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DiCaprio To Join Pitt In Tarantino’s INGLORIOUS BASTARDS??

Great casting by ABking	Jul 15th, 2008 10:32:04 PM
Not bad if true...still would be nice to see Willis in this film. Arnie and Sly are better suited for other films since the cast looks younger.
Ryan Gosling will be next... by depalma25	Jul 15th, 2008 10:33:52 PM
followed by Ryan Phillepe and Jude Law. The film will then be retitled Inglorious Blonde Bastards
Yeah, um, not very jewish. by Teh Suk	Jul 15th, 2008 10:34:06 PM
I still think those Jewish guys in Harold and Kumar deserve their own spin off.
bullshit by mynemaborat	Jul 15th, 2008 10:35:52 PM
dicaprio in a QT film?? nah... he's a better class of criminal... er, i mean actor
Teh Suk by Sebilrazen	Jul 15th, 2008 10:36:59 PM
One's on NUMB3RS and the other is still banging Stifler's mom if I recall.
Nice! by Vonfolger	Jul 15th, 2008 10:37:28 PM
Although when I read the script I was picturing Tim Roth as "The Jew Hunter". Knowing Brad Pitt was the primary choice for Aldo, made me read the script with a very southern Tyler Durden in mind. And damn was it a lot of fun. Cant wait for this one.
Pitt and Leo could rock this film! by ABking	Jul 15th, 2008 10:38:11 PM
Both of these guys are great actors and in a WWII action packed drama...they will own this film. Harry said the script was amazing so this film has the chance to match PRIVATE RYAN. In a perfect world, this film would have had Arnie and Sly wasting Nazi bastards left and right...but only in a perfect world LOL
oceans bastards? by pipergates	Jul 15th, 2008 10:39:00 PM
get Clooney and Damon too then. Actually Tarantino and these guys could do something amazing together, and with a concept to die for like this, oh yeah. Still hopes he finds a space for Dolph. He could always be a nazi.
Maybe they can cast Matt Damon next... by ScottinDC	Jul 15th, 2008 10:42:04 PM
and have a completely anglo protestant cast playing Jews. Considering that he only just shopped the script around, I think 99% of the casting rumors are pure bullshit.
Awesome. by Zarles	Jul 15th, 2008 10:42:08 PM
I want this movie to be QT's epic - a film that will finally shut the big fat yaps of all the bitchy little fanboys who can't get over the fact that Pulp Fiction 2 never got made. Bring this bad motherfucker on!
Brad Pitt as a Jew? by JimmyJoe RedSky	Jul 15th, 2008 10:42:30 PM
Adam Sandler woulda been better - maybe not the same draw at the box office as Pitt - but he looks like and is a jewish american - and he is a great actor, "punch drunk love" proved it
Not a fan of either. by chaplinatemyshoe	Jul 15th, 2008 10:42:41 PM
First time I've ever heard QT casting rumors that screams, "I need lots of money to shoot this!"
mynemaborat - DC in a QT pic by Sebilrazen	Jul 15th, 2008 10:44:08 PM
Look at this way, he'll only need to be in 3 of them until QT picks up an Oscar like Scorsese. 2 if QT splits IB into 2 halves.
lovin it. read the script and he'd do wonders. by hegele	Jul 15th, 2008 10:44:35 PM
he'll have to touch up on his French and German.
Jimmy- Sandler is rumored for The Bear Jew by hegele	Jul 15th, 2008 10:46:16 PM
SPOILERS theres a scene where he is practicing hitting nazis with a bat outside of a sports store that seems like a deleted scene from Punch Drunk Love.
by Fa Fa Fooey	Jul 15th, 2008 10:46:53 PM

Great nads of Knowles! by Fa Fa Fooey	Jul 15th, 2008 10:48:28 PM
DiCrapio and Pitt in one film? I'm already in line, duuuude!
Aldo is not explicitly identified as a Jew. by Hercules	Jul 15th, 2008 10:50:19 PM
He's a redneck from Down South, but there's a clue that he might be of the tribe.
What boggles my mind is this!!!! by ABking	Jul 15th, 2008 10:53:34 PM
Harry says the script is GREAT and I don't doubt it, BUT and this is a BIG fucking BUT, QT knew of the rumors for years regarding this film having one of the ultimate casts: STALLONE, SCHWARZENEGGER, WILLIS with even people like VAN DAMME and EASTWOOD in there. Fast forward today and we are getting a great cast...BUT...it is not the legendary OLDER CAST that we could have had! HOW SAD!
I'm still keeping hope alive for... by MaxG	Jul 15th, 2008 10:56:06 PM
Tim Roth. The cast is shaping up to be amazing, and I believe in Tarantino, but I'll be disappointed if Roth does have a big role.
The Jew Hunter by Crow3711	Jul 15th, 2008 10:57:40 PM
Now that's a title. Wow. Academy Award Nominee Leonardo DiCaprio as The Jew Hunter. I'm not anti-semitic, but that sounds terrific.
ABKing by Hercules	Jul 15th, 2008 10:57:59 PM
The script is fucking amazing; I couldn't put it down.
Brad Pitt and Di Caprio... by Underdogthe3rd	Jul 15th, 2008 10:59:43 PM
GRINDHOUSE Tarantino and not PULP FICTION Tarantino. Ah, who cares? Movies
di caprio plays a german by maluquiro	Jul 15th, 2008 11:01:09 PM
not a jew. the jew hunter is an effing evil non jew. it would be pretty interesting to see di caprio play this part. tim wroth would be downright chilling though.
Looks like he's going the A-List route by The Guy Who Slept Through Everything.	Jul 15th, 2008 11:01:24 PM
And why does DiCaprio have to be in everything? Every fucking movie it's him and he Beef, I swear.
I'm too excited about this already by krushjudgement	Jul 15th, 2008 11:04:36 PM
I need to chill out and just wait for the damn thing.
Wait ADAM Sandler? by krushjudgement	Jul 15th, 2008 11:06:31 PM
I'm down with him being in a Tarantino film!
