Filled with new footage and a surprise cameo, this new look at Quentin Tarantino’s latest is our best yet. By Kevin P. Sullivan Leonardo DiCaprio in “Django Unchained” Photo: Columbia Pictures
Quentin Tarantino ‘s Django Unchained had me at hello — or at ” Dj -” if you will (the “d” is silent) — so at this point trailers and clips are just icing on the spaghetti “Southern.” If I’m speaking a foreign language to you, forgive my excitement for Tarantino’s latest neo-exploitation bonanza and just dive right into Movieline’s rundown of the gunshots, dead baddies, and gleefully inside-baseball genre winks in the second trailer for Django Unchained . Dead guys: 3, plus 2 or more offscreen Faintings: 2 Beers: 2 Crash zooms: 2 Glimpses of Sam Jackson in his Benjamin Button makeup: 5 Glee-filled Christoph Waltz quips: 4 Gunshots: 13 Jonah Hill s: 1 Explosions: 2 Inside nods to the original Django : 2 Times I’ll be listening to the Franco Nero Django theme for the rest of the week: 100 Watch it on YouTube. Django Unchained hits theaters on Christmas. Perfect holiday viewing! [via iTunes ]
For those movie buffs counting the days until the Dec. 25 release of Django Unchained , here’s an early Christmas plum: A Spanish-language trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s slavery retribution fantasy. Set two years before the Civil War, Django Unchained stars Jamie Foxx as the title character and Christoph Waltz as the bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz. After Schultz acquires Django in order to bag a particularly brutal pair of siblings, The Brittle Brothers, they team up to take down the South’s Most Wanted and to search for Django’s enslaved wife Broomhilda, played by Kerry Washington. Their journey eventually takes them to Candyland, a plantation ownd by Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), where slaves are forced to battle each other for sport. If I was a betting man, I’d say a bloody climax ensues. UPDATE: Sony pulled the aforementioned trailer earlier today. We apologize for the inconvenience. If you simply must see a preview of this film, check out this earlier clip. Watch It on YouTube. Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.
Prepare yourselves, movie goers, for life, liberty and the pursuit of vengeance. On Christmas Day, Quentin Tarantino will unleash Django Unchained , a thriller that stars Jamie Foxx as a slave-turned-bounty hunter who is after two things: His wife. His freedom. The incredible cast also features Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson and Christopher Waltz – and did we mention it’s written/directed by Quentin Tarantino?!? – and you can check out the first official trailer now. You really should go ahead and do so: Django Unchained Trailer
Prepare yourselves, movie goers, for life, liberty and the pursuit of vengeance. On Christmas Day, Quentin Tarantino will unleash Django Unchained , a thriller that stars Jamie Foxx as a slave-turned-bounty hunter who is after two things: His wife. His freedom. The incredible cast also features Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson and Christopher Waltz – and did we mention it’s written/directed by Quentin Tarantino?!? – and you can check out the first official trailer now. You really should go ahead and do so: Django Unchained Trailer
At long last — since Quentin Tarantino fans have been dying for a glimpse since the first peek at that hand-scrawled script suggested that yes, this was really happening — comes the first trailer for Django Unchained , Tarantino’s December 2012 spaghetti western about a freed slave (Jamie Foxx) shooting his way across the South. Because nothing says Christmas like slavery and vengeance! UPDATE: Sorry folks, the trailer is set to officially debut on Fandango later today. Check back for updated video… Foxx plays Django, a slave taken under the wing of a German bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz, looking delightful). Together they journey from plantation to plantation shooting bad guys on their way to rescuing Django’s wife (Kerry Washington) from the evil, oily Leonardo DiCaprio. Between the contained ferocity in Foxx’s eyes, the character actors that line the cast, Tarantino’s use of classic genre zooms and camera moves, that swaggering sense of humor, and the promise of seeing Django get the ultimate historical-revisionist retribution in his quest for “life, love, and the pursuit of vengeance,” the trailer packs quite a punch. And that’s even before Foxx’s Django sidles up to the OG Django , Franco Nero, and explains to him how his name is pronounced. Oh, references! Verdict: Might be a bit too genre for mainstream audiences, but my inner exploitation nerd can’t wait. Django Unchained hits theaters December 25.
