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Synopsis
Set in the South two years before the Civil War, Django Unchained stars Academy Award®-winner Jamie Foxx as Django, a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Academy Award®-winner Christoph Waltz). Schultz is on the trail of the murderous Brittle brothers, and only Django can lead him to his bounty. The unorthodox Schultz acquires Django with a promise to free him upon the capture of the Brittles - dead or alive. Credits
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This Week In Home Entertainment: Django Unchained, Counting Cars And MoreBeyond Django, there isn’t much to look forward to, unless you are a fan of History’s Counting Cars or low budget zombie and horror flicks, in which case, there is plenty to look forward to. Read on to learn about some of this week’s best releases, and maybe even a few that may have slipped under your radar....by Jessica Rawden | published: 2013-04-16 10:36:27comments
The Real Reason Will Smith Turned Down Django UnchainedAs an international star with box office drawing power, Smith might have seemed an obvious choice. But considering this story was of a freed slave wreaking bloody revenge against cruel plantation owners, Django was a role that would be more brutal than any Smith had taken on before. It spurred a lot of debate from movie lovers online. Could the oft-affable Smith believably play a Tarantino-level badass? ...by Kristy Puchko | published: 2013-03-25 10:06:54comments
Ennio Morricone Says He Is Not Feuding With Quentin TarantinoMorricone, whose work can be heard in such iconic films as The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly and Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, had said he would never work with the outrageous auteur again, and had been offered the chance with Django Unchained, but turned it down because he says, "[Tarantino] places music in his films without coherence….you can't do anything with someone like that." ...by Kristy Puchko | published: 2013-03-19 07:59:36comments
Famed Composer Ennio Morricone Will Never Work With Quentin Tarantino AgainHe's worked with a long list of celebrated filmmakers, from Brian De Palma, Sergio Leone, and Terrence Malick, to John Carpenter, and Quentin Tarantino. And at 84-years-old, the Italian musician with a long legacy in film has no problem telling you exactly how he feels about the last director on this list. ...by Kristy Puchko | published: 2013-03-15 15:17:12comments
Django Unchained And Ted Earn The Most Nominations For The 2013 MTV Movie AwardsVoting is officially open for the 2013 MTV Movie Awards. The nominations for the past year's crop of movies were announced tonight, with Django Unchained and Ted tied for the most nominations, with seven each. Coming in just behind those two are Silver Linings Playbook with six nominations and The Dark Knight Rises with 5. The Avengers, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Pitch Perfect and Skyfall received four nominations a piece. ...by Kelly West | published: 2013-03-05 19:11:24comments
Christoph Waltz Wins Best Supporting Actor Oscar For Django UnchainedWaltz kissed Tarantino before heading to the stage, recognizing the writer-director for giving him both performances that earned him Oscars (the other being Inglorious Basterds). Are these two approaching a Scorsese-De Niro level of collaboration? Can Waltz carve a place in Tarantino’s next picture … if QT ever picks his next project?...by Sean O'Connell | published: 2013-02-24 19:33:07comments
Oscar Winners 2013: Full List Of Academy Award ResultsThe biggest night in Hollywood is over, and now we've got another year in movies remembered with a whole bunch of big gold trophies. Argo was the big winner of the night, taking home Best Picture in addition to Best Adapted Screenplay and Film Editing, but there were plenty of statues to go around...by Katey, Eric & Sean | published: 2013-02-24 18:01:03comments
Oscar-Nominated Sound Editors Explain Their Mysterious JobsTo better understand sound editing, each nominee explained how he approached challenging scenes in their nominated movies. Aadahl, in talking about the embassy raid that opens Argo, explains, “Our philosophy is to do everything from scratch, to use fresh ingredients … because there is no place to go to get those kinds of sounds and chants."...by Sean O'Connell | published: 2013-02-24 13:45:04comments
2013 Oscars: The Six Winners We Most Want To SeeWe've all followed the Oscars long enough to be realistic about what can and cannot happen. No matter how much you love Hugh Jackman in Les Miserables, you know he'll lose to Daniel Day-Lewis. No matter how much you might love Scarlett Johansson's Oscar-nominated song from Chasing Ice, everyone knows she'll be steamrolled by Adele's "Skyfall."...by Katey, Eric, Sean, Kristy, Kelly & Mack | published: 2013-02-24 10:35:59comments
