Ennio Morricone To Receive Star On The Hollywood Walk of Fame; Watch THE HATEFUL EIGHT Recording Session

Ennio Morricone accepts an Honorary Academy Award during the 79th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA, on Sunday, February 25, 2007.
Ennio Morricone accepts an Honorary Academy Award during the 79th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA, on Sunday, February 25, 2007.

The Weinstein Company has released a 7-minute video from the actual recording session of L’Ultima Diligenza per Red Rock (versione integrale) from THE HATEFUL EIGHT.

Featuring the legendary composer, Ennio Morricone, THE HATEFUL EIGHT is nominated for 3 Academy Awards this year, including Best Original Score.

In THE HATEFUL EIGHT, set six or eight or twelve years after the Civil War, a stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. The passengers, bounty hunter John Ruth (Kurt Russell) and his fugitive Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh), race towards the town of Red Rock where Ruth, known in these parts as “The Hangman,” will bring Domergue to justice. Along the road, they encounter two strangers: Major Marquis Warren (Samuel L. Jackson), a black former union soldier turned infamous bounty hunter, and Chris Mannix (Walton Goggins), a southern renegade who claims to be the town’s new Sheriff. Losing their lead on the blizzard, Ruth, Domergue, Warren and Mannix seek refuge at Minnie’s Haberdashery, a stagecoach stopover on a mountain pass. When they arrive at Minnie’s, they are greeted not by the proprietor but by four unfamiliar faces. Bob (Demian Bichir), who’s taking care of Minnie’s while she’s visiting her mother, is holed up with Oswaldo Mobray (Tim Roth), the hangman of Red Rock, cow-puncher Joe Gage (Michael Madsen), and Confederate General Sanford Smithers (Bruce Dern). As the storm overtakes the mountainside stopover, our eight travelers come to learn they may not make it to Red Rock after all… (review)

Watch the 7-minute video now.

The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has announced that Ennio Morricone will be honored with the 2,574th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 26, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. The star in the category of Live Performance/Theatre will be dedicated at 7065 Hollywood Boulevard.

Helping emcee and Hollywood Chamber President/CEO Leron Gubler to unveil the star will be Harvey Weinstein, co-founder of The Weinstein Company, director Quentin Tarantino and Pascal Vicedomini, founder and producer of Los Angeles, Italia – Film, Fashion and Art Festin Association with Mibact, the Italian Trade Agency and SIAE which will be held Feb 21-27, 2016.

Ennio Morricone was born in Rome on November 10, 1928. His long artistic career includes a wide range of composition genres, from absolute concert music to applied music, working as orchestrator, conductor and composer for theatre, radio and cinema. In 1946, he received his trumpet diploma and in 1954 he received his diploma in Composition at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia under the guidance of Goffredo Petrassi. He wrote his first concert works at the end of the 1950s, then worked as arranger for RAI (the Italian broadcasting company) and RCA-Italy. He started his career as a film music composer in 1961 with the filmIl Federaledirected by Luciano Salce. World fame followed through the Sergio Leone westerns: A Fistful of Dollars(1964), For a Few Dollars More(1965),The Good, The Bad and The Ugly(1966), Once Upon a Time in The West(1968) and A Fistful of Dynamite(1971). He was recently nominated for an Oscar® for Best Original Score for The Weinstein Company filmThe Hateful Eight which is in contention for several Oscars®. The film recently won a 2016 Golden Globe for Best Score.

In 1965, Morricone joined the improvisation group Nuova Consonanza. Since 1960, Morricone has scored over 450 films working with many Italian and international directors including Sergio Leone, Gillo Pontecorvo, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Bernardo Bertolucci, Giuliano Montaldo, Lina Wertmuller, Giuseppe Tornatore, Brian De Palma, Roman Polanski, Warren Beatty, Adrian Lyne, Oliver Stone, Margarethe Von Trotta, Henry Verneuil, Pedro Almodovar and Roland Joffè. His most famous films (other than the Italian westerns) include:The Battle of Algiers;Sacco and Vanzetti;Cinema Paradiso;The Legend of 1900,Malena;The Untouchables;Once Upon a Time in America;The Missionand U-Turn. His absolute music production includes over 100 pieces composed from 1946 to the present day. Titles includeConcertoper Orchestra n.1 (1957); Frammenti di Eros(1985); Cantata per L’Europa(1988); UT, per tromba, archi e percussioni (1991);Ombra di lontana presenza(1997); Voci dal silenzio(2002); Sicilo ed altri frammenti(2007); Vuoto d’anima piena(2008). In 2001, Morricone began a period of intense concert activity, conducting his film music and concert works for symphony orchestra and polyphonic choir in more than 100 concerts across Europe, Asia, USA, Central and South America.

