Inglorious Bastards
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| Inglorious Bastards | |
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| Directed by | Enzo G. Castellari |
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| Written by | Sandro Continenza Sergio Grieco /a.o. |
| Starring | Bo Svenson Peter Hooten Fred Williamson |
| Release date(s) | 1978 |
| Running time | 99 min. |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian / English |
Quel maledetto treno blindato (literally translated as That damned armored train and released as Inglorious Bastards in the USA) is a 1978 Italian war movie directed by Enzo G. Castellari, written by Sandro Continenza, Sergio Grieco, Franco Marotta, Romano Migliorini, & Laura Toscano, and starring Bo Svenson, Peter Hooten, Fred Williamson, Michael Pergolani, and Jackie Basehart. It was released in 1977. The film score was written by Francesco De Masi.
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[edit] Plot
Set in Europe during World War II, a group of American soldiers are in the process of being shipped off to military prison for a variety of infractions, ranging from desertion to murder. While they are being transported, a German air attack hits the convoy, killing most of the MPs and enabling five of the prisoners to escape.
The group decides their best bet is to head to neutral Switzerland, where they can avoid the fighting and prison. As they make their way to what they think will be freedom, they end up volunteering for a commando mission to steal the new prototype gyroscope for the Nazi V2 with help of the French Underground. Somehow the team must sneak onto the most heavily guarded train in German territory, steal the Nazis' most precious military hardware, and bring it back to the Allies without getting arrested again by their own side.
[edit] Releases and alterations
- The original working title was Bastardi senza gloria (literally: "Bastards Without Glory"). Based on a True Story.
- The film was released in the United States as Inglorious Bastards. As of 2009, Quentin Tarantino is working on a film to be titled Inglourious Basterds.[1]
- Also issued as Hell's Heroes and as Deadly Mission on home video.
- The American success of the blaxploitation genre led distributors to reedit this film and distribute it as G.I. Bro—in that version, scenes have been cut as to make Fred Williamson the lead character. The tagline on this version was "If you're a kraut, he'll take you out!"
- The reissue title for this film was Counterfeit Commandos.
- Severin Films released a three-disc set that features: a newly remastered transfer of the film; an interview with Quentin Tarantino and director Enzo G. Castellari; trailers; a tour of shooting locations; a documentary on the making of the film with interviews with Bo Svenson, Fred Williamson, Enzo G. Castellari and a CD with the soundtrack.
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[edit] External links
- Quel maledetto treno blindato at the Internet Movie Database
- Inglorious Bastards at Allmovie
- Quel maledetto treno blindato at the Grindhouse Cinema Database
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