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Django Unchained

2012165 minutesR
4.8
Arcplot Score
📝 Unconventional
Unverified
8.5IMDb
🍅 87%Rotten Tomatoes
Ⓜ️ 81/100Metacritic
🎬 8.2TMDb
📊 12.0Popularity
🏆Won 2 Oscars. 58 wins & 158 nominations total
Genre: Drama, Western
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
In 1858, a bounty-hunter named King Schultz seeks out a slave named Django and buys him because he needs him to find some men he is looking for. After finding them, Django wants to find his wife, Broomhilda, who along with him were sold separately by his former owner for trying to escape. Schultz offers to help him if he chooses to stay with him and be his partner. Eventually they learn that she was sold to a plantation in Mississippi. Knowing they can't just go in and say they want her, they come up with a plan so that the owner will welcome them into his home and they can find a way.

Box Office

Budget:$100.0M
Revenue:$425.4M
Profit:$325.4M

Arcplot Score Breakdown

Beat Timing Precision6.4/10
Emotional Arc Impact3/10
Thematic Consistency5/10
Overall Score4.8/10

Beat Sheet

15 plot points

Django Unchained Arcplot
1
Opening Image
1 min
2
Theme Stated
10 min
3
Set-Up
20 min
4
Catalyst
35 min
5
Debate
50 min
6
Break Into Two
60 min
7
B Story
75 min
8
Fun and Games
95 min
9
Midpoint
110 min
10
Bad Guys Close In
125 min
11
All Is Lost
135 min
12
Dark Night of the Soul
140 min
13
Break Into Three
145 min
14
Finale
160 min
15
Final Image
165 min

Emotional Arc

+100-10

Plot Points

#1

Opening Image

1 min

Django shackled and dragged through plantation. Tone: oppression, tension, and injustice established.

#2

Theme Stated

10 min

Themes of freedom, revenge, and morality introduced. Schultz hints at justice and liberation.

#3

Set-Up

20 min

Django is freed by Dr. Schultz, a bounty hunter. Partnership begins. Stakes: pursuit of justice and vengeance.

#4

Catalyst

35 min

Schultz and Django confront a group of outlaws, testing Django’s courage and skills. Action escalates.

#5

Debate

50 min

Django questions his ability to rescue his wife and confront ruthless enemies. Internal conflict arises.

#6

Break Into Two

60 min

Django embraces mission: travels with Schultz to hunt bounties and gather intel on plantation owner Calvin Candie.

#7

B Story

75 min

Django-Schultz mentorship deepens. Strategic and moral discussions underscore stakes.

#8

Fun and Games

95 min

Disguises, bounty hunts, and schemes on the plantation. Suspense and clever action sequences.

#9

Midpoint

110 min

Candie discovers their plan. Tension spikes. Django’s plan partially compromised.

#10

Bad Guys Close In

125 min

Candie manipulates situation. Schultz killed. Django captured. Stakes: life, revenge, and freedom.

#11

All Is Lost

135 min

Django seems defeated, chained, hopeless. Emotional and physical low point.

#12

Dark Night of the Soul

140 min

Django reflects on Schultz’s sacrifice and resolves to confront Candie fully.

#13

Break Into Three

145 min

Django escapes confinement, arms himself, and plans final confrontation. Determination surges.

#14

Finale

160 min

Django confronts Candie and his men, executes rescue of his wife, and achieves revenge. Triumph and justice realized.

#15

Final Image

165 min

Django rides into sunset with wife. Freedom, empowerment, and justice attained.