"DJANGO UNCHAINED" (2012)

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~ EXT - COUNTRYSIDE -BROILING HOT DAY

As the film's OPENINGCREDIT SEQUENCE plays, completewith its own SPAGHETTI WESTERN THEME SONG,we see SEVEN shirtlessand shoeless BLACK MALE SLAVES connectedtogether with LEG IRONS,being run, by TWO WHITE MALE HILLBILLIESon HORSEBACK.

The location is somewherein Texas. The BlackMen (ROY,BIG SID, BENJAMIN, DJANGO,PUDGY RALPH, FRANKLYN, and BLUEBERRY)are slaves just recently purchasedat The Greenville Slave Auctionin Greenville Mississippi. TheWhite Hillbillies are two SlaveTraders called, The SPECK BROTHERS (ACEand DICKY).

One of the sevenslaves is our hero DJANGO....he'sfourth in the leg iron line. We mayor may not notice a tiny small "r"burned into his cheek ("r" forrunaway), but we can't helpbut notice his back which has been SLASHED TO RIBBONSby Bull Whip Beatings.

As the OperaticOpening Theme Song plays,we see a MONTAGE of misery and pain, asDjango and the Other Men arewalked through blistering sun, poundingrain, and moved along by theend of a whip. Bare feet step on hardrock, and slosh through mud puddles.Leg Irons take the skin off ankles.

AS The CREDITSplay, DJANGO has a SPAGHETTIWESTERN FLASHBACK. Now SpaghettiWestern Flashbacks are neverpretty, it's usually the time in thefilm when the lead characterthinks back to the most painfulmemory inflicted on him or his lovedones from evil characters from hispast. In this instance we seeDjango in a SLAVE PEN at the GreenvilleAuction.

As thesun continues to beat downon Django's head, he remembers;

DJANGO inthe SLAVE PEN withwhat seems like a one hundredand fifty Slaves in a celldesigned forforty.

WHITE MEN yank him out of thecell, shirtless, shoeless, and leadhim downa hallway, into a giantround pen, an audience viewing area circlesthe round pen flooron three different stories of the structure.

The ground floor is coveredby the BIG MONEY.BUYERS who standin front of the auction block.

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A SLAVE (ROBBIE}, stand.onthe auction block inview of the room full of Buyers, The SELLER sells,and the OWNERS standoff to the side.

It's DJANGO's turnQN THE AUCTION BLOCK as the THEME SONG wailsits tragic crescendo,Django is brought up on the auction block.He looks down at all theWHITE PEOPLE who want to buy Niggers, who lookup to him.

His heart fills withpoison.

/'-'.EXT - WOODS -NIGHT

It's night timeand The Speck Brothers,astride HORSES, keep pushing their black skinnedcargo forward.

It's a verypitch black night, with onlya few stars in the.sky to create a littletop light. It's so dark,the Slave.rsuse the creek.bed to keep fromgetting lost. Both SpeckBrothers carry a lantern upon their horse,as.does Roy, the Slave inlead position on the chaingang.

It's alsoa bitterly cold night,with the breath of the seven slaves, two slavers,and two horses creatingclouds in the air. In fact the seven chainedtogether Slaves,with the lead one holding a lantern,and all of themchugging out smoky breath,and slightly moving in unison, resemblea human locomotive.

The Slavesshiver from the coldon their shirtless backs, bothSpeck Brotherswear rawhide winter coatswith white fur linings, andwhite fur collars.

WHEN...

...A SOUND anda SMALL LIGHT appearsahead of them on the road.This makesthe Slave Traders stop theirhuman live stock, and readytheir riflesfor possible trouble.

TheRIDER appearsto be a tenderfoot,due to hi- style of dress.A long grey wintercoat, over a grey threepiece business suit, and agrey bowler haton his head.

TheRIDER Calm yourselvesgentlemen, I meanyou no harm. I'm simplya fellow weary traveler.

TheRider dressed in businessgrey pulls his horseto a stop in front ofthe two Slavers, and theirSlaves, lifting thelantern up to his face.He speaks with a slightGerman accent.

The RIDER (tothe Slavers) Good coldevening gentlemen. (tothe shivering Slaves) Good evening..I'mlooking for apair of slave tradersthat go by t.henameof The SpeckBrothers. Might thatbe you?

The RIDER I.do. I'mDr. King Schultz, andthis ismy horse, Fritz.

Fritz, does a littlebow with his head, a neattrick the doctor taught him.

Affirmative.

Dentist. Are you The SpeckBrothers, and did you purchase those men at TheGreenville Slave Auction?

So, I wish toparley with you.

Oh, I'm sorry.Please forgive me,it is a second language.Amongst your inventory, I've been ledto believe, is a specimen I'm keento acquire. (tothe Slaves) Hello youpoor devils. Is thereone among you, whowas formerly a residentof The CarrucanPlantation?

