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Quentin Tarintino's 2015 Western/Mystery film. Nominated for several Academy Awards and winning for "Best Original Score" (Ennio Morricone). Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, and Jennifer Jason Leigh.
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Why isn't Jody considered one of the 8 in The Hateful Eight? [duplicate]
If there are actually 9 main characters, what exactly is the point of excluding Jody from the bunch? It couldn't have been titled something like The Spiteful Nine?
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Is it a coincidence that Tarantino’s eighth film has “Eight" in the title?
Quentin Tarantino is known for caring about the numbering of his films. Going by his own numbering, which counts Kill Bill as a single movie, The Hateful Eight is his eighth film. Has he ever said ...
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Why did Warren tell the story of the "no dogs or Mexicans" sign?
In The Hateful Eight by Tarantino, Maj. Warren seemed to be suspicious of Bob pretty much from the beginning. In the last minutes before actually killing him, he conducted a last interrogation and ...
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What's the meaning of this dialogue about trees in The Hateful Eight?
What's the meaning of the following dialogue in The Hateful Eight?
"...for no more a reason than to give a n**** a run for the trees."
"I made them trees."
I can't figure out what the word '...
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Why does Chris Mannix hate Joe Gage?
There was no interaction between Chris and Joe save for when Chris went to get Joe to share his Brandy, which Joe did, in the deleted cut. What would make Chris hate Joe and call him Ugly during the ...
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Why does John Ruth dislike the coffee? [duplicate]
When John Ruth enters the cabin in The Hateful Eight he tries the coffee, he reacts, immediately spitting out the coffee and throwing it on the floor complaining about how awful it is.
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Is there a precedent for the way the Lincoln Letter was used in The Hateful Eight?
"Ole Mary Todd's calling, so I guess it must be time for bed."
This was such a great device, I'm wondering if it was purely a Tarantino invention or if he grabbed the idea from a previous book or ...
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In 'The Hateful Eight', Why is Minnie's Haberdashery's called that?
Not being American nor British, I had never heard the word 'Haberdashery' used before watching The Hateful Eight. Now, Haberdashery is a Haberdasher's store, and a Haberdasher is according to ...
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Rear projection effect in The Hateful Eight
Do you think that the rear projection effect used in the movie The Hateful Eight during the ride to Red Rock was used just due to economical reasons or was meant as some sort of a stylistic effect?
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How come the coffee initially tasted awful
During the part of The Hateful Eight that showed what happened before, I missed the part that explained why the coffee tasted so awful. What did I miss?
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Who or what could be considered a MacGuffin in The Hateful Eight?
In The Hateful Eight, can Daisy Domergue be considered a MacGuffin?
The story is about the attempt to save her, but the "story starter" could be Marquis Warren, because the watcher follows him during ...
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Tim Roth acting in The Hateful Eight
In The Hateful Eight, the acting of Tim Roth (before the character switch) is very similar to the acting of Christoph Waltz, his miming and his way to speak reminds Dr. King Shultz from Django ...
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Why did Warren treat the old General Sanford that way?
The general in The Hateful Eight seemed to be the least dangerous of the men present in the room (and eventually turned out that way, too). So why did Warren kill him then?
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Does "The Hateful Eight" belong to the Tarantino Universe?
It is well known that the majority of Tarantino movies are set in the same fictional Universe. I just wonder what are, if any, the cross-references that make "The Hateful Eight" part of the same ...
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Animals on movie sets - the cat in The Hateful Eight
In The Hateful Eight, chapter five, when a few more people arrive at Minnie's Haberdashery we can see a cat wandering around.
It is most likely that they didn't kill him, and that he is hiding for ...
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Why is The Hateful Eight billed as Tarantino's Eighth movie? [duplicate]
As far as movies he's directed, I count at least ten (in no particular order):
Reservoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
Jackie Brown
Kill Bill vol. 1
Kill Bill vol. 2
Four Rooms
Grindhouse
Django Unchained
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Why isn't it called "The Hateful Nine"?
I gather that John Ruth's driver O.B. is not considered one of the "hateful eight," but he is present for all of the film's events and seems as much a part of the story as any of the others.
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Question about Oswaldo's background in The Hateful Eight
We learn throughout the film that Oswaldo was a "gangster", pretending to be the new hangman in town. When Chris Mannix asked him about the hanging of the man who had shot the sheriff that Mannix is ...
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What are the content differences between the 70mm 'Roadshow' print, and the wide distribution digital release?
The Hateful Eight is being released in two formats. Currently, a 70mm "Roadshow" edition is screening in limited theatres, and in a week, a different cut of the film is being released to wide ...
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What is this deleted scene from the Hateful Eight?
From the Hateful Eight trailer, I have seen this image which seems to have been deleted from the final film:
What was this scene about? And how does it fit into the overall story of the film?
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In the Hateful Eight, is this character lying?
In The Hateful Eight, we learn around the middle of the film that
Could it be possible that Marquis Warren also lied to General Sandy Smithers
I saw the film in English with no subtitles, and they ...
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Understanding racial messages in The Hateful Eight
I have just seen Quentin Tarantino's latest film, The Hateful Eight.
From this Vulture interview:
Hateful Eight uses the Civil War as a backdrop, sort of like how The
Good, the Bad and the Ugly does.
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Which are Tarantino’s eight films?
The Hateful Eight is an upcoming film by Quentin Tarantino.
I remember reading somewhere that the title is a reference to not only the
characters in the film, but also to this being his eighth movie. ...
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