The trail leads to the immense plantation Candyland, owned by the brutal and racist
slave owner Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio).
Not exact matches
Six months later (as we enter the middle third of the movie), after the duo have become bounty hunting partners, the pair finally set off in search of their main goal — rescuing Djagno's wife Broomhilda, a
slaved played by Kerry Washington who has been sold to a nasty Mandingo baron and plantation
owner Calvin Candie (played with delicious relish by Leonardo DiCaprio).
I know folks will want to look at DiCaprio's
Calvin Candie as the villain, but in the end he's only as evil and devious as the times would suggest or allow; he was a
slave owner who thought his
slaves less than human.
There are encounters with a comical predecessor of the KKK (led by a terrifically over the top Don Johnson), a small town sheriff who is not what he seems and, of course, the very proper southern gentleman / Mandingo fighting aficionado and plantation
owner,
Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio)-- and his right hand plantation man, house
slave Stephen (Samuel L. Jackson, stealing every scene he's in in a scary, mean, dangerously funny role).
Jamie Foxx as the
slave who comes into his own, Kerry Washington as his lost wife Broomhilda, who works for DiCaprio's plantation
owner and Mandingo purveyor
Calvin Candie, and German bounty hunter Christoph Waltz are all excellent.
They quickly learn that Broomhilda, called Hildy, has been purchased by one
Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), the scion of a long line of
slave owners and the overseer of Candyland, one of the biggest (and thus meanest) plantations in the South.
After assisting a German bounty hunter, the two join forces to take down the wicked Plantation
owner Calvin Candie - who has Django's wife and wants him back as a
slave.
«Django Unchained» follows Jamie Foxx as Django, a freed American
slave who teams with a German bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz) to save his wife from
Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), an evil plantation
owner.
Smith was originally rumored to be considering playing the character of Django, a
slave who embarks with Schultz on a mission to free Django's wife, who is working as a
slave in the house of sadistic plantation
owner Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio).
«Django Unchained «Synopsis: A freed
slave named Django (Jamie Foxx) teams up with a German bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz) to track down his wife (Kerry Washington) and liberate her from her plantation
owners led by the sadistic
Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio).
To flamboyant
owner Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), they pose as cultured businessmen looking to get into the world of Mandingo fights, a brutal activity that pits
slave versus
slave in to - the - death, anything - goes, hand - to - hand wood floor combat.
The film stars Jamie Foxx as Django, an escaped
slave who goes to rescue his wife (Kerry Washington) from sadistic plantation
owner Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio) by teaming up with bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz).