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NEWS ABOUT: Inglourious Basterds

Inglourious Basterds stories: 12 news summaries

 Weinstein Co. in Trouble, 
 Despite Success of Basterds 

Company needs more hits to pull itself out of debt

Sep 25, 09 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Inglourious Basterds’ success has provided a stay of execution for Weinstein Co., but the firm needs several more blockbusters like it to stay afloat, sources tell the Wall Street Journal reports. The 4-year-old company hasn’t released as many films as it thought it would, but it’s... More »

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Harvey Weinstein • Miramax • The Weinstein Company • movie financing • financing • Inglourious Basterds • Bob Weinstein

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Box Office Is Good to Bad  

Tyler Perry's newest success defies advertising formula

Sep 13, 09 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The box office was good to I Can Do Bad All By Myself, which took in $24 million this weekend, USA Today reports. Tyler Perry’s latest flick rode the same under-the-radar marketing blitz that drew legions of Christians and African Americans to his Madea movies. The digitally-animated 9 made... More »

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entertainment • film • box office • Tyler Perry • movies • Inglourious Basterds • The Final Destination • All About Steve • I Can Do Bad All By Myself

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Women Keep 
 Final Destination 
 in First Place 

'All About Steve' comes in close second

Sep 6, 09 3:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Female moviegoers kept The Final Destination on top and propelled Sandra Bullock’s All About Steve into second this Labor Day weekend, Variety reports. Scoring $12.4 million and $11.2 million respectively, the films beat out Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds ($10.8 million), Gerard Butler shoot-'em-up Gamer ($9 million),... More »

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entertainment • film • box office • movies • Inglourious Basterds • District 9 • The Final Destination • All About Steve • Gamer

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 The Final 
 Destination 
 Makes a 
 Box Office 
 Killing 


Teen slasher knocks off Pitt's Inglourious Basterds

Aug 30, 09 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Supernatural slasher flick The Final Destination slaughtered its competition at the box office this weekend, taking in $28.3 million, USA Today reports. The latest installment of the Final Destination franchise—this time in 3D—knocked Inglourious Basterds ($20 million) to second. Halloween II, the 10th Michael Myers movie, debuted... More »

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entertainment • film • box office • movies • Jay-ZTV • Inglourious Basterds • GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra • District 9

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Basterds Hunts 
 Down Box Office Win 


Aug 23, 09 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Inglourious Basterds had a glorious opening weekend, scalping the box office for $37.6 million to give Quentin Tarantino the best opening of his career, USA Today reports. District 9 continued its strong showing in second place with $18.9 million, while GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra ($12.5... More »

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entertainment • Brad Pitt • film • Quentin Tarantino • box office • movies • Inglourious Basterds • GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra • District 9 • Julie & Julia

(Newser) - Harvey Weinstein can breathe a sigh of relief. Inglourious Basterds mowed down the competition at the box office yesterday with an estimated haul of $14.3 million, reports Variety. That makes it Tarantino’s best opening ever, and the second-highest R-rated opener August has ever seen—behind More »

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box office • The Weinstein Company • movie industry • Inglourious Basterds • District 9

Basterds Should Be Last WWII Movie Ever: Pitt

...and calls Tom Cruise's Valkyrie 'ridiculous'

Aug 21, 09 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Brad Pitt thinks Inglourious Basterds is so good that no one should ever bother making a World War II movie again, People reports. “I believe that Quentin put a cover on that pot. With Basterds, everything than can be said to this genre has been said,... More »

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Brad Pitt • Tom Cruise • Valkyrie • World War II • movies • Inglourious Basterds

Movie Review

 Critics Find Basterds Glorious 


Aug 21, 09 10:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Not every critic loves Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, but many do, and they really love it. Here’s what they’re saying.
  • It’s not just Tarantino’s best movie, “It's the first movie of his artistic maturity,” writes Mick LaSalle of the
... More »

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Quentin Tarantino • movie review • World War II • Inglourious Basterds

 Weinsteins to Basterds: 
 Please Save Our Careers 

Fallen Miramax founders desperate for Hollywood comeback

Aug 16, 09 3:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once Hollywood’s highbrow hitmakers, Bob and Harvey Weinstein are hitless, humbled, and hoping that a movie about Nazi-killers can save them, the New York Times reports. They once raked in Oscars by producing films like Pulp Fiction and The English Patient, but since leaving Miramax to start their own... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • film • Harvey Weinstein • Miramax • The Weinstein Company • movies • Inglourious Basterds • Bob Weinstein

(Newser) - Studios used to spending August releasing movies from slightly out in left field, free from the pressure of early summer blockbusters, are finding this year more stressful than usual, the New York Times reports. A soft four weeks has put releases such as Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds under pressure to... More »

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Sony • box office • Warner Brothers • Paramount • movie industry • Hollywood studios • summer movies • Inglourious Basterds

(Newser) - Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon took the top prize at Cannes today, while Lars Von Triers’ controversial Antichrist was vindicated with a Best Actress award for Charlotte Gainsbourg, the AP reports. French film A Prophet won second place, with Fish Tank and Thirst tying for third. Christoph Waltz took... More »

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film • Quentin Tarantino • Cannes Film Festival • Palme d'Or • Lars Von Trier • Charlotte Gainsbourg • Inglourious Basterds • Michael Haneke

(Newser) - Festival fave Quentin Tarantino opened his comic-fantasy take on World War II, Inglourious Basterds, at Cannes today. The film traces Jewish-American soldiers, led by Brad Pitt, as they annihilate as many Nazis in France as three grisly hours can fit. Some early sentiment:
  • "It's western meets war movie,
... More »

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Brad Pitt • film • France • Quentin Tarantino • Cannes Film Festival • World War II • Nazis • Inglourious Basterds

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