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After landfall , the cyclone accelerated in forward speed northward , weakening in intensity , and , by 1200 UTC on October 12 , Marco became an extra @-@ tropical cyclone . It turned to the northeast and east through South Carolina , following behind Hurricane Lili to its northeast . For a time , the system 's proxim... |
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A tropical storm warning was issued at some point during the existence of the cyclone for the west coast of Florida from Key West to Apalachicola . Additionally , a tropical storm warning was put in place for the east coast from Vero Beach northward to Fernandina Beach . Before the arrival of Marco , elementary school... |
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With most of its circulation over the western portion of Florida during its existence , Tropical Storm Marco produced 39 – 74 mph winds across western Florida . As it brushed the coastline , the storm developed strong convective rain bands , leading to peak sustained winds of 69 mph ( 112 km / h ) with gusts to 85 mph... |
Paralleling the coastline , the storm produced a light storm surge that peaked at 2 @.@ 6 feet ( 0 @.@ 8 m ) above normal on Sanibel Island . In some locations , the surge rose rapidly , and , despite the unusual geography of the area , the levels varied only by as much as 9 @.@ 8 inches ( 250 mm ) than the predicted ... |
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As the remnants of Marco entered Georgia , they combined with the remnant moisture from Hurricane Klaus and a slow @-@ moving cold front , which caused large amounts of precipitation to fall across the eastern portion of the state . Rainfall peaked at 19 @.@ 89 inches ( 505 mm ) at a weather station near Louisville , ... |
Heavy rainfall continued northward into the Carolinas . Much of South Carolina experienced over 7 inches ( 175 mm ) of precipitation ; statewide , the rainfall peaked at 13 @.@ 96 inches ( 355 mm ) in Pageland . The highest totals in 100 years in some locations also ended a severe drought . In the flooding , 80 bridge... |
Rainfall from the combined remnants of Marco and Klaus extended into the Ohio Valley , with 3 @.@ 67 inches ( 93 mm ) recorded near Mountain City , Tennessee . Totals of 2 – 5 inches ( 50 – 125 mm ) spread across northwest Virginia , western Maryland , eastern West Virginia , and the Susquehanna Valley of Pennsylvania... |
Tropical Storm Marco was the only storm to strike the United States during the 1990 hurricane season ; without Marco , the season would have been the first to have no tropical storm or hurricane make landfall in the US since the 1890 season .
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= Django Unchained =
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Django Unchained is a 2012 American Western film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino , starring Jamie Foxx , Christoph Waltz , Leonardo DiCaprio , Kerry Washington , and Samuel L. Jackson . Set in the Old West and antebellum South , it is a highly stylized variation of Spaghetti Westerns , and a tribute to the 1... |
Development of Django Unchained began in 2007 when Tarantino was writing a book on Sergio Corbucci . By April 2011 , Tarantino sent his final draft of the script to The Weinstein Company . Casting began in the summer of 2011 , with Michael K. Williams and Will Smith being considered for the role of the title character... |
Django Unchained premiered at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City on December 11 , 2012 , and was released on December 25 , 2012 in the United States . The film was nominated for several film industry awards , including five Academy Awards . Waltz won several awards for his performance , among them Best Supporting A... |
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In 1858 Texas , the Speck brothers , Ace and Dicky , drive a group of black slaves on foot . Among the shackled slaves is Django , sold off and separated from his wife , Broomhilda von Shaft . The Speck brothers are stopped by Dr. King Schultz , a German dentist @-@ turned @-@ bounty hunter from Düsseldorf , who asks ... |
As Django can identify the Brittle brothers , Schultz offers him his freedom in exchange for help tracking them down . King first takes Django to a small town where he immediately murders the sheriff . Before a Marshall can arrest them King explains that the sheriff was actually a wanted cattle rustler with a $ 200 bo... |
