The Hateful Eight is a 2015 American Revisionist Western thriller film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It stars Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Demián Bichir, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen and Bruce Dern, as eight strangers who seek refuge from a blizzard in a stagecoach stopover some time after the American Civil War. Tarantino announced the film in November 2013. He conceived it as a novel and sequel to his previous film Django Unchained, before deciding to make it a standalone film. After the script leaked in January 2014, he canceled the film and instead directed a live reading at the United Artists Theater in Los Angeles, before reconsidering and resuming progress on the project. Filming began on December 8, 2014, near Telluride, Colorado.
Director | Quentin Tarantino |
Produced by | Richard N. Gladstein, Stacey Sher, Shannon McIntosh |
Writer(s) | Quentin Tarantino |
Starring | Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Demián Bichir, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Bruce Dern, James Parks, Channing Tatum |
Narrator | Quentin Tarantino |
Music | Ennio Morricone |
Cinematography | Robert Richardson |
Edited by | Fred Raskin |
Production, company | Shiny Penny, FilmColony |
Distributed by | The Weinstein Company |
Released | December 7, 2015 (Cinerama Dome), December 25, 2015 (United States) |
Running time | 187 minutes (Roadshow), 168 minutes (General) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $44–62 million |
Box office | $155.8 million |
Netflix ID | 80064515 |
About The Hateful Eight
Quentin Tarantino film about a bounty hunter and his prisoner as they take shelter in a cabin in Wyoming along with other shady characters.
Achievement of The Hateful Eight
The film received two Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and Best Cinematography (Robert Richardson).
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Latest information about The Hateful Eight updated on July 28 2021.