Since Roy in lead positionis the one holding thelantern, the second half of the slave centipedefalls off into darkness.In the darkness a VOICE rings out;

Dr.Schultz moves Fritzforward towards the darkness,raises his lantern, illuminatingour hero Django.

Splendid!And what's your nameyoung man?

Wunderbar!You're exactly theone I'm looking for.So tell me Django - bythe way that's a amazingname - during yourtime at the CarrucanPlantation, did youcome to know threeoverseers by the nameof The Brittle Brothers?

Django nods his head,yes.

Dr.Schultz isdelighted.

Big John, Ellis, and littlebrother Raj?

So Django, do you thinkyou could recognize -

,,--..TheSpeckBrothers have been watching thistenderfoot engagetheir Slave in politeconversation...with a touchof disbelief.

Like what?

My good man, I'm simplytrying to ascertain-

Everybody calmdown! I'm simply a customer trying to conducta transaction.

Don't be ridiculous,of course they'refor sale.

Ace raises his rifle towardsthe German.

Ace cocks back the riflehammer.

My goodman, did you simply getcarried away with yourdramatic gesture, orare you pointingthat weapon at me withlethal intention•.•?

- Verywell -

The doctor, throwshis lantern to the ground,enveloping him in darkness.

The next FLASH OFLIGHT we see is the gooddoctors PISTOL out of his holster, and FIRINGpoint blank into Ace Specksface....

...BLOWING thedumber dumb brother off hishorse, dead in the dirt.

~ Before Dickycan maneuver either hisrifle or his horse inthe Germans direction..••.

BAM •••

Dr.SCHULTZSHOOTS his HORSE in thehead .••

...The Steedgoes down taking Dickywith him ..•

Whenthe dead weight horse landson Dicky's slightly twistedleg, we hearTWO DISTINCT CRACKING SOUNDS.,..

Dickylets out a bitch like scream.

TheSlaves watch all this. They'venever seen a whiteman kill another whiteman before.

Dickyis pinned down under hisole paint.

Djangowatches in the dark, theGerman climb down offhis horse, pickup Ace's discarded lantern,and walk over to theremaining Speck.

Sorry aboutputting a bullet in yourbeast. But I didn'twant you to do anythingrash before youhad a moment to come toyour senses.

~ Dr.Schultz LIGHTS the lantern,illuminating himself,as he stands over Dicky's body.

I only shotyour brother, oncehe threatened to shootme. And I do believe Ihave••... (countingout the Slaves) ....one,two, three, four, five,six, sevenwitnesses who can attestto that fact.

Nodoubt. Now, if you can keepyour caterwaulingdown to a minimum,I'd like tofinish my line of inquirywith young Django. (to Django) As I was saying, if you wereto see the Brittle Brothers again,would you recognize them?

Now I'm sureto you, all unshavenwhite men look alike.So Django, in a crowdof unshavenwhite men, can you honestly and positivelypoint out The BrittleBrothers?

As Django and Broomhildaare forced to copulate,they run their wet white hands down herchocolate leg...they fondlehis ass...they squeeze her tit...they bringa belt across Django's backsideto make him fuck faster•.•then they yankhim off, as BIG JOHN climbson top of Broomhilda..the otherBrittle brothers whip Djangowith their belts, and make him sit inthe corner, while they finishwith his wife.

BACK TO DJANGO

SoldAmerican! So Mr.Speck,how much for Django?

Yes, unless you find a talentedphysician very quickly, I'm afraidthat will be the end result. But back tobusiness, how much do you want for Django?

Don't be silly. How muchfor Django?

Oh.come now, I may nothave the experience in the slave trade thatyou and your family does, but neither was I bornyesterday.

The good doctor removesa pamphlet from his grey suitcoat pocket.

Dr.SCHUL'.I'Z In thismost helpful pamphlet that Ipicked up at TheGreenville Slave Auction, itsays that thegoing rate for African flesh - in particularlya field nigger - issixty toeighty dollars. Now handsome nodoubt as Django is,technically, he is a field.nigger. Whichaccording to this pamphlethere - and whywould they lie - puts his priceat eightydollars. So in light of that,how bouta hundred and twenty five dollarsfor youngDjango here.

Dr.Schultz removeshis long billfold from his pocket,and takes out a one hundred dollarbill, two tens and a fiver.

And since your late brother won'tbe using itanymore, I'd like to purchasehis nag.

He removes a twentydollar·gold piece from hispocket, and tosses it on Dicky's body.He bends down and puts the papermon·ey·inthe saddle ba·gs on Dicky's deadhorse. With.his hands in there,he roots around and finds the keysto the leg irons. He unlocks Django'sleg irons.

~ Django is free.

There you go Django..Give yourankles a good rubbing, then get up on thathorse. Also, if I was you, I'd takethat winter coat the dear departed Speckleft behind.

