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* [[Similarly Named Works]]: The "Inglourious Basterds" misspelling was likely to avoid a lawsuit by the copyright holders of the 1978 film "The Inglorious Bast'''a'''rds", which was also a World War II film. Though it might also be a reflection on Raine's illiteracy.
* [[Star-Making Role]]: This is the film that introduced Christoph Waltz to American audiences.
* [[Throw It In]]: The giant swastika falling down in the final scene is real, it was a mistake that happened ''on the set''.
* [[What Could Have Been]]:
** [[Adam Sandler]], [[Simon Pegg]] and [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] were considered for the respective parts of Donny Donowitz, Archie Hicox and Hans Landa. The role of Hicox was originally written with Tarantino favorite [[Tim Roth]] in mind.
** Also, at one point [[Ennio Morricone]] was
** In the screenplay of ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'', the first part of the film set in Paris was intended to have been filmed in black and white, using entirely natural lighting, in reference to the [[French New Wave]]. This was probably cut by [[Executive Meddling]], on the grounds that most of the audience wouldn't get the reference, and came here to see an ''action movie'', get back to the killin' already!
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