Watch Christoph Waltz's Django Unchained SNL Parody, Djesus UncrossedIf you believe the buzz from last night, Christoph Waltz hosted the best SNL of the entire season-- a pretty amazing accomplishment even for someone who already has an oscar and who's nominated for another one. And even though Django Unchained has been in theaters for month, one of the best sketches of the night was a parody of Django...by Katey Rich | published: 2013-02-17 10:05:21comments
See Every Quentin Tarantino Movie Death In One Handy InfographicWe've got Quentin Tarantino on the brain lately, with Django Unchained nominated for a handful of Oscars and Tarantino himself out there talking about completing his revisionist history trilogy. Now someone has come along and put a lot of our thinking into handy infographic form...by Katey Rich | published: 2013-02-14 09:32:40comments
For Your Consideration: Django Unchained Might Be The Best Chance To Give Tarantino Best PictureQuentin Tarantino doesn’t make the kind of movies you typically think of being honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Award season is crowded with war-set period dramas about people with disabilities, and Tarantino is all about brash, hyper, bloody tales of revenge and gangsters....by Eric Eisenberg | published: 2013-02-13 13:41:27comments
For Your Consideration: Django Unchained Is An Hour Too Long To Deserve Best PictureSomewhere inside Django Unchained is the best movie of the year. Part meticulously researched homage and part aggressive, pulsating thump of originality, this re-cut would bleed with furious and vengeful momentum, swagger with the confidence of a gaudy suit and pause just long enough to offer whimsical and brilliant asides...by Mack Rawden | published: 2013-02-13 12:57:07comments
Quentin Tarantino Still Promising To Finish His Revisionist History TrilogyIf you hear Quentin Tarantino talking about a future project he might want to make, you might be better served just shutting your ears and walking away. The director is famous for constantly bringing up movies he will never make, from the Vega Brothers films that would unite Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs to a third Kill Bill film...by Katey Rich | published: 2013-02-11 16:25:37comments
Zoe Bell Reveals Her Django Unchained SecretTarantino himself admits much was chopped from Django, but not all of it was cut in the editing room. Since the film's come out we've learned why the "D" is silent, and why was Amber Tamblyn became the featured extra credited as "Daughter of a Son of a Gunfighter." Now celebrated stunt woman and recurring Taratino performer Zoe Bell has revealed a little bit about her mysterious masked character. You know, the one who gets a long lingering close-up, but no story? ...by Kristy Puchko | published: 2013-02-07 04:29:41comments
Django Unchained Featurette Goes Deep Behind The Scenes Of Tarantino's EpicThere’s no confirmation as to where this clip is supposed to air, but it feels like a supplement on an upcoming Django Blu-ray or DVD. It’s loaded with cast interviews as they rave about Tarantino’s dialogue. What’s missing? Insight from Tarantino himself, and that's too bad....by Sean O'Connell | published: 2013-02-06 07:49:18comments
Amber Tamblyn Explains Her Daughter Of A Son Of A Gunfighter Role In Django UnchainedA big part of what makes Quentin Tarantino's movies so special is his unbridled affection towards everything pop culture. Each and every single one of his films is filled with references or homages to the titles that inspired him as a filmmaker, reflecting on his video store education and using his encyclopedia-like mind....by Eric Eisenberg | published: 2013-01-28 16:16:10comments
eBay Joins The Ban On Controversial Django Unchained DollseBay is typically a terrific venue for seeking out hard to find movie memorabilia. So, when The Weinstein Company pushed toymaker NECA to pull their line of Django Unchained dolls from the market, interested parties knew just where to go to get the now rare releases. But in light of the outrage the sale of these figures has caused, eBay has shut down all auctions of the controversial collectibles down. ...by Kristy Puchko | published: 2013-01-25 08:32:52comments
Django Unchained Action Figures Being Pulled By The Weinstein CompanyThe Weinstein Company is not typically one to back away from taboo subject matter. In just the past few years they publicly warred with the MPAA over ratings for the raw and poignant drama Blue Valentine and the powerful documentary Bully, and have stood by their filmmakers in these instances and many others. But today, the production company behind Django Unchained has backed down in the face of the film's most unexpected controversy....by Kristy Puchko | published: 2013-01-18 15:40:39comments
