PRESS RELEASE
Tuesday 7 July, 2009
For immediate release:
Quentin Tarantino, Diane Kruger and Christoph Waltz visit Australia in August
After a sizzling debut at the Cannes Film Festival, Quentin Tarantino brings his leading lady and key villain
(winner of
‘Best Actor’ at Cannes) to Australia for special event premieres of Inglourious Basterds (sic) in both Melbourne and
Sydney.
Keen to connect with his Australian fans, Tarantino and his stars will walk the red carpet and appear ‘in
conversation’ at each occasion. The Melbourne Premiere will be a special gala event on Sunday 2 August with the
Melbourne International Film Festival and the Sydney Premiere will be held the following night, Monday 3 August with
details to be announced shortly.
“…a completely distinctive piece of American pop art” Variety
The film, called “rather brilliant” by Empire Magazine after Cannes, was ten years in the making. A
project close to
Tarantino’s heart, those around him knew was in the pipeline for the past decade, waiting for the right time to create the
film for a global audience. That time was Cannes 2009.
“Tarantino’s best film since Pulp Fiction” Total Film Magazine
Employing pulp and propaganda in equal measure, Inglourious Basterds weaves together the infamous, real and larger-
than-life stories of WWII. The film stars an international cast including Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Christoph Waltz and
Melanie Laurent.
Of working with Pitt, Tarantino says “He’s wonderful. We’ve wanted to work together for a long time and this was just the
right one, completely. I really didn’t consider anybody else.” It was the first time also for Diane Kruger who embraced the
film’s unusual ‘fictitious history’ and her role as Bridget Von Hammersmark, calling it “a very cool character to play. She is
a German movie star of the 40s, in the vein of a big movie star like Marlene Dietrich”. Christoph Waltz read with Tarantino
for the role of Col Hans Landa, and from the first moment the film-maker knew he was “the one”. Clearly the Cannes jury
felt the same way, awarding Waltz Best Actor award for the role.
Quentin Tarantino, Diane Kruger and Christoph Waltz will visit Australia August 1 – 3, 2009
Inglourious Basterds is in cinemas August 20
ABOUT THE FILM
In the first year of the German occupation of France, Shosanna Dreyfus (Melanie Laurent) witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of Nazi
Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz). Shosanna narrowly escapes and flees to Paris where she forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a
cinema. Elsewhere in Europe, Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) organizes a group of Jewish American soldiers to perform swift, shocking acts of
retribution. Later known to their enemy as “the basterds”, Raine's squad joins German actress and undercover agent Bridget von Hammersmark (Diane
Kruger) on a mission to take down the leaders of the Third Reich. Fates converge under a cinema marquis, where Shosanna is poised to carry out a
revenge plan of her own....
For further information, please contact:
Universal Pictures International National Publicity and Promotions Manager – Imogen Corlette
Tel: 02 8274 2933I M: 0410 520 776 I Email: Imogen.corlette@nbcuni.com
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