Must Watch: First Trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Django Unchained’
The Weinstein Company has released the much anticipated first trailer for Quentin Tarantino‘s Django Unchained and it doesn’t disappoint. As you probably already know, Jamie Foxx stars as the titular character, an escaped slave who teams up with bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) to rescue his wife (Kerry Washington) from sadistic plantation owner Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio).
If you love Quentin Tarantino then you will love this preview. It is everything that we have come to expect from the director: Awesome dialogue, off-beat atmosphere and peculiarly terrific use of music. The trailer does a good job of laying down the premise of the story and why Schultz would be willing to help Django in his quest.
At any rate, you will want to see this for yourself below. Django Unchained opens on December 25th.
Set in the South two years before the Civil War, “Django Unchained” stars Academy Award®-winner Jamie Foxx as Django, a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Academy Award®-winner Christoph Waltz). Schultz is on the trail of the murderous Brittle brothers, and only Django can lead him to his bounty. The unorthodox Schultz acquires Django with a promise to free him upon the capture of the Brittles – dead or alive.
Success leads Schultz to free Django, though the two men choose not to go their separate ways. Instead, Schultz seeks out the South’s most wanted criminals with Django by his side. Honing vital hunting skills, Django remains focused on one goal: finding and rescuing Broomhilda (Kerry Washington), the wife he lost to the slave trade long ago.
Django and Schultz’s search ultimately leads them to Calvin Candie (Academy Award®-nominee Leonardo DiCaprio), the proprietor of “Candyland,” an infamous plantation where slaves are groomed by trainer Ace Woody (Kurt Russell) to battle each other for sport. Exploring the compound under false pretenses, Django and Schultz arouse the suspicion of Stephen (Academy Award®-nominee Samuel L. Jackson), Candie’s trusted house slave. Their moves are marked, and a treacherous organization closes in on them. If Django and Schultz are to escape with Broomhilda, they must choose between independence and solidarity, between sacrifice and survival…
Written and directed by Academy Award®-winner Quentin Tarantino, DJANGO UNCHAINED is produced by Stacey Sher, Pilar Savone and Reginald Hudlin. The executive producers are Harvey and Bob Weinstein, Michael Shamberg, Shannon McIntosh, and James Skotchdopole. DJANGO UNCHAINED will be released in the U.S. on December 25, 2012, and internationally by Sony Pictures Releasing International.
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All I can say is…. OOOHHH HHHHHEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL YYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
QT puts my ass in the seat!
You damn right it does!!!!
looks gooooooooood
Indeed.
I can’t wait to see slave owners get killed.
Yea, I guess they are up there with Nazis and zombies when it comes to everyone enjoying seeing them getting slaughtered
That is one cool trailer. LOL
Johnny Cash and James Brown, plus QT directing, plus that cast? Oh man! That looks sick. Cant wait now!
Yea that Johnny Cash song was perfect for this trailer!
Oh good lord. Thank you Tarantino- after a couple of really shitty days, this is exactly what I needed. It’s beautifully fantastic. The music. The Waltz. The Di Caprio. The blood on the flowers. I’m in love.
Sorry you had some shitty days Nikhat. Happens to the best of us but glad this cheered you up girl.
With Prometheus and The Dark Knight Rises upon us I’d somewhat forgotten about this. Looks great!
Quentin Tarantino begs to differ.
Love it!
Yay!
I like the way you die, boy!
Love the choice of music here. Fantastic. I’m not going to let my hopes get unfairly high for this but I’m way on board for this!
Yea, anything QT does I’m on board
Shame about all the casting changes this has been through but still looking very promising!
Yea, no big losses except for the actors who dropped out.
I still can’t believe Will Smith passed on the titular role! This looks great.
The guy has his vanilla movie star image to protect. Can’t be seen with Hollywood thugs like Quentin Tarantino yo!
I love it! But is it just me or the mise en scène reminds me of many Kubrick films? I can’t wait until Christmas, damnit!
This is going to be a lot of fun… can’t wait!
I am so glad that it mentions that the D is silent. Prevents me from sounding like more of an idiot for the next six months.
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