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UPDATE: I’ve just confirmed that Quentin Tarantino is talking to Brad Pitt to star… And Harvey Weinstein will produce it with Lawrence Bender…
EXCLUSIVE: Quentin Tarantino has just gone out with his long-anticipated script about World War II. I hear it’s gone out to Universal, Warner Bros, Paramount, and Sony. Not only is Lawrence Bender attached to produce Inglorious Bastards, but here’s the weird thing sources are telling me: Harvey Weinstein also will be producing as well but not financing it though his The Weinstein Co wants to distribute it domestically to pocket the fee. This certainly adds fuel to those rumors that The Weinstein Co is having movie money woes. 
After all, one of the ways that The Weinstein Co attracted investors was by hyping its creative connection to the Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill 1 & 2 writer/director who has long made a lot of money for a lot of people. But will Harv’s investors profit from the connection? Let’s not forget that The Weinstein Co produced and financed Quentin’s last pic Grindhouse/Death Proof that tanked at the box office because of Weinstein’s own admission that he erred in releasing it in the U.S. market as half of a too-long 3-hour, 12-minute double-feature. (UPDATE: QT and Harvey Weinstein lunched very visibly at Ago on Melrose today. Just in case anyone thought they weren’t working together…)
This latest Tarantino epic, originally for Miramax and originally set for 2001, has been so long in the works that some people thought it might never see the light of day. Tarantino himself has described it as a Spaghetti Western meets World II film that’s an homage to 1967′s The Dirty Dozen and its derivative, the more extreme 1978 Italian movie Quel Maledetto Treno Blindato (released in the U.S. under the title Inglorious Bastards) about a group of soldiers on their way to be executed who get the chance of a reprieve. Tarantino’s script comes out just as the Enzo G. Castellari inspiration is heading to DVD. In a BBC documentary done around the time of Pulp Fiction‘s release, Tarantino said that he always wanted to do a “guys on a mission” film. As usual, there’s a lot of secrecy surrounding this Quentin project sent out by William Morris.
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I can’t imagine what kind of films the people posting comments here enjoy, but Quentin’s are top rate as far as I’m concerned. Kill Bill was the best movie I’ve seen since the 90s, at least the best American one.
boy, i detect alot of jealousy here. quentin is not half of a roger avery writing team. he wrote true romance and reservoir dogs solo and for that i dont believe his talent can be questioned. and i really enjoyed kill bill vol one.
i will agree with some what of you guys say about quentin needing someone to keep him in check. on pulp fiction, he had roger avary. on true romance, he had tony scott. i found kill bill vol 2 to be insanely boring and detected too much of the writer’s voice in the character of bill; also, the tone did a 180 to that of a reflective western as opposed to the frenetic anime and kung fu vol 1. death proof was just really, really boring. a plot that didnt go anywhere, dialogue that didnt matter or was interesting on its own.
im excited to see inglorious bastards though. i think when he taps into asian and european movie influences for his movies is when he’s at his best.
The man is a “freak”!
Pulp Ficton was a good movie. His others…pretty stupid. Tarantino is a one hit wonder.
I like Tarantino. Yeah he rips stuff off–but at least he admits it. He’s made a few movies I don’t like (Jackie Brown, Death Proof)–but he’s got a pretty decent record IMHO. I just hope he’s ripping off a better source this time!
As I wrote in my blog post in response to this news, I think this is a positive development that might bear a big opportunity for the development of this movie.
This is why it’s unfortunate when The Drudge Report links to Nikki’s site. You get a lot of right wing, red state, conservative republicans opining when they normally wouldn’t even come here. Don’t get me wrong, I fit many of those criteria myself but some stereotypes are around for a reason.
Someone above asked “why all the haters?” Isn’t it obvious? Would there be so many complaints had Tarantino’s career took the route Avery’s did?