In 1859 , Django and Schultz travel to Mississippi , where they learn the identity of Broomhilda 's owner : Calvin J. Candie , the charming but cruel owner of the Candyland plantation , where slaves are forced to fight to the death in brutal wrestling matches called Mandingo fights . Schultz , expecting Candie will no... |
During dinner , Candie 's staunchly loyal house slave , Stephen ( Samuel L. Jackson ) , becomes suspicious of Schultz and Django 's motives . Deducing that Django and Broomhilda know each other and that the sale of the Mandingo fighter is a ruse , Stephen alerts Candie and admonishes him for his greed . Candie is ange... |
Candie 's bodyguard , Butch Pooch , bursts into the room with his shotgun trained on the two bounty hunters , and Candie explodes in anger . He offers an alteration of the original deal , with Broomhilda taking the Mandingo fighter 's place at the same price , and threatens her death should the deal be rejected . Schu... |
The next morning , Stephen tells Django that he will be sold to a mine and worked to death . En route to the mine , Django proves to his escorts that he is a bounty hunter by showing them the handbill that Schultz said was good luck from his first kill . He convinces them that there is a large bounty for criminals hid... |
At the plantation , Django kills more of Candie 's henchmen , takes Broomhilda 's freedom papers from the dead Schultz 's pocket , bids goodbye to his late friend and frees his wife from a nearby cabin . When Candie 's mourners return from his burial , Django kills the remaining henchmen and Candie 's sister Lara Lee ... |
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Other roles include Russ Tamblyn as Son of a Gunfighter , Amber Tamblyn as Daughter of a Son of a Gunfighter , Don Stroud as Sheriff Bill Sharp , Bruce Dern as Old Man Carrucan , M. C. Gainey as Big John Brittle , Cooper Huckabee as Lil Raj Brittle , Doc Duhame as Ellis Brittle , Jonah Hill as Bag Head # 2 , a member ... |
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In 2007 , Tarantino discussed an idea for a type of Spaghetti Western set in the United States ' pre @-@ Civil War Deep South . He called this type of film " a southern " , stating that he wanted " to do movies that deal with America 's horrible past with slavery and stuff but do them like spaghetti westerns , not lik... |
Tarantino finished the script on April 26 , 2011 , and handed in the final draft to The Weinstein Company . In October 2012 , frequent Tarantino collaborator RZA said that he and Tarantino had intended to cross over Django Unchained with RZA 's Tarantino @-@ presented martial @-@ arts film The Man with the Iron Fists ... |
One inspiration for the film is Corbucci 's 1966 spaghetti western Django , whose star Franco Nero has a cameo appearance in Django Unchained . Another inspiration is the 1975 film Mandingo , about a slave trained to fight other slaves . Tarantino included scenes in the snow as a homage to The Great Silence . " Silenz... |
The title Django Unchained alludes to the titles of the 1966 Corbucci film Django ; Hercules Unchained , the American title for the 1959 Italian epic fantasy film Ercole e la regina di Lidia , about the mythical hero 's escape from enslavement to a wicked master ; and to Angel Unchained , the 1970 American biker film ... |
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Among those considered for the title role of Django , Michael K. Williams and Will Smith were mentioned as possibilities , but in the end Jamie Foxx was cast in the role . Smith later said he turned down the role because it " wasn 't the lead " . Tyrese Gibson sent in an audition tape as the character . Franco Nero , ... |
Jonah Hill was offered the role of Scotty Harmony , a gambler who loses Broomhilda to Candie in a poker game , but turned it down due to scheduling conflicts with The Watch . Sacha Baron Cohen was also offered the role , but declined in order to appear in Les Misérables . Neither Scotty nor the poker game appear in th... |
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In a January 2013 interview with Vanity Fair , costume designer Sharen Davis said much of the film 's wardrobe was inspired by spaghetti westerns and other works of art . For Django 's wardrobe , Davis and Tarantino watched the television series Bonanza and referred to it frequently . The pair even hired the hatmaker ... |
In the final scene , Broomhilda wears a dress similar to that of Ida Galli 's character in Blood for a Silver Dollar ( 1965 ) . Davis said the idea of Calvin Candie 's costume came partly from Rhett Butler , and that Don Johnson 's signature Miami Vice look inspired Big Daddy 's cream @-@ colored linen suit in the fil... |
