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Tarantino says 'Basterds' is Actually Longer, Not Shorter

Source: Variety

Quentin Tarantino sat down with Variety to discuss his upcoming WWII film, Inglourious Basterds. Amongst many things discussed, Tarantino addressed the rumors that the Weinstein's asked him to shorten the film; calling them "lies" and he goes on to say that Basterds is actually a minute longer what was screened at Cannes.

You can read the full interview here but below are a few excerpts.

On the rumors that he was asked to cut the film:

I’ve heard these rumors that the studios told me to cut out 40 minutes. These are complete lies. The movie is actually a minute longer, in running time, than it was in Cannes. It was 2:28, without end credits, and now it’s 2:29, or 2:32 with end credits.

On whether the actors would be down for a prequel:

All through the movie, Brad Pitt and Eli Roth just kept saying, “Prequel. Prequel.” Brad would say, “Let’s talk him into doing a prequel.” The guys love the idea. I’ve got the storyline. Then again, I was going to do all these animated prequels to Kill Bill. I didn’t end up doing any of those.

On whether Tarantino's commercial hopes are escalated with having Pitt as a star of the film

I’ve normally relied on my name for the most part. The hope is, I’ll bring my fans and he’ll bring his. Overseas, Brad’s following is intense, just crazy, but so is mine. The hope is, us working together, that’ll be a draw. I can honestly say though that if Brad Pitt wasn’t a star and I’d found him in the casting process, I would have lobbied for him to get this role.

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Comment by Momo on July 14, 2009 at 4:59am: Oh so the rumors aren't true? Cool. 40-minute cut would've been rediculous.
Really excited to see this movie. I hope it's great

Comment by PFreaky PFister on July 10, 2009 at 11:20am: hah, one of those soldiers is from The Office

Comment by Erik on July 10, 2009 at 10:22am: Well its refreshing to see ole Quentin admit that he normally skates on his name. Ive always held that this is a man that started out with movies that are as good as anything out there and once he made a name for himself he simply relied on that to put asses in seats for a string of shitty movies.

Comment by Lord Galvatron on July 10, 2009 at 7:57am: Please don't let this be like Death Proof that was boring as all hell

Comment by Zero on July 10, 2009 at 7:26am: Tarantino added: "Basically the guys on top..eh ah eh ah, theys theys they said I can make dis movie how-howevers I want, deys are w-willing to take a dive because they know it will make profit, sure it'll suck but hey it'll makes money"

Comment by Stephanie on July 10, 2009 at 12:14am: I am looking forward to this.

Comment by Damien Olivera on July 9, 2009 at 10:24pm: Wow, for the actors to actually suggest a prequel, sounds like they had fun with it.

Comment by Dr. Detfink on July 9, 2009 at 7:36pm: I grew up on Tarantino. I still love all of Tarantino's work even his Grindhouse film. I will see 'the Basterds' but I still don't know what to expect out of it.