We Bet You Didn't Know These Facts About Inglourious Basterds!

T-A-R-A-N-T-I-N-O, Quentin Tarantino, the Zeus of cinematic Olympus and this generation is lucky enough witness scintillating skill. Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill or Django Unchained, one by one Tarantino has delivered stellar yet iconic films in the history. So whether you’re a film student, a cinephile or just someone who enjoys good movies, there’s no way you can leave a Tarantino movie from your list.

Inglourious Basterds, another prodigy baby of Quentin is a Nazi Germany’s War comedy flick, an alternate reality to bring down the Nazi leadership, plan led by Shosanna a French cinema house owner and a group American Jews. Now if you haven’t watched this movie, you need to watch it N-O-W and if you have, give yourself a pat on your back! Eight Academy Award nominee, here’s some must trivia you need to know about Inglorious Bastards!

Very few people know that the name is taken from another Italian war movie of 1978, called Inglorious Basterds. So there, it’s not the first movie titled Inglorious Basterds.  

Nation Pride, another film within the film was directed by Eli Roth, who played Donny Donowitz.

Adam Sandler was offered the role of Donny Donowitz, but turned it down. Good that he did.

Quentin Tarantino played the role of a dead extra in the film!

Inglorious Basterds is Tarntino’s second highest grossing movies after Django Unchained.

The film Nation Pride included in the movie is part of the bonus material of DVD.

Actress Melanie Laurent who played Shosanna, a French Jew is in fact a French Jew!

It took Tarantino ten years to complete the film’s script. He started it in 1998 but since couldn’t find the suitable ending, it was concluded in 2009, but all’s well that ends well eh?

A war film with comedy elements, Inglourious Basterds remain Tarantino’s biggest success. American Jews, French natives and German leaders On top of that, the film provides a much satisfying alternative ending which this world rightfully deserved. Cinemaholics, as people like to call themselves, there’s no way you can miss this one. And if you want to get your drugs to become a cinemaholic, start with these iconic movies of iconic directors.

 Let’s just thank Tarantino that this bellissima exists!

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