Django removesthe coat from the dead slaver.Puts on the warm jacket over hisbare back, and climbs up on Ace Speckshorse.

Dr.Schultzturns to Dicky on the ground.

Mr.Speck, I am afraid I willrequire a bill of sale. Do you haveone?

Dicky justcurses him.

He says,removing.a notebook from his pocket;

I thought not. No worries,I come prepared. (as he writes) This will serve nicelyas a bill of sale. (he stops, then says to Django) Django is spelled witha silent "D", is it not?

Why not.

He writes it in his book witha silent "D", then stops to admirethe way it looks.

Yes, thatdoes add a little character.

The German dentist lowershimself by the Speck brotherpinned down under his horse, and handshim the notebook and pen.

If you'dbe so kind Speck, as to makeyour mark here.

The Hillbilly spits inthe German gentleman's face.The good doctor wipes his face witha handkerchief. Then takes outa pocket knife. And whispers somethingthat can't be heard in the slaversear. He signs the bill of sale.

Mr.Speck,I would like to say itwas a pleasuredoing business with you,but your customerservice leaves a lot tobe desired.

The good doctor climbsback up on Fritz, and looksto .thesix Slaves in leg irons.

Now as to you poor devils.

He tosses toPudgy Ralph the keys to the shackles.

So as I see it, when it comesto the subject of what to do next, you gentlemenhave two choices. One, once I'm gone,you lift that beast off the remaining Speck,then carry him to the nearest town. Whichwould be at least thirty-seven miles back theway you came. Or ........... ....Two,you unshackle yourselves,take that rifle over there...put abullet in his head, bury the two of them deep,and make your way to a more enlightened areaof the country. The choice is yours.

He's justabout ready to ride off, whenthe good doctor adds;

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Oh, andon the off chance that there's any astronomyaficionados amongstyou, the NorthStar is THAT ONE. Tata.

He looks to Django,who doesn't know how to starthis horse.

Just givehim a little kick.

Django does, and thehorse responds by moving.

See,it's not so difficult.

The DAWNBREAKS on a western landscape. The twomen ride their horses silently, horse hoovesCLIP-CLOPPING among therocks. Django wears Specks winter coat,with one of Dr.Schultz'swhite button down dress shirts underneath it.As they ride through thepicturesque scene••• Dr.Schultz breaksthe silence.

So,Django, what do you intendto name him?

Your horse?

Dr.SCHULTZ' The horse you're riding.

Yes it is.

Well, technically, yes -Wait a minute - technically not. If it'smy horse, I can give it to you, and asof now, I'm doing such. Django, you're now theproud owner of a horse, congratulations.

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(frustrated) Don'tworry about all that!

They ride a bit longerin silence•••the good doctorcomposes himself•.• then says with a smile;

So ..••nowthatthat's settled..•.whatdo you intendto name it? Half the funof having a horseis choosing his name. Forinstance my steedis named Fritz. He's stubborn, ornery,and prone to a bad disposition,but I couldn'tdo without him. (hepats Fritz's neck) Anyway, the name of one's steed,isn't somethingone does lightly. Soonce you've thoughtabout it for awhile -

- Tony what?

Oh, you mean you want toname your horse Tony?

When you're right you'reright, indeed I did. Why Tony?

As theycontinue to converse, they startheading downhill towarda westerntown. They pass by a signthat says; "WELCOMETO DAUGHTREY, TEXAS"

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Well I'mnaturally curious, of course,but there'sno reason you MUST tellme. In fact an airof mystery adds a dash of panacheto any steed.And I do believe Tonywears it well.Good job Django, well done.

As the citizens ofDaughtrey wake up, Django andDr.Schultz ride Fritz and Tony through themain street of town. Daughtreylooks like a million western townswe've seen before in movies.But to the TOWNSPEOPLE of Daughtrey,Django and the Germandon't look like a million other visitors.

What's everybody staring at?

What's this bizarre obsessionthey have with you not riding horses?

DJANGO

r' You askin' me?

Dr.Schultz stopsFritz in front of a saloon,and dismounts. Djangohas a little troubleboth stopping Tony and gettingoff him, but it gets done. Dr.Schultzkeeps bombarding The Slavewith questions.

So what other archaic ritualsare you people verboten to take part in?

As per usualwith this White Man, Djangothinks; "What"?

I'm just trying to get aclear idea on what you can do, and what youcan't do, and if you can't do it, why can'tyou do it? Like for instance,what if we ·wereto walk in this saloon here, sitdown at a table, order a drink, and drinkit? Would the authoritiesfrown on that?

What part wouldthey find the most offensive?

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Soif you and I did those things,that would beconsidered enough of a infractionto make thesaloon keeper go get the sheriff?

The good doctor extendshis hand towards the saloonentrance.

