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Brad Pitt takes no prisoners in Quentin Tarantino's high-octane WWII revenge fantasy Inglourious Basterds. As war rages in Europe, a Nazi-scalping squad of American soldiers, known to their enemy as "The Basterds," is on a daring mission to take down the leaders of the Third Reich. Bursting with "action, hair-trigger suspense and a machine-gun spray of killer dialogue" (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone), Inglourious Basterds is "another Tarantino masterpiece" (Jake Hamilton, CBS-TV)!Bonus Content:Extended & Alternate ScenesRoundtable Discussion with Quentin Tarantino, Brad Pitt and Elvis MitchellThe Making of Nation's PrideA Conversation with Rod TaylorKillin' Nazis Trivia ChallengeInglourious Basterds Poster GalleryTrailersNation's Pride - Full FeatureThe Origina l Inglorious BastardsQuentin Tarantino's Camera AngelHi SallysFilm Poster Gallery Tour with Elvis MitchellRod Taylor on Victoria Bitter]]> Review: Nazi punks, #@&! OFF - Inglourious Basterds is a cinematic masterpiece, as well as an expectation defying, genre shredding, throwback of a beast of a film that revels in not giving two shakes of a bloody bat what you think. That's precisely what's so invigorating and thrilling about the experience of watching it. Like many of Tarantino's films, one ends up feeling more of a participant as opposed to merely a spectator. Things open quietly and horrifically with one of the most understated and thoroughly evil opening flourishes ever attempted to set up a ride as wild as this... and it works almost too well. Christoph Waltz is an actor I was totally unfamiliar with before viewing this film. By the end of the first scene I wanted to jump through the screen and wring his smarmy neck. His performance only grows stronger through the entire production. While some may balk at the leisurely pace taken, it not only serves to ratchet up tension for the first act, but really sets up this character for the events in the third act nicely. Waltz is the jewel of this production. However the ensemble cast around him with Brad Pitt leading the way is not only excellent but littered with Tarantino staples, i.e. a retired actor making a triumphant return, stunt casting extraordinaire and gorgeous women who wouldn't know a second fiddle if it bit them on their torpedo brassieres. Pitt especially, is brutally effective in an unrestrained performance that works great as a foil for the cool, collected sinister moves of Waltz's character. Besides the great acting though, what really makes Basterds shine are the ideas embodied and the indeed glorious set pieces that provide perfect stages for Tarantino's tense, interlocking morality yarns. The highlight for me was not the much ballyhooed ending, but rather the tavern scene. To me this scene is not just the greatest in this film but one of the greatest in film, in quite a while. Tarantino's love of movie history really shows here, but also his mastery of dialogue, invective, foreshadowing, wordplay and ability to always SHOW rather than TELL, even while a complex conversation is in the offing. It is a thrilling scene to watch and is a nutshell version of why the whole movie works, despite its own (at times) maniacal fearlessness. Without the tavern scene, I can't imagine Basterds being as cohesive or affecting overall. In the same way the deliberate pacing of the opening scene could put some off, I can see how the occasional insistence on tapping the brakes could frustrate fans of more traditional fare, as well. As noted there are not a lot of concessions made to the viewer, but this to me comes off more as respect than lack of fan service. You will never feel spoon fed while watching Inglourious Basterds but you might at times feel like you want to stop and digest a bit. To paraphrase, you can digest when you're dead. Tarantino always has a fresh spoonful of creme ready for your strudel, no matter how you take it. With a film like this you might need a little extra willing suspension of disbelief but if you do give yourself over to it, the ride can be unforgettable. The DVD itself has a lot of great special features that fans of the film will enjoy. I would have loved a commentary, but the roundtable discussion fills in some of that information. Being able to see the film within a film was a nice touch too. Lastly, it seems that some people take exception with the barbarous acts of unremitting violence perpetrated against fictional Nazis herein. I would just like to say that you're being quite silly. Are you afraid that anti Nazi violence in the world will spiral out of control? It would be laughable if it, well... weren't. The only entity in the world that engenders rage towards fascism of all flavors, is fascism itself. Fictional representations of revenge are many times the closest victims can get to exacting the payback they have in their hearts. If you feel that the violence portrayed here against the SS rank and file is "over the top" then check again. Dachau was "over the top." Himmler was a REAL freak off the leash so cry me a Rhine. The swastika has a target on it forever now and that's just as it should be. It's called payback is a b*tch. Ask Tojo if Pearl Harbor was worth it. Now ask Michael Bay. See where I'm going here? Sure you do. Sit back and enjoy the show people. It's what you do best. Review: Good movie with bad title spelling - I'm not sure if the spelling of "Basterds" was intentional or not, because you never learn why it was incorrectly spelled for this movie. Anyway, the movie is great if you enjoy a good comedy with a lot blood, violence, and good looking actors. Everyone wants to see Nazis suffer, even Nazis, and this movie doesn't disappoint! Just don't let grandma watch it even if she lived during that time in history.