Some of the best films in the history of movies have been derivations from other works, so that cut-n-dried argument–which implies such flicks are automatically somehow lesser–is a load of crap.
I think the Roger Avary argument would hold up a little better but, you know, the guy wrote SILENT HILL. And the rest of his flicks aren’t anything with a personality or skill comparable to Tarantino’s best work.
Anyway, people have been talking this kind of smack about Tarantino since Reservoir Dogs, claiming he was forgotten after Pulp Fiction, seeming to conveniently forget that Jackie Brown is regarded as a masterpiece in a lot of respectable quarters, that Kill Bill 1&2 were very successful, and he can still attract top talent and can probably do whatever he wants with his films from this point forward. Bitter fanboys should stop quoting jealous screeds penned over a decade ago by forgotten 3rd-rate producers because nobody even cares about that feud anymore.
Tarantino’s work is boring, and disgusting all at the same time
Wasn’t the first manuscript featuring Natural Born Killers, Reservoir Dogs, and Pulp Fiction all written with someone else? Wasn’t that someone else removed from all projects by Tarantino? Has Tarantino done anything even remotely entertaining outside of these three movies, where his input is questionable at best? Maybe Fat Harvey should apologize to the real talent behind Tarantino’s fame, and get him to write some scripts instead of pretending this video store douche has any talent.
Sorry guys I have to disagree. The man is talented.
I initially gave up hope in him after the lackluster “Kill Bill Volume 2″. Volume 1 was excellent and action packed. But 2 was just unnecessary and could have been put in 1.
But Grindhouse was brilliant. At least his movie, “Death Proof” was. His movie felt like a real Grindhouse movie. Robert’s movie was corny, cheesy, and ridiculously stupid.
“Death Proof” had good acting. And while people complained that it had “too much talking” I think that for a slasher film about a guy who kills folks with his car, it had good character development. It is a very underrated and well made movie.
I think Weinstein should rethink a “Grindhouse” sequel. Maybe make it an HBO Original Movie series that premieres with an new installment every Halloween season.
Why don’t you guys go make a movie and stop blogging from your computers hating on Tarantino like a bunch of losers.
Sample Dialogue
Hero — You Nazi bastard, prepare to be killed by this bullet.
Nazi — You only assume I’m a Nazi because I wear this clothing, but maybe I just like the way it feels. Maybe I’m pretending to be a Nazi so I can save my family. I don’t presume you’re the good guy just because you dress in certain articles of clothing that claim that you are on the right side of this struggle.
Hero — I’m not prejudging. You’re boss, sold you out, when I had him tangling over the ledge while giving him a foot massage. And not only is he hot for me, but he’s also a traitor to his people.
Nazi — Thank you for the tasty story.
Keep throwing around words like ‘derivative’ because you think it makes you sound above it all. The fact is Tarantino pours his talent and love of movies into whatever he does and makes eminently entertaining films. If only there were more ‘one-tick ponies’ like him around there wouldn’t be so many instantly-forgettable, filmmaking-by-committee time-wasters made.
Tarantino was, is and always will be among the true cinematic geniuses of Hollywood. These know-nothing cretins whose experience in film making goes no further than making shadow puppets on the wall in front of a flashlight have no idea of what they’re saying, their babbling is nothing but mental flatulence.
Tarantino is not without flaws, he would be the first to admit that, but even Babe Ruth had less than perfect seasons, but the fans who remember him aren’t troubled by his imperfections, they remember the ‘Bambino’, just as 100 years from now the ‘Tarantino’ will be remembered with the same awe and respect.
Don’t like his films? Don’t go see them. Simple as that. Tarantino has made his mark in the history books and nothing that any little weasel has to say is going to change that.
originality in film making is in vision
none of you haters can deny that he and pta have that
of course sometimes not everybody sees what everybody sees…..
meaning there’s gotta be room for you haters to hate
capiche
Whoa. A lot of haters on this post stream.
Ease up. Tarantino is an original if nothing else.
