2013 Academy Awards Best Picture nominee: 'Django Unchained' film synopsis
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Django Unchained
Best Picture nominee: "Django Unchained" -- Spoiler alert! Here's a synopsis, courtesy of imdb.com and Wikipedia, in case you don't see the movie. But beware, we give away the ending!
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Set two years before the Civil War, a former slave named Django (Jamie Foxx) and German bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) become unlikely allies in the battle against tyrannical plantation owner Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio).
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Schultz is hunting fugitives when he needs Django's help identifying two wanted brothers. They go into business together for a winter, after which Schultz agrees to help Django rescue his wife, Broomhilda (Kerry Washington).
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Schultz and Django pose as men interested in buying a slave for gladiator-like competitions that Candie deals in, visiting the plantation where Broomhilda is being held.
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But just as the pair finds Broomhilda and plot a daring escape, Candie's house slave Stephen (Samuel L. Jackson) learns of their plan and alerts Candie.
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Schultz ends up shooting Candie, and while Django puts up a fight, he eventually surrenders when Candie's men threaten to kill his wife. He's nearly shipped off to a coal mine, but he escapes and returns to the plantation to exact his revenge.
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Django kills Candie's men and sister as they return from Candie's funeral, shooting Stephen in the knees and blowing up the home, riding off victorious with Broomhilda.
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