| ASIN | B0054OGQS2 |
| Actors | Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth, Melanie Laurent, Michael Fassbender |
| Aspect Ratio | 2.40:1 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,526 in Movies & TV ( See Top 100 in Movies & TV ) #19 in Military & War (Movies & TV) #291 in Action & Adventure Blu-ray Discs |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (25,632) |
| Director | Quentin Tarantino |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item model number | 25192102707 |
| Language | English (DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1), French (DTS 5.1), Spanish (DTS 5.1) |
| MPAA rating | R (Restricted) |
| Media Format | Blu-ray, Multiple Formats, Widescreen |
| Number of discs | 1 |
| Producers | Lawrence Bender |
| Product Dimensions | 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.08 ounces |
| Release date | August 30, 2011 |
| Run time | 2 hours and 33 minutes |
| Studio | Universal Pictures Home Entertainment |
| Subtitles: | French, Spanish |
| Writers | Quentin Tarantino |
Z**❗
Nazi punks, #@&! OFF
Inglourious Basterds is a cinematic masterpiece, as well as an expectation defying, genre shredding, throwback of a beast of a film that revels in not giving two shakes of a bloody bat what you think. That's precisely what's so invigorating and thrilling about the experience of watching it. Like many of Tarantino's films, one ends up feeling more of a participant as opposed to merely a spectator. Things open quietly and horrifically with one of the most understated and thoroughly evil opening flourishes ever attempted to set up a ride as wild as this... and it works almost too well. Christoph Waltz is an actor I was totally unfamiliar with before viewing this film. By the end of the first scene I wanted to jump through the screen and wring his smarmy neck. His performance only grows stronger through the entire production. While some may balk at the leisurely pace taken, it not only serves to ratchet up tension for the first act, but really sets up this character for the events in the third act nicely. Waltz is the jewel of this production. However the ensemble cast around him with Brad Pitt leading the way is not only excellent but littered with Tarantino staples, i.e. a retired actor making a triumphant return, stunt casting extraordinaire and gorgeous women who wouldn't know a second fiddle if it bit them on their torpedo brassieres. Pitt especially, is brutally effective in an unrestrained performance that works great as a foil for the cool, collected sinister moves of Waltz's character. Besides the great acting though, what really makes Basterds shine are the ideas embodied and the indeed glorious set pieces that provide perfect stages for Tarantino's tense, interlocking morality yarns. The highlight for me was not the much ballyhooed ending, but rather the tavern scene. To me this scene is not just the greatest in this film but one of the greatest in film, in quite a while. Tarantino's love of movie history really shows here, but also his mastery of dialogue, invective, foreshadowing, wordplay and ability to always SHOW rather than TELL, even while a complex conversation is in the offing. It is a thrilling scene to watch and is a nutshell version of why the whole movie works, despite its own (at times) maniacal fearlessness. Without the tavern scene, I can't imagine Basterds being as cohesive or affecting overall. In the same way the deliberate pacing of the opening scene could put some off, I can see how the occasional insistence on tapping the brakes could frustrate fans of more traditional fare, as well. As noted there are not a lot of concessions made to the viewer, but this to me comes off more as respect than lack of fan service. You will never feel spoon fed while watching Inglourious Basterds but you might at times feel like you want to stop and digest a bit. To paraphrase, you can digest when you're dead. Tarantino always has a fresh spoonful of creme ready for your strudel, no matter how you take it. With a film like this you might need a little extra willing suspension of disbelief but if you do give yourself over to it, the ride can be unforgettable. The DVD itself has a lot of great special features that fans of the film will enjoy. I would have loved a commentary, but the roundtable discussion fills in some of that information. Being able to see the film within a film was a nice touch too. Lastly, it seems that some people take exception with the barbarous acts of unremitting violence perpetrated against fictional Nazis herein. I would just like to say that you're being quite silly. Are you afraid that anti Nazi violence in the world will spiral out of control? It would be laughable if it, well... weren't. The only entity in the world that engenders rage towards fascism of all flavors, is fascism itself. Fictional representations of revenge are many times the closest victims can get to exacting the payback they have in their hearts. If you feel that the violence portrayed here against the SS rank and file is "over the top" then check again. Dachau was "over the top." Himmler was a REAL freak off the leash so cry me a Rhine. The swastika has a target on it forever now and that's just as it should be. It's called payback is a b*tch. Ask Tojo if Pearl Harbor was worth it. Now ask Michael Bay. See where I'm going here? Sure you do. Sit back and enjoy the show people. It's what you do best.
