The Hateful Eight

by Quentin Tarantino

Academy Award-winning screenwriter Quentin Tarantino returns with his most infamous, most brilliant, most masterful screenplay yet?Ķ At the end of the Civil War, a stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. Bounty hunter John Ruth and his fugitive captive Daisy Domergue race toward the town of Red Rock, where Ruth will bring Domergue to justice. Along the road, they encounter Major Marquis Warren, a former Union soldier turned infamous bounty hunter; and Chris Mannix, a renegade who claims to be the town's new sheriff. Lost in a blizzard, Ruth, Domergue, Warren, and Mannix seek refuge at Minnie's Haberdashery, a stagecoach stopover. When they arrive, they are greeted by four unfamiliar Bob, who takes care of Minnie's in the owner's absence; Oswaldo Mobray, the hangman of Red Rock; cow-puncher Joe Gage; and Confederate general Sanford Smithers. As the storm overtakes the mountainside, our eight travelers come to learn they may not make it to Red Rock after all ...The Hateful Eight is a Tarantino master class in tension-filled atmosphere, singular characters, and razor-sharp dialogue.

Genres: Westerns, Fiction, Film, Historical Fiction, Crime, Historical, Mystery

170 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

Quentin Jerome Tarantino is an Academy Award- and Palme d'Or-winning American film director, screenwriter and actor. He rose to fame in the early 1990s as an independent filmmaker whose films used nonlinear storylines and stylized violence. His films include Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Jackie Brown (1997), Kill Bill (Vol. 1 2003, Vol. 2 2004), Death Proof (2007), and Inglourious Basterds (2009).

Reviews

[Bettie · Rating 3 out of 5]

News item: This week Quentin Tarantino decided to sue Gawker after the site published a link to the filmmaker's leaked 'The Hateful Eight' script. In an attempt to make the screenplay harder to find the filmmaker also asked Google to remove several websites that linked to or wrote about it. Thus far, however, the search engine is refusing to comply.

13.08.2015: The Trailer

Opening: Last stage to Red Rock
EXT - White Winter Wyoming mountain range - Snowy Day

If you like Tarantino then your tongue will be hanging out waiting for Christmas Day 2015.

Later...Not the best, in fact it was boring up until we got the rewind to view the first carriage coming into Minnie's Haberdashery

[Tanya · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Hateful Eight:
Take one Mason jar. Add two bounty hunters, some frozen corpses, a woman on her way to a noose, and two stagecoaches and various passengers. Sprinkle in some suspicious minds, duplicitous characters, time jumping, and don't forget to throw in some racial tension and bigotry. Chill for approximately 24 hours (in a blizzard). Shake vigorously. Throw at nearest wall (I mean really wind up and pitch) and thoroughly enjoy watching the violent explosion of glass shards and gore a la Quentin Tarantino.

This one is everything we've come to know and love from the writer/director. I've never actually read one of his scripts before and loved being able to make connections between his writing style and everything I've seen on screen. The man is funny. I wanted to status update practically the entire script. There were so many choice quotes, most of which were just part of the screenplay and not even spoken by the characters.

This time Tarantino takes us to the post civil war West. If you're familiar with his work, you'll know to expect colorful and period appropriate speak and mannerisms which add depth to the most simplistic of occurrences. It is both brash and nuanced and completely entertaining. This is a leaked version of the script and supposedly changes will be made to the final product. A twofer! I can't wait to see the finished product onscreen.

Thanks to Jamie Grefe for turning me on to The Hateful Eight.

[Seyed Mohammad Reza Mahdavi · Rating 4 out of 5]

فیلمنامه هشت فرد منفور
کوئنتین تارانتینو
ترجمه جلال رضایی راد
نشر نشانه
تعداد صفحات 183

اگر این نوشته را با مینی سریال یا پی دی اف فیلمنامه مینی سریال در اینترنت مقایسه کنید تفاوتهای زیادی دیده می شود ولی در کل جالب بود

[Sabrina Grafenberger · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not one of the eight main characters is really likeable or someone to root for, yet somehow you want to know what's happening with them and you get hooked.