Herc, Drew and Harry said... by ABking	Jul 15th, 2008 11:07:05 PM
...that there are no roles in this film for Arnie, Sly and Bruce. Having read the script, do you agree? Or is there some roles?
idiots by baghead	Jul 15th, 2008 11:11:35 PM
if you read the script you know that there are zero roles suitable Shwarzenegger, Stallone, or Willis. Sandler could probably make off with one or two of the roles but the three big action guys will be sitting this one out. Believe that shit. As for DiCaprio, that's inspired casting. He'll be speaking German most of the movie but it works.
Use real Jews. by fiester	Jul 15th, 2008 11:14:13 PM
C'mon. Be credible at least. Aren't there any Jews in Hollywood?
How will he handle the WWII period? by Wonko	Jul 15th, 2008 11:15:10 PM
Like anyone, I was utterly convinced of Tarantino's greatness after Resevoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. But everthing since has been kinda lukewarm for me. I mean, sure I like Kill Bill but it's not in the same masterclass. Not even close. And Death Proof only plays well as part of the double feature, in its shorter incarnation. The stand-alone extended version is nigh unwatchable if you ask me. Anyway, the point is, for the first time in my life I guess I'm starting to doubt ol' QT's greatness. And the big question for me now will be "How does he handle the WWII atmosphere and period?". I can't believe i'm saying this but I don't know if he can pull it off. He'll suceed if it feels like an actual period piece albeit with larger-than-life characters, I'll be sold on that. But we gotta believe that this is really, truly WWII. He has to make some serious decisions to cut back on the trademark QT-ness and make us forget he's behind the camera, an immersive war-time experience. Then we'll know he's got the goods. But if it ends up feeling like another inane QT dialogue chat-fest (ala the longer version of death proof) arbitrarily taking place over a WWII backdrop, it'll totally nuke the fridge on his career, as far as I'm concerned. Come on Quentin, prove me wrong. There's nothing I'd love more than for this one to kick ass.
ABKing by Hercules	Jul 15th, 2008 11:15:30 PM
There are definitely roles for a younger Arnie, Sly and Bruce. I'm not sure how well they'll fit if Pitt and DiCaprio sign on.
Not older? by ABking	Jul 15th, 2008 11:17:27 PM
So no older roles then? Would the role you see for Arnie be German? What about the role you'd see for Sly...is it RAMBO all over again?
Hmm.. by Wonko	Jul 15th, 2008 11:21:00 PM
Well that opinion doesn't bode to well for the concerns I expressed above. I haven't read the script though.
Make an article about Justin Theroux writing IRON MAN 2 by Aeghast	Jul 15th, 2008 11:22:06 PM
..just for the fun of it
pitt looks very jewish on spy game by lavatory love machine	Jul 15th, 2008 11:34:00 PM
they should cast morgan freeman as hitler
Spaz by Charlie Murphy	Jul 15th, 2008 11:41:46 PM
i wouldn't say i'm gay for him, but i frequently enjoy his work.
I could see... by GilbertRSmith	Jul 15th, 2008 11:43:19 PM
...Arnold and Stallone as the dream cast. The Basterds are mostly pretty young, though. It's unfortunate that we don't really have those kinds of action stars in today's crop. I couldn't help but think of First Blood era Stallone as the Bear Jew.
Aldo by SnakesOnABicycle	Jul 15th, 2008 11:54:10 PM
seemed like a more grizzled George Clooney type - a la Dennis Farina. Either Pitt or Di Caprio could make a good Jew Hunter, but Adam Sandler's too old to play the Jewish bastard that beats people to death with a baseball bat (the only role I can really see him being suited for). It would be cool to see a small part for Arnie as a nazi goon, but there's no way he'd even set foot on that ground with some of the shit he's been accused of in the past.
QT isn't fit to suck the shit by Mattyboy122	Jul 16th, 2008 12:00:31 AM
Left on the rim of Scorsese's toilet bowl.
FUCK TRAVOLTA by Flint420	Jul 16th, 2008 12:05:55 AM
FAT BALD OVERRATED QUEEN
ain't gonna happen by Rupee88	Jul 16th, 2008 12:13:11 AM
It's unlikely unless the script is that good that these guys fall in love with it. But half the budget would be their salaries so I don't see it happening.
FUCK!!! Go BIG OUR GO HOME by Broseph	Jul 16th, 2008 12:42:53 AM
MY BOY'S NOT FUCKING AROUND
this is all familiar by JimmyJoe RedSky	Jul 16th, 2008 12:52:03 AM
remember when the death proof script was getting raves - then the movie actually got seen - bleh - and now you can pick it up for 10 bucks at target - hype hype hype - thats what will kill this movie in the end - the glory that was pulp fiction in the 90s might never be matched - but i hope im wrong
WhinyNegativeBitch by JimmyJoe RedSky	Jul 16th, 2008 12:53:51 AM
a young Strother Martin type? - Sam Rockwell - too bad most cineplex goers dont know who he is
weird by aint_it_cruel?	Jul 16th, 2008 12:54:39 AM
Leo as Zoller, not Landa, right?
Sam Jackson as Churchill by JimmyJoe RedSky	Jul 16th, 2008 12:54:53 AM

remember the fantastic "snakes on a plane" script by JimmyJoe RedSky	Jul 16th, 2008 12:58:31 AM
and the super mega hit masterpiece it spawned
QT ruled the 90s like John Landis ruled the 80s by JimmyJoe RedSky	Jul 16th, 2008 01:01:22 AM
wait... never mind
you know what will really kill this movie? by JimmyJoe RedSky	Jul 16th, 2008 01:02:52 AM
QT's cameo
Can't really see DiCaprio as the Jew Hunter by Mystery Roach	Jul 16th, 2008 01:04:28 AM
But if he was a bit younger, he would be great for the young German war hero. Also I couldn't not see Sandler as the Bear Jew when reading the script. I'm sure Tarantino had him in mind when writing it. He could be too old for that part now but I'd be willing to suspend disbelief on that one. I find it interesting though that there hasn't been any talk of casting any of the Jewish characters yet (aside from Quentin's early mentions of Sandler of course).
