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    • Inglourious Basterds

      (2009) R

      Directed by: Quentin Tarantino

      Starring: Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz

      Overview: Jewish-American soldiers seek Nazi scalps in German-occupied France.

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    • Orient Express

      (2001)

      Directed by: Mark Roper

      Starring: Richard Grieco, Romina Mondello, Christoph Waltz

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Christoph Waltz Movie News

Wednesday, September 16

  • Nic Cage Explains Why He Dropped Out of The Green Hornet

    Nick CageRecent casting news that Inglourious Basterd's Christoph Waltz landed the head villain role in The Green Hornet has everyone wondering why Nicolas Cage, who had the role first, dropped out.

    Well, the actor answered the question, himself, at the Toronto International Film Festival, and it's the same old song: "creative differences" with star and screenwriter Seth Rogen and director Michel Gondry.

    The Green Hornet was something that I wanted to do, I think Michel Gondry is very talented and I had hoped it would work but I think Seth Rogen and Michel had a different take on the character.... I had to have some humanity and to try to give it something where you could understand why the character was the way he was but I don't think there was enough time to develop it.

    Cage continued by saying that he "wasn't interested in just being just a straight-up bad guy who was killing people willy-nilly."

    While it's nice to see actors looking for scripts with character development, isn't that partly the actor's job to provide? In any case, it'll be interesting to see what Waltz does with the role.


    Posted 09/16/2009 by Jim

    Related: Nicolas Cage | Christoph Waltz | The Green Hornet

Monday, September 14

  • The Green Hornet Gets an Inglourious Basterd of a Villain

    Christoph Waltz, the evil Nazi from Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, is getting another villainous role — in The Green Hornet, according to Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood blog.

    Waltz's slimy, yet playful, performance in Basterds is likely what brought the 52-year-old into the limelight, and and it's perfect for director Michel Gondry's action-comedy aesthetic.

    Recent reporting had pegged actor Nicolas Cage as the lead villain for the movie, only described as a "gangster villain." But it seems this latest news has put him out of the film for good.


    Next Showing: Green Hornet releases December 17th, 2010

    Posted 09/14/2009 by Jim

    Related: Christoph Waltz | The Green Hornet | Inglourious Basterds

Thursday, August 20

  • Christoph Waltz Is the One to Watch in Inglourious Basterds

    Inglorious Basterds

    Despite having one of the most famous actors in the history of America cinema fronting the movie, a lot of the early buzz about Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds isn't about Brad Pitt's performance, but rather that of Austrian actor Christoph Waltz, who plays "Jew Hunter" to Pitt's "Nazi-scalping basterd."

    Waltz, a veteran actor in Europe with a career spanning three decades, won the best actor award at the Cannes Film Festival for his portrayal of Col. Hans Landa of the SS in Basterds. He calls his character "one of the great villains in dramatic literature" and gives much of the credit to Tarantino.

    It's what Quentin has written, and let me tell you, that's plenty. Because I could still be sitting there trying to figure out what else is in there. And it's bottomless.

    Waltz said that Tarantino discouraged him from chumming around with the other cast members and that he insisted on numerous rehearsals, which helped Waltz delve even deeper into the mind of Hans Landa.

    Films tend to break up scenes, but Quentin insisted that we rehearse and play them in real time. Without all that stop and start, you really get the opportunity to play, to really get things going, to establish the rhythm.

    Quentin didn't want to establish a form of security. He didn't want us too comfortable. He wanted to keep everyone on our toes.


    Inglourious Basterds Premiere

    Brad Pitt and cast hit the red carpet

    Posted 08/20/2009 by BrentJS

    Related: Quentin Tarantino | Christoph Waltz | Inglourious Basterds

Monday, August 10

  • Lots of New Footage from Inglourious Basterds

    Inglourious BasterdsA huge new batch of clips from Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds fills in the gaps around the scenes teased in the trailers and TV spots, and gives a better sense of pacing and atmosphere of the movie. Overall, not so much staccato action, but a lot more clever dialogue.

    Two of the real standout scenes involve Christoph Waltz as SS Colonel Hans Landa, "The Jew Hunter." No big surprise here, since his performance in the movie won him plaudits as "the best villain ever" as well as the prize for best actor at Cannes.


    Posted 08/10/2009 by Bill

    Related: Quentin Tarantino | Christoph Waltz | Inglourious Basterds

Tuesday, June 30

  • International Trailer for Inglourious Basterds

    There's lots of new footage in the just-released international trailer for Inglourious Basterds. While earlier trailers have tended to be a bit Brad Pitt-centric, this one focuses more on rest of the cast.

    Playing a German psychopath recruited into the professional league of the "Nazi-killing business," Til Schweiger is impressively minimalist, communicating his reactions by only the smallest of gestures. We also get to see more of Mike Myers as a very proper British general, introducing the Basterds and setting up the climactic attack on the cinema. And the trailer wraps up with a laugh, rather than a bang, as SS Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz) fails to impress the Basterds with his command of American idioms.


    Posted 06/30/2009 by Bill

    Related: Brad Pitt | Mike Myers | Til Schweiger | Christoph Waltz | Inglourious Basterds

Monday, May 25

  • Cannes Brings Re-Edits and a Prize for Inglourious Basterds

    Inglourious BasterdsResponding to the mixed feedback from the premiere showing of Inglourious Basterds at the Cannes Film Festival last week, Director Quentin Tarantino is reportedly headed back to the editing room. Despite the length of the movie, which at its current two hours and 28 minutes was a bit too long for some, the edits might include adding a scene.

    One part of his "spaghetti war movie" that drew nearly universal praise, though, was the performance of Austrian soap star Christoph Waltz, who plays the multi-lingual Nazi, SS Colonel Hans Landa. Tarantino had already suggested that he was the lynchpin of the movie. And a Huffington Post review judged him "one of the most compelling villains ever," one "who can make offering a glass of milk seem dripping with menace." Apparently the jury at Cannes agreed, awarding him the prize for best actor.


    Inglourious Basterds - Trailer

    Written & Directed by Quentin Tarantino - Releases Aug. 21

    Posted 05/25/2009 by Bill

    Related: Quentin Tarantino | Christoph Waltz | Inglourious Basterds

Wednesday, May 20

  • Three New Clips Released as Inglourious Basterds Premieres at Cannes

    Star TrekIt is still too early to get a complete handle on the overall reaction at Cannes, but there are some early indications that Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds just might live up to all the hype. Although most early reviews agree that this is no Pulp Fiction, it did really grab the audience's attention and feels like something new, "a spaghetti war movie," as one review calls it. Or perhaps, as cast member Eli Roth, who is featured beating down Nazis with baseball bats, put it at the post-screening press conference, "160 minutes of 'Kosher porn.'"

    One surprise highlight appears to be the standout performance of Christoph Waltz, a German TV star who plays SS officer Colonel Hans Landa. Tarantino had given hints of just how important he was to the production earlier, saying in interviews that he had considered scrapping the whole movie if he couldn't find just the right actor for the part. One BBC review is already suggesting that he may well be a contender for this year's best actor prize.

    In the clips released to coincide with the Cannes opening, there is a lot more dialogue than action, offering a spirited preview of the tone -- and accents -- of the movie. One clip even features a provocative voice-over narrative by Colonel Landa "The Jew Hunter," backed by a whistling tune in an obvious homage to Clint Eastwood's series of spaghetti westerns.


    Next Showing: Inglourious Basterds releases Aug., 21, 009

    Posted 05/20/2009 by Bill

    Related: Quentin Tarantino | Christoph Waltz | Eli Roth | Inglourious Basterds

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