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The Hateful Eight is a 2015 American revisionist Western mystery film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.
Summary[]
It stars Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Demián Bichir, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, and Bruce Dern. As eight strangers who seek refuge from a blizzard in a stagecoach stopover (Minnie's Haberdashery) set six, eight or twelve years after the American Civil War. As the storm engulfs the mountainside stopover, the eight travellers come to realize that they may never make it off the mountain after all.
Development[]
Tarantino announced The Hateful Eight in November 2013, having originally conceived it as a novel and sequel to his previous film Django Unchained (2012). After the script leaked in January 2014, he cancelled the film but announced that he had changed his mind after directing a live reading of the script at the United Artists Theater in Los Angeles. Filming began on December 8, 2014, near Telluride, Colorado. The original score composed by Ennio Morricone, the first for a Tarantino film, was Morricone's first complete Western score in 35 years, and his first score for a high-profile Hollywood production since Brian De Palma's Mission to Mars in 2000.
Distributed by The Weinstein Company in the United States.
Release[]
The Hateful Eight was released on December 25, 2015, in a roadshow release in 70 mm film. It had a wide digital release on December 30, 2015. It received positive reviews, with Leigh receiving considerable praise. For his work on the score, Morricone won the Golden Globe and his first Academy Award for Best Original Score. The film also earned two Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress (Leigh) and Best Cinematography (Robert Richardson).
Cast[]
- Samuel L. Jackson as Major Marquis Warren, "The Bounty Hunter"
- Kurt Russell as John Ruth, "The Hangman"
- Jennifer Jason Leigh as Daisy Domergue, "The Prisoner"
- Walton Goggins as Chris Mannix, "The Sheriff"
- Demián Bichir as Bob / Marco, "The Mexican"
- Tim Roth as Oswaldo Mobray / English Pete Hicox, "The Little Man"
- Michael Madsen as Joe Gage / Grouch Douglas, "The Cow Puncher"
- Bruce Dern as General Sanford Smithers, "The Confederate"
- James Parks as O.B. Jackson
- Channing Tatum as Jody Domergue
- Dana Gourrier as Minnie Mink
- Zoë Bell as Six Horse Judy
- Lee Horsley as Ed
- Gene Jones as Sweet Dave
- Craig Stark as Chester Charles Smithers
- Quentin Tarantino as narrator