This was a really good read and the first screenplay that kind of reads like a novel. The dialogues and monologues are well written and filled with dark humor and violence.

I read the screenplay before watching the movie and I ended up liking it more than the movie itself. There are a few things that were left out of the film which are in the script that I find great, they add a little more depth to the story.

[Danger]

Tarantino's voice is all over this script, and the whole thing is full of lotsa little jokes and personal indulgences. Still, it's vivid and exciting writing from someone you can tell is having fun coming up with it. Seeing his dialogue on the page really lets you dig into the musical quality of it too, and I really enjoy how he is more concerned with pacing and momentum than necessarily making it sound naturalistic. It's just a really well-written story, and if you've seen the movie, you already know it translates beautifully to the screen.

[Michel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow!
(Thx for the link, Bettie!)
I can see why Tarantino is PO'd his script is floating around: he didn't want the whole world to know his, er, terminal ending before they saw the movie!
But he shouldn't worry, we'll go see it when it comes out, GLORIOUS 70 mil SUPERSCOPE an' all.
Meantime, I ma stay away from coffy!
And jelly beans…

[awesomatik.de · Rating 4 out of 5]

Das mediale Trara war groß als Tarantino vor wenigen Wochen die Arbeiten an seinem neuen Western abbrach, nachdem das Drehbuch durchgesickert war.

Ich dachte mir, wenn das Kind sowieso schon in den Brunnen gefallen ist, dann darf ich es wohl auch lesen.

Schon das Drehbuch zu Django Unchained fand ich sensationell (und um einiges besser als den Film) und so konnte ich es kaum erwarten meine Augen auf den frischen Text zu legen.
Und was soll ich sagen! Wie immer geht es reichlich bleihaltig zur Sache. Aber wer aufgrund des Titels einen Western à la Die glorreichen Sieben erwartet, wird überrascht (und ggf. enttäuscht) sein.

Denn hier geht es nicht um sieben Verbündete sondern um acht Gauner, die alle ihre eigenen Interessen verfolgen und das auf engstem Raum.

Der Inhalt spoilerfrei zusammengefasst: Späte 1880er Jahre, kurz nach dem amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg: Ein Kopfgeldjäger ist auf dem Weg eine Gefangene nach Red Rock, Wyoming zu bringen doch ein Blizzard zwingt ihn in einer Berghütte Untschlupf zu suchen, wo schon weitere Gäste vor dem Sturm ausharren. Nun sitzen die Hateful eight beieinander und keiner traut dem nächsten über dem Weg. Wer führt was im Schilde? Unheil scheint vorprogrammiert zu sein. Wer wird die Hütte am Ende lebendig verlassen?

Statt eines epischen Western bekommen wir hier also ein budgetschonendes und dialoglastiges Kammerspiel à la Geschlossene Gesellschaft oder Der Gott des Gemetzels (nur halt mit Pistolen).
Die Geschichte ist in fünf Kapitel aufgeteilt, spielt aber nur an zwei Orten. In und um einen Pferdewagen und in einer Berghütte.

Wie immer bei Tarantino legen die Charaktere ein überdurchschnittliches Maß an Coolness und Spitzzüngigkeit an den Tag. Kaum befinden sie sich gemeinsam in der Hütte beginnt das gegenseitige Abtasten. Dabei wird vor allem viel geredet. Ganz langsam aber unaufhaltsam kochen die Emotionen hoch.
Die Spannung wird vor allem dadurch erzeugt, dass die Protagonisten unberechenbar sind und der Zuschauer gegen Ende in einer Rückblende Zusatzinformationen bekommt, die ein blutiges Finale in Aussicht stellen.

Die Erzählweise und Spannungsmechanik erinnert hier stark an Szenen aus Tarantinos letzten Werken. Allen voran die Eingangsszene und die Kellerszene in Inglorious Basterds sowie die Dinnerszenen aus Django Unchained und Pulp Fiction.

All diese Szenen haben neben der Dialoglastigkeit gemeinsam, dass der Zuschauer etwas weiß, dass die Protagonisten nicht wissen und eine friedliche Auflösung wenig wahrscheinlich erscheint.

