The Hateful Eight (2015)
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Eight strangers seek refuge from a blizzard in a stagecoach stopover, leading to a tense and violent standoff.
The story
In the 1870s, bounty hunter and Union Army veteran Major Marquis Warren travels toward Red Rock, Wyoming Territory, with three bounty corpses. When his horse fails and a blizzard strikes, he hitches a ride on a stagecoach. The carriage carries several others, including bounty hunter John Ruth and the fugitive Daisy Domergue. Seeking safety from the storm, the group finds refuge at Minnie's Haberdashery. Inside the lodge, they encounter several locals and strangers, including a local hangman and a Confederate general. As the blizzard rages outside, the atmosphere inside becomes increasingly tense as the group's true motives and identities begin to surface among the huddled survivors.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In the 1870s, Major Marquis Warren travels to Red Rock with three corpses. During a blizzard, he joins a stagecoach containing John Ruth, Daisy Domergue, and others. They take shelter at Minnie's Haberdashery, where they encounter local figures like Oswaldo Mobray and Joe Gage. Tensions peak when Ruth and Warren discover the others' secrets. A plot to poison the coffee leads to the deaths of O.B. Jackson and the realization that several characters are hiding in the building. A flashback reveals that a group of men had already murdered the haberdashery's owners. In the present, a standoff ensues between Warren and Chris Mannix. After a series of violent confrontations and revelations about the identities of the 'haberdashery' staff, the survivors are forced into a deadly game of survival. Ultimately, Warren and Mannix eliminate the remaining threats, including the hidden man Jody and the treacherous Gage, before hanging Daisy Domergue as a final act of retribution.
- First release year
- 2015
- Runtime (minutes)
- 187
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Quentin Tarantino
- Writers
- Quentin Tarantino · writer
- Cast and characters
- Samuel L. Jackson · Major Marquis Warren; Kurt Russell · John Ruth; Jennifer Jason Leigh · Daisy Domergue; Walton Goggins · Deke Moss; Demián Bichir · _not specified_; Tim Roth · _not specified_; Michael Madsen · _not specified_; Bruce Dern · _not specified_
- Genres
- Western; mystery; thriller
- Themes
- racial history; frontier justice; survival
- Tone and mood
- tense; violent; suspenseful
- Setting
- Red Rock, Wyoming Territory in the 1870s during a blizzard.
- Premise and plot tags
- Western; Mystery; Thriller; Chamber Drama
- Content notes
- violence
- Reception
- The film was praised for its direction, screenplay, score, cinematography, and performances, though its editing, length, the depiction of race relations and the violent treatment of Leigh's character divided opinions.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 68 · scale: 100 · review count: 51
- Awards and nominations
- Academy Award · Best Original Score · Win; Academy Award · Best Supporting Actress · Nomination; Academy Award · Best Cinematography · Nomination; Golden Globe · Best Original Score · Win; New York Film Critics Circle · Special Award · Win
- Production trivia
- The film was originally conceived as a novel and a sequel to Django Unchained.; The score was composed by Ennio Morricone without him seeing the film.; The production featured a real antique 1870s Martin guitar that was destroyed during filming.
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