Well in that case Django, afteryou.

Django you're going to haveto learn to trust me, and as the man said; 11There1 snotime like the.present."

He takes Djangoby the arm and leads him intothe entryway of the establishm.ent.

The nervousblack slave and the confidentGerman·dentist walk intothe saloon.

The SALOON KEEPER{PETE) is high upon a chair placed high up ona table,to change a candle in the saloonschandelier. His back isturned away fromthe two patrons.

Good morning innkeeper, two beers for two weary travelers.

He turnsaround and sees them.

1 ,, TIMECUT

It'sabout five minutes later,and the Saloon Keeper comesrunning out of the bar to get the Sheriff.

When Dr.Schultz, sitting ata table with the youngDjango, calls;

Inn keeper!Remember, get the sheriff,not the marshall.This wouldn't be themarshalls jurisdiction.This is just a infraction, on what Iassume is a simple countyordinance, and thatwould fall under the domainof the Sheriff.

The Saloon Keeper runsaway.

The two men sit by themselvesin the empty saloon.

It lookslike we must act as ourown bartender.

The German stands up,and walks behind the bar,and pours two beer's from the tap intomugs. Django remains seated,and after a beat, asks;

This makes the doctorlaugh, as he pours thebeer's.

Ihaven't practiced dentistryin five years - Not to say once I know youbetter, I wouldn't liketo get a look at thatmouth - I'm sure it'sa disaster - But thesedays I practice a new profession....•BountyHunter.

This gets noreaction from Django.

Do you know what a BountyHunter is?

The BlackMan shakes his head, no.

As the gooddoctor, walks back to thetable carrying the mugs ofbeer, he explains;

Well the way the slavetrade deals in human lives for cash,a bounty hunter, deals in corpses.

IS

Dr.SCHULTZ (CONT'D) The state places a bountyon a man's head. I track that man, I findthat man, I kill that man. After I'vekilled him, I transport that man's corpseback to the authorities - and sometimes that'seasier said then done. I show that corpseto the authorities - proving, yes indeed, Ihave truly killed him - At which point,the authorities pay me the bounty. (liftinghis beer) Cheers.

The twomen touch glasses, and takea drink.

It's like a reward.

Certain people,yes.

Mostly. A fewMexicans. Couple Chinamen.

Badder theyare, bigger the reward. Which bringsme to you, and I must admit I'm at abit of a quandary when it comes to you.On one hand, I despise slavery. On the otherhand, I need your help, and if you'renot in a position torefuse, all thebetter. So for the time being, I'm goingto make this slave malarkey work tomy benefit. (beat) Still•...havingsaid that, ....I feelguilty. So •.•I'dlikethe two of us to enterinto an agreement.I'm looking for TheBrittle Brothers, howeverin this endeavor I'm at aslight disadvantage,in so far as, I don'tknow whatthey look like. But you do ..•••dont'cha?

Django, back at TheCarrucan Plantation, held downby Roger and Ellis Brittle, as Big JohnBURNS the "r" into his cheek witha BRANDING IRON.

BACK TO DJANGO

Good. So, here's my agr·eement.Youtravel with me till we find them -

Ihear at least two of them areoverseeing up in Gatlinburg, but I don'tknow where. That means we visit every plantationin Gatlinburg till we find them.And when we find them, you point them out,and I kill them. You do that, I agree togive you your freedom•••.twenty-five dollarsper Brittle brother - that's seventy-five dollars•...your horse, Tony -even though I've already gave him to you- but once the final Brittle brother liesdead in the dust, I'll buy you a new saddle,and a new suit of clothes, handsomecowboy hat included.

Dr.Schultz'seyes go to the saloon window.

And as if on cue••..herecomes the sheriff.

EXT- SALOON - MORNING

We see the sheriff, BILL SHARP, walktowards the saloon cradlinga w.inchester.Some TOWNSPEOPLE ( liketheSaloon Keeper) stand aroundto watch. A YOUNG BOY leads a herd ofBABY GOATS through town.

Sheriff Sharp stands in the middle ofthe street.

Both the doctor and Django standup and walk to the front porch.

As they do, The Sheriff says;

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From his topstep on the porch, Dr. King Schultzextends his hand toward thesheriff, as if to shake it...•.; .

A SMALL DERRINGER- POPS into Schultz's handfrom a metal sliding apparatusconcealed under his jacket sleeve.Once in hand, the dentist FIRESone tiny bullet into the belly ofBill Sharp.

The tinygun makes a tiny POP sound.

The shockedBill Sharp lets out a ugly groan,and doubles over in the dirt.

TheTOWNSPEOPLE are startled.

As isDjango.

As Schultzwalks down the porch steps,to the fallen sheriff, reloading histiny pop shooter, a PEDESTRIAN yellsout;

Dr.Schultz answers him by puttinganother tiny bullet in the lawman's skull, killing him dead.