And you have to admit that Kill Bill, Vols. I & II are a masterpiece. Tarantino is a reflection of his generation and our times. He has assimilated information (a voluminous knowledge of film and pop culture) and put it into the blender of his mind and crafted original works that are part pastiche and part fragments of the input reflected back.
Take Kill Bill, Vol. I, for example: The interplay of his use of visuals, narrative clipping, especially the music, genre-bending and blending, and a serious wink along the way and you get brilliant entertainment that is knowing without being snarky.
He is a true craftsman, and even if his stuff is not to your taste, you cannot take that away from him.
Enzo G. Castellari is one of my heroes and I am delighted to see his name used in conjunction with a story about this film project. Enzo, if you’re reading, god bless you and your family, sir. Your movies are a treasure to the human condition!!
Q never made a bad movie! You guys probably like the hollywood dribble. Talk about making the same movies over and over.
Actually, the dialogue would probably be more along the lines of…
INT. TRANSPORT PLANE. NIGHT.
CORPORAL COOPER
She’s standing at a street lantern, for fuck’s sake.
PRIVATE RYAN
Doesn’t make her a whore.
CORPORAL COOPER
Makes her a whore, son. You tell me when you saw a good girl standing at a street lantern, in the middle of the fucking night.
PRIVATE RYAN
She’s waiting.
COOPER SIGHS.
CORPORAL COOPER
For her fucking John, that is.
CAPTAIN JACK.
Fritz.
CORPORAL COOPER
Wha?
CAPTAIN JACK
She’s German. Can’t be a John.
PRIVATE RYAN
Or a Tom or Harry.
CORPORAL COOPER
But sure as hell a Dick.
The others GET IT. They LAUGH.
CORPORAL COOPER
Fucking Lily Marleen.
From the FRONT of the PLANE, MAJOR SAMSON makes his way into the BACK. He’s a BIG MAN. ALREADY dressed for the JUMP.
MAJOR SAMSON
Sure as hell wouldn’t fuck any of you. Most whiny bunch of pussies I ever seen. Come on, Ladies! Come ON! You want to fuck with somebody? You can fuck with the SS, and they better be singing afterwards, you get me?
OUTSIDE, we can see that the PLANE has CROSSED into GERMANY. The ANTI AIRCRAFT CANNONS start POUNDING at EMPTY SKY. The PLANE ROCKS.
CORPORAL COOPER
Fucking Bastard.
PRIVATE RYAN
Bet he never fucked anybody.
“Don’t like his films? Don’t go see them. Simple as that.”
I suspect that more and more people are going to take this advice.
Indulgence, Derivative, and Homage have just begun to induce vomit in me and seemingly already have with most of you.
Man, y’all should be ashamed to call yourself film nerds. Anyone who voices an opinion on a film they ‘started’ but never finished should be slapped. For that matter, anyone who starts a film but doesn’t finish it should be shot. Anyone who is a film buff but ‘gets restless’ during a long film…LAME. I just came here from a non-film site link, but man, I’ll never be back. For the record; I sat through Grindhouse twice in the theater and LOVED it! The whole POINT was homage; to accuse him of ‘not having an original idea’ means you completely, totally missed the point.
Why is everyone on here stating that Tarantino is unoriginal? All originality has been exhausted. Pretty much any form of literature or film from the past century has taken its ideas from ancient mythologies.
I’m mixed on Tarantino. Didn’t like Pulp Fiction, although it did have some hilarious dark humor. Jackie Brown was fascinating, and Kill Bill was decent. Lots of gore and profanity, though, and for that reason I’ve never watched Reservoir Dogs. Might someday.
As far as stuff Tarantino has been involved in, I watched Hostel and did not like it. Just too gory for me.
I admire Tarantino’s off-beat ways, especially since it seems these days that to see a really good movie, you have to venture into indie land. Most movies today are too boring and too predictable.