"Serwer from ""Mother Jones"" said, """"Django"", like many Tarantino films, also has been criticized as cartoonishly violent, but it is only so when Django is killing slave owners and overseers. The violence against slaves is always appropriately terrifying. This, if nothing else, puts ""Django"" in the running for Tarantino's best film, the first one in which he discovers violence as horror rather than just spectacle. When Schultz turns his head away from a slave being torn apart by dogs, Django explains to Calvin Candie—the plantation owner played by Leo DiCaprio—that Schultz just isn't used to Americans."" Although Tarantino has said"
"the idea of Calvin Candie's costume came partly from Rhett Butler, and that Don Johnson's signature ""Miami Vice"" look inspired Big Daddy's cream-colored linen suit in the film. King Schultz's faux chinchilla coat was inspired by Telly Savalas in ""Kojak"". Davis also revealed that many of her costume ideas did not make the final cut of the film, leaving some unexplained characters such as Zoë Bell's tracker, who was intended to drop her bandana to reveal an absent jaw. Principal photography for ""Django Unchained"" started in California in November 2011 continuing in Wyoming in February 2012 and at the National"
"draft of the script to The Weinstein Company. Casting began in the summer of 2011, with Michael K. Williams and Will Smith being considered for the role of the title character before Foxx was cast. Principal photography took place from November 2011 to March 2012 in California, Wyoming and Louisiana. ""Django Unchained"" premiered at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City on December 11, 2012, and was released on December 25, 2012, in the United States. The film was nominated for several film industry awards, including five Academy Awards. Waltz won several awards for his performance, among them Best Supporting"
"Omar Dorsey Omar J. Dorsey (born December 22, 1975) is an American actor. He has appeared in films ""The Blind Side"" (2009), ""Django Unchained"" (2012), and ""Selma"" (2014) playing James Orange. In 2016, Dorsey began starring as Hollywood Desonier in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, ""Queen Sugar"". Dorsey played small parts in a number of films early in his career, including ""Juwanna Mann"", ""Starsky & Hutch"", and ""The Blind Side"". In 2012, he co-starred in ""Django Unchained"". On television, he guest-starred on ""ER"", ""The Shield"", ""The Mentalist"", ""Castle"", ""Rizzoli & Isles"", and ""NCIS"". he had the recurring roles in"
"role of Django, Michael K. Williams and Will Smith were mentioned as possibilities, but in the end Jamie Foxx was cast in the role. Smith later said he turned down the role because it ""wasn't the lead"". Tyrese Gibson sent in an audition tape as the character. Franco Nero, the original Django from the 1966 Italian film, was rumored for the role of Calvin Candie, but instead was given a cameo appearance as a minor character. Nero suggested that he play a mysterious horseman who haunts Django in visions and is revealed in an ending flashback to be Django's father;"
"for the 74th and 79th Academy Awards in 2002 and 2007, respectively. He won a Primetime Emmy Award for his work on the latter. Riva suffered a stroke on June 1, 2012, in New Orleans, Louisiana, during production of ""Django Unchained"". He died in a hospital there on June 7, 2012, at age 63. ""Django"" director Quentin Tarantino commented, ""Michael became a dear friend on this picture, as well as a magnificent, talented colleague."" http://vimeo.com/3559547 J. Michael Riva J. Michael Riva (June 28, 1948 – June 7, 2012) was an American production designer. John Michael Riva was born in Manhattan,"
"In 2011 he appeared as a guest star on the season 13 premiere episode of Law and Order SVU. His character, although Italian, was based on Dominique Strauss-Kahn. In the same year, he received a star on the Italian Walk of Fame in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2012, Nero made a cameo appearance in the film ""Django Unchained"" in one scene alongside Jamie Foxx, who stars as Django Freeman in the film. In the scene Nero plays the original Django, an Italian Mandingo Fighter manager. Nero's Django then questions Foxx's Django about how his name is spelled, and asks him"
"in the United Kingdom. The film was screened for the first time at the Directors Guild of America on December 1, 2012, with additional screening events having been held for critics leading up to the film's wide release. The premiere of ""Django Unchained"" was delayed by one week following the shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 14, 2012. The film was released on March 22, 2013, by Sony Pictures in India. In March 2013, ""Django Unchained"" was announced to be the first Tarantino film approved for official distribution in China's strictly controlled film market. Lily Kuo,"
