Bruce Dern and Michael Madsen shoot the breeze THE HATEFUL EIGHT
In THE HATEFUL EIGHT, set six or eight or twelve years after the
Civil War, a stagecoach hurtles through the wintry
Wyoming landscape. The passengers, bounty hunter
John Ruth (
Kurt Russell) and his fugitive
Daisy Domergue (
Jennifer Jason Leigh), race towards the town of
Red Rock where Ruth, known in these parts as “
The Hangman,” will bring Domergue to justice.
Along the road, they encounter two strangers:
Major Marquis Warren (Samuel L.
Jackson), a black former union soldier turned infamous bounty hunter, and
Chris Mannix (
Walton Goggins), a southern renegade who claims to be the town’s new
Sheriff.
Losing their lead on the blizzard, Ruth, Domergue,
Warren and
Mannix seek refuge at
Minnie's Haberdashery, a stagecoach stopover on a mountain pass. When they arrive at Minnie’s, they are greeted not by the proprietor but by four unfamiliar faces. Bob (
Demian Bichir), who’s taking care of Minnie’s while she’s visiting her mother, is holed up with Oswaldo Mobray (
Tim Roth), the hangman of Red Rock, cow-puncher
Joe Gage (
Michael Madsen), and
Confederate General Sanford Smithers (
Bruce Dern). As the storm overtakes the mountainside stopover, our eight travelers come to learn they may not make it to Red Rock after all…
BRUCE DERN’s (
General Smithers) tremendous career is made up of playing both modern day heroes and legendary villains. Through decades of critically acclaimed performances,
Bruce has acquired the reputation of being one of the most talented and prolific actors of his generation.
A celebrated stage actor, Bruce was trained by famed director
Elia Kazan at
The Actor’s Studio and made his film debut in
Kazan’s
WILD RIVER (1960)
. In the 1960’s, Bruce also found success as a distinguished television actor. He appeared regularly in contemporary
Western TV-series as well as
Alfred Hitchcock’s television series.
Hitchcock was such a fan of Bruce, he cast him in both MARNIE and
FAMILY PLOT (Hitchcock’s final film).
During the 1960’s, Bruce went on to work with director
Roger Corman and appeared in several of his classic and decade defining films including WILD ANGELS. He received critical success for films such as THEY
SHOOT HORSES,
DON’T THEY and
DRIVE,
HE SAID and went down in history for his role as
Long Hair in THE COWBOYS in which he became the first man ever to kill
John Wayne.
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Bruce went on to star in such classic films like THE
KING OF MARVIN GARDENS with
Jack Nicholson and
Ellen Burstyn as well as playing
Tom Buchanan in THE
GREAT GATSBY (for which he received a
Golden Globe nomination). It was his brilliant and powerful performance in
Hal Ashby’s COMING
HOME that earned him both an
Academy Award and Golden Globe nomination.
Bruce co-starred with
Charlize Theron in
MONSTER one of the most critically acclaimed independent films of all time, and has recently worked with iconic directors
Francis Ford Coppola in TWIXT and
Quentin Tarantino in DJANGO UNCHAINED.
Most recently Bruce won the
2013 Best Actor Award at the
Cannes Film Festival and garnered another
Best Actor Oscar nomination for NEBRASKA, directed by
Alexander Payne. Other credits include: HUSH
...HUSH, SWEET
CHARLOTTE with
Bette Davis,
Douglas Trumball’s SILENT RUNNING,
Michael Ritchie’s
SMILE, MIDDLE
AGE CRAZY with
Anne Margaret,
Jason Miller’s THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON, TATTOO with
Maude Adams, THE BURBS with
Tom Hanks, THE HAUNTING with
Catherine Zeta Jones,
Billy Bob Thornton’s ALL THE PRETTY HORSES,
Bob Dylan’s MASKED AND ANONYMOUS, DOWN IN THE VALLEY with
Edward Norton, ASTRONAUT FARMER with Billy Bob Thornton, THE
CAKE EATERS with
Kristin Stewart and many, many more.
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