It initially discouraged the director, but after a very successful live script reading, he commenced rewriting it and started production just a short time afterwards.

Its early draft script was leaked and subsequently published online. To go on a little detour, Quentin Tarantino‘s eight film has an unusual genesis. Tension run high… but who’s not who he seems? Something ties all these gentlemen together, as John Ruth starts pressing them on their backgrounds and Marquis Warren picks a fight with the Confederate. As the unlikely strangers all get settled in, the storm approaches. Minnie and her friend are out of town, claims Bob ( Demian Bichir) who takes care of the horses, and inside await a cowboy named Joe Gage ( Michael Madsen), an Englishman who calls himself Oswaldo Mobray ( Tim Roth) and there is a former confederate General named General Smithers ( Bruce Dern) sitting in a chair by the fire. They arrive at the haberdashery amidst increasing snow fall, eager to get their horses into the stable. They are reluctantly admitting a fourth passenger, Chris Mannix ( Walton Goggins), who claims to be traveling to Red Rock to be sworn in as its new Sheriff. He trusts no one and has handcuffed his prisoner to himself. The stage is hired by one John Ruth, aka The Hangman ( Kurt Russell), another bounty hunter who intends to bring Daisy Domergue ( Jennifer Jason Leigh) to the gallows in Red Rock for the 10.000 dollar bounty. Jackson), who is stuck in the snow on foot after his horse died, his pile of frozen bodies awaiting transport to Red Rock, where he plans to collect the money on their heads. On their way to seek refuge from an upcoming blizzard at Minnie’s Haberdashery, a coach line stop on top of the hills, being picked up first is a stranded bounty hunter, Marquis Warren ( Samuel L. The Hateful Eight starts out with a six-horse stage coach ploughing its way through the snow-covered hills. Ennio Morricone is in the air, as the curtain makes way for the overture…. The Zoo Palast theater is one of only four theaters in the country showing the 70mm version, excitement is in the air as we take our seats among politicians, A through D grade celebrities, directors Quentin Tarantino and Tom Tykwer, the cast ( Kurt Russell and Jennifer Jason Leighattend), Universum’s (the distributor) president and excited film buffs from all over. After this, they will visit Rome and Mexico City. We stand in line for the red carpet premiere of the 70mm Roadshow version of The Hateful Eight, Quentin Tarantino‘s 8th motion picture, and the third one I witness premiering in Germany. Cold wind grabs a small group of men, their coats only a mediocre protection from the freezing winter temperatures.

Intermission screen hateful eight