In The Hateful Eight treibt Tarantino diese Technik auf die Spitze und dehnt eine solche Situation auf Spielfilmlänge.

Man merkt, dass er sein Handwerk zu hundert Prozent beherrscht und über die Jahre perfektioniert hat. Bunte Charaktere, sensationelle Dialoge, tolles Setting und die obligatorischen Blutspritzer.

Und wenn es so gut ist, dann guckt man sich das auch gerne an. Und doch ertappt man sich dabei sich vorzustellen, wie es wohl gewesen wäre, wenn Tarantino zu neuen Ufern aufgebrochen wäre.

Dennoch ein rund um gelungenes Skript, das (wie immer) weit besser ist als der restliche Hollywood Einheitsbrei. Auf jeden Fall eine Lektüre wert.

Einziger wirklicher Kritikpunkt ist der vorhersehbare und uninspirierte Showdown. Dies ist vielleicht (hoffentlich) auch nur der ersten Drehbuchfassung geschuldet.

Fazit – Tarantino zitiert sich selbst
Einerseits überrascht uns Tarantino mit einem Western im Kammerspielformat anderseits wird man ein permanente Déjà-vu Gefühl nicht los. The Hateful Eight ist eine Art Best-of-Tarantino Film. Was will man also mehr? Best-of Platten sind doch super!
Das einzige Problem dabei ist, dass man die Lieder meistens schon zu oft gehört hat.
Wie wäre es mal mit einer neuen Platte?
Dennoch hoffe ich, dass dieses absolut lesenswerte Drehbuch doch noch seinen Weg in die Lichtspieltheater findet. Es ist angerichtet: Eintopf, Kaffee und Blei!


awesomatik Kuriosum
Es wäre übrigens mehr als unwahrscheinlich, dass der Film am Ende “The Hateful Eight” geheißen hätte, denn alle bisherigen Filme Tarantinos bestehen aus nur zwei Worten: Pulp Fiction, Inglorious Basterds, Reservoir Dogs, Django Unchained, Kill Bill, Death Proof, Jackie Brown (Von gut zu weniger gut sortiert).


Mehr Rezensionen und abenteuerlichen Content auf http://awesomatik.com

[Iain · Rating 4 out of 5]

It has all the hallmark moments of a Tarantino classic movie. The dialogue with everything to play for, with a buildup in tension, with an unclear ending; the time movements; the focus to just one place; the authentic accents; the quirky and immediate characters realized through quick anecdotes or gestures.

It clearly needed a few more drafts to be complete. And it lacks the originality of Pulp Fiction precisely because Pulp Fiction did it first. Still, and so, worth the couple of hours of time reading. Recommend a whiskey sour to go with it.

[Kayla · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm usually not a fan of reading screenplays, but this one was so good I couldn't put it down. Although it helps to have watched the movie, Quentin Tarantino really sets the scene and tone with his colorful, descriptive background language, which some of it you would not get from the film. Also, I caught a lot more of what is going on from the book than what's in the movie because I could read the dialogue at my own pace.

[David Cooper · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tarantino has a way of making a script still read like a novel.

[PMB · Rating 5 out of 5]

Can’t believe how quick and easy that read. I finished it in about the same time it would have taken to watch the movie. That was an interesting experience. Never read a screenplay before. The Hateful Eight is not my favorite QT movie, but I definitely now have a greater appreciation for it.

[Leo Robertson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really disliked the film but read this because I remembered it was a story about a group of untrustworthy characters, and I wanted to study the mechanics of that.

Glad I did but, Jesus Christ, a bunch of people go to a cabin—why the fuck does that take three hours?

