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BFI identifier
N-61140

Title

Django Unchained (Original)

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Date
2012 (Copyright)
2012 (Release)
Production country
USA
Production company
Inc. Visiona Romantica, The Weinstein Company, Columbia Pictures
Synopsis
Adventure drama. In pre-Civil War America, a slave named Django teams up with bounty hunter Dr King Schultz to track down the evil Brittle brothers, whom Django alone can indentify. Django also hopes to find his wife, Broomhilda, taken long ago by slave traders. Schultz and Django eventually find themselves up against Calvin Candie, owner of a notorious plantation known as Candyland. (Synopsis)

Category

Fiction

Genre
Western
Subject
Slavery
Revenge
Credits
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Presents: The Weinstein Company
Presents: Columbia Pictures
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Cast
Jamie Foxx (Django)
Christoph Waltz (Dr King Schultz)
Leonardo DiCaprio (Calvin Candie)
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Django Unchained
Work - N-61140 - 2012 (Copyright)

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