Inglourious Basterds (2009)

User Rating:

8.6/10   

Director:

Quentin Tarantino

Writer:

Quentin Tarantino (written by)

Release Date:

21 August 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | War

Tagline:

Once upon a time in Nazi occupied France...

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.

Plot Keywords:

Nazi | Jewish American | Movie Theater | Third Reich | Nazi Occupied France

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

US Showtimes:

Culver Plaza Theatres

6:00pm | 9:00

(personalize)

Cast

Brad Pitt	...	Lt. Aldo Raine
Mélanie Laurent	...	Shosanna Dreyfus
Christoph Waltz	...	Col. Hans Landa
Eli Roth	...	Sgt. Donny Donowitz
Michael Fassbender	...	Lt. Archie Hicox
Diane Kruger	...	Bridget von Hammersmark
Daniel Brühl	...	Pvt Fredrick Zoller
Til Schweiger	...	Sgt. Hugo Stiglitz
Gedeon Burkhard	...	Cpl. Wilhelm Wicki
Jacky Ido	...	Marcel
B.J. Novak	...	Pfc. Smithson Utivich
Omar Doom	...	Pfc. Omar Ulmer
August Diehl	...	Major Dieter Hellstrom
Denis Menochet	...	Perrier LaPadite
Sylvester Groth	...	Joseph Goebbels
Martin Wuttke	...	Adolf Hitler
Mike Myers	...	General Ed Fenech
Julie Dreyfus	...	Francesca Mondino
Richard Sammel	...	Sgt. Werner Rachtman
Alexander Fehling	...	Master Sgt. Wilhelm / Pola Negri
Rod Taylor	...	Winston Churchill
Soenke Möhring	...	Pvt. Butz / Walter Frazer (as Sönke Möhring)
Samm Levine	...	PFC Gerold Hirschberg
Paul Rust	...	PFC Andy Kagan
Michael Bacall	...	PFC Michael Zimmerman
Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey	...	German Soldier / Winnetou
Petra Hartung	...	German Female Soldier / Beethoven
Volker Michalowski	...	German Soldier / Edgar Wallace (as Zack Volker Michalowski)
Ken Duken	...	German Soldier / Mata Hari
Christian Berkel	...	Proprietor Eric
Anne-Sophie Franck	...	Mathilda
Léa Seydoux	...	Charlotte LaPadite
Tina Rodriguez	...	Julie LaPadite
Lena Friedrich	...	Suzanne LaPadite
Ludger Pistor	...	Cpt. Wolfgang
Jana Pallaske	...	Babette
Wolfgang Lindner	...	Herrman #1
Michael Kranz	...	Herrman #3
Rainer Bock	...	General Schonherr
André Penvern	...	Old French Veterinarian
Sebastian Hülk	...	Hellstrom's Driver / Nazi Usher #1
Buddy Joe Hooker	...	Gaspar
Carlos Fidel	...	PFC. Simon Sakowitz
Christian Brückner	...	Kliest (voice)
Hilmar Eichhorn	...	Emil Jannings
Patrick Elias	...	Jakob Dreyfus
Eva Löbau	...	Miriam Dreyfus
Salvadore Brandt	...	Bob Dreyfus
Jasper Linnewedel	...	Amos Dreyfus
Wilfried Hochholdinger	...	German Company Sgt.
Olivier Girard	...	Maxim's Waiter
Michael Scheel	...	General Frank
Leo Plank	...	Motorcycle Rider #1
Andreas Tietz	...	Motorcycle Rider #2
Bo Svenson	...	American Colonel
Enzo G. Castellari	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maggie Cheung	...	Madame Ada Mimieux (scenes deleted)
Cloris Leachman	...	Mrs. Himmelstein (scenes deleted)
Anastasia Schifler	...	Marie
Michael August	...	German Soldier (uncredited)
Noemi Besedes	...	German movie star (uncredited)
Alex Boden	...	Military Attaché (uncredited)
Bela B. Felsenheimer	...	Usher #2 (uncredited)
Guido Föhrweißer	...	SS Major (uncredited)
Jake Garber	...	German soldier (uncredited)
Samuel L. Jackson	...	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Harvey Keitel	...	OSS Commander Who Agrees to Deal (uncredited) (voice) (unconfirmed)
Andrew Napier	...	Theatre Attendee (uncredited)
Gregory Nicotero	...	Gestapo Major (uncredited)
Aleksandrs Petukhovs	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Sabrina Rattey	...	German Civilian (uncredited)
Vitus Wieser	...	French Waiter (uncredited)