Django Unchained Becomes Quentin Tarantino's Highest Grossing Film In The U.S.Despite having a large core fanbase, Quentin Tarantino's history at the box office has been surprisingly up and down. Following the incredible $100 million-plus success of Pulp Fiction back in 1994 Jackie Brown managed to only pull in $39 million at the domestic box office; and after Grindhouse flopped (making only $25 million) in 2007 the director came back with Inglourious Basterds, which ended up being the biggest hit of his career. That is, until Django Unchained came around....by Eric Eisenberg | published: 2013-01-17 13:12:20comments
At The Golden Globes, Quentin Tarantino Gets The Praise He'll Miss On Oscar Night"This is a damn surprise and I am happy to be surprised," Tarantino concludes, and while I it was a suitably charming way for him to accept this honor, I thought it was a sign of resignation that he will not win the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay....by Kristy Puchko | published: 2013-01-14 08:39:47comments
Quentin Tarantino Shuts Down Interviewer When Questioned On Movie ViolenceQuentin Tarantino has been forced to the forefront of the discussion of violence in cinema pretty much since he broke onto the scene with Reservoir Dogs in 1992. After twenty-five years of this, Tarantino has had enough. ...by Kristy Puchko | published: 2013-01-11 17:05:14comments
The 5 Worst Snubs Of The 2013 Oscar NominationsWe've all had a few hours now to process this year's Oscar nominations, to scream to the heavens demanding justice for Ben Affleck or running through the forest with fireworks to celebrate Beasts of the Southern Wild. So now that the dust has settled, what are the snubs that are still burning us up? Who are we going to miss the most on Oscar night?...by Katey, Eric, Kristy, Sean & Mack | published: 2013-01-10 11:23:07comments
Now It's Django Unchained Action Figures Causing ControversyQuentin Tarantino's Django Unchained has been scoring just about every kind of headline lately. The spaghetti western has won critical praise as well as five Golden Globe nods, and seems poised for some major award nominations from the Academy Awards. It's also charting amazingly well among audiences, and with more than $108 million in box office totals in just two weeks, it's on track to be Tarantino's highest grossing effort to date. But there's been plenty of scandal too....by Kristy Puchko | published: 2013-01-08 16:41:59comments
Texas Chainsaw 3D Surprises With A Win At Friday Box OfficeWith generally negative reviews that still seemed a little astonished that it wasn't more awful, Texas Chainsaw 3D seems a slight cut above the usual dreck that comes out in the first week of January-- and the box office is rewarding it in turn. Early Friday box office estimates say Texas Chainsaw will rank above all the huge holiday holdovers this weekend...by Katey Rich | published: 2013-01-05 11:33:59comments
Why The D Is Silent In Django UnchainedThe Blaxploitation/spaghetti western mash-up Django Unchained clocks in at 165 minutes. But accounts from its executive producer, writer-director, and cast have made it clear much of the script has been excised and much of the footage left on the cutting room floor. But what was cut? ...by Kristy Puchko | published: 2013-01-04 10:20:27comments
Tarantino Says Blaming Movies for Sandy Hook Shooting Is Disrespectful To VictimsWith his latest very violent movie opening just days after the horrendous tragedy of the Sandy Hook Elementary School murders, Django Unchained has drawn a lot of unfair criticism, especially considering the killer couldn't have seen the film to be inspired to carnage by it. ...by Kristy Puchko | published: 2013-01-04 08:35:09comments
Sacha Baron Cohen Explains Why He Dropped Out Of Django UnchainedThe British star's involvement was first announced all the way back in November of 2011 as he was set to play a minor character named Scotty Harmony, a young, overweight gambler who makes a bet for Broomhilda (Kerry Washington) in a poker game with Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio). Six months later Cohen had to bow out, however, and at the time it was said it was because of scheduling conflicts with promotion for The Dictator....by Eric Eisenberg | published: 2013-01-03 16:49:13comments
Django Unchained Is Doing Just Fine With Black AudiencesThanks to people like Spike Lee and Katt Williams, the new Quentin Tarantino film Django Unchained has been at the center of a bit of controversy. Both the director and the comedian have slammed the movie for being racist against black people due to its repeated use of the "N-word" and the fact that it's made by a white filmmaker. But as petulant as Lee and Williams have been, apparently it's had very little effect....by Eric Eisenberg | published: 2013-01-02 20:34:03comments
