Django Unchained: Directed by Quentin Tarantino. With Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington. With the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner in Mississippi.

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Quentin Tarantino's latest opus, a Western set two years before the Civil War, concerns a former slave named Django (Jamie Foxx). He is freed by bounty hunter Dr. King Shultz (Christoph Waltz) in order to help him with a bounty.

Since then, Tarantino has helmed several critically and financially successful films, including Jackie Brown (1997), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), Inglourious Basterds (2009), Django Unchained (2012) and The Hateful Eight (2015).

DJANGO UNCHAINED explodes America's shameful past in a brilliant, bloody reckoning that is part Sergio Leone, part Mel Brooks - and all Quentin Tarantino. Hearts racing and jaws agape, movie lovers will revel in the cathartic effects of this modern master at play.

No. The script is an original story written by Quentin Tarantino. However, Tarantino does seem to have been somewhat influenced by Django (1966) (1966), as he pays homage to it in several respects, such as featuring Franco Nero, star of the original movie, in a cameo as "Bar Patron", and using several pieces of music from Django.

Django/Zorro: With Antônio Brayon Anchieta Travassos. Several years after the events of Django Unchained (2012), Django meets Don Diego de la Vega, the famed Zorro, and agrees to become his bodyguard on a mission to free the local aboriginal population from slavery.

Director Quentin Tarantino Stars John Travolta Uma Thurman Samuel L. Jackson. 2. Reservoir Dogs. 1992 1h 39m R. 8.3 ... Django Unchained. 2012 2h 45m R. 8.5 (1.8M) Rate. 81 Metascore. With the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner in Mississippi.

Actor: Django Unchained. Christoph Waltz is an Austrian-German actor. He is known for his work with American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, receiving acclaim for portraying SS-Standartenführer Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds (2009) and bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz in Django Unchained (2012).

Actor: Django Unchained. Christoph Waltz is an Austrian-German actor. He is known for his work with American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, receiving acclaim for portraying SS-Standartenführer Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds (2009) and bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz in Django Unchained (2012).