Directed by
Quentin Tarantino

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Quentin Tarantino		written by

Produced by
Lawrence Bender	....	producer
William Paul Clark	....	associate producer
Christoph Fisser	....	co-producer
Henning Molfenter	....	co-producer
Bruce Moriarty	....	associate producer
Lloyd Phillips	....	executive producer
Pilar Savone	....	associate producer
Erica Steinberg	....	executive producer
Bob Weinstein	....	executive producer
Harvey Weinstein	....	executive producer
Charlie Woebcken	....	co-producer (as Carl L. Woebcken)

Cinematography by
Robert Richardson		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Sally Menke

Casting by
Simone Bär
Olivier Carbone
Jenny Jue
Johanna Ray

Production Design by
David Wasco

Art Direction by
Marco Bittner Rosser
Stephan O. Gessler
Sebastian T. Krawinkel		(supervising art director)
Andreas Olshausen
David Scheunemann
Steve Summersgill
Bettina von den Steinen

Set Decoration by
Sandy Reynolds-Wasco

Costume Design by
Anna B. Sheppard

Makeup Department
Tamar Aviv	....	special makeup effects assistant: KNB EFX Group Inc.
Howard Berger	....	special makeup effects coordinator
Jake Garber	....	key on-set makeup effects artist
Pamela Grujic	....	hair stylist
Pamela Grujic	....	key makeup artist
Grady Holder	....	special makeup effects artist: K.N.B. EFX Group
Susanne Kasper	....	makeup artist
Emanuel Millar	....	hair department head
Gregory Nicotero	....	key special makeup effects supervisor
Valeska Schitthelm	....	additional hair stylist
Valeska Schitthelm	....	additional makeup artist
Jörn Seifert	....	special makeup effects assistant: KNB EFX Group Inc.
Heba Thorisdottir	....	makeup department head
Estelle Tolstoukine	....	additional hair stylist
Khanh Trance	....	hair special effects: KNB EFX Group
Camille Calvet	....	special makeup effects artist for Mike Myers (uncredited)

Production Management
Tina Anderson	....	post-production supervisor
Christopher Berg	....	post-production supervisor: Germany
Gilles Castera	....	production manager: France
Philipp Klausing	....	unit manager
Arno Neubauer	....	production manager: splinter unit
Michael Scheel	....	unit production manager
Gregor Wilson	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tobias Asam	....	second assistant director: splinter unit
Delphine Bertrand	....	assistant director: France
Jerome Borenstein	....	first assistant director: France
William Paul Clark	....	first assistant director
Carlos Fidel	....	second assistant director
Mara Fiedler	....	trainee assistant director
Scott Kirby	....	first assistant director: splinter unit
Ariane Lacan	....	second assistant director: France
Guilhem Malgoire	....	third assistant director
Jill Moriarty	....	second second assistant director
Miguel Angelo Pate	....	third assistant director
Julien Petit	....	assistant director: France
Gabriel Roth	....	additional director (segment "Nation's Pride")

Art Department
Friederike Beckert	....	store manager
Robert Blasi	....	art department coordinator
Simon-Julien Boucherie	....	property master
Stéphane Cressend	....	assistant art director
Birka Czassny	....	construction secretary
Emmanuel Delis	....	set decorator: France
Axel Eichhorst	....	concept artist
Sabine Engelberg	....	set designer
Enzo Enzel	....	stand-by painter
David R. Evans	....	graphic designer
Michael Fissneider	....	set designer
Alex Friedrich	....	prop maker
Hélène Gourdin Doherty	....	set decoration assistant
Dierk Grahlow	....	construction manager
Anne Gramlich	....	art department runner
Sebastian Hanusch	....	assistant stand-by props
Ingeborg Heinemann	....	assistant set decorator
Leif Heanzo Hendel	....	props concept artist
Andreas Horstmann	....	additional set decoration buyer
Jan Hülpüsch	....	graphic artist: Schein Berlin
Alexis Imbert	....	props
Jan Jericho	....	graphic artist
Robert Krüger	....	hod painter
Oliver Kuhlmann	....	stand-by props chargehand
Liliana Lambriev	....	graphic artist: Schein Berlin
Robert Makolies	....	plaster sculptor
Stefan Mentz	....	stand-by props production assistant
Johanna Muench	....	modelmaker
Benjamin Palmer	....	supervising model maker
Daniel Porsdorf	....	photographer: Schein Berlin
Stephanie Rass	....	set designer
Melanie Reichert	....	construction buyer
Melanie Reichert	....	construction secretary
Michelle Rose	....	props coordinator
Sascha Strutz	....	prop buyer
Steve Summersgill	....	set designer
Otu Tetteh	....	props
Alwara Thaler	....	set decoration shopper
Jacob von Dohnanyi	....	propmaker
Joey Weber	....	set decoration buyer
Simon Weisse	....	model maker
Oliver Wolter	....	art department assistant