[Emma Ennis · Rating 2 out of 5]

I did it again. I read another Tarantino script after swearing Death Proof was my last. I guess I'm a glutton for punishment. I like to make notes while I read screenplays because I consider them research as much as pleasure. With Tarantino scripts I find myself editing. And making exasperated comments.
Errors and spelling mistakes aside (yes, he's guilty of they're and their, in an Oscar script), once again, this story is a whole lotta talking and nothing much happening. I've come to the conclusion that the man knows no other way to tell a story than through dialogue. Then, 98 pages in - that's 98 minutes approximately of film, that's over an hour and half - he introduces a narrator for the first time in the story, completely changing the tone and flow. Because, you know, God forbid he should tell the story in action, props, setup, whatever, and have a bit of shut up for 2 minutes, which, incidentally, is as long as the narrator waffles on for and then isn't heard from for the rest of the script.
Of course, saying there is no action in a Tarantino script is about as erroneous as his grammar. There are of course a plethora of single-action shock pieces such as a naked white man kneeling in snow giving a black man a blowie at gunpoint, or this guy or that guy having his innards blown all over a wall (on numerous occasions) or a woman getting bashed in the face (on numerous occasions). But, like the frequent loud racial or misogynistic slurs thrown into the dialogue, I can't help but feel these scenes are meant purely to shock us out of the boredom of 163 odd pages of mostly dialogue.
There are some nicely executed scenes, particularly the slow mos of the horses in the snow, and the story is engaging enough up to a point (I'd a pain in my eyeballs from rolling them by the time I arrived at the second rendition of the first scene in Minnie's haberdashery), but it's overly long and drawn out, and could have been executed in half the pages/time and been the better for it. All in all it felt like one loooooong ass study in exposition.

[Mahmoud Fouad · Rating 4 out of 5]

(it's hot and it's strong and it's good)
استخدم تارانتينو هذه الكلمات في السيناريو على لسان عدد من الشخصيات واصفا القهوة التي تقدمها استراحة(محل خردوات ميني..لاحظ الاسم)على أحد طرق وايومنج والتي تدور فيها أحداث السيناريو..في رأيي هذه الكلمات تصف أعمال تارانتينو..فهي ساخنة ومثيرة يعيد فيها إحياء فكرة الthriller بعد أن ظنناها شبعت موتا..وهي قوية بما تحتويه من حوارت ثرية وبليغة وشخصيات متعددة الطبقات..وهي جيدة لأنها بسيطة وتخاطب الجميع...أتابع تارانتينو باستمرار ومشروعه الضخم لإحياء التراث السينمائي الأمريكي بمنظور ما بعد حداثي واعتبره من مجموعتي المفضلة من المخرجين (هناك بوستر متوسط الحجم له أعلى سريري بالفعل)..تجربة ثرية جدا أن تطلع على سيناريو لتارانتينو حتى لو كان مسروقا..وقد كان عثوري عليه بالصدفة البحتة مفاجأة سارة لي بالتأكيد

[Realini Ionescu · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Hateful Eight written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, writer and director of Reservoir Dogs http://realini.blogspot.com/2020/06/r...

8 out of 10





Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction are among the greatest films ever made, perhaps in the top ten, and we could forget the perhaps, if we talk about this cinephile, it would be there, albeit there are another one hundred that are also with the best ten or twenty, Lawrence of Arabia, Some Like It Hot, Leviafan and many more



However, having just declared that two of the master’s creations are nec plus ultra, I must disagree with, well, the rest of the civilized world, and say that Kill Bill http://realini.blogspot.com/2017/06/n... does not fit into the best 1,000, never mind praise it as one of the astounding achievements – in Variety, it was one of the best action movies ever…

The same thing with Inglorious Bastards, the other Kill Bill, although Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is the kind of production to which I say ‘acum mai vii acasa’, now that is something that comes much closer to the original masterpieces, the aforementioned Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, with an explanation for that



It has to do with high expectations – and positive psychology tells us that we have to lower them, the expectations – and the problem of being a…Maximizer, which is detailed in the classic of psychology The Paradox of Choice http://realini.blogspot.com/2015/07/t... by Barry Schwartz, the alternative we want is to be a Satisfizer, someone who wants good enough

The Maximizer is somebody who wants every motion picture to be on the level of Reservoir Dogs, expects perfection, and is hence dissatisfied when this does not materialize and I am now thinking of Regression to the Mean, which is explained by Daniel Kahneman, the only psychologist that has won a Nobel



Not for psychology, for there is no such thing – do I recount that Einstein was against having the Nobel given to Freud and indeed, looking on the net for once, something I am too lazy to do normally, I find that ‘Albert Einstein, who won the Physics Prize in 1921, refused to endorse Freud's nomination for the Medicine Prize in 1928’- but for Economy, and he writes about a meeting with fighter pilots

Daniel Kahneman was talking about some errors, and their commander explained how they corrected the mistakes, that was because he shouted and put them in their place, only the psychologist tells about Regression to the mean http://realini.blogspot.com/2015/07/t...