Although I did rewatch Romeo + Juliet the other day by Mystery Roach	Jul 16th, 2008 01:07:48 AM
And I found that I can tolerate Leo a lot more than I used to.
so Pitt's like Lee Marvin in "dirty dozen" by JimmyJoe RedSky	Jul 16th, 2008 01:14:40 AM
i assumed Aldo is a jew too - i guess the guy putting the team together doesnt have to be jewish - so its a redneck goy in charge of a bunch angry dangerous jewish american soldiers - this smacks loudly of QT
bear-jew?... Seth Rogen by JimmyJoe RedSky	Jul 16th, 2008 01:16:02 AM

DiCaprio as Landa? Totally thinking Baldwin by PSJ	Jul 16th, 2008 01:36:36 AM
I totally thought of Alec Baldwin as Landa while reading the script. Pitt is fine as Raine, but I saw an older man. Bridget Von Hammersmark was of course WRITTEN FOR Uma. AND HICOX FOR Roth. MADSEN will narrate.
Just send one man to do the job by DarthBakpao	Jul 16th, 2008 01:48:35 AM
His name is Chuck Norris... Had they sent Chuck Norris, World War II would had been ended sooner and we'll have Hitler's head on some kind of a mausoleum
Get Michael Keaton in there. by TattooedBillionaire	Jul 16th, 2008 02:22:42 AM
He'd be badass in a movie like this.
There's no fucking way that Schwarzenegger, by Motoko Kusanagi	Jul 16th, 2008 02:31:40 AM
Stallone AND Willis will appear in this piece of shit movie. And who the fuck cares about WWII scenario no. 6143? Fuck Tarantino, this overrated jerk. I'm out.
Come on guys by kungfuhustler84	Jul 16th, 2008 02:36:58 AM
Aldo is obviously not Jewish, at least, he is not what most people's idea of a Jewish man is. He is described as a slightly cooky Southern hick, a role which Brad has already shown he is more than capable of. His Jesse James drawl plus a pinch of insanity from that crazy guy he plays in 12 Monkeys is a perfect formula for this character. I have always thought Leonardo Dicaprio would make an interesting villain. He has the charisma and the now piercing stare that has come with age to play the role perfectly. I'm curious about the Shosanna character as well. I personally am gunning for Audrey Tatou, and not just because she is one of the few French actresses more people know. I wouldn't mind seeing an up and coming star take the role either. What about the older daughter in A Series of Unfortunate Events? Is she old enough yet? I saw someone similar to her in my head for some reason.
Michael Cera for Landa! by kungfuhustler84	Jul 16th, 2008 02:38:54 AM
Tom Cruise for Aldo!
It wont happen by tomdolan04	Jul 16th, 2008 03:04:11 AM
but an old Schwarznegger, Stallone and Eastwood sat smoking cigars drinking whiskey and shooting the breeze in a movie together? One last hurrah for the old guard - jesus I'd be there five times over. Again, it won't but the potential is incredible.
speaking of tarantino by Dijjot	Jul 16th, 2008 03:04:47 AM
i put both kill bills in a bundle and someone bought them. after i abandoned my ebay account. lol...oh, and am i the only one non plussed with the script? it seems...odd? it fails as a period piece, which apparently is kind of the point, but the characters arent engaging. theyre caricatures. lots of pretty execution with caricatures, and lots of ideas, but no...idk, gravitas?
Was I Correct??? by conspiracy	Jul 16th, 2008 03:13:09 AM
Is QT substituting "kike" for the big bad "N" word? And will we all learn to say "Motherfucker" and "Fuck" in Italian, French, German and Yiddish before this is done? Is this gonna be PulpBrownBill...but with pop culture references circa 1944?
Oh, so it's going to be about those aryan jews... by Sledge Hammer	Jul 16th, 2008 03:17:00 AM
...yeah, right, whatever.
Awesome!! Now who's going to do rewrites??? by Executor	Jul 16th, 2008 03:20:28 AM
As much as I agree with Hercules on most everything, I felt the script had a lot of problems. A sagging middle. A lot of non-Bastards stuff (they don't really come front and center til page 84) for a script called "Inglorious Bastards (or however QT decided to spell it.) Hopefully a stellar cast will elevate this to at least Kill Bill standards (which isn't that high...I tried rewatching again the other day, very overindulgent and slow.) Pulp and Dogs still rule the world though.
Never liked DiCaprio's acting, hes a block of wood... by wowsah156	Jul 16th, 2008 03:49:07 AM
so if Quentin cant get a performance out of him, then no one can.
I find it funny that there are people who don't like by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYanks	Jul 16th, 2008 04:33:57 AM
Tarantino. The man knows more about world cinema than pretty much everyone(outside Scorcese). The man is channelling pop-culture. Before you blast me down, I suggest you all go and watch more films. Not the latest blockbuster( just kidding, go see Batman) but foreign films from all decades. Perhaps when you have gained some worthwhile film knowledge you will appreciate Tarantino more.
Sorry if it's been mentioned yet by Wants Vaders Executor	Jul 16th, 2008 04:37:30 AM
but of course DiCaprio is partly German. So he should pull it off. As for suggestions of Sandler being in this... I haven't read the script, is there room for comedians in the Jew-squad? If so, I vote for David Schwimmer (cause I'm watching Friends right now and he's great) If not, please no Stiller. Most of a time I see a comedian doing something "serious" I can't stop myself thinking "wait that's Adam Sandler/Ben Stiller/..., that's NOT an WW2 badass!"
Vaders by caruso_stalker217	Jul 16th, 2008 04:47:21 AM
I also want Schwimmer in this movie. He proved in "Uprising" that he can kill Nazis with the best of them and also wear leather jackets. Shit, throw Azaria in there too. The man can actually act.
thx caruso for the tip by Wants Vaders Executor	Jul 16th, 2008 04:53:21 AM
I might check Uprising out to see if I can believe Schwimmer in something serious without constantly picturing Dr. Ross Geller.
