"If You Need Heroes, Send In The Basterds"
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Produced by Lawrence BenderWritten by Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl, Til Schweiger, Mélanie Laurent
Cinematography: Robert Richardson
Edited by Sally Menke
Production companies: A Band Apart, Studio Babelsberg
Distributed by The Weinstein Company, Universal Pictures
Release date: 28 July 2009 (Germany)
Running time: 152 minutes
Country: Germany, United States
Budget: $75 million
Box office: $321.5 million
"Inglourious Basterds" is an adventure war drama film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The story is about the fictional alternate history story of two plots to assassinate Nazi Germany's political leadership, one planned by a young French Jewish cinema proprietor, and the other by a team of Jewish-American soldiers led by First Lieutenant Aldo Raine.
Cast
Soundtracks
Quotations
Pfc. Omar Ulmer: I don't speak Italian.
Lt. Aldo Raine: Like I said, third best. Just keep your f*ckin' mouth shut. In fact, why don't you start practicing, right now!
Pfc. Omar Ulmer: I have to.
Col. Hans Landa: Yeah, where is that, exactly?
Lt. Aldo Raine: Maynardville, Tennessee.
[pause]
Lt. Aldo Raine: I've done my share of bootlegging. Up 'ere, if you engage in what the federal government calls 'illegal activity,' but what we call 'just a man tryin' to make a livin' for his family sellin' moonshine liquor,' it behooves oneself to keep his wits. Long story short, we hear a story too good to be true... it ain't.
Col. Hans Landa: Sitting in your chair, I would probably say the same thing. And 999 point 999 times out of a million, you would be correct. But in the pages of history, every once in a while, fate reaches out and extends its hand.
[Landa slowly sweeps his arms out in a grand shrug]
Col. Hans Landa: What shall the history books read?
- Brad Pitt as Lieutenant Aldo "The Apache" Raine
- Christoph Waltz as SD Standartenführer Hans Landa
- Michael Fassbender as Lieutenant Archie Hicox
- Eli Roth as Sergeant Donny "The Bear Jew" Donowitz
- Diane Kruger as Bridget von Hammersmark
- Daniel Brühl as Private First Class Fredrick Zoller
- Til Schweiger as Sergeant Hugo Stiglitz
- Mélanie Laurent as Shosanna Dreyfus/Emmanuelle Mimieux
- August Diehl as Major Dieter Hellstrom
- Julie Dreyfus as Francesca Mondino
- Sylvester Groth as Joseph Goebbels
- Jacky Ido as Marcel
- Denis Ménochet as Perrier LaPadite
- Mike Myers as General Ed Fenech
- Rod Taylor as Winston Churchill
- Martin Wuttke as Adolf Hitler
- Gedeon Burkhard as Corporal Wilhelm Wicki
- B. J. Novak as Private First Class Smithson "The Little Man" Utivich
- Omar Doom as Private First Class Omar Ulmer
- Léa Seydoux as Charlotte LaPadite
- Richard Sammel as Sergeant Werner Rachtman
- Alexander Fehling as Staff Sergeant Wilhelm
- Christian Berkel as Proprietor Eric
- Sönke Möhring as Private Butz
- Samm Levine as Private First Class Hirschberg
- Paul Rust as Private First Class Andy Kagan
- Michael Bacall as Private First Class Michael Zimmerman
- Rainer Bock as General Schonherr
- Bo Svenson as an American Colonel in Nation's Pride
- Enzo G. Castellari as Nazi General at film premiere
My love to Quentin Tarantino and his pictures is endless and limitless. I'm keen on his style which is full of humour and violence - that's him. The film captures from the beginning and keeps till the end. In a word, perfect!
The cast was the second reason why I decided to watch "Inglourious Basterds". And what can I say? Firstly, performances of all actors and actresses are on the high level. Secondly, the film is full of my favourite ones. Christoph Waltz, my love, in role of the SD Standartenführer looks as fascinating as always even in spite the fact that he's antagonist. Brad Pitt is actually excellent: all his cues are must-hear. Michael Fassbender appears on screen not for long but this time is pretty enough to fall in love with his character. Til Schweiger and Diane Agron also incomparable episodic heroes but they're really important as well. Hey, I'm in agony of utter delight, of course I'm satisfied with everything.