"Django Unchained (soundtrack) Django Unchained is the soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino's motion picture ""Django Unchained"". It was originally released on December 18, 2012. The soundtrack uses a variety of music genres, relying heavily on spaghetti western soundtrack. Tracks composed for the film are ""100 Black Coffins"" by Rick Ross and produced by and featuring Jamie Foxx, ""Who Did That To You?"" by John Legend, ""Freedom"" by Anthony Hamilton and Elayna Boynton, ""Ancora Qui"" by Ennio Morricone and Elisa. These four songs were all eligible for an Academy Award nomination in the Best Original Song category, but none of them was"
"TV dramas and movies, including ""The Equalizer"", ""Miami Vice"", """", """" and ""Las Vegas"". In the summer of 2009, Russo starred in the psychological thriller ""7E"" with Brendan Sexton III, John Savage and Natasha Lyonne. The film was released on December 10, 2013. Russo had a supporting role in Quentin Tarantino's 2012 film ""Django Unchained"". He appeared on Bastille's music video for ""Of The Night"". James Russo James Vincent Russo (born 23 April 1953) is an American film and television actor. He has appeared in over 156 films in three decades. Russo was born in New York City, New York,"
"surpassing his 2009 film ""Inglourious Basterds"", which grossed $321.4 million worldwide. The film was released on DVD, Blu-ray, and Digital Download on April 16, 2013. In the United States, the film has grossed $31,939,733 from DVD sales and $30,286,838 from Blu-ray sales, making a total of $62,226,571. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 87% based on 262 reviews and an average rating of 8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, ""Bold, bloody, and stylistically daring, ""Django Unchained"" is another incendiary masterpiece from Quentin Tarantino."" Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score to reviews from mainstream critics, gives"
"featured in the soundtrack. The first teaser poster was inspired by a fan-art poster by Italian artist Federico Mancosu. His artwork was published in May 2011, a few days after the synopsis and the official title were released to the public. In August 2011, at Tarantino's request, the production companies bought the concept artwork from Mancosu to use for promotional purposes as well as on the crew passes and clothing for staff during filming. ""Django Unchained"" was released on December 25, 2012, in the United States by The Weinstein Company and released on January 18, 2013, by Sony Pictures Releasing"
"""Django Unchained"". The song plays during a scene in the 2017 film ""Logan"" during which the character of Laura wanders into a gas station. The song is thematically tied to many of the movie's elements and was also used in a trailer for the film.The song was in the Lego Ninjago Movie in 2017 as well. In 2018 it appeared in a Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company commercial featuring Dale Earnhardt Jr. Production Singles I Got a Name I Got a Name is the fifth and final studio album (and first posthumous release) by American singer-songwriter Jim Croce, released on"
"is sentenced to seven years in prison, while Steve served 11 years. About $2 million is still unaccounted for. Upon David's release, he is picked up by McKinney and they drive to visit Kelly. On February 1, 2013, Jim Carrey joined the cast. On June 10, 2013, Owen Wilson joined the cast of the film. On December 3, 2013, Zach Galifianakis joined the cast to replace Carrey after he dropped out. On May 16, 2014, Kristen Wiig joined the cast, and on June 25, 2014, Jason Sudeikis was added as well. On June 30, 2014, Ken Marino, Kate McKinnon, Devin"
"""""Django Unchained"" was a harder and more detailed exploration of what the slavery experience was than ""12 Years a Slave"", but director Steve McQueen is an artist and since he's respected for making supposedly art films, it's held in higher esteem than ""Django"", because that was basically a blaxploitation movie."" Some reviews criticized the film for being too violent. The originally planned premiere of ""Django"" was postponed following the Sandy Hook school shooting on December 14, 2012. Thomas Frank criticized the film's use of violence as follows: Not surprisingly, Quentin Tarantino has lately become the focus for this sort of"
"1974 and argues that the political and musical resonances of these allusions situate ""Django Unchained"" squarely in the Vietnam and Watergate era, during the rise and decline of Black Power cinema. Django Unchained (soundtrack) Django Unchained is the soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino's motion picture ""Django Unchained"". It was originally released on December 18, 2012. The soundtrack uses a variety of music genres, relying heavily on spaghetti western soundtrack. Tracks composed for the film are ""100 Black Coffins"" by Rick Ross and produced by and featuring Jamie Foxx, ""Who Did That To You?"" by John Legend, ""Freedom"" by Anthony Hamilton and"
"Man"", he made a cameo as the character in a post-credit scene. In February 2009, Jackson signed on to a nine-picture deal with Marvel which would see him appear as the character in ""Iron Man 2"", ""Thor"", """", and ""The Avengers"" as well as any other sequels they would produce. He reprised the role in """" (2014) and """" (2015). In February 2015, Jackson stated that he only has two movies left on his Marvel contract following ""Ultron"". Among his more recent film roles, Jackson appeared in Quentin Tarantino's ""Django Unchained"", which was released December 25, 2012, Tarantino's ""The Hateful"
