Inglourious Basterds
Also known as: Inglorious Bastards
| In Movie Theaters: | August 21, 2009 (3,165 theaters) |
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| Total Box Office: | in U.S. and Canada |
| On DVD & Blu-ray: | December 15, 2009 |
| Directed by: | Quentin Tarantino |
| Starring: more credits | Brad Pitt Eli Roth Simon Pegg Nastassja Kinski David Krumholtz |
| Distributed by: | The Weinstein Company |
| Genres: | Action Adventure War Remake |
| Running Time: | 152 minutes |
| MPAA Rating: | for strong graphic violence, language and brief sexuality. |
Synopsis: In the first year of the German occupation of France, Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent) witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz). Shosanna narrowly escapes and flees to Paris where she forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema.
Elsewhere in Europe, Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) organizes a group of Jewish American soldiers to perform swift, shocking acts of retribution. Later known to their enemy as “the basterds,” Raine's squad joins German actress and undercover agent Bridget von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) on a mission to take down the leaders of the Third Reich. Fates converge under a cinema marquis, where Shosanna is poised to carry out a revenge plan of her own....
Elsewhere in Europe, Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) organizes a group of Jewish American soldiers to perform swift, shocking acts of retribution. Later known to their enemy as “the basterds,” Raine's squad joins German actress and undercover agent Bridget von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) on a mission to take down the leaders of the Third Reich. Fates converge under a cinema marquis, where Shosanna is poised to carry out a revenge plan of her own....
Additional Notes: Quentin Tarantino acquired the title and remake rights to Enzo Castellari's 1978 film of the same name, but his screenplay is said to be an original.
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