In the background, ONE WOMANfaints. The Boy and his Goats scatter.

Dr.Schultz looks over at theSaloon Keeper, across the street.

Now you cango get the marshall.

TIME CUT

U.S.MARSHALL GILL TATUM snapsthe MENFOLK OF Daughtrey toattention.

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Cowboyswith rifles climb up stairs totake position on the roof ofthe buildingacross the street from the saloon.

The Marshalldirects the buckboardbeing moved into place.

The lastSNIPER on the rooftop takeshis position.

WHEN•...

COMING FROM THESALOON•...PIANOMUSIC •.•••

Dr.Schultzsits behind the pianoplaying a catchy little saloonnumber. He seemsskilled enough to be aprofessional western saloon piano player.A terrified Django,who's sure his new master is a lunatic who'sgoing to get them both killed,peeks out the closed curtains onthe window.

Dr.Schultz'ssuit coat sits drapedover a chair. All of hisweapons, includinghis metal sliding railDerringer contraption, lie ona table. Heplays piano in his buttondown dress shirt and gray suitvest.

What are theydoing?

Good. (pause) But what arethey doing?

Damn, theygot that organized fast. Isthe marshallout there?

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What makesyou think he's the marshall?

Dr.Schultz stops playingthe piano.

Firstthings first! Is thisthe marshall Ihave the pleasure of addressing?

Wunderbar! So marshall, Ihave relieved myself of all weapons, andjust as you have instructed, I'm readyto step outside with my hands raised abovemy head. I trust as a representativeof the criminal justice systemof The United States of America, I shantbe shot down in the street, by eitheryou or your deputies, before I've had my day incourt.

Yes, that's exactlywhat I mean! Do I have your word asa lawman not to shoot me down like a dogin the street?

Fair enough marshall,here we .come.!

(to Django) They're a littletense out there. So don't make any quickmovements, and let me do the talking.

Django looks at him like, "asif ..."

A lot of guns are trained onthe front door of the saloon.

Outside of range, the WHOLE TOWN watchesthe stand off.

The saloon doors open, andDr.Schultz and Django, handsraised, step outside.

Yes indeedwe are. Marshall Tatum,may I addressyou, your deputies, and apparently the entiretown of Daughtrey, asto the incidentthat just occurred?

My nameis Dr.King Schultz. Andlike yourself,marshall, I am a servantof the court.The man lying dead inthe dirt, whothe good people of Daughtreysaw fit to electas their sheriff, whowent by thename of Bill Sharp, is actuallya wantedoutlaw by the name ofWillard Peck, witha price on his head oftwo hundred dollars.That's two hundreddollars, dead oralive.

I'.mawarethis is probablydisconcerting news. But I'm willing towager this man was elected sheriff sometimein the last two years. I know thisbecause three years ago he was rustling cattlefrom, The B.C. Corrigan CattleCompany of Lubbock Texas.

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Dr.SCHULTZ (CONT'D) In my possessionis a warrant madeout by circuitcourt Judge Henry AllenLaudermilk of AustinTexas. You are encouragedto wire him. Hewill back up who I am, andwho your deardeparted sheriff~-

The Menfolk of thetown with rifles, begin tradinglooks. Then Dr.Schultz deliversthe coup de grace.

Inother words marshall, youowe me twohundred dollars.

CUT TO

Django andDr.Schultz, who by now haveridden quite a few miles together, ridetheir horses in the Tennesseecountryside, on theway to Gatlinburg.Dr.Schultz is dressed in oneof his nearly identical grey business suits,and Djarigois still dressedin his slave pants, Schultz'sbutton down dress shirt, andAce Speck's winter coat. Somewhere alongthe way a pair of shoeshave appeared on his feet.

One needs a plan, son.These are brutal times. A man who survives,is a man with a plan. A man who thrives,is a man with a good plan. So, havingsaid that, what's your plan, young Django?

Well, after thisBrittle business is behind us, you'll be afree man, with a horse, and seventy five dollarsin your back pocket. •What's your planafter fhat?

Django, I hadno idea you were a marriedman. Do most slavestake the institution of matrimony seriously?

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Do slaves believein marriage?

Where is she now?

Dr.Schultztakes out a long stickof beef jerky.

Care for some jerky?

Dr.Schultzrips him off a piece.Django chews cinit.As he chews, Schultzsays;

So your planis to trackdowriyourwife, and purchase herfreedom? Only you don'tknow where she is?

A chewing Django nods hishead, yes.

Dr.Schultz, takes a big biteof jerky, chews fora moment contemplating the dilemma, then pronounces;

Well thatshouldn't be all thatdifficult; So how longago did all this happen?

Three orfour?

So shecame from the CarrucanPlantation, and shewas sold at The GreenvilleSlave Auctionto some ·unknowcycustomerthree monthsago?

