Set in the Antebellum South and Old West , it is a highly stylized, revisionist tribute to spaghetti Westerns. Its title refers particularly to the Italian film Django by Sergio Corbucci that film's star, Franco Nero , has a cameo appearance in Tarantino's. The story follows a slave who trains under a German bounty hunter with the ultimate goal of reuniting with his wife. Development of Django Unchained began in , when Tarantino was writing a book on Corbucci. Casting began in the summer of , with Michael K.
Williams and Will Smith being considered for the role of the title character before Foxx was cast. Principal photography took place from November to March in California, Wyoming, and Louisiana. The film received acclaim from critics, mainly for Waltz's performance and Tarantino's direction and screenplay. The film's extensive graphic violence and frequent use of racial slurs were controversial. The film received numerous awards and nominations , winning two out of five nominations at the 85th Academy Awards.
In Texas , brothers Ace and Dicky Speck drive a group of shackled black slaves. Among them is Django, sold off and separated from his wife Broomhilda von Shaft, a house slave who speaks German and English. They are stopped by Dr. King Schultz, a German dentist -turned- bounty hunter seeking to buy Django for his knowledge of the three outlaw Brittle brothers. They were overseers at the plantation of Django's previous owner and Schultz has a warrant for their arrests. Ace refuses to sell Django to Schultz and threatens him.
Schultz kills Ace and shoots Dicky's horse to pin him to the ground. He encourages the freed slaves to take revenge, and they shoot Dicky to death. In turn, Bennett pursues them with an armed posse.
Schultz ambushes the posse with explosives, and Django kills Bennett. Feeling responsible for Django, Schultz agrees to help him find and rescue Broomhilda, and Schultz trains Django to become a bounty hunter.
