Django Unchained
First screened in December 2012
Director: Quentin Tarantino. Cast: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, Kerry Washington, Don Johnson, Walton Goggins, Laura Cayouette, Ato Essandoh, Sammi Rotibi, Dana Michelle Gourrier, Nichole Galicia, Danièle Watts, James Remar, James Russo, M.C. Gainey, Cooper Huckabee, Doc Duhame, Franco Nero, Dennis Christopher, David Steen, Tom Wopat, Lee Horsley, Don Stroud, Jonah Hill, John Jarratt, Michael Parks, Quentin Tarantino. Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino.
Twitter Capsule: Out of two frying pans (brazen voice, gutsy premise), into two fires (puerile bloodlust, QT's ever-duller images).

Photo © 2012 The Weinstein Company/Columbia Pictures
Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: C

Academy Award Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz
Best Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino
Best Cinematography: Robert Richardson
Best Sound Effects Editing: Wylie Stateman

Golden Globe Nominations and Winners:
Best Picture (Drama)
Best Director: Quentin Tarantino
Best Supporting Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio
✓Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz
✓Best Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino

Other Awards:
National Board of Review: Best Supporting Actor (DiCaprio)
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