Inglourious Basterds

Theatrical Release Date: 2009 08 21 (USA) / 2009 (USA)

UPC: 025192029981

Studio: Universal Studios

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:null

Summary: A group of hardened Nazi killers stalk their prey in Nazi-occupied France as a Jewish cinema owner plots to take down top-ranking SS officers during the official premiere of a high-profile German propaganda film. As far as Lt. Aldo Raine (aka Aldo the Apache," Brad Pitt) -- is concerned, the only good Nazi is a dead Nazi. Raine's mission is to strike fear into the heart of Adolf Hitler by brutally murdering as many goose-steppers as possible, or die trying. In order to accomplish that goal, Lt. Raine recruits a ruthless team of cold-blooded killers known as "The Basterds" which includes baseball-bat-wielding Bostonian Sgt. Donnie Donowitz (aka "The Bear Jew," Eli Roth) and steely psychopath Sgt. Hugo Stiglitz (Til Schweiger), among others. When the Basterds' secret rendezvous with turncoat German actress Bridget von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) goes awry, they learn that the Nazis will be staging the French premiere of "The Nation's Pride," a rousing propaganda film based on the exploits of German hero Fredrick Zoller (Daniel Br?hl), at a modest theater owned by Jewish cinephile Shoshanna Dreyfus (M?lanie Laurent), posing as a Gentile after the brutal murder of her family by the ruthless Col. Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz). As the Basterds hatch an explosive plan to take out as many Nazis as possible at the premiere, they remain completely oblivious to the fact that Shoshanna, too, longs to bring the Third Reich to its knees, and that she's willing to sacrifice her beloved theater in the process. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Category: War

Awards: Film Presented – Cannes Film Festival Film Presented – San Sebastián International Film Festival Best Supporting Actor – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – National Board of Review Best Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Original Screenplay – Washington D.C. Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actor – Boston Society of Film Critics Best Screenplay – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Supporting Actor – Washington D.C. Film Critics Association Best Director – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Supporting Actor – National Society of Film Critics Producer of the Year – Producers Guild of America Best Supporting Actor – Chicago Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actor – New York Film Critics Circle Best Actress – Austin Film Critics Best Screenplay – Toronto Film Critics Association Best Picture – Austin Film Critics Best Supporting Actor – Austin Film Critics Best Original Screenplay – Austin Film Critics Best Picture – Toronto Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actor – Toronto Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actor – Detroit Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actor – Online Film Critics Association Best Cinematography – Online Film Critics Association Best Original Screenplay – Online Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress – Screen Actors Guild Best Actress – Online Film Critics Association Best Director – Directors Guild of America Best Art Direction in a Period Film – Art Directors Guild Best Supporting Actor – Florida Film Critics Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Supporting Actor – Screen Actors Guild Best Ensemble – Screen Actors Guild Best Picture – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound Mixing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Cinematography – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Editing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Director – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound Mixing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound Editing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound Mixing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Production Design – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Director – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Original Screenplay – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Editing – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Production Design – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Supporting Actor – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Cinematography – British Academy of Film and Television Arts

Features: Disc one:
Extended & alternate scenes
Nation's pride-the film within the film
Disc two:
Roundtable discussion with Quentin Tarantino, Brad Pitt, and Elvis Mitchell
The making of Nation's Pride
Quentin Tarantino's camera angel

Inglourious Basterds

Format: DVD

Release Date: 12/15/2009

Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 2.40:1

Audio: DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo

Runtime: 153 Minutes

Sides: 2

Number of Discs: 2

Language(s) English,Spanish,French

Subtitles: French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Inglourious Basterds
1. Main Titles [1:51]
2. Chapter One: Once Upon a Time In Nazi-Occupied France [5:14]
3. If a Rat Were to Walk In [14:13]
4. Chapter Two: Inglourious Basterds [2:51]
5. Nein, Nein, Nein, Nein, Nein [4:02]
6. Hugo Stiglitz [2:03]
7. The Bear Jew [7:37]
8. Chapter Three: German Night In Paris [3:50]
9. Fredrick Zoller [6:40]
10. Lunch With Goebbels [5:25]
11. Apple Strudel & Cr?me Fra?che [6:56]
12. A Film Just For the Nazis [3:14]
13. Chapter Four: Operation Kino [5:18]
14. Fightin' In a Basement [2:52]
15. La Louisiane [7:08]
16. Say Auf Wiedersehen to Your Nazi Balls [11:01]
17. A Mexican Standoff [2:26]
18. It's Called Suspicious [4:07]
19. Detective Landa [6:48]
20. Chapter Five: Revenge of the Giant Face [1:46]
21. Italian Escorts [4:52]
22. If the Show Fits, You Must Wear It [7:04]
23. That's a Bingo [6:03]
24. Nation's Pride [6:51]
25. Fredrick Calls on Shosanna [6:10]
26. This is the Face of Jewish Vengeance [6:29]
27. Aldo's Masterpiece [2:36]
28. End Titles [3:43]

