Tarantino’s INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS script received an Oscar nomination for best original screenplay. And I found Tarantino to be a most gracious fellow in person.
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS is a 2009 war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz and Mélanie Laurent.
The film tells the fictional story of two plots to assassinate the Nazi Germany political leadership, one planned by a young French Jewish cinema proprietor (Laurent), and the other by a team of Jewish Allied soldiers led by First Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Pitt).
Inglourious Basterds movie trailer
Quentin Tarantino photo by Gregory Mancuso
Development on INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS began in 1998, when Tarantino wrote the script for the film. Tarantino struggled with the ending and chose to hold off filming and moved on to direct the two-part film Kill Bill.
After directing Death Proof in 2007 (as part of the double feature Grindhouse), Tarantino returned to work on INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS.
The film went into production in October 2008 and was filmed in Germany and France with a production budget of $70 million.
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS premiered on May 20, 2009 at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d’Or. It was widely released in theaters in the United States and Europe in August 2009 by The Weinstein Company and Universal Studios.
The film was successful at the box office, grossing $320,351,773 in theaters worldwide, making it Tarantino’s highest-grossing film to date. It received multiple awards and nominations, including eight Academy Award nominations.
Inglourious Basterds movie cast
For his role as Hans Landa, Christoph Waltz won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival, as well as the BAFTA Award, Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS is a 2009 war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz and Mélanie Laurent.