T**R
Good movie with bad title spelling
I'm not sure if the spelling of "Basterds" was intentional or not, because you never learn why it was incorrectly spelled for this movie. Anyway, the movie is great if you enjoy a good comedy with a lot blood, violence, and good looking actors. Everyone wants to see Nazis suffer, even Nazis, and this movie doesn't disappoint! Just don't let grandma watch it even if she lived during that time in history.
S**D
Gloriously brutal
Another epic from Q. Incredible performances from actors who are known as well as those who were unknown at that time.
A**O
Great film! Magnificent!
A very dark and entertaining satirical masterpiece. The merge of history and fiction is thought provoking as well as entertaining! Bravo!
D**N
Great movie
Full of action and humor!
M**E
Great American film
Inglorious Basterds is, like some of Scorsese's, Paul Thomas Anderson's, Welles', and Sergio Leone's films, an operatic work about death -- or Death -- which is also amused about its own circling and coiling (and coiling and circling) around it. The best way to describe films like this is to compare them to Baroque art, a style of painting and sculpture that invites intense, even unbalanced emotional responses. Think of Bernini's intensely sexual sculptures against Michaelangelo's sculptures that show a balance of sensuality and intellect. Baroque films are edited so that scenes wittily push (or ram) together fear and comedy, anxiety, a dreamlike something in their preparation for violence, and humor. And characters take each other in often as pieces of theater, and perform for each other. As in opera they can be expressing themselves with a nearly cartoon exaggeration even as they unexpectedly stir emotions: I am dying, they seem to sing, with their guns, and this is my song of death. Song, and music in general, is key to any Tarantino film, from Reservoir Dogs ("Stuck in the Middle With You") to Pulp Fiction ("Flowers on the Wall") and Jackie Brown ("Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time"). In Inglorious Basterds the key is the Morricone-like soundtrack that, as in Leone's films, asks us to feel the joy of the filmmaking -- the bravura assembly of images -- as well as take in more deeply the unfolding story. In this case, it is a tall tale, with many moving parts: a group of wild American Jews are put together by the American military in World War II to kill and scalp Nazis, and as the story spins up from scenes such as the early one in the German forest with the killing of a German soldier by baseball bat, we come, perhaps naturally, to an attack on the Fuhrer himself in a movie theater which has most recently played a G.W. Pabst film starring Leni Riefenstahl. There is the leader of the Basterds (played with opera buffa joy by Brad Pitt), there is the escaped Jewish girl (played with fragility and steel by Melanie Laurent) and, among a couple of dozen other speaking parts, there is the "Jew Hunter," played by Christoph Walz with a certain kind of aesthete's lightly curtailed rage that is exciting, terrifying and nervily humorous to watch. It is a film of wrought performances, and Walz's is the best. Note: if you purchase this Blu-ray/Digital package from a third-party seller, as I did, you may find that the code for downloading the digital copy has already been redeemed. You still get the Blu-ray disk, but half of the bargain is lost.
N**T
Something to see. Great movie!
I’m 40 years old and I’ve never seen this movie. If you haven’t seen this movie, I urge you too.
N**Y
great movie watched several times
J**E
Excelent Film .
J**S
Tenemos lo que todo un coleccionista le podria gustar. Un juego de cartas, y postales, ademas del librito con fotos de la pelicula. Si estas leyendo esto, sabes que es uno de entre los mejores trabajos de Tarantino. Si ya viste la pelicula, y buscas tenerla en una buena edicion. Esta es la buena, y tiene doblaje en latino, por si querias saber.
S**E
Tarantino ci regala una visione alternativa della seconda guerra mondiale nella Francia occupata dai nazisti. Spettacolare, crudo ma allo stesso tempo Intrattiene alla poltrona per dialoghi taglienti e trama curiosa.