Perry Seibert

There are elements of a Quentin Tarantino film you can always count on -- upturning genre conventions, strong female characters, extended conversational detours, and forceful violence. Right from its engaging, nail-biting beginning, Inglourious Basterds overflows with QT's signature style. The opening scene in question involves Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz) -- nicknamed "the Jew Hunter" because of his uncanny work during the nascent Nazi occupation of France -- interrogating a French farmer on the whereabouts of his missing Jewish neighbors. Like the infamous Christopher Walken/Dennis Hopper showdown in True Romance, their conversation grows increasingly intense with each line. However, where Hopper's ornately verbose history lesson/ethnic jab had little to do with the actual story, the dialogue in this exchange all relates directly to the plot. Landa knows exactly how to slowly inflict psychological stress on his subject so that the victim will eventually break -- an element of the character that Waltz underplays to arresting affect; this is one genial-seeming killer, and he's all the more terrifying because of it. Since Landa has built such a terrifying reputation for himself, there is little surprise that many people want him dead. One of them is Shosanna Dreyfus (M?lanie Laurent), a Jewish woman passing herself off as a Gentile during the occupation. Landa wipes out her whole family, and years later Shosanna finds herself in the right place at the right time to exact revenge. She makes her living as the owner and operator of a movie theater that will host the world premiere for "A Nation's Hero" -- the latest piece of cinematic Nazi propaganda from Joseph Goebbels -- and Landa has been put in charge of security for the gala event. However, unbeknownst to Shosanna, a small unit of Jewish-American soldiers, led by the fearless Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt), also plans to attack the theater that night in order to assassinate the upper echelon of the Third Reich -- including Hitler himself. Laying his story out in five chapters, Tarantino manages to keep his densely populated tale clear; we always understand the character's goals, and see where they conflict with each other. And because Tarantino has such faith in himself as a writer, he fills each chapter with protracted verbal showdowns -- like the opener between Landa and the farmer -- that make an audience as white-knuckled as any conventional action scene. He knows well enough to punctuate all the verbal dexterity with blasts of kinetically staged violence -- it's hard not to flinch when Sgt. Donnie Donowitz (Eli Roth), one of Raine's men, uses a Louisville Slugger to bash in a Nazi's head. As memorable as the movie's violence is, Tarantino ratchets up the tension with his words -- and he's far more interested in the build-up than the release, something that might alienate those looking for a wall-to-wall bloodbath. Inglourious Basterds doesn't skip along swiftly, but anybody with a taste for Tarantino dialogue will savor every minute. Tarantino has always cast his films to perfection, and the performers here know how to get the most out of the ornate language. Brad Pitt uses a hilarious Southern drawl, and his attempts at speaking Italian are a comic highlight. As a German movie star spying for the Allies, Diane Kruger manages to be sexy, tough, smart, and flirty. But she isn't the only hard-nosed dame in the cast, thanks to M?lanie Laurent's striking performance; the French actress embodies both Shosanna's determination, as well as her fear, with equal aplomb. But as good as the entire cast is, Christoph Waltz walks away with the movie. His calmness makes the simple act of eating strudel more frightening that you could've ever thought possible. He exudes calm logic and mercilessness, and he plays Landa so matter-of-factly that even when the character does something unexpected it always seems thoroughly plausible. Although the actors are flawless, it is Tarantino whose name will go hand in hand with the film -- he is by the modern definition of the word an "auteur." It's impossible to miss the distinctive mark he puts on all his films, but as an artist he doesn't repeat himself. Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction are both crime films, but they are very different in structure -- just as the badass female leads in Kill Bill and Death Proof are the way they are for very different reasons. Because Tarantino keeps evolving as an artist, Inglourious Basterds might not be the movie you'd expect, but those who still worship at the altar of Tarantino will find ample reason to keep the faith. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Lawrence Bender  Producer 
Ennio Morricone  Composer (Music Score) 
Lloyd Phillips  Executive Producer 
Quentin Tarantino  Director 
Quentin Tarantino  Screenwriter 
Bob Weinstein  Executive Producer 
Harvey Weinstein  Executive Producer 
Erica Steinberg  Executive Producer 
Brad Pitt  Actor 
Mélanie Laurent  Actor 
Christoph Waltz  Actor 
Eli Roth  Actor 
Michael Fassbender  Actor 
Diane Kruger  Actor 
Daniel Brühl  Actor 
Til Schweiger  Actor 
Gedeon Burkhard  Actor 
Jacky Ido  Actor 
B.J. Novak  Actor 
Omar Doom  Actor 
August Diehl  Actor 
Denis Menochet  Actor 
Sylvester Groth  Actor 
Martin Wuttke  Actor 
Mike Myers  Actor 
Julie Dreyfus  Actor 
Richard Sammel  Actor 
Alexander Fehling  Actor 
Rod Taylor  Actor 
Sönke Möhring  Actor 
Samm Levine  Actor 
Paul Rust  Actor 
Michael Bacall  Actor 
Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey  Actor 
Petra Hartung  Actor 
Volker Zack Michalowski  Actor 
Ken Duken  Actor 
Christian Berkel  Actor 
Annie-Sophie Franck  Actor 
Léa Seydoux  Actor 
Tina Rodriguez  Actor 
Lena Friedrich  Actor 
Ludger Pistor  Actor 
Jana Pallaske  Actor 
Wolfgang Lindner  Actor 
Michael Kranz  Actor 
Rainer Bock  Actor 
André Penvern  Actor 
Sebastian Hülk  Actor 
Buddy Joe Hooker  Actor 
Carlos Fidel  Actor 
Christian Brückner  Actor 
Hilmar Eichhorn  Actor 
Patrick Elias  Actor 
Eva Löbau  Actor 
Salvadore Brandt  Actor 
Jasper Linnewedel  Actor 
Wilifried Hochholdinger  Actor 
Olivier Girard  Actor 
Michael Scheel  Actor 
Leo Plank  Actor 
Andreas Tietz  Actor 
Bo Svenson  Actor 
Enzo G. Castellari  Actor 

Country: Germany,USA