"Civil War in 1869. After arriving in a bleak, mud-drenched town in the American Southwest and dragging a coffin behind him, Django gets caught up in a violent race war between a gang of Mexican bandits, led by General Hugo, and a clan of racist militants under the command of the sadistic Major Jackson. Armed with a deadly Mitrailleuse volley gun, Django proceeds to play both sides against each other in the pursuit of money and, ultimately, revenge against Jackson; the Major having murdered his wife years before. The 2012 Western film directed by Quentin Tarantino ""Django Unchained"" starring Jamie"
"would star in Quentin Tarantino's film ""Django Unchained"", which was released in 2012 and received widespread critical acclaim. She was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in June 2012 along with 175 other individuals. In 2013, Washington ranked No. 2 in ""People"" magazine's 100 Most Beautiful people and was named Woman of the Year by ""Glamour"" magazine. The same year, she ranked No. 20 on ""Forbes"" magazine's annual list of the highest-paid actors in television and was announced as the new face of Neutrogena skin care. Washington hosted ""Saturday Night Live"" on November 2, 2013,"
"Unbreakable (film) Unbreakable is a 2000 American superhero thriller film written, produced, and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, and starring Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson, alongside Robin Wright, Spencer Treat Clark and Charlayne Woodard. It is the first installment in the ""Unbreakable"" series. In ""Unbreakable"", a security guard named David Dunn survives a horrific train crash. After the incident, with the help of a disabled comic art gallery owner named Elijah Price, he learns that he possesses superhuman powers. The film follows Dunn trying to explore and confront his powers and his life thus far while trying to navigate"
"meant to entertain us in ""Django"" is violence."" Richard Brody, however, wrote in ""The New Yorker"" that Tarantino's ""vision of slavery's monstrosity is historically accurate... Tarantino rightly depicts slavery as no mere administrative ownership but a grievous and monstrous infliction of cruelty."" ""Django Unchained"" garnered several awards and nominations. The American Film Institute named it one of their Top Ten Movies of the Year in December 2012. The film received five Golden Globe Award nominations, including Best Picture, and Best Director and Best Screenplay for Tarantino. Tarantino won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Christoph Waltz received the Academy"
"Kevin Costner Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American actor, director, producer, and musician. His accolades include two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and one Emmy Award. Costner has played Eliot Ness in ""The Untouchables"", Crash Davis in ""Bull Durham"", Ray Kinsella in ""Field of Dreams"", Lt. John J. Dunbar in ""Dances with Wolves"", for which he won Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture, Jim Garrison in ""JFK"", Robin Hood in """", Frank Farmer in ""The Bodyguard"", Roy McAvoy in ""Tin Cup"", Jonathan Kent in the DC Extended Universe,"
"Jean-Claude Van Damme Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg (born 18 October 1960), professionally known as Jean-Claude Van Damme () and abbreviated as JCVD, is a Belgian actor, martial artist, screenwriter, film producer, and director best known for his martial arts action films. The most successful of these projects include ""Bloodsport"" (1988), ""Kickboxer"" franchise (1989-2018), ""Lionheart"" (1990), ""Double Impact"" (1991), ""Universal Soldier"" franchise (1992-2012), ""Hard Target"" (1993), ""Street Fighter"" (1994), ""Timecop"" (1994), ""Sudden Death"" (1995), ""JCVD"" (2008), ""The Expendables 2"" (2012), ""Kung Fu Panda 2,"" and ""Kung Fu Panda 3"" (2011-2016). Van Damme was born Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg, on"
"was announced McGregor had dropped out of his planned appearance to focus on training and the UFC; he was replaced by Michael Bisping. On January 1, 2016, Twitch Film reported that Tony Jaa, Jet Li and Deepika Padukone were cast in roles. The following week, Nina Dobrev and Ruby Rose were also cast. Dobrev would be playing a witty and sarcastic techie, while Padukone would play a huntress who happens to be Cage's former lover. Rose would play a sniper. Andrey Ivchenko was confirmed to be another villain in the film, given that earlier reports revealed Li to be playing"