S**A
...und eine weitere Rezension die Schar der Film-"Freunde" spalte! Ehrlich gesagt bin ich erschrocken, dass der Film solch zahlreiche negative Rezensionen erhält. Dies geschieht meines Erachtens völlig zu unrecht! "Langweilig", "mies", "schlecht", "der schlechteste Tarantino aller Zeiten" - das sind die Attribute, mit denen dieser Film beschrieben wird. Scheinbar waren viele Zuschauer mit "Inglourious Basterds" komplett überfordert!!! Hier nun der Versuch, in der Kürze einer Film-Rezension bei einem Internet-Shop einige Dinge zu (er)klären: Womit haben wir es hier überhaupt zu tun? IB ist in meinen Augen erst mal eine Spielwiese für den kreativsten Filmschaffenden (jedenfalls in der A-Liga) unserer Zeit. Der Film ist eine riesengroße Satire auf das, was die Amerikaner gerne gesehen hätten, auf das, wie sie sich selber sehen(oder am liebsten sehen würden) und den amerikanischen Blick auf die Welt in der Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts (und vermutlich auch weit darüber hinaus). Macht dies schon eine Allegorie? Diese Frage soll jeder für sich selbst beantworten! Dieses gezeigte Weltbild wird jedoch immer wieder erschüttert durch Handlungen und Charaktereigenschaften einzelner Personen/Figuren, die in ihrer Komplexität plötzlich den selbsternannten "Rettern" turmhoch überlegen sind - sei es in Sachen Mut (Shoshanna, der dt. Feldwebel Rachtman), Intellekt und Gerissenheit (Hans Landa) oder Loyalität. Die amerikanische "Überlegenheit" erweist sich als purer Zufall. Die amerikanische Mentalität ("Wir tun das Richtige, also ist die Wahl der Mittel nebensächlich"), die heute noch Gültigkeit besitzt wird hier demnach komplett ad absurdum geführt! Doch begeben wir uns einmal weg von der politischen Ebene, hin zum Filmischen: Der Film hat die Form eines klassischen Dramas in fünf Akten, die Tarantino-typisch auch als solche plakativ deklariert werden: Den Einstieg bildet eine Hommage an den Italo-Western, repräsentiert durch die Anfangssequenz ("Once upon a time in Nazi-occupied France..." als Anspielung auf Leone!), untermal mit der Musik des absoluten Großmeisters Ennio Morricone! Landa verhört einen französischen Bauern wegen des Verdachts, eine jüdische Familie zu verstecken. An alle, denen das nicht aufgefallen ist: Schade! Euch wird noch viel mehr entgehen/ entgangen sein! Das zweite Kapitel - bitte nicht wieder Kritik an Mr. Pitts Schauspielkunst - soll uns den "Haufen" vorstellen, der sich durch die deutschen Reihen "arbeiten" wird. Hier, das gebe ich zu, wirkt die Ansprache von Aldo, dem Apachen in der Synchro weniger eindringlich als im Original mit prima Akzent! Die gefühlmäßige Kälte (Routine) wird hier auf den Punkt getroffen! Im weiteren Verlauf bekomme wir immer wieder Klischees vorgesetzt - den cholerischen "Führer", den "treuen und tapferen Deutschen" Werner Rachtman (hier besonders intensiv, da für amerikanische Verhältnisse im Grunde deutlich "zu" positiv dargestellt), den snobistischen Engländer, die unterkühlte deutsche Schauspielerin, den jungen Kriegshelden, die immer in den gleichen Platitüden plappernden Amis... Doch jede der Figuren wird von den entsprechenden Schauspielern mit teils unglaublicher Tiefe versehen! Besonders hervorheben möchte ich an dieser Stelle Daniel Brühl, bei dem man ständig zwischen Abscheu und Sympathie hin und her gerissen ist - und BLEIBT! Eine abschließende Festlegung auf eine Haltung bleibt meiner Meinung nach beinahe unmöglich! 