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Inglorious Basterds: A Screenplay

by Quentin Tarantino

A World War II screenplay built around converging resistance plots

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A World War II screenplay built around converging resistance plots

Presented in screenplay form, Inglorious Basterds sets two wartime storylines on a collision course during the German occupation of France. One follows the Basterds, a guerrilla-style unit of American soldiers led by Lieutenant Aldo Raine and assembled to hunt Nazis. The other centers on Shosanna, a French Jewish teenager operating a movie house behind enemy lines. Their paths meet at a propaganda screening, where a plan emerges to alter the course of the war. The book offers the complete script, foregrounding the scene construction, dialogue, and shifting viewpoints behind the film’s alternate World War II scenario.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Fans of film screenplays and Quentin Tarantino’s work
  • Readers interested in fictional World War II resistance stories
  • Those curious about how parallel plotlines are arranged for the screen

Themes

World War IINazi occupationResistance and retaliationCinema and propagandaAlternate history

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Book overview

From the most original and beloved screenwriter of his generation, the complete Oscar-nominated screenplay of Quentin Tarantino's World War II epic Inglorious Basterds.

From the brilliant writer/director behind the iconic films Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, comes Tarantino's most ambitious movie: a World War II epic starring Brad Pitt and filmed on location in Germany and France.

The action tale follows the parallel story of a guerrilla-like squad of American soldiers called "The Basterds" and the French Jewish teenage girl Shosanna who find themselves behind enemy Nazi lines during the German occupation. When the Inglourious Basterds encounter Shosanna at a propaganda screening at the movie house she runs, they conspire to launch an unexpected plot to end the war. Pitt plays Lieutenant Aldo Raine -- the leader of the Basterds. Raine is an illiterate hillbilly from the mountains of Tennessee who puts together a team of eight Jewish-American soldiers to hunt down the Nazis.

Filled with Tarantino's trademark electric dialogue and thrilling action sequences, Inglourious Basterds is one of the most celebrated films of the twenty-first century.
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