The first official trailer for Quentin Tarantino's next film, "Django Unchained," was just released and it's an all-out hoot. This "Southern," starring Christoph Waltz, Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio, is a tribute to Spaghetti Westerns with enhanced Tarantino splatter.
The trailer opens with Johnny Cash singing Ain't No Grave (Can Hold My Body Down) from his classic, late American VI album. From the soundtrack and Waltz's first, arch interaction with Foxx, you know right away that the tone is perfect. In two-and-a-half minutes, Tarantino lays out the story of a slave turned enthusiastic bounty hunter. It seems to have elements of the Fred Williamson's blaxsploitation parody, "Boss Nigger," mixed with the light hearted buddy comedy of Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles."
Here's the complete synopsis for IMDB:
Set in the South two years before the Civil War, DJANGO UNCHAINED stars Academy Award®-winner Jamie Foxx as Django, a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Academy Award®-winner Christoph Waltz). Schultz is on the trail of the murderous Brittle brothers, and only Django can lead him to his bounty. The unorthodox Schultz acquires Django with a promise to free him upon the capture of the Brittles dead or alive.
Success leads Schultz to free Django, though the two men choose not to go their separate ways. Instead, Schultz seeks out the Souths most wanted criminals with Django by his side. Honing vital hunting skills, Django remains focused on one goal: finding and rescuing Broomhilda (Kerry Washington), the wife he lost to the slave trade long ago.
Django and Schultzs search ultimately leads them to Calvin Candie (Academy Award®-nominee Leonardo DiCaprio), the proprietor of Candyland, an infamous plantation. Exploring the compound under false pretenses, Django and Schultz arouse the suspicion of Stephen (Academy Award®-nominee Samuel L. Jackson), Candies trusted house slave. Their moves are marked, and a treacherous organization closes in on them. If Django and Schultz are to escape with Broomhilda, they must choose between independence and solidarity, between sacrifice and survival
Foxx plays the title character, his name an homage to "Django," the 1966 Italian-made Western directed by Sergio Corbucci. In an inside aside, the trailer shows Foxx telling his name to a mysterious stranger, who turns out to be none other than Franco Nero, who plays Django in the original movie. "My name is Django." Foxx says "The 'D' is silent."
The movie is being promoted on Fandango with a "World Premiere Sweepstakes." If you sign up for their FanAlert service, you will be notified when tickets are go on sale and be entered for a chance to win tickets to the premiere. "Django Unchained" is slated for a Christmas release along with The Great Gatsby (another DiCaprio vehicle), and two other, more family oriented, comedies, The Guilt Trip and Parental Guidance. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and the movie adaptation of Les Miserables will open two weeks earlier and may still be competing for the Holiday movie dollars.
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