3. Akt - Die Keller-/ Tavernensznene: hier jongliert QT erneut mit dutzenden Anspielungen, die von Karl May über Edgar Wallace bis hin zu Alfred Hitchkock reichen. Dazu werden Namen von Schauspielern und Filmen gleich im Dutzend genannt oder angedeutet... Ganz groß gemacht, denn es wirkt niemals aufdringlich! Dazu eines der ABSOLUTEN Highlights: es wird durch Dialog eine Spannung kreiert, die im Kino ihresgleichen sucht. August Diehl hat hier (s)einen Auftritt als SS-Mann, der dem Besucher mehr als nur in Erinnerung bleiben wird! Plötzlich und unversehen ändert sich hier auch der Lauf der Dinge... "Operation Kino" bildet den 4. Akt und zeigt die zeitweise Hilflosigkeit der agierenden Personen, die natürlich Konsequenzen hat: der Plan gerät mächtig aus dem Ruder! Köstlich hierbei der Auftritt von Herrn Pitt als italienischer "Ausnahmedarsteller" nebst seiner Kameraleute, die jedoch leider kaum ihre eigene "Muttersprache" sprechen. Optisch wird hier mit dem Aussehen von Marlon Brando in "Der Pate" kokettiert, die Gags sitzen. Dies war übrigens schon immer Tarantinos große Stärke, der sog. "comic relief", also dass unmittelbar nach besonders spannenden (oder grausamen) Momenten ein komisches Element eingebaut wird, das die Situation etwas entschärft. Das große Finale bildet dann der 5. Akt: "Die Rache des Riesengesichts". Hierauf möchte ich nicht näher eingehen, doch es sei gesagt, dass sich einige dinge vollkommen anders als erwartet entwickeln! Dieses "Drama" ist natürlich wieder "gewürzt" mit plakativen Schriftzügen und Einblendungen, die an die Trash-movies der 60er und 70er erinnern oder an Fernseh- und Printwerbung dieser Zeit: laut, grell, aufdringlich. "Die Botschaft MUSS in Eure Köpfe!" scheint das Motto zu sein! Abgesehen davon finden sich noch einige andere "Gags" im Film, die so gut versteckt sind, dass man schon genau hinschauen muss: Wer hat denn z.B. BOB ROSS im Film entdeckt??? Hadelt es sich vielleicht bei den kleineren und größeren Katastrophen im Film bloß um "happy little accidents", die wir zu unserem Vorteil nutzen können? Wer hat die Anspielung auf Keinohrhasen entdeckt??? Tarantinos Fußfetisch - auch hier wieder bedient??? Wir erinern uns - es begann eig. mit Salma Hayek in "From Dusk Till Dawn"... Dies alles wird von QT erneut mit einem Sountrack untermalt, den nur ER in dieser Form liefern kann. Besonders das musikalische Herzstück des Films "Cat People" von David Bowie mit der markanten Zeile "Turning out the fire with gasoline" zeigt uns doch, was wir von alledem zu halten haben: wenn man Feuer mit Benzin bekämpfen will, muss man verdammt noch mal GANZ GENAU wissen, was man da tut, denn ansonten verbrennt man sich ganz gehörig die Finger!!! Zuletzt möchte ich noch einige schauspielerische Leistungen ansprechen: Christoph Waltz - UNGLAUBLICH!!! Von Sherlock Holmes über wahnsinnigen Killer und eiskalt berechnende Bestie bis hin zu Fähnchen im Wind ist hier ALLES vertreten, glaubhafter als ich es bisher gesehen habe! Schon jetzt legendär! Melanie Laurent - spielt Diane Kruger locker an die Wand. Neues und unverbrauchtes Gesicht, tolle Tiefe! Großes Kino! Daniel Brühl - Laurents Gegenpart und Nemesis, großartig interpretiert! Alles in allem mehr als nur eine Empfehlung für größere Aufgaben! Til Schweiger - gewohnt stoisch in seiner Mimik und wortkarg, dennoch überzeugend! Diane Kruger und Eli Roth - die beiden schauspielerischen Tiefpunkte im Film August Diehl - BEÄNGSTIGEND GUT!!! Mehr braucht man nicht sagen! Denis Menochet - Puuuh!!! Intensiv!!! Was bleibt nun am Ende übrig? Eine Hommage an das Kino an sich, eine Kollage unverdauter amerikanischer Erinnerungen und sozio-kultureller Missstände? Ein modernes Märchen von dem, was hätte sein können? Hier möchte ich auf alle Fragen mit "JA" antworten. Vor allem bleibt in meinen Augen ein wirklich großes Stück Kino, das man kaum genug loben kann! Alles andere als 5 Sterne ist in meinen Augen ein Verkennen der Kunstfertigkeit dieses Regisseurs!
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