During his long career, Ennio Morricone has also received many awards. In January of 2016, he won his third Golden Globe and was nominated for an Oscar® for the seventh time, as well as a Bafta for the sixth time. Besides winning the Golden Lion and an honorary Oscar® in 2003, he has won eight Nastri D’argentos, five BAFTAs, seven David Di Donatellos, one Grammy Award and one European Film Award. In 2009, the then President of the French Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy, also signed a decree appointing Morricone to the rank of Knight in the Order of the Legion of Honor.

In the recording field, Morricone has received 27 gold discs, seven platinum discs, three Golden Plates, and the Critica discografica award for the music of the film Il Prato. The soundtrack from the filmThe Good, The Bad and The Uglywas inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2009 while Morricone himself was awarded the prestigious Polar Music prize the following year.
His more recent works include scores for the television seriesKarol and The End of a Mystery,72 Metersand Fateless. In the 21st century, Morricone’s music has been reused countless times for television and in movies including Quentin Tarantino’sKill Bill(2003), Death Proof(2007), Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Django Unchained(2012). In 2007, Morricone received the Academy Honorary Award “for his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music”.

In November 2013, he began a world tour to coincide with the 50th anniversary of his film music career and performed in locations such as the Crocus City Hall in Moscow, Santiago, Chile, Berlin, Germany (O2 World), Budapest, Hungary, and Vienna’s Stadhalle. On February 6, 2014, Riccardo Mutti conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performing Morricone’s Voices from the Silence, a cantata Morricone composed in response to 9/11 to give voice to innocent victims. In autumn 2014, Morricone participated in the recording of a documentary about himself by Giuseppe Tornatore, which is yet to be released.

His European tour resumed from February 2015 to March 2015, with 20 concerts in 12 countries, in Europe’s largest arenas, such as the O2 in London and the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam. Playing to a total of 150,000 spectators and with most of the shows sold out, Maestro Morricone’sMy Life in MusicEuropean Arena Tour was a resounding success.

On June 12th, 2015, Morricone conducted a mass composed in dedication to Pope Francis. It was commissioned by the Jesuit Order to commemorate the 200 year anniversary of the recongregation of the Jesuit Order at the Jesuit Church in Rome.

Giuseppe Tornatore’s The Correspondence, with an original soundtrack composition by Morricone, was released on January 15th 2016.

The Hateful Humor Fueled By Violence Towards Women

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Even though it takes place in the post-Civil War wintery West, THE HATEFUL EIGHT discusses many issues we as a society are coming to terms with as we step into 2016. Quentin Tarantino’s third foray into revisionist history (following INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS and DJANGO UNCHAINED) is his most biting and politically-charged film yet. Mirroring the racial issues that are unfortunately (still) far too common in today’s society feels appropriate and worthy of applause – especially in a major film coming from such a popular director. Samuel L. Jackson’s character Major Marquise Warren brings to light racial tension in an early scene with a former Confederate soldier turned lawman. Feeling squeamish about the direction of the conversation, the hate-fueled soon-to-be sheriff dismisses this talk by saying, “you were the one that started talking politics.” Hearing him describe it as “politics” feels almost too real. Dismissing a human rights issue as a political issue hits extremely close to home, especially as someone who lives about 15 minutes from Ferguson, MO.  Not to mention, considering Tarantino has made the news recently for protesting police brutality against black lives. Marquise even states at what point, “a n—– only feels safe when the white man is disarmed.” One doesn’t have to look back at the news’ headlines from this year to understand the significance that that line carries.

But for all the goodwill that THE HATEFUL EIGHT does in addressing the violent hatred a man can have for his fellow man simply because of the color of their skin, Quentin Tarantino seems to forget another major problem that continues to plague our lives. A recurring joke is at the expense of another group that is as equally mistreated and not given the respect they deserve in society: women. And the joke isn’t just a joke about female stereotypes or something as hackneyed like a throwaway punchline that you’d hear on a rerun of Everybody Loves Raymond or The King of Queens. In fact, it’s a recurring joke about a very real issue that actually isn’t a joke in the slightest: violence towards women.

