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Samuel L Jackson and was released on December 25, 2012 in North America.

Set in the antebellum era of the Deep South and Old West, the film follows a freed slave (Foxx) who treks across the United States with a bounty hunter (Waltz) on a mission to rescue his wife (Washington) from a cruel and charismatic plantation owner (DiCaprio).

The film received acclaim from critics and is nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Waltz) and Best Original Screenplay (Tarantino).

At the 70th Golden Globe Awards, Christoph Waltz won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and Quentin Tarantino won the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay.

In 1858, several male slaves are chained and being transported after being purchased at an auction in Texas by the Speck brothers Ace and Dicky (James Remar and James Russo).

Among the slaves is Django (Jamie Foxx), who has been sold away from his wife, Broomhilda (Kerry Washington).

The Speck brothers encounter Dr King Schultz (Christoph Waltz), a German immigrant dentist and, unbeknownst to them, bounty hunter. Schultz takes Django and kills one of the Speck brothers, leaving the other to be killed by the now-free slaves.

Schultz reveals that he sought out Django to aid him in identifying the Brittle brothers, a trio of ruthless killers working for a plantation owner.

Schultz confesses that his bounty hunting is opportunistic, but emphasises to Django that he despises slavery. The two come to an agreement: in exchange for helping locate the Brittle brothers, Schultz will free Django from slavery and give him US$75 and a horse.

After they hunt down and kill the Brittle brothers, Schultz takes Django on as his associate in bounty hunting. He makes it clear that he will assist Django in tracking down and rescuing Broomhilda if Django will work with him over the winter.

After collecting a number of bounties over the winter, Schultz and Django confirm that Broomhilda’s current owner is Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), a charming but brutal plantation owner and Francophile.

At Candie’s plantation, Candyland, some of his male slaves are trained to fight to the death (called “Mandingo fighting”).

Schultz and Django devise a plan to reach Broomhilda by posing as potential purchasers of a Mandingo fighter.

Schultz introduces Django as a free man and an expert on Mandingo fighting, but this causes hostility at Candyland, where racism is extreme. Schultz and Django are shocked to witness Candie execute one of his Mandingo slaves by having attack dogs tear him apart.

Candie and Schultz come to an agreement to purchase a Mandingo fighter for US$12 000. After traveling to Candies’ mansion in Mississippi, Schultz also offers to purchase Broomhilda, claiming that she would help alleviate his nostalgia for his mother tongue because she speaks German.

Django raises the suspicions of Candie’s staunchly loyal house slave, Stephen (Samuel L Jackson), who correctly deduces that Django and Broomhilda know each other, and that the Mandingo sale is a ruse.

He informs Candie, who, armed with this information, disarms Django and Schultz, and demands the US$12 000 for Broomhilda, or he will kill her. Schultz agrees to buy her at this price in order to save her life.

But after the paperwork finalising the sale, Schultz is shown becoming increasingly distressed over how the slaves are treated.

Schultz ridicules Candie by pointing out that the French author of The Three Musketeers that Candie admires, happens to have African ancestors.

When Candie tries to humiliate Schultz even more by demanding a handshake to symbolise the sale, Schultz snaps and shoots Candie point-blank with a concealed Sleeve gun.

Candie’s bodyguard Butch (Remar) kills Schultz and is in turn shot dead by Django. Django shoots many of Candie’s men, but surrenders when Stephen threatens to kill Broomhilda.

As punishment, Stephen suggests Django be sent to a coal mine and worked to death, and Candie’s sister Lara agrees.

En-route to the mine, Django persuades the slave drivers that he is a bounty hunter, showing them the handbill from his first kill as proof.

Once they free him, he kills the slave drivers, takes their dynamite, and rides back to Candyland.
Returning to the plantation, Django discovers Schultz’s body and takes the certificate of freedom that Candie signed for Broomhilda after paying tribute to his fallen friend.

When Candie’s men, house servants, and sister return to the Candyland mansion from the funeral, Django reveals himself.

He kills Candie’s men, Billy (Walton Goggins) and Lara, then frees the remaining slaves, except for Stephen, whom he shoots in the knees. Having set the dynamite inside the house, he lights the fuse and leaves. Django and Broomhilda watch from a distance as the house explodes and ride away as it burns down. —ReviewWikipedia.