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Overview

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Writer:
Quentin Tarantino (written by)
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Release Date:
21 August 2009 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Once upon a time in Nazi occupied France... more
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. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
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(2578 articles)
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User Comments:
A Comedy Of Horrors more (725 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Inglorious Bastards (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong graphic violence, language and brief sexuality.
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153 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Bo Svenson, who has a small cameo as an American Colonel, was also in the 1978 film Quel maledetto treno blindato (1978), know as USA "The Inglorious Bastards" in the US. more
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Factual errors: In the café scene, where SS Colonel Landa meets Shosanna Dreyfus, Landa can be seen wearing the Germanic Proficiency Runes SS badge. This was a very rare decoration only issued to non-Germans attached to the "Germanic-SS" in occupied countries. The badge was never awarded to full German SS members and the badge would certainly never have been awarded to a SD Colonel in Paris. more
Quotes:
Adolf Hitler: [at the premiere of "Nation's Pride"] Extraordinary, my dear. Simply extraordinary. This is your finest film yet.
Joseph Goebbels: [Goebbels' eyes fill with tears] Thank you, mein Fuhrer. Thank you.
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References Fight Club (1999) more
Soundtrack:
THE GREEN LEAVES OF SUMMER more

FAQ

Why did the "branding" of Col. Landa seem worse than the others?
Why didn't Raine and PFC Utivich kill Col. Landa and turn in his scalp in the end?
Did the Basterds only target Nazis?
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72 out of 101 people found the following comment useful.
A Comedy Of Horrors, 3 October 2009
9/10
Author: abelardo64 from United States

Brad Pitt sticks his index finger in Diane Kruger's leg wound and keeps it there until he gets what he wants. Funny, horribly so. The invented yarn takes "The Dirty Dozen" for a ride and sometimes abandons it to pay tribute to other movies. Lots of fun. Even "Paris when it sizzles" is mentioned in a delightfully organic piece of dialog. I was thrilled by Christoph Waltzer's character and by his sensational performance. Brad Pitt creates a true original. I love the actor's lack of vanity. There's a quirk in the character that is pure Brad Pitt. Tarantino visits a new universe but. fortunately, his hand. his brain and his heart are visible all over the place.

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