Apr 11

Apr 11 Inglorious Basterds (2009)

Inglourious Basterds is Quentin Tarantino’s stylish riff on World War II and the Nazi menace. The film strikes an uneven tone in a couple of parts, with a regrettable lust for violence at certain moments. The overall story, though, about a teen who survives the massacre of her family to arrive at a potential turning point in the war, becomes quite involving. While Brad Pitt is good, Mélanie Laurent as Shosanna and Christoph Waltz as Colonel Landa are both fantastic.

*⅜ (out of ***)

2009 • 2 HOURS, 33 MINUTES
UNIVERSAL PICTURES • THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY • A BAND APART • ZEHNTE BABELSBERG FILM GMBH

STARRING
• BRAD PITT, CHRISTOPH WALTZ, MICHAEL FASSBENDER, ELI ROTH, DIANE KRUGER, DANIEL BRÜHL, TIL SCHWEIGER, MÉLANIE LAURENT

GUEST STARRING
• AUGUST DIEHL, JULIE DREYFUS, SYLVESTER GROTH, JACKY IDO, DENIS MÉNOCHET, MIKE MYERS, ROD TAYLOR, MARTIN WUTTKE

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY
• QUENTIN TARANTINO

2009 ACADEMY AWARDS
• BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: CHRISTOPH WALTZ

ADDITIONAL 2009 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS (7)
• BEST PICTURE (LOST TO THE HURT LOCKER)
• BEST DIRECTOR: QUENTIN TARANTINO (LOST TO KATHRYN BIGELOW FOR THE HURT LOCKER)
• BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (LOST TO THE HURT LOCKER)
• BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (LOST TO AVATAR)
• BEST FILM EDITING (LOST TO THE HURT LOCKER)
• BEST SOUND EDITING (LOST TO THE HURT LOCKER)
• BEST SOUND MIXING (LOST TO THE HURT LOCKER)