Django nods hishead, yes.

The bad part aboutslavery being a business, is it's immoral.The good part aboutit being a business is,they keep records. Somewhere in Greenvillethere's a book with yourwife's name in it, andthe name of the customerwho· bought her, andmore then likely theiraddress.

Butthen Schultz seems to getsecond thoughts.

Still, seventy-fivedollars in yourback pocket is apretty nice grub steak,but it's not going toget you very far in Greenville. Not to mentiona slave auction townin Mississippi isn'tthe safest placeyou could visit. Freeor not.

Yes you will.But say you show themto some rascals, andthey take them fromyou and tear themup?

I'm not sayingthey would, butthey could.

Great!Now you get hung for killin'a white man.The point being is theplace is just too dangerousfor you.

Whenyou get more dangerous.

Muddy and wet big cityChattanooga. We're inthe back of a STORE that

stores back door.He's very distressed. Oneglance at the outfit he's wearing explains thedistress.

I'· DJANGO is dressed in a powderblue satin Little LordFauntleroy outfit, that wouldn't be out ofplace in the court of MarieAntoinette at Versailles.

Dr.Schultz comestrailing after him.

Django, you have to, it'spart of "The Act". You're playing a character.Your character is The Valet. This iswhat The Valet wears. Remember what I toid you.During the act, you can never break character.

CUT TO

We see Dr.Schultz, riding slightly infront of Django, dressedin his blue satinLittle Lord Fauntleroy outfit,as they enter the propertyof BENNETT MANOR, aplantation in Gatlinburg,Tennessee. Django leadsa riderlesshorse, behind him and Tony.

As thetwo men ride their horses upthe road that leads to thefront steps ofBennett Manor, alongside thecotton fields, all the SLAVES /' stoppicking cotton, and straightentheir bent backs up to starein wonder atthis sight.

The patriarchof Bennett Manor, SPENCER"BIG DADDY" BENNETT,dressed in a fancyleisure suit of the day, emergesfrom the double doorsof the mansion,and stands on the top steps,hands on hips, watchingthe white man andblack man move from the backgroundto the foreground.

Whilethere are plenty BLACK MALES outin the cotton fields,the majorityof the slave population ofBennett Manor is prettyBLACK FEMALES,fourteen to twenty-four,referred to as, "PONY'S". Thebiggest money making crop of thisfarm, after cotton.

AsDr.Schultz and fancy pants Django,bring Fritz and Tonyto a stop in frontof Bennett Manor, they'vedrawn quite a crowd ofSLAVES, BENNETT FAMILY MEMBERS,and WHITE WORKERS (OVERSEER'S).

SpencerBennett keeps on the top stepso he won't be forcedto look up atthe darkee on the horse.

This is my valet,and my valet doesn'twalk.

Hisname is Django, he's a freeman, and hecan ride what he pleases.

My good sir, perhaps we got offon the wrong boot. Allow me to unringthis bell. My name is Dr.King Schultz, thisis my valet, Django, and these are ourhorses, Fritz, and Tony.

Fritz, doeshis head bow.

This makesthe pretty PONY'S surrounding Bennett,giggle.

Mr. Bennett, I've been lead tobelieve you are a gentleman, and a businessman. And it is in these capacitiesthat we've ridden from Texas to Tennesseeto talk with you now.

I wish to purchase one of your nigger gals.

I'm afraid so.

Mr. Bennett, if you arethe business man, I've been led to believeyou to be, I have five thousandthings I might say, that could change yourmind.

r----.Thisgetseverybody's attention, not leastof all Spencer Bennett. Spencerlaughs.

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The incognitobounty hunter, dismountshis steed, as does Django. Then thegood doctor walks up the stepsto Bennett Manor.

Maybe while we discussbusiness, you could provide oneof your loveliest black creatures to escortDjango here around your magnificent grounds.

A pretty,fleshy, sweet jelled,twenty-two year old slave galnamed BETINA,snaps to attention.

Django.

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Dr.Schultz lowers his voice,and says to the plantationowner;

Mr.Bennett, I must remind you, Djangois a freeman. He cannot be treated likea slave. Withinthe bounds of good taste, hemust be treatedas an extension of myself.

The MAMMY OF BENNETT MANORchimes in;

·MAMMY OF BENNETT MANOR Oh, you mean Jerry.

Away fromthe big house, Betina givesDjango a tour of the grounds. Her in herslave get up, complete withhandkerchief on her head,and him inhis satin baby blue Little LordFauntleroy outfit, are quite the pair.She eyeballs him disapprovinglyup and down.

Djangofumes.

BothSpencer Bennett and Dr.Schultzsit on the back porchdrinking lemonade;

I've been toldby those who should know, the most exquisiteAfrican flesh in the state of Tennesseeis bred right here on your land. Andfrom the look of these black angels,my sources weren't wrong.

