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wasn’t Death Proof his homage to Pussycat?

Terrible idea. Can’t wait to see it!

Maybe it will at least prompt the release of a proper DVD of the original.

I had heard this rumor somewhere, Tera Patrick looks the part obviously, but her acting ability would be very questionable…......I would rather he didnt make this but….Tarantino is his own man….he’ll do as he pleases I’m sure…...

The Samurai - 05 July 2008 12:59 PM

I had heard this rumor somewhere, Tera Patrick looks the part obviously, but her acting ability would be very questionable…......I would rather he didnt make this but….Tarantino is his own man….he’ll do as he pleases I’m sure…...

As Director/ Producers typically do.

Yes. And Tarantino is going to direct James Bond. And Friday the 13th. And….

I’d go on a rant about smurf’n remakes but considering all Tarintino does is take clips from old movies and mashes them together to make his “own” film - I’ll save it.

In case no one read about it:

“Wednesday, July 9, 2008 - 11:57 am
Tarantino Unveils Inglorious Bastards

My latest scoop is that Quentin Tarantino went out with his long-anticipated script about World War II to four Hollywood studios on July 7 and 8. As usual, there’s a lot of secrecy and controversy surrounding this Q.T. project. It’s being shopped to Universal, Warner Bros., Paramount and Sony. And Brad Pitt may star.

Here’s the weird thing: Not only is Laurence Bender attached to produce Inglorious Bastards, but Harvey Weinstein will also be producing — yet not financing it. 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 Vol. 1 & 2 writer-director. Let’s not forget that the Weinstein Co. produced and financed Tarantino’s last pic, Grindhouse/Death Proof, which tanked at the box office because Weinstein admittedly erred in releasing it in the U.S. as half of a too-long three-hour, 12-minute double feature. Lest anyone think there’s a rift, Q.T. and Harvey Weinstein lunched very visibly at Ago on Melrose on June 8.

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 War II film that’s an homage to 1967’s The Dirty Dozen and its derivatives.

It’s a story about a group of soldiers on their way to be executed who get the chance of a reprieve. 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, and thought Where Eagles Dare was the best of the genre. Q.T.’s latest seems more inspired by the 1978 Italian movie Quel Maledetto Treno Blindato, which he has gushed over in interviews and which is a more extreme version of The Dirty Dozen. Tarantino’s script comes out just as that Enzo G. Castellari pic heads to DVD. “

I wonder how he is going to direct Faster Pussycat when he is busy writing and raising money for THIS movie?

KHWAN

The script is out there for those who want to read it, I read the first 15 pages and I can not wait for this film, I dont want to read anymore and spoil it for myself as I have heard the film changes a lot toward the middle…..

I am speaking of Inglorious Bastards of course…....

Khwan - 11 July 2008 11:45 AM

In case no one read about it:

“Wednesday, July 9, 2008 - 11:57 am
Tarantino Unveils Inglorious Bastards.
words, words, words

What I think is hilarious is that it’s never mentioned in this article that this is a remake and the closest it comes to it is saying “it seems like it’s more inspired by..” and then gives the italian name of the original film. Are they hiding the fact that it’s a remake? Is it a remake?

I’ll read the script tonight and see.

Not so much a remake as an homage I think…to the “men on a mission” films, he is cribbing the title obviously, but I have heard through others on the web, the source of all things TRUE (wink, wink, nudge,nudge), that the film takes a major shift change somewhere in the middle. Who knows, I will take this film any way it comes because I am am a serious fan of the “men on a mission” genre…...so we’ll see…...

well after I read the script I’ll let you know

F13 - 11 July 2008 01:13 PM

Khwan - 11 July 2008 11:45 AM

In case no one read about it:

“Wednesday, July 9, 2008 - 11:57 am
Tarantino Unveils Inglorious Bastards.
words, words, words

I’ll read the script tonight and see.

Why is F13 reading the script? The answer is simple:

“It’s being shopped to Universal, Warner Bros., Paramount and Sony. And Brad Pitt may star.”

Brad Pitt MAY star, if not…F13 is choice #2.

KHWAN

I read it and I’m on the fence, It really seems like it has potential. I dunno.
Oh and it’s not a remake of Inglorious Bastards.

Khwan - 07 July 2008 07:56 AM

Yes. And Tarantino is going to direct James Bond. And Friday the 13th. And….

and a Vega brothers movie, and a Cantonese Kung-Fu movie, and an animated prequel to Kill Bill, and…

btw, I’m really stoked for his remake of Inglorious. I’ll avoid the script though as I want it all to be fresh as I have a cinematic orgasm. I am annoyed to the nth degree though at all of these uneducated c*nts who fail to mention it’s a remake of the movie of the same name, not something else..

To be honest, I dont care what QT does, as long as he does something.  I will not sit here and tell you he is greatest director ever.  He is not.  He makes films he would want to watch and, as it so happens, I like watching the movies he likes watching.  In short, the dude just hits all the right buttons for me.

To LJB, you are correct sir and QT has never claimed anything to the contrary in any interview I have ever seen with him.  That doesn’t change the fact that his films have a level of polish and style that few filmmakers even attempt, anymore, much less actually accomplish.