With the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner in Mississippi.With the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner in Mississippi.With the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner in Mississippi.
- Won 2 Oscars
- 58 wins & 158 nominations total
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- TriviaWhen Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio) smashes his hand on the dinner-table, DiCaprio did accidentally crush a small stemmed glass with his palm and did really begin to bleed. He ignored it, stayed in character, and continued with the scene. Quentin Tarantino was so impressed that he used this take in the final print, and when he called cut, the room erupted in a standing ovation. DiCaprio's hand was bandaged, and he suggested the idea of smearing blood onto the face of Kerry Washington. Tarantino and Washington both liked this, so Tarantino got some fake blood together.
- GoofsDynamite was not invented until 1867 (by the Swede Alfred Nobel), while this film features it on several occasions and is set in 1858.
- Quotes
Dr. King Schultz: [aiming .45-70 rifle at fleeing Ellis Brittle] You sure that's him?
Django: Yeah.
Dr. King Schultz: Positive?
Django: I don't know.
Dr. King Schultz: You don't know if you're positive?
Django: I don't know what 'positive' means.
Dr. King Schultz: It means you're sure.
Django: Yes.
Dr. King Schultz: Yes, what?
Django: Yes, I'm sure that's Ellis Brittle.
[Schultz shoots Brittle off his horse]
Django: I'm positive he dead.
- Crazy creditsThere is a small additional scene with the 3 men in a cage at the very end of the credits.
- Alternate versionsOne cut was made by the CBFC to only remove nudity and added a scrolling anti-smoking disclaimer to pass the film with an 'A' (18+ adults only) rating.
- ConnectionsFeatured in CineMaverick TV: Episode #1.15 (2012)
- SoundtracksDjango Theme Song (English Version)
Lyrics by Franco Migliacci, Robert Mellin (uncredited)
Written by Luis Bacalov
Performed by Luis Bacalov, Rocky Roberts
Conducted by Bruno Nicolai (uncredited)
Courtesy of EMI General Music Publishing SRL
As soon as I heard Luis Bacalov's Django, I was hooked.
This remains my favourite Tarantino film, and let's be fair there are many classics in that particular catalogue.
Django is equal parts shocking, entertaining, dramatic, bold, funny and original, to this day no other film exists that is remotely similar. It's a western, action packed love story, it really is a one off.
Three hours passed by effortlessly, it's one of those films where I wasn't aware of time passing by, I was engrossed and absorbed into it.
Some of the humour is hilarious, and in the context of the film works to perfection, the humour is as good, as the violence and misery of slavery are guy wrenching.
The music is absolutely wonderful, the perfect soundtrack accompanies this great film. Indeed the whole production is exemplary, it's a skilfully crafted film, the visuals are jaw dropping, it's very skillfully put together, with costumes, sets and lighting all on point, with the unbelievable staging as well.
Now I am sometimes quick to highlight who stands out in a film or TV series, but how can you do that here, every single performance is on point, Waltz, Foxx, DiCaprio, Jackson, I honestly don't think it gets better than this assembly of greats.
It's no wonder it gave us so many memes, who hasn't seen this masterpiece. If you haven't grab your remote, and improve your day.
10/10.
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- Also known as
- Django sin cadenas
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- Budget
- $100,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $162,805,434
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $30,122,888
- Dec 30, 2012
- Gross worldwide
- $426,076,293
- Runtime2 hours 45 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1