Django Unchained

Director: Quentin Tarantino
Writer: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Leonardo DiCaprio
Language: English, French
Theatrical Release Date: December 25, 2012
Distributor: The Weinstein Company, Sony Pictures
Awards: 2013 Academy Awards Best Sound Editing, 2013 Academy Awards Best Cinematography, 2013 Academy Awards Best Supporting Actor, 2013 Academy Awards Best Original Screenplay, 2013 Academy Awards Best Picture

Tagline: Life, liberty and the pursuit of vengeance.

Synopsis: 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.

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