You might be in luck... by caruso_stalker217	Jul 16th, 2008 05:02:04 AM
I don't think Schwimmer uses a single explosive exhale in "Uprising." I still think his best performance was DUANE HOPWOOD, even with the explosive exhales (which he used with surgical precision and expertise). If you're looking for some good Schwimmacting, DUANE HOPWOOD is another way to go. And it's like 80 minutes long, so even if you don't like it you probably won't feel like you wasted too much time.
by GilbertRSmith	Jul 16th, 2008 05:06:05 AM
I like Leo, but even if you don't, the Nazi hero character is exactly the kind of clean cut, smug cocksucker DiCaprio was born to play. Most of the spec casting just seems odd, like there's no place for them here. I suspect the actors we've heard mentioned were for characters from earlier drafts when it was hundreds of pages long and QT was gonna turn it into into a series of movies.
I'd like to see Leo as a nazi, actually by caruso_stalker217	Jul 16th, 2008 05:07:35 AM
He could say something like "Ve vant ze informahtion, jah?"
noooooooooo! by chuffsterUK	Jul 16th, 2008 05:19:00 AM
What is this-a rip roaring war film or Zoolander 2??
Old Dogs by EyeofPolyphemus	Jul 16th, 2008 05:20:45 AM
I am not sure why so many fans are hung up on casting so many '80's action icons for IB. they are just too old to make plausible action heroes these days and have found other things to do. Not to mention the Governator is likely to join the Cabinet of either one of the next presidents once he leaves office in 2010. But more to the point, RAMBO, ROCKY BALBOA, and INDIANA JONES were all decent, but fell below expectations because these old dogs cannot do there tricks anymore. It is like watching 80 year old Three stooges beating each other up. it was funny at one point. it is just pitiful now. Better to hand over the reigns to a new generation of action stars. why not add Nicholas Cage, Bruce Willis, and maybe even John Travolta. (Not a whole lot of new action stars these days, no?) Christopher Walken and John Malkovich would play a pair of evil Nazis, too.
Caruso by Wants Vaders Executor	Jul 16th, 2008 05:25:24 AM
So I have some serious Schwimmwatching to do, thanks again. Concerning Leo's German, I repeat myself but who cares: Leo's mother is German. Here es a clip on Youtube of him speaking some German: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =OzZZ3r7qfsY He's obviously no native speaker and struggles a little bit to get it done, but if anyone can pull of some German bits or a thick German accent he should easily pull it off.
Brad and Leo? That's what I'm talking about! by zapano	Jul 16th, 2008 05:45:20 AM
This appears to have the makings of one of the best casts ever assembled for a film. Forget Sly, Bruce, Arnie, Roth and Eddie Murphy. Stick to great character actors with star quality and this should be amazing.
Pitt would be better as the Jew Hunter by Nabster	Jul 16th, 2008 05:45:28 AM
he already looks like he could be a Nazi, like he might be Aryan pure blood.
They are too old! by FILMFUNK	Jul 16th, 2008 05:46:31 AM
Swartsie and Stalone are pensioners so they'd need old foggie roles not the leads! Harvey could do it coz he's just too cool and Brucie and Roth would rock in a war movie specially if they is Bastards! Can't see QT sticking to an old cast of Legends just coz it would tickle to see them on screen together sounding more interesting this! Shame it'll likely be split in 2 again to make it's money back because the fat cats and for some reason QT seem fine chopping up his art for the Mongos!?
Tarantino may have watched by deanamatronix	Jul 16th, 2008 05:48:55 AM
a helluva lot of foreign films. And he certainly knows his pop culture. But his penchant for riffing on foreign films and dropping references into his films is something that needs to be addressed. Tarantino seems to ride on his ability to reference pop culture ad nauseum and thus his scripts begin to suffer. Sometimes references aren't appropriate and just distract from, oh, I dunno, plot development and characterisation. Now, don't get me wrong, I love Resevoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown. I thought they were excellent films and Tarantino really managed to find the right balance in those films. But Kill Bill was HIGHLY overrated and Deathproof, in fact, all of Grindhouse, bar the trailers, was a god-awful piece of crap. Far too self-aware to be a grindhouse movie, and far too self-important to be a parody. It was a mess and proof that sometimes directors should be stopped from being self-indulgent. I don't know anything about IB so far. I'd prefer to see the film fresh than read the script and know everything about the film before I go into the theatre. It ruins the whole magic of cinema by lapping up every little ounce of spoilers and information before the film is released. Gimme a trailer and that's enough for me. Some of you fanboys really need a re-education in cinema going.
The script needs bigtime work. by Steve Rogers	Jul 16th, 2008 05:49:47 AM
If it's made as is then all we get is another lop-sided, carcicature-laden film like Kill Bill.
Who gives a shit by johnyaztec	Jul 16th, 2008 05:51:25 AM
The script was awful, if the script i read was the real one I would just wait till it comes out on netflix.
by deanamatronix	Jul 16th, 2008 05:54:29 AM
But if IB follows the same path as Grindhouse and Kill Bill, it's going to be a massive disappointment. I just want to see a well-made, men on a mission WW2 film. Guts and glory. No bullshit 'ooh, look how much I know about Duke Ellington and Glen Miller' pop culture conversations. Just get on with the plot ffs
I] by Drunken Rage	Jul 16th, 2008 06:21:43 AM

I'd rather eat my own shit by Drunken Rage	Jul 16th, 2008 06:23:04 AM
than see another over-written, under-edited QT movie. And how many articles are we going to have about casting rumours?
sorry about the double post by Drunken Rage	Jul 16th, 2008 06:23:34 AM
cat jumped on keyboard
QT is Casting "Logistically" by PSJ	Jul 16th, 2008 06:46:12 AM
I think that his casting choices this time around are less about who he may REALLY want as opposed to who will get people in seats. IB is a HUGE film. That said, there is a certain responsibility to the people funding it that he must accept. Pitt and DiCaprio can both carry films alone with their star power. This in addition to being very talented and capable actors.
