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.

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

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Django Freeman notableScene shootout at Candyland