Research Paper On Django Unchained

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Django Unchained is an US-American western movie written and directed by Quentin Tarantino in 2012. Although it deals with a dark subject matter and shows much brutal violence (the atrocious conditions of slaves in the 18th-century America are depicted in a relatively graphic way), the movie was a great success. It was nominated for many film industry awards, for example the Academy Awards, in categories including for Best Sound Editing, Cinematography and Best Picture. The Austrian actor Christoph Waltz, who plays Dr. King Schultz in the movie, won several awards for his performance, including the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor, the BAFTA (Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role) and, additionally, his second Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Quentin Tarantino, the director of the movie, also won several awards: the Golden Globe, the BAFTA and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Moreover, the movie, with the initial …show more content…

The movie tells the story of the Afro-American slave named Django (played by Jamie Foxx), who is rescued from two slave traders by the English speaking, German dentist Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) in 1858. It transpires that Dr. Schultz is just disguised as a dentist, while he is actually a bounty hunter. He offers Django his freedom in exchange for his help in tracking three brothers down. After killing them, Django becomes Schultz’s trainee. Schultz claims that Django was the first human being he has ever liberated and, for this reason, he now feels responsible for the black man. After many successes, they decide to rescue Django’s wife, Broomhilda, who was sold off and separated from Django when

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