"Unrivaled Unrivaled is a 2010 American-Canadian action drama film directed by Warren P. Sonoda and written, produced and starring Hector Echavarria. Echevarria starrs as down-and-out cage fighter Ringo Duran. The best fighter in the world works two jobs and supports his sister. The only problem… he doesn’t know he’s the best. Ringo Duran, the son of Gracie Duran, a famous Argentinian kick boxer, works two jobs to make ends meet. His passion, full contact fighting. His goal, fulfill a lifelong dream of becoming a professional fighter. Ringo has put off attempts at a professional career for so long he has"
"of brutality"" that ""highlights Lynch's struggling strengths…and obvious weaknesses."" Chained (2012 film) Chained is a 2012 Canadian psychological thriller slasher film directed by Jennifer Lynch that stars Vincent D'Onofrio, Julia Ormond, and Eamon Farren. D'Onofrio plays a serial killer who kidnaps and adopts a young boy, eventually turning him into his protege. Nine-year-old Tim and his mother Sarah (Julia Ormond) are brought to the cinema by his father Brad (Jake Weber) who urges them to take a taxi instead of a bus when going home. After the show, Sarah wants to call a taxi but one is already arriving. They"
"role of the Quentin Tarantino written and directed ""Django Unchained"". Foxx starred alongside his ""Ray"" co-star Kerry Washington, as well as Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L. Jackson. In an interview about ""Django Unchained"", Foxx told ""Vibe"" magazine: ""As a black person it's always racial. ... when I get home my other homies are like how was your day? Well, I only had to be white for at least eight hours today, [or] I only had to be white for four hours."" The filming was emotional as Foxx said, ""It's tough shooting when you're in plantation row and that's"
"David Huynh David Huynh (born February 5, 1983) is a Canadian actor. Huynh won a Special Jury Prize Award at the 2007 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival for Outstanding Newcomer and Best Emerging Actor for his performance in Juwan Chung's ""Baby"", which also won a Special Jury Award for Best Feature Length Film at that year's Festival. Huynh has also Starred in Byron Q's film, ""Bang Bang"" (2011), which won a Special Jury Award for Best First Feature, Narrative, at the 2011 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. He also played Jonathan Chen in Byron Q's film, ""Las Vegas"
"referenced in over thirty ""sequels"" from the time of the film's release until the early 1970s in an effort to capitalize on the success of the original, most of these films were unofficial, featuring neither Corbucci nor Nero. Nero reprised his role as Django in 1987's ""Django Strikes Again"", the only official sequel produced with Corbucci's involvement. Nero also made a cameo appearance in Quentin Tarantino's 2012 film ""Django Unchained"", an homage to Corbucci's original. John Sayles is working on a third official instalment in the film series, with Nero reprising his role. On the Mexico-United States border, a drifter,"
"Performance by an Ensemble in Quentin Tarantino's western film ""Django Unchained"". Goggins' role of Boyd Crowder in ""Justified"" received nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2011, the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film in 2011, the TV Guide Award for Favorite Villain in 2013, the Online Film & Television Association's Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2011 and 2014, and for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015."
"Unknown (2011 film) Unknown is a 2011 psychological action film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and starring Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones, Aidan Quinn, Bruno Ganz, and Frank Langella. The film is based on the 2003 French novel published in English as ""Out of My Head"", by Didier Van Cauwelaert. Released in the United States on February 18, 2011, the film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $136 million against its $30 million budget. Dr. Martin Harris and his wife Liz arrive in Berlin for a biotechnology summit. At their hotel, as Liz goes to check in, Harris realizes"
"Chained (2012 film) Chained is a 2012 Canadian psychological thriller slasher film directed by Jennifer Lynch that stars Vincent D'Onofrio, Julia Ormond, and Eamon Farren. D'Onofrio plays a serial killer who kidnaps and adopts a young boy, eventually turning him into his protege. Nine-year-old Tim and his mother Sarah (Julia Ormond) are brought to the cinema by his father Brad (Jake Weber) who urges them to take a taxi instead of a bus when going home. After the show, Sarah wants to call a taxi but one is already arriving. They enter it but instead of taking them home, the"
"CBS network television. The show attempted to build crossovers with another crime-drama, ""Hawkins"", but never garnered much success. Each week a new episode was aired, which presents a different case and a different crime for the titular character to solve. After the first season, the series was cancelled, due to poor viewing ratings. Richard Roundtree, who reprised his role from the films, has since expressed his distaste for the TV show. According to writer/director, Quentin Tarantino, the characters in ""Django Unchained"" are ancestors of John Shaft. Broomhilda ""Hildi"" von Schaft and Django Freeman as her husband are the progenitors to"