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Spousal abuse and violence towards women is never appropriate, never the answer, and never funny. And yet, Tarantino uses the act of punching a woman in the face over and over and over again as a literal punchline. Everytime Jennifer Jason Leigh’s character Daisy speaks out of turn, Kurt Russell’s character John Ruth is there to “put her in her place” (for lack of a better phrase) by punching her in the face, slapping her, and other forms of physical abuse. And it doesn’t just happen once or twice; it is repeated several times to the point of excess. At one point John Ruth even throws a piping hot bowl of soup in her face.

Before the film begins, we are left to believe that Daisy is a bad woman. We never see her do anything necessarily wrong, aside from her calling Jackson’s character a “n—–“ during a couple of quick verbal jabs. So seeing her get hit and become bloodier every 15 minutes or so is not entirely justified, but it’s used as a running joke, just the same. As Tarantino repeats the action over and over again, the audience I saw it with laughed harder and harder. This same repetition occurs with another sight gag with the hammering of a broken door. In order to stop it from blowing open, characters yell at others to hammer the door and remind newcomers that “you need two boards!” It’s an overused joke in my opinion but again, the audience laughed louder with each swing of the hammer.

Sadly this also happened with each bloody nose and missing tooth. What adds insult to injury is that she’s the only real female character in the film. Of course, she’s one of the supposed “hateful” from the title, but punching the one woman in the mouth just because she spoke when she shouldn’t have, rubbed me the wrong way instantly. I don’t think I’m reading into this more than I should be, but at the same time, it’s telling that the audience didn’t seem to have the same repulsed reaction that I did.

Tarantino is a self-proclaimed film geek – this is nothing new. What is also nothing new if you have read about Tarantino or listened to interviews with him over the years, is that he’s a huge Brian De Palma fan. Later in the film, Jennifer Jason Leigh gets blood splattered all over her face. And then (of course) it happens again, drenching her face even more. Her blood-dripped face looks surprisingly like another iconic, mistreated woman in film history. Knowing of Tarantino’s love of De Palma, I immediately thought of Sissy Spacek in CARRIE. The character of Carrie White is verbally abused and made fun of throughout the film by her peers, and verbally and physically abused by her mother. It’s a character that you feel terrible for. You witness her struggle and feel her pain. So the fact that Leigh’s character is abused just as much and then made to resemble Carrie seems more than just an empty nod coming from a fan-turned-director, it actually treats Carrie’s abuse as just an exploitative form of entertainment. Treating Daisy’s abuse for laughs and then seemingly making a connection to Carrie’s emotional and physical pain, undermines the power of De Palma’s story while making light of violence inflicted upon women for other’s amusement.

THE HATEFUL EIGHT does a lot right. It brings to light dark issues that America would rather bury beneath the ice and snow than confront face to face. In a recent Entertainment Weekly interview the  auteur stated,

“I think me dealing with race in America is one of the things I have to offer to cinema. That is one part of my interest in American society, and so the fact that it bleeds into my work makes perfect sense. In particular, it’s what I have to offer the Western genre, because it’s really not been dealt with [there] in any meaningful way.”

Ignoring the delusions of grandeur associated with that statement, I have to still applaud him for making a movie with a message. He doesn’t edit himself to appeal to the masses. He doesn’t tone down the violence to meet acceptable standards. He doesn’t make a movie without standing 100% behind it. His every action seems so specific and intentional that there is no question to me that Tarantino is aware of what he is presenting. Humor is always subjective. You may laugh at more bawdy humor while your parents might laugh more at irony. However, there are accepted forms of humor and unacceptable forms. With consistent news stories centered around a professional athlete (Dallas Cowboys Greg Hardy), a “feminist” porn actor (James Deen), and a legendary comedian (Bill Cosby) involved in forms of abuse towards women, never has there ever been a more inappropriate time to giggle at a man showcasing a physical dominance over a woman. With all the talk about Tarantino’s use of the “n-word” and the geysers of blood in his newest film, no one seems to be noticing a major issue at the center of the film. And sitting with a full theater comprised of jovial critics and fans alike only highlights the fact that they aren’t just laughing off an issue… they (along with the director) are failing to even see it. My only hope is that enough people take note so that the issue doesn’t get buried beneath the bloody snow and ice.