Well that'swhat I'm looking for, a show pony for youngDjango. So the only questionthat remains is, do you havea nigger hereworth five thousand dollars?

BACK TO DJANGO AND BETINA Betina and Django walkby a big tree on the plantationgrounds. The cotton fields and theSLAVES picking it, in thebackground.

He moves her by the treefor more privacy. Betinathinks this fancy pants wants to get alllovey-dovey, and she couldn'tbe less interested.

She points to thecotton field, at a OVERSEER ontop of a horse, whip in hand, eyeingthe blacks at his mercy.

Django takeshold of a little bag slung overhis shoulder opens it,and takes out a shinybrass SPYGLASS, the type asea captain might use. Obviously aprop from Dr.Schultz. He slidesit open, places it against his eye, andpoints it in the direction of afigure out in the cotton field landscape.

SPYGLASS POV: Astride hisnag, ~he filthy hillbilly, whocalls himself SHAFFER,but who Djangoknows to be ELLIS BRITTLE, lookson, oblivious to Django's observation.

BACK TO DJANGO AND THE SPYGLASS he lowersthe glass.

r--··. BETINA

(innocently) Is thatwho you lookin' for?

He folds the spyglassback up, and puts it back inhis purse.

She nods her head,yes.

She points to a shed,and keeps pointing right.

Which means; "Goto the shed and turn right."

He slaps herass, to hurry her up.

Then looks tothe shed, and begins crossingthe distance between him and The BrittleBrothers.

PEELIN' :A punishment by bullwhip, acrossthe back.

LITTLE RAJmakes a line in the .dirtwiththe heel of his boot. Making Djangostand behind it, as he watcheshis wife being whipped.

BIG JOHN BRITTLESLASHES the beauty of Broomhilda'sback with his BULLWHIP.

DJANGO, keepingbehind the line, begs BigJohn for mercy.

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The WHIP RIPS herback.

Django gets onhis knees, and on behalf ofBroomhilda, begs Big John Brittle with everythinghe has.

Little Raj Brittle,ties LITTLE JODY, apetite slave girl (eighteen) to a dead treestump.

BIG JOHN BRITTLEpaces, taking a fewpractice CRACKS with his WHIP.

LITTLE JODY begsThe Shaffer Brothers/TheBrittle Brothers formercy.

ROGER goesand sits on a old wagonwheel to watch the whippin'.

Little Jodybegs to differ.

WHEN.•.....

BigJohn breaks his whip stride,looks up, and in a discardedfull length·brokenmirror from thebig house, laying abandonedagainst the stablewall, he seeis DJANGO,dressed in his powder bluesatin Little Lord.Flauntleroyoutfit, surroundedby his pack of littleFrench Bulldogs.

LITTLEJODY on her knees, tiedto the dead tree stump,looks up see's thesame thing in the mirror.

LITTLERAJ looks to his leftat the sounds of the voice.

BIGJOHN turns toward Django,who he still doesn't recognize.

DJANGO juststares back.

BIGJOHN smile disappears.He recognizes Django.

Sodoes Roger.

Django crosses toward BigJohn, raising up his armlike he's going to shake his hand••.•...

.....Djangoextends hisarm, and Dr.Schultz's Derringerarm contraption, POPS theTINY GUN into his hand, andhe FIRES a tiny bullet smack dab intoBIG JOHN'S MERCILESS HEART.

~-- Big John hears it•••thentips over dead.

LITTLE JODY can't believewhat she's just seen.

FOUR OTHER SLAVES who justhappen to be walking in thebackground, see it.

LITTLE RAJ is stunned.••.•thencomes to his senses,fumbling for the gun he wears on his hip,but since he's no gunman, inhis haste, he gets it out of his holster,but drops it on the ground.

It goes off.... BANG.

SHOOTING himself inthe foot, he HOPS UP AND DOWNin pain.

The Bulldogs scatter atthe sound of the BANG.

DJANGO picks Big John'sWHIP off the ground, andbegins WHIPPING LITTLE RAJ across theface and chest.

MORE SLAVES gather.

DJANGO WHIPS HIM TO THE GROUND whips him on the ground,then throws the whip tothe ground, picks Roger's pistol off theground, and empties it (FIVESHOTS) into Roger.

~- To say the slavesare flabbergasted, is a understatement.

Dr.Schultz rideshis horse up quickly, rifle inhis·hand. He sees Django, and thetwo dead bodies.

Who are they?

Where's Ellis?

Ellis Brittleriding his horse full out throughthe cotton field trying to make anescape.

Are you sure that's him?

Ellis getsfurther away ••••

Are you positive?

Ellis gets furtheraway •...

You don't know if you're positive?

Ellis gets furtheraway ....

It means you're sure.

Yes, what?

BAM!

