The 1-2-3 Killam
Mid-Card Championship Winner
I saw Django Unchained last night. As expected, the movie was brilliant, and I left in awe of Quentin Tarantino's ability to tell a story. It was much more in the style of Inglorious Bastards, in that it's a pretty straight forward plot that doesn't do a whole lot of time jumping or character shifting. Everyone was brilliant, save for the random appearance from Quentin himself that was a bit self-serving.
So I downloaded the script earlier today, and I'm talking with a friend of mine out in Hollywood; he works for a production company, and filters all the scripts that get sent to the producers for consideration. First of all, the movie was cut down...a lot. You're traditional script is between 100-120 pages; any more and a producer will generally look at it and throw it away. You don't want a movie too short, nor too long. THis is in the range of ~160, and the movie itself was ~2:45:00. So if he had put everything he wrote into the film, you're looking at a 4-hour movie.
The biggest reason things were trimmed down was scheduling conflicts. The character Quentin played was written as a much more significant character in the script. He was supposed to be a pretty large part of the story, and from what I've ready so far was really cool and complex. However, the actor that was supposed to play him - are you ready for this? JOSEPH GORDON LEVITT - dropped out shortly before filming to direct his own project. So Quentin toned down the character and filled the role himself to save time finding a new actor.
Also, both Sacha Baron Cohen and Russell Crowe were scheduled to play roles in the film, but had to drop out because they were filming Les Mis at the same time. I believe Cohen's role was given to...
Anyways...the movie was brilliant, but the script is better. I wish Quentin could have directed the movie he wrote, but shit happens and the project turned out masterful regardless. If anybody is interested, I can help you get a hold of a script to read.
So I downloaded the script earlier today, and I'm talking with a friend of mine out in Hollywood; he works for a production company, and filters all the scripts that get sent to the producers for consideration. First of all, the movie was cut down...a lot. You're traditional script is between 100-120 pages; any more and a producer will generally look at it and throw it away. You don't want a movie too short, nor too long. THis is in the range of ~160, and the movie itself was ~2:45:00. So if he had put everything he wrote into the film, you're looking at a 4-hour movie.
The biggest reason things were trimmed down was scheduling conflicts. The character Quentin played was written as a much more significant character in the script. He was supposed to be a pretty large part of the story, and from what I've ready so far was really cool and complex. However, the actor that was supposed to play him - are you ready for this? JOSEPH GORDON LEVITT - dropped out shortly before filming to direct his own project. So Quentin toned down the character and filled the role himself to save time finding a new actor.
Also, both Sacha Baron Cohen and Russell Crowe were scheduled to play roles in the film, but had to drop out because they were filming Les Mis at the same time. I believe Cohen's role was given to...
Jonah Hill.
Anyways...the movie was brilliant, but the script is better. I wish Quentin could have directed the movie he wrote, but shit happens and the project turned out masterful regardless. If anybody is interested, I can help you get a hold of a script to read.