The Hateful Eight seems to be good enough, we have a cast that is the crème de la crème, but then at least one is over the top for my book, Tim Roth, who is nec plus ultra in both Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, adopts here a style that is pompous, exaggerated, obsequious, affected for my sensitive, foolish ears

Then there is too little, or too much going on, the buildup is masterly, surely, for those who know better, cultivated, erudite cinephiles that see the value like I don’t, but then we reach a climax and all hell breaks loose…yes, this works splendidly in the two classics, and I agree with the retort ‘so what the hell do you want?’



We could go back to Blink the Power of Thinking Without Thinking http://realini.blogspot.com/2013/05/b... by the psychologist who is arguably just as influential as Daniel Kahneman, Malcolm Gladwell, and say that from the very first images, one’s opinion is formed

There are important themes, no question about it, racism, the major portrayed by Samuel L Jackson is discriminated – here I realize that he acts with gravitas, the performance is good, maybe excellent, but not scintillating, as dazzling as in Pulp Fiction, where he has quite a few (or better said many)lines that are now part of the history of cinema, with the Ezekiel ‘strike down upon you with furious vengeance’ and the other talk, about the burgers in Europe and the metric system, and the epiphany of the end



‘Beauty is in the eye of the beholder’…’a thing of beauty is a joy forever, there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so…’ and we could continue down this path, with what luminaries have said about this, but then we would fall in the mistake satirized by our Magister Ludi, Andrei Plesu, in his speeches

Our great philosopher and performer http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/05/d... is ridiculing the people who, just like me, keeping quoting – you invite him to have a tuica aka a plum brandy and he says ; let me tell you about this, Calistrat Hogas has a line on tuica’…



Anyway, the pint is that I expected The Hateful Eight to take me aback, and it did not, although I must say that I looked at a portion of it these days, as it was included in the HBO program and on another channel, and it did not seem that bad…nonetheless, it did not overturn my initial verdict either



Now for a question, and invitation – maybe you have a good idea on how we could make more than a million dollars with this http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/02/u... – as it is, this is a unique technique, which we could promote, sell, open the Oscars show with or something and then make lots of money together, if you have the how, I have the product, I just do not know how to get the befits from it, other than the exercise per se



As for my role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a smaller Mao, there it is http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/03/r...

[Carolyn Walsh · Rating 2 out of 5]

I saw the movie recently. Thought it was ghastly, grotesque, gruesome and gory and must confess I liked it. There were a couple of elements of the mystery which puzzled me. I downloaded this book thinking it was a novelization of the movie which would resolve a couple of questions for me. Alas, discovered it was the shooting script for the movie, so abandoned it.

[Farya A. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quentin Tarantino is such a great screenwriter. I could not put this down. I finished it so fast and automatically wanted to read it all over again. I cannot wait to see the movie!
Quentin Tarantino puts great details and his stories never fail to amuse me. Love him!

[Elliot James · Rating 5 out of 5]

better than most books I've read

[Andrew · Rating 3 out of 5]

no shade to our President Elect, but healing the soul of the nation is all talk until you’re ready to do some real deal “truth & reconciliation” work. And there’s no flick in recent memory that better shows what “doing the work” would actually look like.

To the extent that QT comes off like a narcissistic dumbass in nearly every interview, it’s kind of inconceivable how he made something with any insight beyond “isn’t this cool.” But with this, probably the most loathed of his works, single-mindedly repellent and seriously uncool, he finally has something on his mind. And it’s an answer to Rodney King.

Yes, the movie says, we can all get along, assuming we have a common enemy. Yes, two sides can put aside the horrors and deep wounds of racism and unite over all kinds of shared interests, revenge and greed being the two big ones long rooted in American history and tradition. But this movie says let’s not discount that our racial divides can be put aside in service of the one other thing just as deeply rooted in our nation’s tradition, acts of overt misogyny.