Skyfall Gets Some Award Season Recognition As Producers Guild Awards Announces NomineesFor the most part this year’s award season race is a total toss-up – there were simply so many great movies released last year that it’s nearly impossible to determine the frontrunner for Hollywood’s top prizes. That said, however, it’s been the same group of titles that has been getting nominations from various organizations......by Eric Eisenberg | published: 2013-01-02 16:35:57comments
Please See Django Unchained Before Calling It RacistThe film has drawn controversy for its violent content and abundant use of a certain racial slur that begins with the letter "n." Set in the pre-Civil War South and inspired in part by the Blaxploitation film movement, this wild western has a solid pretext to use the n-word, but does it go too far? This is the question many have been sounding off about, whether they have seen the film or not. ...by Kristy Puchko | published: 2013-01-02 12:51:31comments
Now Streaming: Netflix Instant Alternatives To Django Unchained, Les Miserables & West Of MemphisWith so many titles to choose from, Netflix Instant's library can be overwhelming. And so we offer this biweekly column as a tool to cut through the clutter by highlighting some now streaming titles that pair nicely with the latest theatrical releases. ...by Kristy Puchko | published: 2013-01-01 15:35:29comments
Training Day Director Criticizes Spike Lee For Feuding With Quentin TarantinoAlready Lee's assumed the movie is "disrespectful" to his ancestors, but another notable African-American filmmaker, Antoine Fuqua, suggests it is Lee who is being disrespectful here. While at Capri's Hollywood Film Festival, the helmer best known for the Oscar-winning Denzel Washington vehicle Training Day criticized Lee's public boycott and Twitter rant......by Kristy Puchko | published: 2013-01-01 08:09:43comments
Quentin Tarantino Talks The Music Of Django Unchained In New Soundtrack CommentaryThe movies that Quentin Tarantino writes and directs are special in their own right, but typically just as special are his soundtracks. Rather than going the typical route, hiring a composer to create a score and/or an artist to write some original music, throughout his career Tarantino has instead opted to only use pre-written music that he feels meshes well with the material he has created....by Eric Eisenberg | published: 2012-12-31 15:44:20comments
The 10 Best Movie Music Moments Of 2012For the last two weeks we have been applauding the best work of the year, from our individual critical top 10s to lists of our favorite action scenes, on-screen couples, facial hair statements, lines of dialogue, breakthrough performances and much more. And now it’s time to celebrate those very special moments of 2012 when cinema and music fell into perfect harmony....by Eric Eisenberg | published: 2012-12-31 13:11:10comments
Weekend Box Office: Hobbit Lands Third Number One Against Les Mis and DjangoThe holiday was mostly kind to the new releases that rolled out on Christmas Day, and much of that Christmas cheer managed to carry over to the pre-New Year's weekend. ...by Scott Gwin | published: 2012-12-30 17:30:02comments
Les Miserables And Django Unchained Rank In Top 3 Christmas Releases Of All TimeChristmas was a good day at the box office this year, with two of the new releases cracking the Top 5 holiday single day grosses. From the sound of it, a lot of tickets were sold online as Fandango is celebrating record-breaking sales. And in my own personal experience, I can't remember the last time I saw my local movie theater so packed with people. ...by Kelly West | published: 2012-12-26 19:29:32comments
Django Unchained Features Some Of Leonardo DiCaprio's Real BloodWhat makes Leonardo DiCaprio's performance in Django Unchained so thrilling is that he allows himself to go above and beyond what we normally see from him. While in his past DiCaprio has shown himself to be a very serious actor regularly in the hunt for an Academy Award......by Eric Eisenberg | published: 2012-12-26 18:48:25comments
Les Miserables, Django Unchained And The Hobbit Lead The Pack At The Christmas Box OfficeTis the season to hear the people sing, as evidenced by the numbers being reported for the anticipated box office take for Les Miserables, which arrived in theaters yesterday for its Christmas release. Tom Hooper's adaptation of the popular stage musical isn't the only film with cause to celebrate. Django Unchained and The Hobbit also did well. ...by Kelly West | published: 2012-12-26 07:42:44comments
Hear Frank Ocean's Cut Django Unchained TrackTarantino says there’s absolutely no ill intent when it came to Ocean’s song, telling Pitchfork, “Frank Ocean wrote a fantastic ballad that was truly lovely and poetic in every way, there just wasn’t a scene for it.” Now that we can hear it, the atmospheric, mid-tempo ballad doesn’t fit the groove that Tarantino is going after....by Sean O'Connell | published: 2012-12-24 10:06:59comments
