Quentin Tarantino's latest hits screens on Christmas Day here in North America and the marketing campaign is ramping up. Just a few days back it was a block of unexciting character posters hitting the web. Today? A significantly more interesting new international trailer. This may be the best of the trailers released so far. Lean, mean and bloody it packs a nice little wallop.
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 Souths 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.
Django
and Schultzs search ultimately leads them to Calvin Candie (Academy
Award®-nominee Leonardo DiCaprio), the proprietor of Candyland, an
infamous plantation. Exploring the compound under false pretenses,
Django and Schultz arouse the suspicion of Stephen (Academy
Award®-nominee Samuel L. Jackson), Candies trusted house slave. Their
moves are marked, and a treacherous organization closes in on them. If
Django and Schultz are to escape with Broomhilda, they must choose
between independence and solidarity, between sacrifice and survival
Written
and directed by Academy Award®-winner Quentin Tarantino, DJANGO
UNCHAINED is produced by Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone.
The executive producers are Harvey and Bob Weinstein, Michael Shamberg,
Shannon McIntosh, and James Skotchdopole. DJANGO UNCHAINED will be
released in the U.S. by The Weinstein Company on December 25, 2012, and
internationally by Sony Pictures.
Check the new trailer below.