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Watch Latest THE HATEFUL EIGHT Featurettes Before You See It In Theaters Dec. 31st

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Director Quentin Tarantino’s THE HATEFUL EIGHT is now playing in select theaters in “glorious 70mm” (including St. Louis) and will open nationwide on December 31, 2015.

Of this ensemble cast, which includes Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Walton Goggins, Demian Bichir, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Bruce Dern and Channing Tatum, the one standout is the performance by Jennifer Jason Leigh.

Leigh comments on her character’s place among the eight: “Daisy is a gutsy girl, and she’s a bit of an animal in her own way. But all of these people have their values, and they all have their soft spots.”

“Jennifer Jason Leigh is fearless,” producer Stacey Sher says. “She’ll go anywhere, she’ll try anything, she’ll push it all the way, and as a result her character is constantly surprising throughout the entire journey.”

In THE HATEFUL EIGHT, set six or eight or twelve years after the Civil War, a stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. The passengers, bounty hunter John Ruth (Kurt Russell) and his fugitive Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh), race towards the town of Red Rock where Ruth, known in these parts as “The Hangman,” will bring Domergue to justice.

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Along the road, they encounter two strangers: Major Marquis Warren (Samuel L. Jackson), a black former union soldier turned infamous bounty hunter, and Chris Mannix (Walton Goggins), a southern renegade who claims to be the town’s new Sheriff. Losing their lead on the blizzard, Ruth, Domergue, Warren and Mannix seek refuge at Minnie’s Haberdashery, a stagecoach stopover on a mountain pass.

When they arrive at Minnie’s, they are greeted not by the proprietor but by four unfamiliar faces. Bob (Demian Bichir), who’s taking care of Minnie’s while she’s visiting her mother, is holed up with Oswaldo Mobray (Tim Roth), the hangman of Red Rock, cow-puncher Joe Gage (Michael Madsen), and Confederate General Sanford Smithers (Bruce Dern). As the storm overtakes the mountainside stopover, our eight travelers come to learn they may not make it to Red Rock after all…

In his review, Jim Batts says the film is “enthralling, outrageous, and ambitious.”

Photos: Andrew Cooper, SMPSP / © 2015 The Weinstein Company. All Rights Reserved.

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THE HATEFUL EIGHT Kicking Off The “12 Days of HATEFUL EIGHT Giveways” Contest

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The Weinstein Company announced today that Academy Award winning writer/director Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming feature THE HATEFUL EIGHT, will premiere in 70mm on December 25, 2015 exclusively for a 1-week roadshow opening that will be featured in glorious 70mm in 100 theaters nationwide.  Following the 1-week engagement, the film will open with a theatrical digital release nationwide on December 31, 2015, while continuing to be shown in 70mm as well. The film premieres tonight in New York in 70mm at the Ziegfeld theater.

Starting today, moviegoers can purchase tickets for the 70mm roadshow showings at tickets.thehatefuleight.com.

To mark the occasion, Quentin and TWC are commemorating the opening with the “12 Days of HATEFUL EIGHT Giveaways”, where each day a different HATEFUL EIGHT prize, memorabilia or once-in-a-lifetime experience will be given away to moviegoers who buy roadshow tickets in advance leading up to the Christmas day opening.

The exclusive roadshow engagement that THE HATEFUL EIGHT is embarking on will replicate the special event releases that films used to receive in the early and mid-twentieth century. They screened a longer version of the film than would have been shown in wide release, including a musical overture to start the show and an intermission between acts, and moviegoers received a special souvenir program.  THE HATEFUL EIGHT roadshow experience will offer moviegoers all three special features.  Roadshows were the gold standard for exhibiting pictures like LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, GONE WITH THE WIND, CLEOPATRA, BATTLE OF THE BULGE, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS and BEN HUR.

TWC and Tarantino’s presentation of THE HATEFUL EIGHT will mark the widest 70mm release that the industry has seen in over twenty years.  The film will open in 44 markets including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, San Francisco, Boston, Atlanta, Washington DC, Houston, Detroit, Phoenix, Seattle, Tampa, Minneapolis, Denver, Miami, Cleveland, Orlando, Sacramento, St. Louis, Portland, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham, Baltimore, San Diego, Nashville, Kansas City, San Antonio, West Palm Beach, Birmingham, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, Oklahoma City, Austin, New Orleans, Providence, Knoxville, Santa Barbara, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver.