Damn You Michael Bay by MCMLXXVI	Jul 16th, 2008 06:56:05 AM
Damn You Michael Bay
I can understand why they'd cast Pitt as a jew by Magic Rat	Jul 16th, 2008 07:03:15 AM
I mean, it's really hard to find Jews in Hollywood.
I like both Pitt and DiCaprio. by Knuckleduster	Jul 16th, 2008 07:14:53 AM
They're both pretty boys who somewhere along the line turned into badasses. Yes, that's right, Leo is a badass and you know it. Don't let that baby-face deceive you. Tarantino will bring out the best in both those actors.
The script is fucking illiterate by The Octagoner	Jul 16th, 2008 07:15:40 AM
Total garbage. Boring as fuck, pretentious-- an illiterate video-store clerk's fantasia of WWII.
Herc-- "The Script is fucking Amazing" by The Octagoner	Jul 16th, 2008 07:21:52 AM
Are they mainlining crack in your IVs? Have you ever read anything else before this script? It's awful: shallow, without character, pretentious without the intelligence or insight to back up such ambition. Nothing but 16+ pages of bullshit posturing.
How about QT's inability to spell, punctuate by The Octagoner	Jul 16th, 2008 07:25:41 AM
or write a coherent sentence? And stop spelling 'Bastards' correctly. In the script this moron spells it 'Basterds.'
Opening dialogue... by chuffsterUK	Jul 16th, 2008 07:31:09 AM
Let me tell you what `KING KONG`is all about.It's a metaphor for a blonde chick who's fed up with all the white dicks and just wants to try a big black dick..." Cue(rumoured)Eddie Murphy"UH UH UH(trademark laugh)-get the fuck outta here!!!"....
OCEAN'S INGLORIOUS ELEVEN BASTARDS by FlickaPoo	Jul 16th, 2008 07:32:03 AM

The best, not the best by Wants Vaders Executor	Jul 16th, 2008 08:17:49 AM
All I know is his charakters swear way too much. Since when is it "cool" to swear multiple times in every sentence? The same thing bothered me a lot in The Departed. Too much swearing. It distracts and actually makes the supposedly bad-ass charakters kind of laughable at times. Plus, Tarantino glorifies torture in my opinion. Totally unneccesary. So I don't know if he's "the best", all I know is I like Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction and have problems with his levels of swearing and violence.
Ah, get it. by Wants Vaders Executor	Jul 16th, 2008 08:18:48 AM
Only two brakes will suffice.
Anyone got the script?? by Ebolarama	Jul 16th, 2008 08:21:54 AM
Please email me rsm03c@gmail.com, much appreciated!
Tarantino the best? by The Octagoner	Jul 16th, 2008 08:30:44 AM
The best at what? Shitty writing? Making movies about kitsch? Appropriating other people's work? Tarantino is a fucking idiot, and any time he opens his mouth in an interview it's obvious. But if it's not, just READ 'Inglorious Basterds'. It's the product of a dyslexic 11 year-old who's done nothing but watch old movies his whole life.
Octagoner by Ebolarama	Jul 16th, 2008 08:42:59 AM
Do you have it? Can you email me?
Speaking about interviews by Wants Vaders Executor	Jul 16th, 2008 08:46:14 AM
Saw Tarantino in the making-of of Kill Bill 1. The way he talks and gesticulates, he comes across as very very creepy. He seems to be just this pervert who had no life before some producer agreed to let him make some film. That pervert who only got ugly chicks and developed feet fetish and stuff and actually gets off on all the violence and torture he puts on screen. He's totally different from someone like Cronenberg, like when he and Mortensen speak about the violence in History of Violence. With them I get the feeling that responsible, mature people tackle a delicate topic. With Tarantino, I'm scared of what he does in his "real life" when no one's watching.
Ebolarama by The Octagoner	Jul 16th, 2008 08:58:38 AM
On its way.
Sweet! by Ebolarama	Jul 16th, 2008 09:17:49 AM
It's rsm03c@gmail.com, the "0" is a zero, not the letter (often gets mixed up) Thanks a lot
As Often As Not by kevinwillis.net	Jul 16th, 2008 09:55:32 AM
These early casting "scoops" turn out to be dead wrong. Time will tell, of course, but it's hard to get emotionally engaged in these mythical choices right now.
being jewish is a religion by SpawnofAchilles	Jul 16th, 2008 10:01:30 AM
it's not like they are african or something, its a religion, anyone can be a fuckin jew so shut up about non jews playing jews, they could convert and BE jews anyway, plus it's called acting for a reason. So just shut up about that
SpawnofAchilles by Wants Vaders Executor	Jul 16th, 2008 10:08:10 AM
What if a kid with (religious) Jewish parents develops into a total atheist? Do he lose his Jewishness by being Atheist? Just curious. But the essence of your remark is dead-on. Jews come in all kinds of ethnic features, there are also african Jews, persian Jews, what not. There is no "jewish look" per se. okay when one wears a kippa and a t-shirt saying "jesus saves, moses invests" then he's probably not Muslim but that's about it.
Just want to add by Wants Vaders Executor	Jul 16th, 2008 10:10:13 AM
I would prefer Jews playing Jews so that they can talk some Yiddish here and there, like in the first scenes of Snatch... Yiddish is one funny language, especially if you're German like me.
Gordon Ramsay as a jewish cook by JackGraham	Jul 16th, 2008 10:15:55 AM

Wiki says by Wants Vaders Executor	Jul 16th, 2008 10:21:22 AM
"Generally, in modern secular usage, Jews include three groups: people who were born to a Jewish family regardless of whether or not they follow the religion, those who have some Jewish ancestral background or lineage (sometimes including those who do not have strictly matrilineal descent), and people without any Jewish ancestral background or lineage who have formally converted to Judaism and therefore are followers of the religion." So Brad Pitt can easily be made into a Jew, if his character turns out to be one. And IF he gets cast. All rumours so far, right? If I were casting director though, I would insist on only casting actors, Jewis or Gentile I don't care, who speak Yiddish. Is there some use of Yiddish in the script?