This Rotten Week: Predicting Django, Les Mis, And Parental Guidance ReviewsPresents wrapped? Stockings stuffed? Cookies and milk sitting by the fireplace? Plenty of booze set aside? Umm, other stuff going on if you don’t celebrate Christmas? Whatever you’re up to right now we’re here to put you in the holiday spirit with this week’s slate of movies....by Doug Norrie | published: 2012-12-23 15:02:07comments
Spike Lee Attacks Quentin Tarantino And Django UnchainedThe outspoken director told Vibe (via Shadow and Act) that he absolutely will not be seeing Django because he views it as being “disrespectful” to his ancestors, who were slaves....by Sean O'Connell | published: 2012-12-23 14:55:34comments
Christoph Waltz On Django Unchained And Why He Can't Be Overconfident With TarantinoThough Waltz admits it was a "smooth and light and easy and fabulous" process of signing on to the film, he warns that being too comfortable on his second Tarantino picture was exactly the wrong way to approach a character as complicated as Dr. King Schultz....by Katey Rich | published: 2012-12-20 09:42:08comments
Listen To Django Unchained's Entire Soundtrack Right NowWhere other filmmakers are content to fill their audiences ears with the latest garbage from Chris Brown, Quentin Tarantino mines the most obscure corners of the past to make his movies sound amazing. His new movie, Django Unchained continues this pattern with music from people like Brother Dege, Elisa Toffoli, Jim Croce, and Ennio Morricone (it is a spaghetti western after all). ...by Josh Tyler | published: 2012-12-19 10:35:02comments
Operation Kino 94: Do You Hear The Django Sing?This week on Operation Kino, we are very angry ex-slaves who somehow find ourselves in revolutionary-era France, as we review both Les Miserables and Django Unchained. Before any of that, though, we have a lightning round inspired by Jack Reacher and The Hobbit, and then tidbits...by Operation Kino | published: 2012-12-18 23:42:50comments
Christmas Movie Guide: How To Choose Between Jack Reacher, Django Unchained And MoreGoing to the movies on Christmas Day is usually thought of as a tradition for Jews, or anybody else not celebrating the holiday who's got the day off. But really, no matter how you're spending the holiday, there's probably going to be a time that you want to get out of the house and away from the family or friends you've gathered with-- or maybe you want to take them with you, but just get to a place where you don't have to talk to them much. ...by Katey Rich | published: 2012-12-18 20:12:33comments
Watch Samuel L. Jackson And Anne Hathaway In A Profanity-Laden Christmas Sad-OffIt's a sad off, ladies and gentleman! In this corner, we have one of Hollywood's biggest and blackest badasses, Samuel L. Jackson, defending America's dark history of racial injustice and slavery. And in that corner we have the waifish ingénue with the pixie cut and belting lungs, Anne Hathaway, fighting for the plight of impoverished and diseased prostitutes here and abroad! Watch as they square off in this festive and fucked up Funny or Die video...by Kristy Puchko | published: 2012-12-18 12:01:31comments
Django Unchained And Jack Reacher Cancel Events After Newtown TragedyAfter any major, violent tragedy in the United States, the easiest and least constructive response is to blame the media. It happened after Columbine, it happened after the shooting in the theater playing The Dark Knight Rises this summer, and it's at least being suggested now, after the horrifying massacre in Newtown, Connecticut...by Katey Rich | published: 2012-12-18 10:16:29comments
Django Unchained May Get An Extended Re-releaseQuentin Tarantino's been known to unleash some seriously long runningtimes for his epic actioners. Inglorious Basterds clocked in at 153 minutes, Pulp Fiction was 154. And Kill Bill turned out so long it was released in two parts that totaled up to 247 minutes long. At 165 minutes Tarantino's upcoming Django Unchained comes somewhere in the middle, but this number—based on its current theatrical release—was come to after many discussions with The Weinstein Company, discussions which still seem unresolved....by Kristy Puchko | published: 2012-12-17 07:00:32comments
Golden Globe Nomination Surprises: What Does It All Mean?To go over the biggest surprises from this morning's announcement, Katey and Sean got together to go over their own reactions, figure out if this "Nicole Kidman in The Paperboy" thing is really happening, and wonder if the fact that the Globes went so crazy for Django Unchained could mean stronger Oscar chances than expected. Read below and let us know your own thoughts in the comments!...by Katey Rich and Sean O'Connell | published: 2012-12-13 08:33:45comments
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