Quentin and cast members from THE HATEFUL EIGHT will be touring the country making surprise appearances in select cities at 70mm roadshow showings.

Not since the 1966 film Khartoum starring Charlton Heston and Laurence Olivier has a film been shot in Ultra Panavision 70 format.  In 2012, TWC distributed Paul Thomas Anderson’s acclaimed film THE MASTER in a similar 70mm format. Beloved by filmmakers and cinephiles for its wide-scope and high-resolution image quality, Ultra Panavision70mm stock captures nearly twice the landscape of the more common 35mm and digital styles.  Because of its unique quality and its importance to the art of filmmaking, Quentin, TWC, and a number of other major Hollywood directors and studios have negotiated deals with Kodak to continue production of 70mm and other film formats despite their higher costs and complexity of use.

The lead cast for THE HATEFUL EIGHT will include: Samuel L. Jackson (DJANGO UNCHAINED), Kurt Russell (ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK), Jennifer Jason Leigh (MRS. PARKER AND THE VICIOUS CIRCLE), Walton Goggins (Justified), Demian Bichir (A BETTER LIFE), Tim Roth (RESERVOIR DOGS), Michael Madsen (RESERVOIR DOGS), and Bruce Dern (NEBRASKA). Written and directed by Tarantino, THE HATEFUL EIGHT is produced by Richard N. Gladstein, Stacey Sher and Shannon McIntosh.  Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein and Georgia Kacandes are executive producing, and Coco Francini and William Paul Clark are associate producing.

In THE HATEFUL EIGHT, set six or eight or twelve years after the Civil War, a stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. The passengers, bounty hunter John Ruth (Russell) and his fugitive Daisy Domergue (Leigh), race towards the town of Red Rock where Ruth, known in these parts as “The Hangman,” will bring Domergue to justice. Along the road, they encounter two strangers: Major Marquis Warren (Jackson), a black former union soldier turned infamous bounty hunter, and Chris Mannix (Goggins), a southern renegade who claims to be the town’s new Sheriff. Losing their lead on the blizzard, Ruth, Domergue, Warren and Mannix seek refuge at Minnie’s Haberdashery, a stagecoach stopover on a mountain pass. When they arrive at Minnie’s, they are greeted not by the proprietor but by four unfamiliar faces. Bob (Bichir), who’s taking care of Minnie’s while she’s visiting her mother, is holed up with Oswaldo Mobray (Roth), the hangman of Red Rock, cow-puncher Joe Gage (Madsen), and Confederate General Sanford Smithers (Dern). As the storm overtakes the mountainside stopover, our eight travelers come to learn they may not make it to Red Rock after all…

THE HATEFUL EIGHT marks a continuation of the long-standing relationship between the celebrated filmmaker and the Weinsteins, who have collaborated on all of Tarantino’s films from RESERVOIR DOGS through DJANGO UNCHAINED.

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New Featurette Plus Q&A Videos For Quentin Tarantino’s THE HATEFUL EIGHT Are Here

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The Weinstein Company has just released a new “Ensemble” featurette from their upcoming film, THE HATEFUL EIGHT.

Hear from the all-star cast, including Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Walton Goggins, about what it was like to work together and why THE HATEFUL EIGHT is “Quentin Tarantino at his best.”

Plus watch the Q&A with the Ensemble Cast of THE HATEFUL EIGHT, including Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Demian Bichir, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, and Bruce Dern. Check it out, and hear from the stars themselves what it was like behind-the-scenes of one of this years most highly anticipated films.

In THE HATEFUL EIGHT, set six or eight or twelve years after the Civil War, a stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. The passengers, bounty hunter John Ruth (Kurt Russell) and his fugitive Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh), race towards the town of Red Rock where Ruth, known in these parts as “The Hangman,” will bring Domergue to justice. Along the road, they encounter two strangers: Major Marquis Warren (Samuel L. Jackson), a black former union soldier turned infamous bounty hunter, and Chris Mannix (Walton Goggins), a southern renegade who claims to be the town’s new Sheriff.

