Explore the Script to ‘DJANGO UNCHAINED’ With This New Featurette

With Oscar Sunday quickly approaching and the competition between the films building with each passing day, the studios are doing whatever they can to push their own films ahead of the pack.  The idea may sound silly to some, but the act of last minute “for your consideration” ads and promotional materials can make or break it for a film in the closing stretch of the awards season.  Just ask Melissa Leo about the controversy and significance of what these ads can or can’t do when she was pining for a win for The Fighter.  One of the categories at this year’s Academy Awards that is still considered up in the air by many Oscar predictors is the race for “Best Original Screenplay.”  Many of the other categories seem like a lock, but the coveted gold statue could go to just about any of the nominated writers in this category.  No one knows this more than Harvey Weinstein – a legend in the business who is known for treating films as exactly that . . . a business.  And with every business, you want to attract more customers and make more money.  An “Original Screenplay” win for Django Unchained would certainly boost the film even more than the successful box-office run it has had.  Unfortunately, it hasn’t been as successful at some of the awards show.  The film’s director and star Christoph Waltz both took home Golden Globes for the film, but have lost in directing, writing, and acting at several other award shows (the film didn’t even see a single acting nomination at the Screen Actor’s Guild).  Tarantino’s strongest competition in the category comes from Mark Boal with Zero Dark Thirty and Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola with Moonrise Kingdom.  The outspoken writer and director did lose to Boal for The Hurt Locker the last time around as if he needs a reminder.  Tarantino and Weinstein are no doubt trying to prevent this from happening again with this new 9 minute featurette released for Django.  Fans of the western will want to check this out for sure as it gives some details about the evolution of the script to the screen.  We will have to see if the film has what it takes to bring home a win when the Oscars are handed out on Feb. 24.

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