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2009 war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Brad Pitt.

Inglourious Basterds is a 2009 war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Mélanie Laurent, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth and Diane Kruger. The film tells the fictional alternate history story of two plots to assassinate Nazi Germany's political leadership, one planned by a young French Jewish cinema proprietor (Laurent), and the other by a team of Jewish-American soldiers led by First Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Pitt). The film's title was inspired by director Enzo G. Castellari's 1978 Macaroni Combat film, The Inglorious Bastards.

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Why did Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds change his mind about the "Jew Hunter" nickname?

In the opening part of Inglourious Basterds Hans Landa asks Monsieur LaPadite if he knows the nickname the French people have bestowed upon him. When LaPadite anxiously reveals that he has heard the term "Jew Hunter", Landa puts him at ease saying…
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Did the Basterds actually change anything?

Hitler was definitely shot to death by the Basterds but he would have died in the fire anyways. Shoshanna had everything planned well to trap everyone in theatre including her, there was no escape. So when looking at this movie if the parts with the…
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Did Marcel survive the fire?

In the climax of Inglorious Basterds, Marcel lights the pile of nitrate film while standing behind the screen, which sets the place on fire and since the cinema doors are barred, everyone who doesn't get shot by the Basterds gets burned to death.…
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Why is the meeting of basterds and Bridget von Hammersmark planned in the basement?

In Inglourious Basterds the basterds have to meet Bridget von Hammersmark at some tavern in the basement and the basement turns out to be a very bad choice. Basterds themselves mention several times it's a really bad place even before they find the…
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Why did Major Hellstrom get suspicious?

in Inglourious Basterds (2009), when the bastards team met with Bridget von Hammersmark in the tavern, Major Hellstrom inquired about Lt. Archie Hicox' German accent. After Bridget vouches for Hicox story about hailing from the bottom of a mountain,…
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Why does Brad Pitt in Inglorious Basterds have scars on his neck?

Watching it again today, I noticed the scars on his neck. What's the backstory on those?
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Did Hans Landa recognize Shosanna?

In the movie Inglorious Basterds, the scene where Hans Landa and Shosanna were in the restaurant, Hans Landa says "I did have something else I wanted to ask you, but right now, for the life of me, I can't remember what it is." When he was just…
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How did Landa think his plan would work?

In Inglourious Basterds, Landa's plan at the end of movie involves defecting by conditionally surrendering to the Allies in exchange for not informing the cinema of the bomb threat. But he was only with one other person once he went behind American…
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