shootout at Candyland
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"Shootout at Candyland" is the climactic, ultra-violent gunfight sequence at Calvin Candie’s plantation in Quentin Tarantino’s film *Django Unchained*, where Django Freeman exacts bloody revenge on his oppressors.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Shootout at Candyland | 0 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
climactic sequence
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fictional event ⓘ film scene ⓘ |
| antagonist |
Calvin Candie
NERFINISHED
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Candyland henchmen ⓘ Candyland overseers ⓘ |
| appearsInFilm | Django Unchained NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematicStyle |
Tarantino-style violence
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dark humor ⓘ graphic gore ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Quentin Tarantino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature |
explosive squib effects
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gunplay ⓘ slow-motion violence ⓘ stylized bloodshed ⓘ ultra-violent gunfight ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| genre |
Action
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Exploitation ⓘ Revisionist Western ⓘ Western ⓘ |
| involvesCharacter |
Broomhilda von Shaft
NERFINISHED
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Stephen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadsTo |
Django’s escape
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death of many Candyland slavers ⓘ destruction of Candyland household ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Django Freeman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy |
Ennio Morricone (score elements in Django Unchained)
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various artists (soundtrack in Django Unchained) ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
climax
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revenge fulfillment ⓘ |
| partOf | Django Unchained NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Django Freeman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Quentin Tarantino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Candyland plantation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
liberation
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racial violence ⓘ retribution against oppressors ⓘ revenge ⓘ slave resistance ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Antebellum South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tone |
brutal
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cathartic ⓘ intense ⓘ |
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