Losing their lead on the blizzard, Ruth, Domergue, Warren and Mannix seek refuge at Minnie’s Haberdashery, a stagecoach stopover on a mountain pass. When they arrive at Minnie’s, they are greeted not by the proprietor but by four unfamiliar faces. Bob (Demian Bichir), who’s taking care of Minnie’s while she’s visiting her mother, is holed up with Oswaldo Mobray (Tim Roth), the hangman of Red Rock, cow-puncher Joe Gage (Michael Madsen), and Confederate General Sanford Smithers (Bruce Dern).

As the storm overtakes the mountainside stopover, our eight travelers come to learn they may not make it to Red Rock after all… (Trailer)

THE HATEFUL EIGHT hits theaters on December 25, 2015 (70 mm release), January 8, 2016 (nationwide).

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Watch The Seven Minute, “Glorious 70 mm” Featurette For Quentin Tarantino’s THE HATEFUL EIGHT

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The Weinstein Company has released a brand new, seven plus minute featurette for their highly anticipated film, THE HATEFUL EIGHT, written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.

THE HATEFUL EIGHT will have a 70 mm roadshow release in select theaters starting on Christmas Day.

Not sure what a roadshow is? Watch below to hear all about it, straight from Quentin Tarantino and the cast members.

In THE HATEFUL EIGHT, set six or eight or twelve years after the Civil War, a stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. The passengers, bounty hunter John Ruth (Kurt Russell) and his fugitive Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh), race towards the town of Red Rock where Ruth, known in these parts as “The Hangman,” will bring Domergue to justice. Along the road, they encounter two strangers: Major Marquis Warren (Samuel L. Jackson), a black former union soldier turned infamous bounty hunter, and Chris Mannix (Walton Goggins), a southern renegade who claims to be the town’s new Sheriff.

Losing their lead on the blizzard, Ruth, Domergue, Warren and Mannix seek refuge at Minnie’s Haberdashery, a stagecoach stopover on a mountain pass. When they arrive at Minnie’s, they are greeted not by the proprietor but by four unfamiliar faces. Bob (Demian Bichir), who’s taking care of Minnie’s while she’s visiting her mother, is holed up with Oswaldo Mobray (Tim Roth), the hangman of Red Rock, cow-puncher Joe Gage (Michael Madsen), and Confederate General Sanford Smithers (Bruce Dern).

As the storm overtakes the mountainside stopover, our eight travelers come to learn they may not make it to Red Rock after all… (Trailer)

THE HATEFUL EIGHT hits theaters on December 25, 2015 (70 mm release), January 8, 2016 (nationwide).

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This Week’s WAMG Podcast – BY THE SEA, CREED, THE HATEFUL EIGHT and More!

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This week’s episode of our podcast WE ARE MOVIE GEEKS The Show is up! Hear WAMG’s  Jim Batts and Tom Stockman with special guest Lynn Venhaus discuss the weekend box office. We’ll review SECRET IN THEIR EYES, THE GOOD DINOSAUR, BY THE SEA, THE NIGHT BEFORE, CREED,  and the new HUNGER GAMES movie. Tom’s wife will call in and talk about meeting Quentin Tarantino at the Directors Guild screening of his latest, THE HATEFUL EIGHT, in New York last week. WE ARE MOVIE GEEKS The Show is a weekly podcast and can be heard streaming at ONStl.com Online Radio.

Here’s this week’s show. Have a listen:

 

New Poster And TV Spot Are Here For Quentin Tarantino’s THE HATEFUL EIGHT

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The Weinstein Company has released a brand new poster for their highly anticipated film, THE HATEFUL EIGHT, written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.

The new TV Spot will air during Sunday’s showing of “The Walking Dead.” (via EW)


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In THE HATEFUL EIGHT, set six or eight or twelve years after the Civil War, a stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. The passengers, bounty hunter John Ruth (Kurt Russell) and his fugitive Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh), race towards the town of Red Rock where Ruth, known in these parts as “The Hangman,” will bring Domergue to justice. Along the road, they encounter two strangers: Major Marquis Warren (Samuel L. Jackson), a black former union soldier turned infamous bounty hunter, and Chris Mannix (Walton Goggins), a southern renegade who claims to be the town’s new Sheriff.

