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Jackson joins Basterds

Oct. 31, 2008by: Mike Sampson

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You know it was just a matter of time - Sam Jackson has joined the cast of Quentin Tarantino's INGLORIOUS BASTERDS. OK well Jackson won't seen on screen alongside Brad Pitt but he'll instead serve as the narrator of the piece where he'll read lines like:

"Needless to say, once the Basterds got heard about him, he never got there."

"For in the other world, the gods only respect the ones they test first. Well Sgt., this is your test. And the gods are watching."

It just wouldn't be a Tarantino film without just a little Sam Jackson in there so I'm glad he's found a place. Also joining the cast is Maggie Cheung who will play Madame Mimieux, the French owner of a cinema where a good deal of action takes place. As The Playlist reports, it is slightly odd that Tarantino cast a Chinese woman to play a French woman but Mimieux speaks fluent French so perhaps it won't be as big a problem as we imagine. BASTERDS is currently shooting for a premiere at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.

Extra Tidbit:	Jackson auditioned for RESERVOIR DOGS but didn't get the part.

Source:	The Playlist

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ColdZro

1:01PM on 11/04/2008

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Yeah, awesomex79, me too...
"got heard"? What the...

Mr.Purple

10:32AM on 11/02/2008

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Complaints on grammar...

to everyone clomplaining about the terrible grammar and spelling, the movie is called "Ingluorious Basterds" even with the correct spelling, does it sound like it's an intellectual movie about a bunch of scholars who are going out to calmly negotiate peace? No. It's about a group of illiterate hicks who decide they are going to fight THEIR way. I mean doesn't that make you stop and think maybe it's supposed to be horrid and badly spelled?

Tony_Montana

8:13AM on 11/01/2008

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Hell yeah

BrokenDreamer

6:32PM on 10/31/2008

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JFS

Actually, it is "basterds" with an "e". It seems Tarantino chose to misspell the word in the title of the film. I don't know if it is suppose to be "cool", but that is what he chose to do.

JFS

4:12PM on 10/31/2008

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Spelling ..

Isn't it "Bastards" ... ?

Call me Indiana

2:23PM on 10/31/2008

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All right, now where's Steve Buscemi?

awesomex79

1:18PM on 10/31/2008

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inglorious proofreading

"Needless to say, once the Basterds got heard about him, he never got there." ?????

drc5145

10:53AM on 10/31/2008

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Niceee...

And his not being casted into Reservoir Dogs...Huh..I wonder how he could've been as say, Mr. White?

NuclearMisfit

10:32AM on 10/31/2008

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Best news ever!

Im glad they cast a Tarantino veteran.

FrogSimmons2

10:31AM on 10/31/2008

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bleh

this was such a shit script from front to back (and i'm talking story and dialogue, not the grammar and spelling errors) that i can't get excited about it.