- Whatever THE DIRTY DOZEN did, screamed the ads, they do it dirtier! INGLORIOUS BASTARDS is more than just the inspiration for Quentin Tarantino s long-rumored next movie; this 1978 international smash remains perhaps the biggest and most badass war movie in EuroCult history! Exploitation legends Fred The Hammer Williamson and Bo (WALKING TALL, KILL BILL) Svenson star as the leaders of a gang of c
“Whatever THE DIRTY DOZEN did,” screamed the ads, “they do it dirtier!” INGLORIOUS BASTARDS is more than just the inspiration for Quentin Tarantino’s long-rumored next movie; this 1978 international smash remains perhaps the biggest and most badass war movie in EuroCult history! Exploitation legends Fred ‘The Hammer’ Williamson and Bo (WALKING TALL, KILL BILL) Svenson star as the leaders of a gang of condemned criminals who escape from an Allied prison camp with a plan to blast their way to the Swiss border, only to find themselves ‘volunteering’ for a suicide mission deep inside Nazi occupied France. Academy Award(r) nominee Ian Bannen (FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX, BRAVEHEART) co-stars in this explosive action epic from director Enzo Castellari (STREET LAW, THE BIG RACKET), now fully restored from original vault elements for the first time ever in America!
EXTRAS:
Audio Commentary with Director Enzo Castellari
Theatrical Trailer
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December 26, 2010
#1
Yes…I Give it Five Stars,
I watched this classic on HBO as a child and loved it. I recently bought it and watched it the first day I received it. It is the best “B” class WW II movie out there. The acting is pretty good and the story, while implausible, is pretty cool. All of the actors were perfect for their role. Other than Bo Svenson, Fred Williamson, and Ian Bannen, I have not seen any of the other actors since. It’s too bad. I would like to see them in something else. By the way, if any of you out there who were in the service is wondering why Bo Svenson sounds authentic calling cadence in the movie, it is because he was in the Marines for six years.The movie is relatively short by today’s standards so pause it if you go to the bathroom. Anyway, a great and fun movie. I loved it as a kid and do today.
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|December 26, 2010
#2
great fun, not a brilliant movie,
it’s hard to say what I think of this film. It’s, in some ways, a brilliant war film that deserves recognition, while it can simultaneously make you shudder. it has a clever plot but then you have dialogue like “hey, those are our flyboys!” (impersonates an airplane while making a machine gun noise); there are some great effects and sets that are made good use of, but you can see the ropes pulling men from an explosion more clearly than you can see the strings in an Ed Wood film; you have naked german women firing machine guns at retreating American troops, and then you have the fact that this scene only lasts a couple of seconds (this is first time that an Italian movie has skimpped out in this category, let alone not completely over do it. It should have been at least a few minutes long, if not for the sex appeal then for the pure hilariouty of it.)
It’s like a movie that’s so bad that it’s good, but at the same time is actually good. And, like many films of this sort, it’s main source of entertainment comes from it’s cleverness that simply oozes from it’s different aspects including plot and filmwork.
The only major problem is that I had expected it to actually go on for about two hours or so until it ended. I would’ve given it four stars if it were only longer (especially certain *clear throat* scenes).
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|December 26, 2010
#3
Tarantino’s latest inspiration is FAN-TAT-AT-TAT TASTIC!,
Wahoo!! Let’s grab some beer and go shoot our machine guns at some Nazis!
Inglorious Bastards is a campy cult war flick, high on violence and insanity but a little low on common sense. You’ve got a bunch of reject U.S. soldiers facing court martial for various infractions, like flying the jetplane to visit their girlfriend a few thousand miles away.
On the way to the military prison the convoy gets hit by some German artillery. This enables a few of the prisoners to escape. This ragtag group decides to head for neutral Switzerland while avoiding the American armies plus the Nazis.
Now along the way there is all sorts of unrestrained madness. The highlight has got to be when they stumble across the female German soldiers skinny dippin in the lake. Allright! Just what you expect to see when running for your life through Europe. The soldiers masquerade as Nazis and get ready for some wet-n-wild fun.
Inglorious Bastards is an entertaining thrill ride that makes war seem like a party. The acting is decent. I recognized the cigar-smokin’ Fred Williamson from Rodriquez’s classic From Dusk til Dawn.
I’m anxious to see QT’s remake, supposedly due out in 2010. Somehow I doubt it resembles this film too much. But PLEEEEASE Quentin, keep the naked nazi chicks with the machine guns. I’m begging you!
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