The Hateful Eight (2015)

In the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters.

Director:

Quentin Tarantino

Writer:

Quentin Tarantino

Stars:

Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh

Won 1 Oscar. Another 39 wins & 113 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Samuel L. Jackson	...	Major Marquis Warren
Kurt Russell	...	John Ruth
Jennifer Jason Leigh	...	Daisy Domergue
Walton Goggins	...	Sheriff Chris Mannix
Demián Bichir	...	Bob (as Demian Bichir)
Tim Roth	...	Oswaldo Mobray
Michael Madsen	...	Joe Gage
Bruce Dern	...	General Sandy Smithers
James Parks	...	O.B.
Dana Gourrier	...	Minnie Mink
Zoë Bell	...	Six-Horse Judy
Lee Horsley	...	Ed
Gene Jones	...	Sweet Dave
Keith Jefferson	...	Charly
Craig Stark	...	Chester Charles Smithers

Storyline

Some time after the Civil War, a stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. Bounty hunter John Ruth and his fugitive captive Daisy Domergue race towards the town of Red Rock, where Ruth will bring Daisy to justice. Along the road, they encounter Major Marquis Warren (an infamous bounty hunter) and Chris Mannix (a man who claims to be Red Rock's new sheriff). Lost in a blizzard, the bunch seeks refuge at Minnie's Haberdashery. When they arrive they are greeted by unfamiliar faces: Bob, who claims to be taking care of the place while Minnie is gone; Oswaldo Mobray, the hangman of Red Rock; Joe Gage, a cow puncher; and confederate general Sanford Smithers. As the storm overtakes the mountainside, the eight travelers come to learn that they might not make it to Red Rock after all...

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Plot Keywords:

murder | bounty hunter | blizzard | blood vomiting | shot in the crotch | 

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Taglines:

Eight strangers. One deadly connection.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller | Western

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong bloody violence, a scene of violent sexual content, language and some graphic nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish French

Release Date:

30 December 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

The H8ful Eight

Filming Locations:

Red Studios, 846 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$44,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$4,610,676, 27 December 2015, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$54,117,416

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$155,760,117

Company Credits

Production Co:

Visiona Romantica, Double Feature Films, FilmColony

Technical Specs

Runtime:

167 min (general release) 187 min (roadshow)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat DTS 70 mm (70 mm print)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.76 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Quentin Tarantino announced at Comic-Con in 2015 that Ennio Morricone would compose the score for the film. Tarantino remarked that it would be the first western scored by Morricone in forty years. He had previously used Morricone's music in Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), Death Proof (2007), Inglourious Basterds (2009), and Django Unchained (2012). Morricone also wrote a brand-new song, "Ancora Qui", for the latter. Despite stories of tensions between the two, Tarantino decided to have Morricone on-board to compose original music for the movie, making it the first film by Tarantino to use mainly an original musical score. Most of his previous films have used mainly source music, with only a few cues of original score.

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Goofs

About 36 minutes in when Ruth's stagecoach first pulls up to Minnie's Haberdashery, Bob comes out to greet them. As he exits the haberdashery, the door closes firmly behind him with the pronounced audible "click" of a latch and stays closed. However, at this point the door had supposedly already been broken and should have required nails to stay closed.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Major Marquis Warren: [looks up coolly as a stagecoach pulled by horses approaches] Got room for one more?

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Crazy Credits

The roadshow version of the film opens with a faux-vintage Weinstein Company logo, in flat white-on-blue with a very 70s font along with a "Cinerama" logo. The first few credits appear in the same font as the logo's before switching to Tarantino's usual Friz Quadrata. The standard release opens with only the normal Weinstein Company logo before going directly into the sweeping Panavision shots.

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Connections

Featured in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Samuel L. Jackson/The Kids in the Hall/Sana Amanat/Matt Sorum (2016)

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Soundtracks

Bestiality
Composed and Performed by Ennio Morricone
(from the motion picture "The Thing (1982)")
Courtesy of Universal Studios

User Reviews

8/10

Even tho i was expecting more action, I've found myself at the edge of my seat at times. The characters were nicely developed. The dialogue was as expected from a Tarantino movie. The story is 3 hours long, it takes place mostly in a one single room and it's still not boring. That's something not everyone can do. All of the actors we're perfect for their roles and the acting was great as well as the character design, all of the characters were memorable and well written. The movie is divided into chapters in most of which a small twist takes place that makes you more interested in the movie. I enjoyed the film but my biggest flaws were the length and the spontaneous introduction of a narrator mid- movie, that was a pretty 'out of nowhere' lazy way to develop the back story, but oh well, Tarantino is known for making risks and doing crazy sh*t