Sound Department
Robert Althoff	....	mix technician
Paul Aulicino	....	sound editor
Gregg Baxter	....	supervising adr editor
Harry Cohen	....	sound designer
Benjamin Dunker	....	utility sound technician
Martin Gleitze	....	sound utility
Tom Hartig	....	boom operator
Michael Keller	....	sound effects editor
Tony Lamberti	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael Minkler	....	sound re-recording mixer
James Moriana	....	foley artist
Nancy Nugent	....	dialogue editor
Margit Pfeiffer	....	dialogue supervisor
Carsten Richter	....	foley artist: nation's pride
Steve Schatz	....	sound mixing recordist
Ann Scibelli	....	sound designer
Wylie Stateman	....	supervising sound editor
Mark Ulano	....	production sound mixer
Brett Voss	....	foley mixer
Hanse Warns	....	foley mixer: nation's pride
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley artist
Toby Cohen	....	additional sound (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Herbert Blank	....	special effects foreman
Nils Bleeck	....	special effects technician: dailies
Jaroslav Bucek	....	special effects technician
Tom Christ	....	special effects technician
James Cowley	....	special effects technician: dailies
Gerd Feuchter	....	special effects coordinator
Gerd Feuchter	....	special effects supervisor
Christoph Gartlacher	....	special effects technician
Markus Geiger	....	special effects foreman
Rolf Hanke	....	accountant: special effects
Andreas Herberg	....	special effects technician
Till Hertrich	....	special effects foreman
Wolfgang Higler	....	special effects foreman
Sylvio Lienert	....	special effects assistant
Michael Luppino	....	special effects foreman
Klaus Mielich	....	special effects technical & crew coordinator
Uli Nefzer	....	special effects coordinator
Uli Nefzer	....	special effects supervisor
Gonzalo Outeda Giménez	....	special effects senior technician
Monty Ploch	....	special effects assistant
Claudius Rauch	....	special effects technician
Bernd Rautenberg	....	first armourer
Michael Rudnik	....	special effects senior technician
Marcus Schmidt	....	special effects senior pyrotechnician
Jens Schmiedel	....	special effects senior technician
Thomas Thiele	....	special effects senior technician
Jürgen Thiel	....	special effects senior technician
Roland Weder	....	special effects technician
Lutz Zeidler	....	armourer: dailies

Visual Effects by
Elika Burns	....	roto/paint supervisor: CIS Hollywo
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals
Scott Crafford	....	paint and rotoscope artist: CIS Hollywood
Michael Dillon	....	digital intermediate assistant producer
Christopher Dusendschon	....	digital imaging supervisor: iO FILM
John Dykstra	....	visual effects designer
Kelly Fischer	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Mathias Frodin	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Mathias Frodin	....	digital compositor
Alex Gitler	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Alex Gitler	....	digital compositor
Alex Gitler	....	visual effects: CIS Hollywood
Brian Hanable	....	digital effects compositor: Pacific Title
Joe Henke	....	digital effects supervisor: CIS Hollywood
Heather Elisa Hill	....	visual effects project manager: CIS Hollywood
Mark Justison	....	junior compositor: CIS Hollywood
Gregory D. Liegey	....	visual effects supervisor: CIS Hollywood
Gregory D. Liegey	....	visual effects supervisor: CIS Visual Effects Group
Rodney Montague	....	visual effects producer
Viktor Muller	....	visual effects supervisor
James P. Noon	....	tracking
Caleb Owens	....	cg artist: CIS Hollywood
Chris Ryan	....	cg supervisor: CIS Hollywood
Aaron Schultz	....	cg artist: CIS Hollywood
Rasha Shalaby	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Ilona Vovchyk	....	model painter
Xye	....	tracking
Nina Yoon	....	paint & roto artist
Nina Yoon	....	paint & rotoscoping artist: CIS Hollywood
Matt Ashton	....	senior systems: CIS Hollywood (uncredited)
Donald Fly	....	general manager: CIS Group (uncredited)
Amy Garback	....	effects liaison: CIS Hollywood (uncredited)
Brian Holmes	....	systems engineer: CIS Hollywood (uncredited)
Katie Miller	....	coordinator assistant: CIS Hollywood (uncredited)
Robert Minsk	....	systems: CIS Hollywood (uncredited)