Disadvantages
"Strangenesses"
Advantages
- Brad Pitt as Lieutenant Aldo "The Apache" Raine
- Christoph Waltz as SD Standartenführer Hans Landa
- Michael Fassbender as Lieutenant Archie Hicox
- Eli Roth as Sergeant Donny "The Bear Jew" Donowitz
- Diane Kruger as Bridget von Hammersmark
- Til Schweiger as Sergeant Hugo Stiglitz
- Quentin Tarantino
- The alternative history
Disadvantages
- Almost everyone dies
"Strangenesses"
- The alternative history has its own rules
Clue Moments
- The fire
- The dinner of Landa and Shosanna
- Lieutenant Archie Hicox, Bridget von Hammersmark and Sergeant Hugo Stiglitz in the tavern
Soundtracks
- Nick Perito - The Green Leaves of Summer
- Ennio Morricone - The Verdict (Dopo la Condanna)
- Charles Bernstein - White Lightning (Main Title)
- Billy Preston - Slaughter (Album Version)
- Ennio Morricone - The Surrender (La Resa)
- The Film Studio Orchestra - One Silver Dollar (Un Dollaro Bucato)
- Zarah Leander - Davon Geht Die Welt Nicht Unter
- Samantha Shelton feat. Michael Andrew - The Man with the Big Sombrero
- Lilian Harvey feat. Willy Fritsch - Ich Wollt Ich Waer Ein Huhn
- Jacques Loussier - Main Theme from Dark of the Sun
- David Bowie - Cat People (Putting out the Fire)
- Lalo Schifrin - Tiger Tank
- Ennio Morricone - Un Amico
- Ennio Morricone - Rabbia E Tarantella
Quotations
* * *
Lt. Aldo Raine: Well, I speak the most Italian, so I'll be your escort. Donowitz speaks the second most, so he'll be your Italian cameraman. Omar speaks third most, so he'll be Donny's assistant.Pfc. Omar Ulmer: I don't speak Italian.
Lt. Aldo Raine: Like I said, third best. Just keep your f*ckin' mouth shut. In fact, why don't you start practicing, right now!
* * *
Lt. Aldo Raine: You probably heard we ain't in the prisoner-takin' business; we in the killin' Nazi business. And cousin, business is a-boomin'.
* * *
Lt. Aldo Raine: You know somethin', Utivich? I think this just might be my masterpiece.
* * *
Lt. Aldo Raine: I'm gonna give you a little somethin' you can't take off.
* * *
Fredrick Zoller: [to Shosanna] It's been a pleasure chatting with a fellow cinema lover.
* * *
Fredrick Zoller: Who wants to send a message to Germany?
* * *
Sgt. Donny Donowitz: After I kill that guy, you have 30 feet to get to that guy. Can you do it?Pfc. Omar Ulmer: I have to.
* * *
General Ed Fenech: [On the Germans attending the film premeire] We have all our rotten eggs in one basket. The objective of the operation: blow up the basket.
* * *
Lt. Aldo Raine: You know, where I'm from...Col. Hans Landa: Yeah, where is that, exactly?
Lt. Aldo Raine: Maynardville, Tennessee.
[pause]
Lt. Aldo Raine: I've done my share of bootlegging. Up 'ere, if you engage in what the federal government calls 'illegal activity,' but what we call 'just a man tryin' to make a livin' for his family sellin' moonshine liquor,' it behooves oneself to keep his wits. Long story short, we hear a story too good to be true... it ain't.
Col. Hans Landa: Sitting in your chair, I would probably say the same thing. And 999 point 999 times out of a million, you would be correct. But in the pages of history, every once in a while, fate reaches out and extends its hand.
[Landa slowly sweeps his arms out in a grand shrug]
Col. Hans Landa: What shall the history books read?
* * *
Col. Hans Landa: Wait for the crème.
* * *
You may see the trailer here.
Plot: 8/10
Entertainment: 9/10
Acting: 9/10
Originality: 8/10
Music and Sound: 8/10
8/10
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