My girlfriend is a jew, but not religious by g-ride9000	Jul 16th, 2008 10:24:38 AM
Her family loosely celebrates Jewish holidays, and she identifies as Jewish. Some like Spielberg's wife, converted...she is a Religious Jew, my girlfriend is culturally Jewish. So one can be either.
So this is Ocean's 14 now? by HoboCode	Jul 16th, 2008 10:26:51 AM
This keeps getting worse. Re write this cliche bullshit story, QT.
It's not Brad Pitt's non-Jewishness that makes me nervous by PotSmokinAlien	Jul 16th, 2008 10:35:01 AM
It's the description of his character as "hyper verbose" or whatever. The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford was a very verbose movie and Pitt's performance suffered quite a but as a result. But I still think this movie sounds like something I will see.
The script by IrishJoe	Jul 16th, 2008 10:39:37 AM
Can someone email it to me. Its joequinn08@gmail.com Much appreciated fella's
Bruce Campbell should be in this. by Kid Idioteque	Jul 16th, 2008 10:45:50 AM
But Bruce Campbell should be in everything.
gosling is a brilliant idea... by orange cinema	Jul 16th, 2008 11:06:41 AM
whoever said that above, i think the way this is shaping up, that he seems like a completely natural fit. also they can cast NOONE else from the ocean's movies.
DGDB by The Octagoner	Jul 16th, 2008 11:17:13 AM
Check your inbox.
Brad Pitt is too Fucking old too he's 46 by picardsucks	Jul 16th, 2008 11:18:38 AM
How many 46 year old G.I.'s were running around in WWII?? Not fucking many. In fact "Fuckers" Bruce Willis is only 7 years older than Brad (10 years too old to play Captain America) Pitt. Frankley if I never see another cast member in from any of those shitty Ocean's films (other than Damon) I would be happy. I would much rather see B level stars (Or Stars that were once A level and now sit somewhere in the B - C level range) which is really part of the magic of QT films. Not A-Lister narcisist Vanity Fair Party hopping Vapid douches. This should be a cast of good gritty actors not Star magazine coverboys.
A good script I just read by The Octagoner	Jul 16th, 2008 11:26:55 AM
Joe Carnahan's 'White Jazz', adapted from the Ellroy book. Somebody let him make that, please.
WhinyNegativeBitch by Mystery Roach	Jul 16th, 2008 11:30:13 AM
The Bastards aren't the only Jews in the film. The main character really is Shosanna. But between her and the eight members of Aldo's squad, I just think its a little wierd that all the casting rumors have been for Gentiles. I guess it makes sense though that Aldo and Landa would be among the first characters filled.
Brad Pitt's accent by Thunderbolt Ross	Jul 16th, 2008 11:37:27 AM
At least with a southern character he has a 50/50 chance of coming CLOSE. But how funny would it be to make him the Nazi and watch him mangle that all to hell?
the script for Pulp Fiction by Hercules	Jul 16th, 2008 11:37:31 AM
has just as many misspellings
I knew Clooney dropped out by The Octagoner	Jul 16th, 2008 11:38:30 AM
But I still want to see it. I thought Carnahan could get Jason Patric or something and just do it. Patric would have been fine for me, Crowe would have perfect, and Clooney was always wrong. The lead character does evil shit and Clooney doesn't have nearly the edginess for that. I downloaded his Killing Pablo script; probably read that next.
SHOT OP! by HoboCode	Jul 16th, 2008 11:52:49 AM
I'm in the Hima-LIE-uhs. Pitt's accent in Seven Years was cartoonish and laughably awful.
Pulp Fiction by The Octagoner	Jul 16th, 2008 11:58:37 AM
Really? Roger Avary scripts usually read so clean...
Fred just want to say that not all southerners sound like by Freds_Balls_in_a_Mason_Jar	Jul 16th, 2008 12:01:20 PM
a KFC Foghorn Leghorn - deep fried that is! Fred just love Foggy jokes. Some southerners have imperceptible accents. But if Pitt's character is from Appalachia, then I suggest he use the same accent he used in Snatch which was terrific.
DANNYGLOVERS_DICKBLOOD by Thunderbolt Ross	Jul 16th, 2008 12:02:01 PM
Ahh, I really just wanted to post with your name in the subject line. I got nothin'
Roger Avary and Pulp Fiction by Thunderbolt Ross	Jul 16th, 2008 12:05:07 PM
I think he just wrote the story to the Zed part, and some other ideas, not the actual script.
Tarantino by mrbong	Jul 16th, 2008 12:23:18 PM
should shut the fuck up with hype, knuckle down and make a decent film. and by that, i do mean that i hope IB turns out to be a masterpiece. RD and PF are IT in his collection, the remainder dip from average to shit on an all too frequent basis. he should be one of the greats but seems content to head for mediocrity. if Scorsese can finally win a fucking Oscar, then Tarantino can surely deliver a film that uses his blatant talent?
Ashok0 by mrbong	Jul 16th, 2008 12:25:34 PM
The Brad Pitt hate is probably because the posters are pissed he's banging Angelina, thus disturbing their Tomb Raider wank fantasies. the lad has done more good than bad, any project he's in is worth a curious look.
How old's Shosanna? by Wants Vaders Executor	Jul 16th, 2008 12:31:43 PM
And what she's like? I'm all for Natalie Portman.
NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYanks by JimmyJoe RedSky	Jul 16th, 2008 12:48:41 PM
QT is no genius - he is a sponge - a talented one, but a sponge - he doesnt disguise this fact - he has soaked up a lot of movie-juice in his life - and thats what we see on screen - everything in kill bill was done before by shaw bros. studios and Leone - QT doesnt deny this - same with all his movies - theyre homages to what he loves - thats why his fans (me included, although i he annoys the fuck out of me) like what he makes - i, like him, have a connection to all these influences - his real fans like the same shit and seen the same movies that he riffs on - the problem for me is when i see the shit coming from a mile away it feels cheap and lazy - as if hes doing it for the uninitiated - like the diner powow in death proof - all the cute but tough hollywood girls talking about muscle cars and their favorite grindhouse muscle car movies - lame and phony - it was riffing the diner scene in RD where the crew was talking about madonna and 70s pop songs - lazy rip off - i like QT - but he has yet to match RD, Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown
Is it just me... by AudaAbuTayi	Jul 16th, 2008 01:10:15 PM
... Or didn’t anyone find the “alleged” script - which truly does seem to be the real deal - to be EXTREMELY offensive? (sorry, I don’t generally use capitals for emphasis, but this script pissed me off) I don’t care how entertaining it was as a read (I agree: more Kill Bill caliber than reaching the heights of Reservoir or Pulp), I was just gob-smacked by the “liberties” it took with historical fact. Some minor changes could and should be brought to what I’ve read. I’m all for freedom of expression and I love QT, even in sub-par form but... This is just too fucking offensive, poetic license be damned. It's like the filmic equivalent of taking a drunken, self-absorbed piss on one of history’s darkest chapters. Other tweaks might also help (some characters are just outlines) but QT needs to not fuck with history or else, no amount of cool camera moves or star power is going to save the resulting work from being branded as shameful, revisionistic shite. And I understand it’s probably nothing malicious on his part but you cannot take liberties with such a somber pages of history. Oh, and regardless of the quality of the final film, there is no way this film will make a profit: too little action, too many languages, too little emotion. That said, I quite enjoyed it.
There's a difference by The Octagoner	Jul 16th, 2008 01:15:48 PM
between absorbing influence into a personal vision and emptily regurgitating it as part of a cheeseball, pop-culture shtick.
I wasn't offended by The Octagoner	Jul 16th, 2008 01:19:42 PM
but I could see how some people would be. Because it's WWII and still so personal to so many people, there's ways the script's portrayal of the war could be offensive to some. I was just more offended by the boredom and cardboard characters.
so... by AllieJamison	Jul 16th, 2008 01:20:21 PM
are they actually going to shoot some of it in germany?
Shit, do not read my last post by AudaAbuTayi	Jul 16th, 2008 01:26:43 PM
Sorry, I repeated the massive spoiler after the end spoiler!
Just as I don't trust Tarantino by Wants Vaders Executor	Jul 16th, 2008 01:33:04 PM
when it comes to violence, I certainly don't trust this creep when it comes to delicately handling stuff like "a bunch of Jews vs. Hitler in France with much swearing, even more racist talk etc.". Regarding the lament that "Brad Pitt just plays himself over and over again": Sometimes, that's actually okay. I think that Harrison Ford just has the same face expresions in every movie, and I like it, oh I like it! Harrison Ford should in fact play every cranky old guy can't decide if he's motivated to save the world or if he just wants to be left alone. So if Pitt basically reprises the dangerous crazy guy that was Jesse James, I'm fine with it.
Just read it by Ebolarama	Jul 16th, 2008 01:47:02 PM
And I dig it. Could use more battle action, or at least one scene in which we see "the Basterds" hunt down and kill a Nazi squad from start to finish, but otherwise seems like a solid flick.
From the Tom Cruise-as-von Stauffenberg school of casting by abcdefz7	Jul 16th, 2008 01:47:23 PM
Yeesh.
Ashok0 by Wants Vaders Executor	Jul 16th, 2008 01:50:05 PM
I regard "political correctness" to be cancer to all things political. I think Jew killing Hitler is not in itself a problem. But it can be done right, and it can be done wrong. If Tarantino projects his pervert torture fantasies onto this, then it goes wrong. But maybe he delivers, too early to judge. By the way. If Germans made a movie about Hitler personally killing Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt, many people would protest. Or if Arabs made a movie how some Palestinian personnaly sends Ariel Sharon to hell. I can't wait to see how this movie will be received in Germany.
Shosanna ages from about 16 to 19 by Hercules	Jul 16th, 2008 01:53:08 PM
Natalie Portman would seem the ideal choice.
I'm no slave to Political Correctness... by AudaAbuTayi	Jul 16th, 2008 01:54:16 PM
...but some parts of history (genocides, notably) should be respected and not distorted, because they can be offensive to those who still bear the very real scars (physical and psychological) and besides, they can teach us important lessons on how not to repeat these horrors. I know it sounds as if I'm against freedom of expression, I'm not. And QT can do as he pleases anyway. But WWII is recent, well-documented and harrowing. Never played Red Alert, though. I like the comment about being more offended by cardboard characters (despite the 165 pages!!!). However, I don't totally agree: Lauda and Shoshannah are pretty nifty characters. But I doubt any Hollywood/ French star is tri-lingual or knows how to put a foreign accent on a language that is already foreign to them. The linguistic coaches are going to soak up half of the production budget...
PLEASE please please by bobbywatts	Jul 16th, 2008 02:12:33 PM
please send me the script, ive tried to look on my own but no luck, please someone send the script out to bobbywatts1977@yahoo.com
Love Natalie but... by AudaAbuTayi	Jul 16th, 2008 02:15:39 PM
... despite being in The Professional, she doesn't speak French (one of her very few flaws, I'm sure). The character is French, if she speaks with a heavy accent, it will sound phony, just like all those "French" characters in ALIAS episodes. Great call on Seth Rogen as the Bear Jew, however, more B-list actors are needed on this thing. Or has beens. Or unknowns. Or just give Landa's character to Ralph Fiennes so the 'cademy can give him the Oscar this time around.
thx Hercules by Wants Vaders Executor	Jul 16th, 2008 02:27:52 PM
Haven't read the script and don't intend to. Portman can act younger than she is, like when she played with the reverend in V For Vendetta. IMDB says about Portman: Can speak two languages, Hebrew and English (her native languages), fluently. Also knows some conversational French, German, and Japanese and Spanish. So she can even speak some French! Perfect!
For the last f'ing time: neither characters are jewish! by GQtaste	Jul 16th, 2008 03:14:46 PM
Goddamnit, some of you are really dimwitted. Pitt's part is that of a Tenn. tough as nails soldier. Leo's part is that of the "jew killer." You know b/c he's German? Dipshits are everywhere.
