Django Unchained Movie References guide
From The Quentin Tarantino Archives
Contents:
- back to Django Unchained
We are working on a list of movie references. Stay tuned.
- Recommended reading: The Django Unchained primer @ Furiouscinema.com
Disclaimer: Movies listed here are a mix of movies that might possibly have influenced Tarantino in making this movie (so those are guesses) and movies that are directly or indirectly referenced to or more or less openly paid hommage to by Tarantino (such as "Django" obviously).
General Film References
- One of the Wanted posters on the wall in the film is for Edwin Porter. Porter was an early film pioneer and the director of the classic Western The Great Train Robbery (1903).
Classic Exploitation Film References
Mandingo
- List of Mandingo DVDs and Bluray at the GDCB
- 1975 film starring Ken Norton. A term for an African slave/fighter in the 1800s.
Django
- Article page at the SWDB
- This is of course the seminal movie by Corbucci which in parts inspired Tarantino.
Shango
- Article page at the SWDB
- Jamie Foxx' character is pronounce with a silent D, so it sounds a bit more like this spaghetti western
Minnesota Clay
- Article page at the SWDB
- This is a spaghetti western, one of Corbucci's early works, and also the title of a saloon in Django Unchained.
Charley One-Eye
- Article page at GCDB
- A definition is given as to what the term means.
The Hot Box
- Article page at GCDB
- A punishment cell for slaves used in the film.