Stunts
Jörg Annen	....	stunt double
Zoe Bell	....	stunt double
Zoe Bell	....	stunts
Jan Böhme	....	stunt double
Jeffrey J. Dashnaw	....	stunt coordinator (as Jeff Dashnaw)
Bud Davis	....	stunt coordinator
Nicolas de Pruyssenaere	....	stunt performer
Christian Döbler	....	stunt performer
Michael Duessel	....	stunt actor
Ferdinand Fischer	....	stunt performer
Guido Föhrweißer	....	stunt performer
Oliver Fritsche	....	stunt performer
Martin Goeres	....	stunt double
Udo Harnach	....	stunt performer
Christian Hebenstreit	....	stunts
Thomas Heubeck	....	stunts
Timo Honsa	....	stunt performer
Alessija Lause	....	stunt performer
Marco Maas	....	stunt performer
Mike Möller	....	stunts
Alexandra Nazahn	....	stunts
Christian Petersson	....	stunt performer
Bernd Pietsch	....	stunt performer
Wolfgang Raach	....	stunt performer
Antje Rau	....	stunt coordinator (as Antje 'Angie' Rau)
Rene Schobes	....	stunts
Alexander Schröder	....	stunt performer
Wolfgang Stegemann	....	stunt performer
Ralf Tillmann	....	stunt performer
Vladimir Vilanov	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Dieter Bähr	....	key grip
Martin Bartels	....	video assist operator: splinter unit, assistant video operator: main unit
Mithat Baskan	....	electrician
Jean-François Drigeard	....	gaffer: Paris
François Duhamel	....	still photographer
Lester Dunton	....	vfx director of photography
Oliver Haas	....	best boy lighting
Eddie Handschak	....	video operator: main unit
Rafael Jeneral	....	second assistant camera: splinter unit
Daniel Jopp	....	lighting technician
Sebastian Meuschel	....	steadicam operator
Matthias Pilz	....	central loader
Helmut Prein	....	gaffer
Christian Scheibe	....	dolly grip: "b" camera
Axel Scholz	....	electrician
Leah Striker	....	camera operator: splinter unit
Gregor Tavenner	....	key first assistant camera
Christian Wehrle	....	key video assist
Jörg Widmer	....	director of photography: splinter unit

Casting Department
Aurélie Avram	....	extras casting
Simone Bär	....	casting: Germany
Salvadore Brandt	....	first extras casting assistant
Olivier Carbone	....	casting: France
Johanna Ragwitz	....	extras casting
Mathilde Snodgrass	....	casting assistant
Patrick Winkler	....	extras casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Daniela Backes	....	principal set costumer
Daryl Bristow	....	costume supervisor
Brigitte Friedländer-Rodriguez	....	wardrobe supervisor (as Brigitte Rodriguez)
Brita Hofmann	....	costume textile artist
Tina-Jane Krohn	....	costumer
Gary Lane	....	military costumes supervisor
Anna Isabell Logen	....	personal dresser: Brad Pitt
Peter Paul	....	wardrobe master
Sonia Inés Rocha	....	assistant textile artist
John Rowe	....	military costumer
Meike Schlegel	....	assistant costume designer
Anja Vesterling	....	costume textile artist
Michelle Wickland	....	stunt & principal costumer