I bet an argument could be made that with this flick QT called 2016. I wouldn’t go that far but for those out there who think the very conceit of the neoliberal was coined to neg HRC, and that economic anxiety is some kind of myth, I’d argue it could be worth your time to a revisit and think of HRC as a more low key Daisy D.

Or to bring it up to 2020s results, where half the country just straight up rejects the premise of a nation having a soul, QTs parable speaks to how our nation’s deep-seeded bloodlust, toxic masculinity and greed can unite us, and even hold out some promise to heal our racial divides

[James Stuart · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you aren’t a fan of Tarantino’s writing, this won’t be the script for you, as this is the most Tarantino script of all, and the one where he’s most in love with his own voice.

That said, you can’t really hate dialogue this razor sharp. Every character has a lived in quality and really jumps off the page. The action lines are well conceived and executed, and not too dissimilar to the final film. There are a few subtle differences from script to movie, and I think the changes for the film are better. Perhaps QT does take notes?

One drawback with the script, I wish he’d made it clearer that he wanted to shoot the movie in 70mm SUPER CINEMASCOPE.

Warning, for those unaware, Tarantino’s characters are very liberal with their use of the N word.

[Keith LaFountaine · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love reading screenplays, mainly because they provide me with further insight into the film. Tarantino is a unique writer and an even more unique director, so reading The Hateful Eight was a bit like watching it -- he's a very visual writer, often mentioning the 70mm Superscope film he is going to use, and expounding on a specific image of a cross.

It's also interesting to see what was cut out of the film, and quite a bit was cut out -- a flashback, a couple scenes of dialogue, etc. Not stuff that was especially pertinent to the plot (hence why it was cut out) but interesting stuff nonetheless.

[WIllR · Rating 4 out of 5]

First script I've read (Not including plays in school). Really different experience having Tarantino's descriptions around his great dialogue. I really liked how he emphasized what he wanted to audience to feel about certain descriptions. The bit with the General Sandy is different as well, I feel like the film version handled it better ( more believable) than the original script.

The things he cut/adjusted make sense, I didn't find myself wishing anything from the original script made it into the movie.

[Brendan T. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Losers will say the movie sucks.

As a screenplay, surprise, surprise Tarantino is a good writer and operates within the pulp genre really well. Lots of fun touches in the action lines and weaving in of a prose to keep it so it’s super readable. Still, Hateful Eight is rad and the script is just as strong. QT’s supposedly wrapping up his feature career with his next movie, which is a shame, but I’m excited to read any novels he releases after that chapter of his career closes.

[Meg Onthemove Reading · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this before seeing the movie and it was ok but I've never been a big fan of the bloodbath book. What really struck me was the complete mispronunciation of Domergue! And wondering wether Tarantino had taken the name from Howard Hughes actress Faith or the artist Jean? Surely a book shouldn't have you wondering that but rather wrapped up in the story?

[Jay Wood · Rating 5 out of 5]

Probably my favourite Quentin Tarantino script, and that enjoyment still comes from the page.
Did you know he wanted to make this in 70MM (which he did of course) I say this as he certainly reminds you every other page 😂

[T.J. Tranchell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tarantino screenplays hum like few things in the world. This is a great read for anyone into reading screenplays. I have a copy of Pulp Fiction, but the whole Tarantino screenplay library is something I wish I had.

[Christopher Arrigali · Rating 5 out of 5]

Having seen the movie several times, the dialogue of the screenplay speaks for itself. But I found it really cool to see how QT described the setting, characters and action. It offers a little more detail which you may not get in the film.

[L J Field · Rating 5 out of 5]

This original script is somewhat different than the completed movie. Nothing too important, but there are heavy changes near the end. Also the stage directions are often very funny. This is one of my favorite Tarantino movies and I am happy I found a copy of this script on the internet.

[Jamie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent, and really fun to read aloud with some pretty good monologues that I'll definitely be coming back to.

[Shaun Guillan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rollicking film, excellent screenplay.