And for all you dreamers out there too: there will be no by GQtaste	Jul 16th, 2008 03:20:11 PM
Sly, Arnold, who is fucking running the state of Cali, Van Damn Seagle, et al. None of these old men are going to be in this piece. You don't want anybody that's going to break a hip. And QT wants it to be a success b/c he needs one badly! So stop w/ the fiction that all the great action hero's of the eighties are coming back. They're not. Do you understand this? And also, for the jackass's that ask for the script: f'ing go to google and type in QT's IG Basterds script.
GQtaste by Wants Vaders Executor	Jul 16th, 2008 03:36:31 PM
But Shosanna is Jewish? By the way, if anyone complains about some talkbacker assuming all squad member being Jewish, lay the blame entirely in front of Mr. Harry Knowles. In his deluded rant called "doubt QT all you want, but blablabla" he talked of an "all Jewish-American squad".
Here is the quote from Harrys rant by Wants Vaders Executor	Jul 16th, 2008 03:39:11 PM
"Basically - it's a story about an all Jewish American unit sent behind the lines (...)" After this, if someone who hasn't read the script assumes they are all Jewish can you blame him?
Wants Vaders Execut, you're right about Harry's by GQtaste	Jul 16th, 2008 04:30:47 PM
description. And I also thought the chapter, if you want to call it that, was tedious and dull. "The Village of Nadine, France." Right when he introduces Von Hammersmark, aka Uma Thurman's part I'd assume. It's vintage QT having the Germans sitting around a table talking, talking, talking some more. Playing some card game and having it to do w/ current events. just like in RD and that last piece of shit he made, Deathproof.
Whaa??? by MilkyLicker	Jul 16th, 2008 06:27:03 PM
No Shia Labeouf?? Isn't he required to be in everything right now?
Ashok0 by JimmyJoe RedSky	Jul 16th, 2008 07:07:30 PM
scorsese doesnt sponge the way QT does - im waiting to see QT's "taxi driver" or 'mean streets" - what did those movies sponge from - "the departed" was an open take on "internal affairs" - scorsese wasnt sponging from "affairs" - he was hired to direct an american remake of it - Jackir Brown was the most original movie QT has made - his best really - and sadly it has had the least impact - he needs to make more like that one
Tarantino as a director by Project424	Jul 16th, 2008 07:52:09 PM
I'd love to see him do a love story. You know, like Il Mare (Siworae). Not his dialogue (which I mostly enjoy) just his direction.
What about foreign actors? Herc by kungfuhustler84	Jul 16th, 2008 08:27:23 PM
I could totally see Pitt as Aldo. It makes perfect sense, but what about all those French and German folks in the script? Why not hire, and here's a novel idea, French and German folks? Tarantino has already shown he is capable of leaping over linguistic boundaries by hiring Sonny Chiba, Gordon Liu and that chick from Battle Royale for Kill Bill. And the dude loves to introduce actors from lesser known works to a wider audience. It's a shame Ulrich Muhe died. He would have been fucking perfect as Landa. The role of Marcel is obviously tailored to someone like French actor Isaach De Bankole, although I admit I could see several people playing this role. Herc, you can fuck off with that Natalie Portman bull shit. Audrey Tatou may be slightly older but if she could pull off the malice of the role, seeing her grinning face on that big screen at the end would be just perfect. Emily Browning is another interesting choice that I think could pull off the role very well.
GQTaste by Hercules	Jul 16th, 2008 08:29:19 PM
They had Jews in the South back in the '40s. Miss Daisy was a Jew.
kungfuhustler by Hercules	Jul 16th, 2008 08:39:09 PM
Audrey would be swell, but Portman is closer to the right age and a bona fide jewess.
Bruce Campbell up for a lead... by workshed	Jul 16th, 2008 08:51:22 PM
... yes please.! Workshed out.
Please.... by Sin86a	Jul 16th, 2008 10:31:42 PM
Someone send me a copy of the script. I can't find it anywhere and I feel like I'm the only one who hasn't read it. sincere86a@gmail.com
I see what you're saying Herc by kungfuhustler84	Jul 16th, 2008 11:39:48 PM
I guess I just wish there were less big names up for this flick and more cult actors that could finally make it to a wider audience. I'm already pretty sure, the whole Arnold, Sly, Bruce thing is not happening so I am thinking about other possibilities.
Um, they don't seem very bastard-y by CherryValance	Jul 16th, 2008 11:50:53 PM
Unless that script was a fake and it's actually about a boy band called "N*glorious, Bastard$!". I like the, and I think they're great actors but this sure isn't what I was thinking.
Read the script Cherry-V by kungfuhustler84	Jul 17th, 2008 12:18:29 AM
They are definitely two strong possibilities
Cast by mikefl	Jul 17th, 2008 12:24:30 AM
Ron Perlman, David Duchovny, Robert Downey Jr and Ben Foster (all of whom Jewish or part Jewish) could play the Jewish soldiers
YackBacker by SnakesOnABicycle	Jul 17th, 2008 01:00:43 AM
I think you meant Morgan, not Megan, and Freeman, not Fox.
I'd like it to be... by TheManBehindTheMask	Jul 17th, 2008 09:35:19 AM
... I don't know...a black and white movie, like the 60's classics, but with a little grinhouse touch in it. Because, honestly, after Private Ryan it will be hard to keep me interested watching a WW2 movie directed like any other actual action movies. I need it to be special, one way or another.
Quentin Tarantino = fucknut by Motoko Kusanagi	Jul 17th, 2008 09:38:16 AM
nuff said
This was better done as the Dirty Dozen... by impossibledreamers	Jul 20th, 2008 10:41:21 PM
Actual IMDB Plot Summary... Set in World War 2, Tarantino's story revolves around group of soldiers on their way to be executed, only they get the chance for a reprieve. He describes them as "Not your normal hero types that are thrown into a big deal in World War II." Okay - somebody dig up Lee Marvin!
Inglorious Bastards Script by rustykuntz	Jul 22nd, 2008 02:44:37 PM
if anyone has, please email jbrill23@hotmail.com Thanks

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