Inglourious Basterds

Resource Information

The work Inglourious Basterds represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Woodgate Free Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Inglourious Basterds

Statement of responsibility

Universal Pictures and The Weinstein Company presents A Band Apart, Zehnte Babelsberg Film, Visiona Romantica production ; produced by Lawrence Bender ; written by Quentin Tarantino ; directed by Quentin Tarantino

Title variation

Inglorious bastards

Contributor

• Band Apart (Firm)
• Ido, Jacky, 1977-
• Roth, Eli, 1972-
• Weinstein Company
• Burkhard, Gedeon, 1969-
• Brühl, Daniel, 1978-
• Pitt, Brad, 1963-
• Tarantino, Quentin
• Waltz, Christoph, 1956-
• Bender, Lawrence
• Schweiger, Til, 1963-
• Kruger, Diane, 1976-
• Universal Pictures (Firm)
• Zehnte Babelsberg Film (Firm)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Fassbender, Michael, 1977-
• Visiona Romantica (Firm)
• Laurent, Mélanie, 1983-

Subject

• War films -- DVD
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Motion pictures and the war -- Drama
• Feature films -- DVD
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish -- Drama
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda -- Drama
• World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Drama
• Jews -- France -- Drama
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- France -- Drama
• Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 -- Assassination attempts -- Drama

Genre

• Drama

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

During World War II, a group of Jewish-American guerilla soldiers, led by Lt. Aldo Raine, become known as "The Basterds." They are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds soon cross paths with a French-Jewish woman who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers. A plot is set in motion to kill the Nazis at the theater's movie premier, including Adolph Hitler

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Robert Richardson ; editor, Sally Menke

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for strong graphic violence, language and brief sexuality

Language note

• In English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish, with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish
• Closed-captioned

PerformerNote

Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth, Michael Fassbender, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl, Til Schweiger, Gedeon Burkhard, Jacky Ido

Runtime

153

Technique

live action