Losing their lead on the blizzard, Ruth, Domergue, Warren and Mannix seek refuge at Minnie’s Haberdashery, a stagecoach stopover on a mountain pass. When they arrive at Minnie’s, they are greeted not by the proprietor but by four unfamiliar faces. Bob (Demian Bichir), who’s taking care of Minnie’s while she’s visiting her mother, is holed up with Oswaldo Mobray (Tim Roth), the hangman of Red Rock, cow-puncher Joe Gage (Michael Madsen), and Confederate General Sanford Smithers (Bruce Dern). As the storm overtakes the mountainside stopover, our eight travelers come to learn they may not make it to Red Rock after all…

Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Demian Bichir, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Bruce Dern, Channing Tatum and more, THE HATEFUL EIGHT hits theaters on December 25, 2015 in special 70mm release, and on January 8, 2016 nationwide.

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The New Trailer Is Here For Quentin Tarantino’s THE HATEFUL EIGHT

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The Weinstein Company has released a new trailer for their highly anticipated film, THE HATEFUL EIGHT, written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.

In post-Civil War Wyoming, eight travelers try to find shelter during a blizzard but get involved in a plot of betrayal and deception. Will they survive?

Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Bruce Dern, Demian Bichir, Channing Tatum and more, find out on December 25, 2015 in special 70mm release, and on January 8, 2016 nationwide.

In THE HATEFUL EIGHT, set six or eight or twelve years after the Civil War, a stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. The passengers, bounty hunter John Ruth (Kurt Russell) and his fugitive Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh), race towards the town of Red Rock where Ruth, known in these parts as “The Hangman,” will bring Domergue to justice. Along the road, they encounter two strangers: Major Marquis Warren (Samuel L. Jackson), a black former union soldier turned infamous bounty hunter, and Chris Mannix (Walton Goggins), a southern renegade who claims to be the town’s new Sheriff.

Losing their lead on the blizzard, Ruth, Domergue, Warren and Mannix seek refuge at Minnie’s Haberdashery, a stagecoach stopover on a mountain pass. When they arrive at Minnie’s, they are greeted not by the proprietor but by four unfamiliar faces. Bob (Demian Bichir), who’s taking care of Minnie’s while she’s visiting her mother, is holed up with Oswaldo Mobray (Tim Roth), the hangman of Red Rock, cow-puncher Joe Gage (Michael Madsen), and Confederate General Sanford Smithers (Bruce Dern). As the storm overtakes the mountainside stopover, our eight travelers come to learn they may not make it to Red Rock after all…

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Watch The First Trailer For Quentin Tarantino’s THE HATEFUL EIGHT

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Kurt Russell, stuck in the snow with eight strangers, uttering the line “One of them fellas is not what he says he is.” But it’s not THE THING – it’s the trailer for THE HATEFUL EIGHT and it had me at “Got room for one more?” This long-awaited trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s eighth film is exactly how a trailer should be cut, showing us just a basic synopsis of the movie and who’s in it. It’s not like so many others that show us the best parts of the movie, then show what happens at the end so we really don’t need to bother seeing the film. THE HATEFUL EIGHT looks to have eight unique and interesting characters and I can’t wait until Christmas!

In THE HATEFUL EIGHT, set six or eight or twelve years after the Civil War, a stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. The passengers, bounty hunter John Ruth (Kurt Russell) and his fugitive Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh), race towards the town of Red Rock where Ruth, known in these parts as “The Hangman,” will bring Domergue to justice.

Along the road, they encounter two strangers: Major Marquis Warren (Samuel L. Jackson), a black former union soldier turned infamous bounty hunter, and Chris Mannix (Walton Goggins), a southern renegade who claims to be the town’s new Sheriff.

Losing their lead on the blizzard, Ruth, Domergue, Warren and Mannix seek refuge at Minnie’s Haberdashery, a stagecoach stopover on a mountain pass. When they arrive at Minnie’s, they are greeted not by the proprietor but by four unfamiliar faces. Bob (Demian Bichir), who’s taking care of Minnie’s while she’s visiting her mother, is holed up with Oswaldo Mobray (Tim Roth), the hangman of Red Rock, cow-puncher Joe Gage (Michael Madsen), and Confederate General Sanford Smithers (Bruce Dern).

As the storm overtakes the mountainside stopover, our eight travelers come to learn they may not make it to Red Rock after all…

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Ennio Morricone will be composing an original score for the film – his first Western score in 40 years.

THE HATEFUL EIGHT will be released on Christmas Day in 70MM, for two weeks, and will expand on January 8, 2015.

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Photos: Andrew Cooper, SMPSP / © 2015 The Weinstein Company. All Rights Reserved.

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