Editorial Department
Toska Baltruschat	....	first assistant editor
Sheryl Benko	....	post-production coordinator
Alexander Boldt	....	second assistant editor
Etienne Boussac	....	first assistant editor
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Joe D'Augustine	....	additional editor
Julia Dupuis	....	second assistant editor
Erin Michelle Hopkins	....	assistant editor
Stephanie Johnson	....	first assistant editor
Kai Lamberton	....	third assistant editor
Yvan Lucas	....	colorist: Efilm
Traudl Nicholson	....	color timer
Jim Passon	....	color timer (Deluxe)
Tom Reiser	....	colorist assist: Efilm
Denise Sadighi	....	German subtitle assistant/translator
Matthew Sakata	....	post-production assistant
Boris Schaarschmidt	....	German subtitle assistant/translator
Lisa Tutunjian	....	digital intermediate editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Mary Ramos	....	music supervisor
Jim Schultz	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Jalal Aqdim	....	picture car assistant coordinator: paris unit
Maxime Couteret	....	transportation captain
Tom Ehrhardt	....	picture car coordinator
Dennis Erdmann	....	production driver
Marco Fischer	....	truck wrangler
Florian Haeger	....	driver: cast
Charles Heidet	....	picture car coordinator: Paris Unit
Daniel Huhn	....	driver: cast
Steffen Knabe	....	production driver
Andreas Korpel	....	additional truck driver: Paris
Erich Kraus	....	driver: cast
Oliver Kueper	....	transportation coordinator
Matthias Langwich	....	driver
Jérôme Servant	....	transportation coordinator: France
Olivier Suffert	....	driver: Paris
Silke Werner	....	driver: cast
Alexandre Thiery	....	driver: Paris (uncredited)

Other crew
Markus Albrecht	....	military consultant
Melissa Altman	....	assistant: Erica Steinberg
Robyn Altman	....	assistant: Lloyd Phillips
Segolene Amice	....	production coordinator: France
Markus Bensch	....	production executive
Penelope Bischoff	....	production secretary: France
Alex Boden	....	researcher
Mathias Braun	....	assistant location manager: Ottendorf
Gero Brugmann	....	legal counsel (as Dr. Gero Brugmann)
Nina Büttner	....	payroll accountant
Will Casey	....	unit publicist
Simon Daniel	....	location assistant
Julia Dege	....	production assistant
Sabrina Donati	....	production associate: Casting
Guido Fischer	....	assistant location manager
Anne C. Ford	....	production controller
Frédéric Greene	....	production accountant: france
Klaus Große Darrelmann	....	location manager
RoJeanne Herbel	....	assistant post-production accountant
Robert Hoehn	....	production assistant
Leah Holmes	....	post production accountant
Kenneth Hunter	....	architectural research photographer: Los Angeles
Yann Jouannic	....	location assistant: Paris
Michael Justice	....	intern
Arnaud Kaiser	....	location manager
Ellie Kemps	....	travel coordinator
Mun Ju Kim	....	cashier
Andreas Kispert	....	set manager
Ayuko Koresawa	....	script: splinter unit
Linda Ky	....	shipping coordinator
Thomas Lauterkorn	....	location scout
Ronald J. Levin	....	production legal
Silvia Lindner	....	production coordinator
Bianca Makarewicz	....	publicist
Gabriel Mamruth	....	payroll accountant
Jan R. Martin	....	assistant production coordinator
Paul Melzow	....	production assistant
Peti Misaila	....	housing coordinator
Tim Monich	....	dialect coach
Matthias Nerlich	....	crowd marshall
Antonia Olivares	....	set production assistant
David Pieper	....	location assistant
Jan Proppe	....	set production assistant
Loredana Rehekampff		(production assistant
Eli Roth	....	director: "Nation's Pride"
Steve Sauthoff	....	set production assistant
Carole Schmidlin	....	set production assistant
Lena Schmigalla	....	assistant accountant
Johannes Schwerdt	....	assistant accountant
Oneil Sharma	....	key production assistant
Tommy Simpson	....	production assistant
Tina Steffan	....	assistant: Quentin Tarantino
Christina Syring	....	production secretary
Mathieu Turi	....	set production assistant
Nicolas Walier	....	stand-in
Anne Wilson	....	key assistant production accountant
Mario Wittmann	....	key set production assistant
Eike Wolf	....	production publicist
Katrin Wöller	....	craft service person
Anja Wüstefeld	....	location coordinator
Ugur Yildirim	....	mac support
Sonja B. Zimmer	....	production executive
Wassili Zygouris	....	projectionist supervisor
Michael Herbert	....	intern (uncredited)

Thanks
Enzo G. Castellari	....	thanks
John Milius	....	thanks
Barry Primus	....	very special thanks
Bill Roth	....	special thanks
Tom Tykwer	....	acknowledgment: German Translation quality assurance

Production Companies

• Universal Pictures (presents)
• Weinstein Company, The (presents)
• A Band Apart
• Zehnte Babelsberg (as Zehnte Babelsberg Film)
• Visiona Romantica

Distributors

• Alliance Films (2009) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Toho-Towa (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2009) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2009) (Greece) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2009) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2009) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2009) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2009) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2009) (UK) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Weinstein Company, The (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Zon Lusomundo Audiovisuais (2009) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Finnkino (2009) (Finland) (all media)
• Showtime Networks (2010) (USA) (TV)
• Turner Network Television (TNT) (2010) (USA) (TV)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (video) (Blu-ray Disc)

