american western film written directed starring set south highly stylized variation tribute italian film star cameo appearance development began writing book april sent final draft script casting began summer smith considered role title character cast principal photography took place november march california wyoming louisiana premiered theatre new_york_city december released december united_states film nominated film industry awards including academy_awards won awards performance golden academy_awards won academy award golden globe bafta award writing film original screenplay film grossed million worldwide theaters million budget making highest grossing theatrical release plot texas brothers ace drive group black slaves foot slaves sold separated wife brothers stopped german turned bounty hunter asks buy slaves questions knowledge brothers group carrying warrant ace irritated aims shotgun superior immediately kills ace fast draw king insists paying fair price leaving mercy newly freed slaves kill follow freedom identify brothers offers freedom exchange help tracking king takes small town immediately murders sheriff marshall arrest king explains sheriff actually wanted cattle bounty furious marshall required pay tracking killing liberated adopting surname freeman partners winter apprentice discovers natural talent explains feels responsible person freed felt morally obliged help described real life reunite fully trained collects bounty keeping good luck travel mississippi learn identity owner charming cruel owner plantation slaves forced fight death brutal wrestling matches called fights expecting sell ask directly interest purchasing prized fighters far normal price meet gentleman club submit offer intrigued invites ranch secretly briefing german speaking claims offers buy dinner loyal house slave stephen suspicious motives know sale fighter ruse stephen greed angered having time wasted contains anger long theatrically display knowledge uses slaves frequently fail kill owners despite ample opportunity bodyguard bursts room shotgun trained bounty hunters explodes anger offers alteration original deal taking fighter place price threatens death deal rejected agrees papers freedom drawn signed insists deal sealed initially refuses threatens kill kills concealed kills kills turn extensive begins guns great number opponents taken hostage morning stephen tells sold worked death route proves escorts bounty hunter showing said good luck kill convinces large bounty criminals hiding promises receive majority money free escorts release pistol uses kill stealing horse returning bag dynamite plantation kills takes freedom papers dead pocket bids goodbye late friend wife nearby cabin return burial kills remaining sister releases remaining house slaves stephen dynamite planted mansion watch distance mansion explodes stephen inside riding cast roles include son daughter son sheriff old man member like group big fred opponent fight play alongside cameo appearance robert play employees production development discussed idea type set pre civil war deep south called type film southern stating wanted movies deal america horrible past slavery stuff like like big issue movies want like genre films deal america dealt ashamed countries don deal don feel right later explained genesis idea writing book came way tell story writing movies evil horrible surreal dealt lot writing piece thinking don know thinking know thinking finished script april handed final draft october frequent collaborator said intended cross presented martial arts film man iron crossover seen younger version character film appear slave auction scheduling conflicts prevented participation inspiration film western star cameo appearance inspiration film slave trained fight slaves included scenes snow homage great silence takes place snow liked action snow big snow section middle said interview title alludes titles film american title italian epic fantasy film regina mythical hero escape wicked master american film revenge large group casting considered title role smith mentioned possibilities end cast role smith later said turned role wasn lead gibson sent audition tape character original italian film rumored role instead given cameo appearance minor character suggested play mysterious visions revealed ending flashback father opted use idea negotiations join trainer right hand man dropped scheduling conflicts cast instead later left role dropped role recast instead character merged character offered role loses poker game turned scheduling conflicts watch baron offered role declined order appear poker game appear final cut film hill later appeared film different role said loved loved film unable appear prior commitment direct film played role villain cruel plantation owner costume design january interview vanity_fair costume designer said film wardrobe inspired works art wardrobe davis watched television series referred frequently pair hired designed hat worn character little joe played davis described look rock roll character sunglasses inspired character white buffalo davis oil painting blue boy reference outfit final scene wears dress similar character blood silver dollar davis said idea costume came partly signature miami vice look inspired big daddy cream colored suit film king faux coat inspired davis revealed costume ideas final cut film leaving unexplained characters intended drop reveal absent jaw filming principal photography started california november continuing wyoming february wallace louisiana outside new_orleans march film shot format film originally scripted sub plot masked cut remained time constraints shooting days film wrapped principal photography july film edited died editing duties instead handled worked assistant editor nominated bafta award best editing lost work music film features original existing music tracks tracks composed specifically film include black produced featuring freedom theme theme song film wrote original song film soundtrack rejected explained ocean wrote fantastic ballad truly lovely poetic way wasn scene later published song entitled blog film features famous pieces western classical music including dies stated avoids scores original music don like idea giving power anybody movies film soundtrack album released december statements criticizing use music stated work director film later agreed compose original film score scholarly essay film music notes vast majority film music come films argues political musical allusions vietnam era rise decline cinema hit got featured soundtrack release teaser poster inspired fan art poster italian artist artwork published days synopsis official title released public august request production companies bought concept artwork use promotional purposes crew passes clothing staff filming released december united_states released january united_kingdom film screened time