Django Unchained Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

With the help of his mentor, a slave-turned-bounty hunter sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

Plot

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Set in the South two years before the Civil War, Django Unchained stars 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 (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 South’s 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 Schultz’s search ultimately leads them to Calvin Candie (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), Candie’s 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…

Cited as official plot version from weinsteinco.com

Drama Western

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Django Unchained.

• 
  Christoph Waltz

  ... Bounty Hunter

  Old Guy, Zero Theorem

• 
  Samuel L. Jackson

  ... Stephen

  Argylle, Captain America: The First Avenger

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  Leonardo DiCaprio

  ... Calvin Candie

  The Battle of Baktan Cross, The Wolf of Wall Street

• 
  Jamie Foxx

  ... Django

  Back In Action, Horrible Bosses

• 
  Kerry Washington

  ... Broomhilda

  The Six Triple Eight, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

• J
  James Remar

  ... Ace Speck

  Megalopolis, Drugstore June

• T
  Tom Wopat

  ... Marshall Gill Tatum

  Fair Haven

• J
  James Russo

  ... Dicky Speck

  MobKing, Open Range

• T
  Todd Allen

  ... Dollar Bill

  Buttermilk Sky

• D
  Don Johnson

  Book Club, Brawl in Cell Block 99

• W
  Walton Goggins

  Queen of the Ring, G.I. Joe: Retaliation

• J
  John Jarratt

  100 Bloody Acres, Wolf Creek

Crew Behind the Film

The Django Unchained behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Quentin Tarantino last directed Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and The Hateful Eight. The film's writer Quentin Tarantino last wrote Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and The Hateful Eight.

Director

Quentin Tarantino

Screenwriter

Quentin Tarantino

Producers

Pilar Savone
Stacey Sher

Production Details

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Production Updates for Django Unchained

Dec 2012

Completed

Changed Django Unchained movie production status. MPAA rating announced; assumed completed.

Oct 2012

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

Mar 2012

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. The movie is currently being filmed.

May 2011

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Shooting in Louisana starting fall 2011

Apr 2011

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. Quentin Tarantino has handed in the last draft of the script; aiming to start production later in 2011

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