1. What is a
Western?
- A fim, television drama or book about cowboys mainly set in western North America, set especially in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
2. What is a Spaghetti Western?
- Also known as an italian Western or Macaroni Western. A western film made cheaply in Europe by an italian director since the 1960's.
3. What is a Blaxploitation film?
- It is a film genre that emerged in the US in the 1970's. It is an ethnic sub genre of the general category of exploitation films which were originally made specifically for an urban black audience, although the audience appeal soon broadened across racial and ethnic lines.
4. Which three films does Django Unchained take it's name from?
- Django
- Hercules Unchained
- Angel Unchained
5. Why does Franco Nero appear in the film and what is the significance of his dialogue with Jamie Foxx?
- As it was improvised and also that Franco Nero was the original 'Django' from the previous spaghetti westerns about a cowboy named 'Django'. He describes that 'The 'D' is silent'.
6. What song plays over the final credits and how does this film connect to the original film Django?
- Song: Trinity (Titoli) - Annibale E I Cantori Moderni
- Connection: Originally featured in the spaghetti western 'They Call Me Trinity'
7. Which other song from Django features in Django Unchained?
- Original 'Django' featured in opening credits.
8. Who or what is Mr. Ed?
- A sitcom based around a talking horse in the 60's.
9. What is the significance of the red mask worn by Zoe Bell as Django murders the killers of d'Artagnan?
- Many costume ideas did not make the final cut of the film, leaving some unexplained hracters such as Zoe Bell's tracker, who was intended to drop her bandana to reveal an absent jaw. In the original Django (1966) red bandana's and scarfs are used throughout as costume on characters that are often killed.
10. The name of the saloon in which Schultz and Django drink is called Minnesota Clay, why?
- It is a 1965 Italian/French/Spanish internatipnal co-production spaghetti western directed by Sergio Corbucci.
11. Who is Ennio Morricone?
- An Italian composer who has written music for more than 500 motion pictures and television series.
12. What connects him to both Django Unchained and director Sergio Corbucci?
- Morricone gained worldwide fame by composing the music for Italian westerns by directors such as Sergio Corbucci. Morricone's music has been resued for television series and in movies including Django Unchained (2012).
13. What is the significance of the name Von Shaft?
- Von Shaft is significant due to the film Shaft (1971) because Tarantino plotted hat the main character in the film would has been related to Django and Broomhilda as their great, great grandson.
14. What TV western does Django's wester style outfit pay homage to?
- Little John from the NBC western series, Bonanza (1959 - 1973)
- A fim, television drama or book about cowboys mainly set in western North America, set especially in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
2. What is a Spaghetti Western?
- Also known as an italian Western or Macaroni Western. A western film made cheaply in Europe by an italian director since the 1960's.
3. What is a Blaxploitation film?
- It is a film genre that emerged in the US in the 1970's. It is an ethnic sub genre of the general category of exploitation films which were originally made specifically for an urban black audience, although the audience appeal soon broadened across racial and ethnic lines.
4. Which three films does Django Unchained take it's name from?
- Django
- Hercules Unchained
- Angel Unchained
5. Why does Franco Nero appear in the film and what is the significance of his dialogue with Jamie Foxx?
- As it was improvised and also that Franco Nero was the original 'Django' from the previous spaghetti westerns about a cowboy named 'Django'. He describes that 'The 'D' is silent'.
6. What song plays over the final credits and how does this film connect to the original film Django?
- Song: Trinity (Titoli) - Annibale E I Cantori Moderni
- Connection: Originally featured in the spaghetti western 'They Call Me Trinity'
7. Which other song from Django features in Django Unchained?
- Original 'Django' featured in opening credits.
8. Who or what is Mr. Ed?
- A sitcom based around a talking horse in the 60's.
9. What is the significance of the red mask worn by Zoe Bell as Django murders the killers of d'Artagnan?
- Many costume ideas did not make the final cut of the film, leaving some unexplained hracters such as Zoe Bell's tracker, who was intended to drop her bandana to reveal an absent jaw. In the original Django (1966) red bandana's and scarfs are used throughout as costume on characters that are often killed.
10. The name of the saloon in which Schultz and Django drink is called Minnesota Clay, why?
- It is a 1965 Italian/French/Spanish internatipnal co-production spaghetti western directed by Sergio Corbucci.
11. Who is Ennio Morricone?
- An Italian composer who has written music for more than 500 motion pictures and television series.
12. What connects him to both Django Unchained and director Sergio Corbucci?
- Morricone gained worldwide fame by composing the music for Italian westerns by directors such as Sergio Corbucci. Morricone's music has been resued for television series and in movies including Django Unchained (2012).
13. What is the significance of the name Von Shaft?
- Von Shaft is significant due to the film Shaft (1971) because Tarantino plotted hat the main character in the film would has been related to Django and Broomhilda as their great, great grandson.
14. What TV western does Django's wester style outfit pay homage to?
- Little John from the NBC western series, Bonanza (1959 - 1973)