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Principal photography for Django Unchained started in California in November 2011 continuing in Wyoming in February 2012 and at the National Historic Landmark Evergreen Plantation in Wallace , Louisiana , outside of New Orleans , in March 2012 . The film was shot in the anamorphic format on 35 mm film . Although origi... |
Django Unchained was the first Tarantino film not edited by Sally Menke , who died in 2010 . Editing duties were instead handled by Fred Raskin , who had worked as an assistant editor on Tarantino 's Kill Bill . Raskin was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Editing but lost to William Goldenberg for his work on Argo... |
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The film features both original and existing music tracks . Tracks composed specifically for the film include " 100 Black Coffins " by Rick Ross and produced by and featuring Jamie Foxx , " Who Did That To You ? " by John Legend , " Ancora Qui " by Ennio Morricone and Elisa , and " Freedom " by Anthony Hamilton and El... |
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The first teaser poster was inspired by a fan @-@ art poster by Italian artist Federico Mancosu . His artwork was published in May 2011 , a few days after the synopsis and the official title were released to the public . In August 2011 , at Tarantino 's request , the production companies bought the concept artwork fro... |
Django Unchained was released on December 25 , 2012 , in the United States by The Weinstein Company and released on January 18 , 2013 , by Sony Pictures Releasing in the United Kingdom . The film was screened for the first time at the Directors Guild of America on December 1 , 2012 , with additional screening events h... |
The film was released on March 22 , 2013 , by Sony Pictures in India . In March 2013 , Django Unchained was announced to be the first Tarantino film approved for official distribution in China 's strictly controlled film market . Lily Kuo , writing for Quartz , wrote that " the film depicts one of America 's darker pe... |
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After a total of 143 days , the film ended its American theatrical run on May 16 , 2013 with a gross of $ 162 @,@ 805 @,@ 434 in North America . It grossed $ 262 @,@ 562 @,@ 804 in foreign countries including $ 51 @,@ 597 @,@ 323 of Germany , $ 37 @,@ 297 @,@ 979 of France , and $ 24 @,@ 893 @,@ 462 of the United King... |
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The film was released on DVD , Blu @-@ ray , and Digital Download on April 16 , 2013 . In the United States , the film has grossed $ 31 @,@ 939 @,@ 733 from DVD sales and $ 30 @,@ 286 @,@ 838 from Blu @-@ ray sales , making a total of $ 62 @,@ 226 @,@ 571 .
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On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 88 % based on 247 reviews and an average rating is 8 / 10 . The site 's critical consensus reads , " Bold , bloody , and stylistically daring , Django Unchained is another incendiary masterpiece from Quentin Tarantino . " Metacritic , which assigns a weighted avera... |
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun @-@ Times gave the film four stars out of four and said : " The film offers one sensational sequence after another , all set around these two intriguing characters who seem opposites but share pragmatic , financial and personal issues . " Ebert also added , " had I not been prevented fro... |
To the contrary , Owen Gleiberman , film critic for the Entertainment Weekly , wrote that " Django isn 't nearly the film that Inglourious was . It 's less clever , and it doesn 't have enough major characters – or enough of Tarantino 's trademark structural ingenuity – to earn its two @-@ hour @-@ and @-@ 45 @-@ minu... |
According to Bob Hoose , critic with Plugged in : " This flick is far more concerned with foul @-@ mouthed Grindhouse chatter , revenge @-@ filled rage , skin @-@ tearing bullwhips and bullets , and slow @-@ motion geysers of meat and blood than in communicating anything truthful and enlightening . "
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An entire issue of the academic journal Safundi was devoted to Django Unchained : " Django Unchained and the Global Western , " featuring scholars who contextualize Tarantino 's film as a classic " western . " Dana Phillips writes : " Tarantino ’ s film is immensely entertaining , not despite but because it is so very... |
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Django Unchained was listed on many critics ' top ten lists .
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