Inglourious Basterds

Release Date: Friday, August 21, 2009 Nationwide

Mike Myers, Samuel L. Jackson, Diane Kruger, Lawrence Bender, Erica Steinberg, Maggie Cheung, Nastassja Kinski, Brad Pitt, Simon Pegg, Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth, David Krumholtz, Harvey Weinstein, B.J. Novak, Mélanie Laurent

R Action 2 hrs, 32 m

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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....
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The film's director Quentin Tarantino last directed Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and The Hateful Eight. The film's writer Quentin Tarantino last wrote Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and The Hateful Eight.

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Lawrence Bender
Harvey Weinstein

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MPA Rating
R Restricted for strong graphic violence, language and brief sexuality
Runtime
2 hrs, 32 m
Tagline
Once upon a time in Nazi occupied France...
Also known as
Inglorious Bastards

Language
English

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  • 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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Inglourious Basterds was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, August 21, 2009 . in around 3,165 theaters There were 11 other movies released on the same date, including X Games 3D: The Movie, Post Grad and Shorts.



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Mon., Aug. 17, 2009

  • Added a synopsis

  • Added a running time of 152 minutes

  • Set the MPAA rating to R (for strong graphic violence, language and brief sexuality)

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