You’ve heard of the erotic bestseller 50 Shades of Grey . You may have even read a steamy passage or two here and there. But why torture yourself by actually reading E.L. James’ florid-melodramatic prose when one animated fan trailer gives you all the essential need-to-knows — including the best-worst cringe-inducing scene of the book? Now, there are a lot of cringe-inducing scenes in 50 Shades of Grey and its subsequent sequels, 50 Shades Darker and 50 Shades Freed , involving college grad/virgin Anastasia Steele and her handsome would-be boyfriend/BDSM master Christian Grey . (Spoilers ahead!) This is because young Ana is a whiny pleaser who submits to bondage and spankings and such in the hope that she can cure the handsome deviant Christian of his kinky ways, and also because Ana is a naive young thing who can’t work technology or remember to eat all by herself. Which is how things like The Bathroom Scene come to bear. (Skip ahead to Chapter 23 if you’re reading along at home!) Forget the whips and every-five-minutes sex and interior monologues between Ana and her “inner goddess” — here’s a scene that explains the Ana-Christian relationship in a nutshell, in which he takes the liberty of yanking out her tampon so they can have sex . (Courtesy of YouTube user Philiafelice, who strikes the right balance of incredulity and real talk in her breakdown of 50 Shades and its trashy appeal.) Splash! I cannot wait to see how they even attempt to pull this off in the movie. [ philiafelice via @evafay ]
With $6.4 million at stake for UNICEF, some of the world’s best footballers faced off in England over the weekend with some of the sport’s most enthusiastic celebrity hobbyists. The good news: Charity won big! The bad news: Celebrities did not, with one even landing in the hospital. The annual Soccer Aid benefit packed Old Trafford, the home of the Manchester United, where the team from England beat the “Rest of the World” team — comprising the likes of Will Ferrell, Edward Norton, Mike Myers, Gerard Butler, James McAvoy, Woody Harrelson and shouty TV chef Gordon Ramsay — by a score of 3-1. And since no soccer tilt would ever be complete without some poor bastard writhing on the pitch in hyperdramatic anguish, this match was no different — at least until, in the second half, things got really ugly : Ferrell limped off the field in considerable pain with a leg injury late in Sunday’s annual Soccer Aid game at Manchester United’s Old Trafford but will have counted himself more fortunate than Ramsay, who earlier was hospitalized following a heavy challenge. The foul-mouthed Hell’s Kitchen star was stretchered off the field while receiving oxygen, after being flattened by former England international Teddy Sheringham midway through the second half. He later was released from the hospital. Let us relive the moment in pictures! Observe Ferrell above right, shortly before he wound up on the turf with a leg injury that ended his day: So were any actors not hurt during this very intense exhibition match? Surprisingly many, if the rest of the photo record is to be believed! Nevertheless, Edward Norton and Woody Harrelson took every fluorescent precaution available to them… …while Mike Myers competed with swanlike finesse and grace… …along with flying Scotsmen Gerard Butler and James McAvoy (as seen alongside teammate Harrelson)… Here’s to a swift recovery for Ferrell, Ramsay and all the rest convalescing after the match. Charity hurts. [Photos: Getty Images]
The Weinstein Co. has unveiled a batch of new images from Quentin Tarantino Christmas Western Django Unchained , including shots of Jamie Foxx as the former slave-turned-bounty hunter Django, Christoph Waltz as his German comrade in arms Dr. King Schultz, and Leonardo DiCaprio as the evil plantation owner Calvin Candie. But it’s the image of Foxx sidled up to a bar next to Franco Nero — the original Django — that gets bonus points for film nerdage. Click here for the full gallery of new images from Django Unchained . Set in the South two years before the Civil War, DJANGO UNCHAINED stars Academy Award®-winner Jamie Foxx as Django, a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Academy Award®-winner Christoph Waltz). Schultz is on the trail of the murderous Brittle brothers, and only Django can lead him to his bounty. The unorthodox Schultz acquires Django with a promise to free him upon the capture of the Brittles – dead or alive. Success leads Schultz to free Django, though the two men choose not to go their separate ways. Instead, Schultz seeks out the South’s most wanted criminals with Django by his side. Honing vital hunting skills, Django remains focused on one goal: finding and rescuing Broomhilda (Kerry Washington), the wife he lost to the slave trade long ago. Django and Schultz’s search ultimately leads them to Calvin Candie (Academy Award®-nominee Leonardo DiCaprio), the proprietor of “Candyland,” an infamous plantation. Exploring the compound under false pretenses, Django and Schultz arouse the suspicion of Stephen (Academy Award®-nominee Samuel L. Jackson), Candie’s trusted house slave. Their moves are marked, and a treacherous organization closes in on them. If Django and Schultz are to escape with Broomhilda, they must choose between independence and solidarity, between sacrifice and survival…’ Written and directed by Academy Award®-winner Quentin Tarantino, DJANGO UNCHAINED is produced by Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone. The executive producers are Harvey and Bob Weinstein, Michael Shamberg, Shannon McIntosh, and James Skotchdopole. DJANGO UNCHAINED will be released in the U.S. by The Weinstein Company on December 25, 2012, and internationally by Sony Pictures. Django Unchained is in theaters December 25.
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