directors guild america december additional screening events having held critics leading film wide release premiere delayed week following shooting elementary school connecticut december film released march india march announced film approved official distribution china strictly controlled film market writing wrote film depicts america darker periods slavery legal chinese officials like use push criticism united_states film released china box office total days film ended american theatrical run gross north_america grossed foreign countries including germany france united_kingdom making worldwide total gross highest grossing film surpassing film grossed million worldwide home media film released dvd blu ray april united_states film grossed dvd sales blu ray sales making total reception critical scholarly response rotten_tomatoes film approval rating based reviews average rating site critical consensus reads bold bloody daring masterpiece metacritic assigns weighted average score reviews mainstream critics gives film score based reviews indicating universal acclaim roger_ebert chicago_sun-times gave film stars said film offers sensational sequence set intriguing characters share pragmatic financial personal issues added prevented seeing sooner injury year best films list film critic guardian awarded film stars writing delivers wholesale particular pleasure knows cinema manipulation surfaces delicious forbidden cigarette writing new_york_times critic compared earlier like entertaining irresponsible way entirely consistent designating film times critics pick scott said important movie slavery racism filmmaker praised movie best film rare american movie slavery origins sick racist history contrary film critic entertainment_weekly wrote isn nearly film clever doesn major characters trademark structural earn hour minute running time review week wrote shows signs little research repeated called written starring new_yorker disturbed fans triumphant laughter screening attended white woman blown away guns according critic flick far concerned foul revenge filled rage skin tearing bullets slow motion meat blood communicating entire issue academic journal devoted global western featuring scholars film classic western writes film immensely entertaining despite times downright thanks treatment slavery race relations staple western violence doubt matters director handled stylistic excess director willing film new genre southern lists listed critics lists objections specific elements film portrayal descriptions african americans slavery commentators felt film heavy usage word inappropriate affecting greater extent depicted violence slaves reviewers defended usage language historic context race slavery united_states interview vibe said film explaining going ancestors speaking behalf anybody lee later wrote american slavery holocaust ancestors slaves stolen africa honor leader nation islam interpreted movie preparation race war boston_globe compared stephen character black republicans like thomas said believed character moral compass thomas jackson defended heavy use word saying said times like complaining said sic times movie nazis professor columbia_university compared fugitive los_angeles police officer real life saying like watching real life kind exciting writing los_angeles_times journalist noted difference institution need exactly entertain white director word homage 70s thing director turning slavery pulp fiction hosting nbc saturday night live joked excited kill white people movie columnist wrote reaction saying anti white embedded culture movie central theme white man devil moral like lethal virus use violence reviews criticized film violent originally planned premiere postponed following sandy hook school shooting december criticized film use violence follows surprisingly focus sort criticism relationship movies acts violence fact arrived theaters right time massacre didn help refused inch discussing link movie violence real life obviously don think movies believe imagination thing trying create realistic experience possible cynical world credits self serving like course industry fire claim hands clean course favorite son counted claim believe imaginative expression consequence independent said movie new cinema added sitting crowded cinema audience latest falls beheaded limb provided nuanced view saying like films criticized violent killing slave owners violence slaves appropriately terrifying puts running best film discovers violence horror spectacle turns head away slave torn apart dogs explains plantation owner played isn americans historical said fighting aware things existed definitive historical evidence slave owners staged like fights death male slaves like fight depicted movie notes rumors fights took place director yale center study slavery said matter moral ethical reservations prevented slave owners pitting slaves combat economic self interest slave owners wanted substantial financial investments risk battles non historical term fine fighting breeding slave comes earlier film writing new_yorker observed occasional historical worked film advantage moments wrote convex history works brilliantly like depicts decade prior actual formation order thoroughly ridicule members racism masked group depicted film known depicted spiritual later post civil war actual matter historical accuracy wrote course mistake feature film public television documentary pointing film treated entertainment historical account time period set uses slavery way pornographic film use nurses convention pretext meant entertain meant entertain violence wrote new_yorker vision slavery historically accurate depicts slavery mere administrative ownership monstrous cruelty accolades garnered awards nominations american_film_institute named movies year december film received nominations including best director best screenplay won academy award best original screenplay received second time receiving awards having previously won role gave film nominations earned nomination potential future projects miniseries said interview minutes material film cutting room floor considered editing hour night cable miniseries said breaking story parts satisfying audiences hour movie wouldn endurance test mini series people love novels story director follow film attempted paperback novel sequel titled white hell decided character established morals fit tone developing story began writing original screenplay connection earlier film expressed desire write series sequel novels crossover sony planning crossover movie currently exists form comic book film west seen shooting proprietor racially charged shooting game saying people die fair alleged copyright infringement december million lawsuit filed filmmakers claimed script bears extensive similarities film titled freedom lawsuit filed federal court
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