War is hell … unless Quentin Tarantino is involved. The maverick director, who until 2009 had best been known for his violent crime pictures Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, and Jackie Brown, took a trip to the past and put his own spin on the most conservative of subgenres: the World War II action movie.
Once dominated by the likes of John Wayne and Audie Murphy, the WWII movie under Tarantino’s eye assembled an eclectic group of actors like Brad Pitt, a largely unknown Michael Fassbender, an unrecognizable Mike Myers, Diane Kruger, Melanie Laurent, The Office‘s B.J. Novak, and Christoph Waltz in what would be an Oscar-winning performance as the villainous Hans Linda and gave it a nasty, postmodern spin. In this war, a movie theater becomes a weapon, the good guys die left and right, and Hitler is unceremoniously offed by a barrage of bullets.
Inglourious Basterds has since been recognized as one of the director’s best works, and one of the greatest war movies ever. Now’s the time to add it to your collection since Amazon is offering an amazing Cyber Monday deal that’s too good to pass up. The retailer has shaved 39% off the 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray Inglorious Basterds $17.99 list price, letting cinephiles and WWII buffs everywhere the opportunity to snag a copy for only $10.99.
For under $11, you get the movie (of course), but also over two hours of extras which include alternate and extended scenes cut from the movie, a copy of the original Inglourious Basterds (called The Inglorious Bastards) from 1978, a roundtable discussion with QT, Brad Pitt, and film critic Elvis Mitchell, the full movie Nation’s Pride that plays in IB, the making of Nation’s Pride, a conversation with actor Rod Taylor, and more.
That’s a lot of great content and virtuoso filmmaking for a low, low price. How can you pass up on a movie that has Brad Pitt bashing skulls and a wronged woman seeking vengeance for her slain family? It’s never not a good time to battle Nazis, so get your copy of Inglourious Basterds today and watch Tarantino rip apart history and genre conventions with wild abandon.
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