Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt at “Inglourious Basterds” Film Premiere, Cannes Film Festival

Posted by fjgirls in May 20th, 2009

Â Inglourious Basterds premiered tonight 20 May 09 at the Cannes Film Festival. Angelina Jolie does not appear in this film but Brad Pitt does and direction is by non other than Quentin Tarantino. This was undoubtebly one of the highlights of the Cannes Film Festival and the crowds as can be imagined were out in force for this one. Jolie and Pitt lit up that red carpet like nothing else and Angelina Jolie was looking breathtakingly good as she always does! There was a photocall for this film earlier in the day and coverage of that also appears below. Film trailer link also below.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt at the Inglorious Basterds Premiere Cannes Film Festival 20 May 09

Inglourious Basterds is an upcoming epicÂ war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and narrated by Samuel L Jackson. The film has an all star line up including Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger and Mike Myers amongst many others.Â

The plot:

Set in Nazi-occupied France during World War II, According to The Hollywood Reporter, “two story lines converge: One follows a group of Jewish-American soldiers whose mission is to take down a group of Nazis, and the other follows a young Jewish woman who seeks to avenge the death of her parents by this Nazi group”.

Inglorious Basterds Film Trailer

Quentin Tarantino is a renowned director with the trademark of his films being non linear storylines and often featuring brutal violence but essential to the films makeup and plot.

His films include Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Jackie Brown (1997), Kill Bill (Vol. 1 2003, Vol. 2 2004) and Death Proof (2007). He has been named as the 12th Greatest Director of All Time. His entry is up for the prestigious Cannes Film Festival Palm D’Or award and according to many sources he could just grab this prize again as he has won it before.

Full Cast

Brad Pitt, MÃ©lanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Diane Kruger, Michael Fassbender, Daniel BrÃ¼hl, B. J. Novak, Til Schweiger, Samm Levine, Julie Dreyfus, Maggie Cheung, August Diehl, Mike Myers, Rod Taylor, Christian Berkel, Eli Roth

The Verdict:

Provisionally from limited material this film has all the hallmarks of the makings of a good film, war and drama through the distinctly different eyes of a master director such as Tarantino with a no holds barred approach. Quality cast line up, quality direction, controversial subject matter, necessary violence, strong storyline, strong characters,Â all shapes up for a quality number. The film “Precious” in our opinion just has the edge for us here, it drew us in more and riveted us to the spot andÂ it has the OMG factor going on.Â But this Inglorious Basterds looks a pretty strong challenger for the Palm D’Or award at Cannes.Â Impressive! Rating 3 and half stars out of 5 ++++++++++++++

The film is due for release in the US on August 20th 2009

Inglorious Basterds Photocall Cannes Film Festival

Below: L-R Quentin Tarantino, Melanie Laurent, Brad Pitt and Diane Kruger attend the Inglourious Basterds Photocall held at the Palais Des Festivals during the 62nd International Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2009 in Cannes, France.