Special Effects

• Die Nefzers (special effects)
• K.N.B. Effects Group (special makeup effects) (as KNB EFX Group)
• CIS Hollywood (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Cinedrive  unit moves
• A Band Apart  soundtrack
• EFilm  digital intermediate
• Frank Kruse  digidelivery services
• Hyperactive Broadcast  editing equipment
• Le Vestiaire  costumes
• Maverick Records  soundtrack
• Mecon Media Concept  payroll service
• Panavision UK  camera equipment provided by
• Soundelux  post-production sound services
• Todd-AO Studios  sound re-recording
• Tonstudio Hanse Warns  foley stage: Germany (only "nations pride")
• Warner Bros. Records  soundtrack

Also Known As:

Inglorious Bastards (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong graphic violence, language and brief sexuality.

Runtime:

153 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English | German | French | Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #45325) | UK:18 | New Zealand:R16 | Ireland:16 | Sweden:15 | Finland:K-15 | Australia:MA | Germany:16 (bw) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Singapore:M18 | Portugal:M/16 (Qualidade) | France:-12 | Hong Kong:IIB (cut) | Hong Kong:III | South Korea:18 | Iceland:16 | Japan:R15+ | Argentina:16 | Hungary:18 | Brazil:18 | Chile:14 (re-rating) | Chile:TE (original rating) | Italy:VM14 | Spain:13 | India:A | South Africa:16LV

Filming Locations:

Babelsberg, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

In 2005, Quentin Tarantino was quoted as saying that he had written the script, a World War II story, but that he needed to convert it to a shooting script. He said that writing the script and preparing a shooting script were "two different things".

Goofs:

Anachronisms: At the cinema, Col. Landa is shown wearing the Knight's Cross of the War Merit Cross in Gold. That award did not exist in 1944.

Quotes:

Col. Hans Landa: Monsieur LaPadite, to both your family and your cows I say: Bravo.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Making of 'Kill Bill' (2003) (TV)

Soundtrack:

THE VERDICT

Quentin Tarantino is a Crazy Basterd

I can't imagine a director whose thirst for blood and violence is greater than Quentin Tarantino's. (At least in his films) Inglourious Basterds is no different. We all know Tarantino, the guy who exploded on the scene in the early 90s with cult classics, such as Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. Since, he has been a disappointment for some. Well, I am relieved to say, Tarantino has not lost his touch. He brings us his best since Pulp Fiction and thankfully so.

We know the story, a WWII tale told only as Tarantino can. (Fictional of course) A war film hasn't been done like this before. Brad Pitt as Lt. Aldo Raine leads the Basterds in Nazi occupied France. Their goal - killin' Nazi's. Christoph Waltz as Colonel Hans Landa plays a similar role on the other side. He's know as the "Jew Hunter" and goes about his business as ruthless as no other. The third sub story consists of a young Jewish refugee, Shosanna Dreyfus, who witnesses the slaughter of her family. And she, of course, wishes to plot revenge on the Germans for her devastating lose. There actually is three stories here intertwining and connecting with each other. If you know anything about Tarantino or his films, this is nothing new for him.

War has never been been so fun. The Basterds, are haunting, but at the same time, very funny, at times even hilarious. The dark comedy aspect play a big aspect in this as in many other Tarantino films. The entertainment and hilarity is led by Brad Pitt. I found him extremely funny and entertaining. I couldn't wait to see him on screen again. Even with his crazy accent, he works in this type of film. Also making great impressions were Mélanie Laurent and Christoph Waltz, who were tremendous. The film was filled with noteworthy performances.

The story itself, has so many historical inaccuracies to even count, but so what? It isn't meant to be a documentary. Tarantino wanted to have fun with, as should we. The cinematography department deserves big props with beautiful vibrant colors highlighting the film. You've really got to love the last line in the film... but Pulp Fiction remains his masterpiece.

Quentin Tarantino among all other things, is an entertainer. WWII, is one of the most tragic events in history, but Tarantino some how manages to make it fun. Inglourious Basterds is a fun film, it's tremendously entertaining, shocking, dramatic, suspenseful, and funny at the same time. Jam packed with everything you look for in a movie, done with that certain Tarantino style, it's worth being checked out. It's time to experience for yourself what war is like through the eyes of Quentin Tarantino.