Inglourious Basterds [videorecording] / The Weinstein Company and Universal Pictures present A Band Apart, a Zehnte Babelsberg Films GmbH production ; directed, written by Quentin Tarantino ; produced by Lawrence Bender.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
The Weinstein Company
Copyright Date:
2009
Description:
viewing print 18 film reels of 18 on 9 (153 min., 13,770 ft.) : anamorphic, sd. (opt, Dolby SR, digital, Dolby SR-D, SDDS, DTS), col. ; 35 mm.
Aspect ratio is 2.35:1. Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian. Viewed for credits only. Sources used: Variety WWW site, May 4, 2018; Internet movie database, May 4, 2018; Copyright catalog online; copyright description. Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth, Michael Fassbender, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl, Til Schweiger.
Summary:
"A group of hardened Nazi killers stalk their prey in Nazi-occupied France as a Jewish cinema owner plots to take down top-ranking SS officers during the official premiere of a high-profile German propaganda film. As far as Lt. Aldo Raine (aka 'Aldo the Apache,' Brad Pitt) -- is concerned, the only good Nazi is a dead Nazi. Raine's mission is to strike fear into the heart of Adolf Hitler by brutally murdering as many goose-steppers as possible, or die trying. In order to accomplish that goal, Lt. Raine recruits a ruthless team of cold-blooded killers known as 'The Basterds' which includes baseball-bat-wielding Bostonian Sgt. Donnie Donowitz (aka 'The Bear Jew,' Eli Roth) and steely psychopath Sgt. Hugo Stiglitz (Til Schweiger), among others. When the Basterds' secret rendezvous with turncoat German actress Bridget von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) goes awry, they learn that the Nazis will be staging the French premiere of 'The Nation's Pride,' a rousing propaganda film based on the exploits of German hero Fredrick Zoller (Daniel Brühl), at a modest theater owned by Jewish cinephile Shoshanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent), posing as a Gentile after the brutal murder of her family by the ruthless Col. Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz). As the Basterds hatch an explosive plan to take out as many Nazis as possible at the premiere, they remain completely oblivious to the fact that Shoshanna, too, longs to bring the Third Reich to its knees, and that she's willing to sacrifice her beloved theater in the process"--Allmovie.com, viewed May 4, 2018.
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