile profit-only engagement, to fit the name. Today, Quentin Tarantino is not – and probably ever will, be able to spell 'Movie' once again – The 'Director' is silent – I know that, strikes Corbucci's Django.