The Germanpicks the middle Brittle brotheroff his horse.

The deadman WIPES OUT horribly in the thickcotton brush.

RED BLOOD splasheson WHITE COTTON.

The Germanand Django have the entire plantation'sattention.

SpencerBennett (with his Winchester), hisSONS and his OVERSEERS, and someHOUSE NIGGERS come around likea angrymob.

The Germantosses his rifle in the dirt,and raises his hands.

Djangodoes the same with his pistol.

Dr.Schultzaddresses the ANGRY MOB.

Everybody calm down,we mean no one else any harm!

Dr·.SCHULTZ I amDr.King Schultz, a legal representative of thecriminal justice system of the UnitedStates of America. The man tomy leftis Django Freeman, he's my deputy. Inmy pocket is a warrant signed bycircuit court judgeHenry Allen Laudermilkof Austin Texas,for the arrest and capture,dead or alive,of John Brittle, Ellis Brittle,and RogerBrittle -

Youknow them by the name, Shaffer. Butthe butchers real names·wereBrittle. Theseare wanted men. The law wantsthem formurder. I reiterate, this warrant statesdead or alive. When Djangoand myself executedthese men on sight,we were operating within our legal.boundaries.Now I realize passionsare high. But I mustwarn you, thepenalty for taking deadly force againsta officer of the court inthe performance of his duty is, youwill be hungby the neck until you aredead.

This does puta momentary pause in the lynchmob's blood lust.

After his dramaticpause for effect•••.

•...Dr.Schultzsays;

May I please remove the warrantfrom my pocket so you may examine it?

Resting hisWinchester over his shoulder,Bennett reaches for the paper.

Dr.Schultzremoves the warrant from his jacketpocket, and hands itto the plantationowner. Bennett reads it silentlyto himself, resign~dto what it says.

Satisfied.

Bennetteyes go from the warrant tothe German.

May I have that back?

~, Bennetthands Schultz back thepiece of paper.

We good?

Post haste. (toDjango) Load up thebodies as quickly as you can, andlet's get out of here.

TIME CUT

All three dead Brittle Brotherslie over the back of theextra horse the bounty hunters broughtwith them.

Both Bounty Hunters are backin their saddles ready toleave.·

With all the eyes of theplantation on them, the whiteand black man start to ride out, when Spencer"Big Daddy" Bennett, stepsin their way for one final threat.

I'mfully aware Bennett, that youand your regulatorplaymates aren't shy about killingfor what you believe in.But mark my words Big Daddy, if you makea move towardsDjango or myself, youbetter be preparedto die for it.

The two men rideoff.

The Black and WhiteAudience watch them go.

INSERT: Dr.Schultz'sSADDLE BAG, the doctor'shands remove THREE STICKS ~. OF DYNAMITE fromit.

r-~ INSERT: The doctor'sHANDS bind the Three Sticksof Dynamite together.

INSERT: The ThreeSticks are WRAPPED UP in aBRIGHT YELLOW BANDANA.

INSERT: The YellowDynamite Sticks, areburied in dirt about halfway, with the yellowpart protruding from outof the ground.

CUT TO.

SPENCER'S POV: We see thecamp by the lake that Dr.Schultzand Django have set up. Both wrappedup in bedrolls. The deadbodies of the Brittle Brothers lie by themin a pile. A campfire slowlydims.

We Cut Backto Spencer Bennett lying onhis belly with SIX OTHER RIFLE CARING MEN observingthe camp, from overa grade.

The Men sneakback down the hill theway they came ..•.

Where aboutTWENTY-FOUR REGULATORS arewaiting for them ON HORSEBACK, all of theriders heads are coveredby FLOUR SACKS with eyes andmouth holes cutout. Some carry TORCHES, allcarry RIFLES or SHOTGUNS.

Spencermounts his horse. "Big Daddy"issues orders astridehis steed••

Havingsaid his blood thirstywords, he puts the flour sackover his head.He tussles with the sackfor a bit, then from insidethe sack;

He sticks his fingers in theeye holes, and rips, tryingto make the holes bigger, he only succeedsin making·visibilitymore obscured.

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He rips_it off his headin frustration.

Randy tears athis bag.

He puts iton ...thensays;

He yanks itoff his head.

Redfish, fatter then some (butnot all), takes offhis bag.

Willard rides off.

O.B. removes his bag,and yells after Willard.

Robert takesoff his bag, and says;

Everyone takesoff their bag.

Spencerputs on his sack, everyoneelse, reluctantly,does as well.

EXT- LAKE - NIGHT

TheTHIRTY RIDERS, all withSACKS OVER THEIR HEADS,come riding over thehill, hooting and hollerin.Since nobody can seethey ride haphazardinto each other.·Redfishfalls off his horsehard on his fat ass. They·surround the camp,and when the sleeping Schultzand Dj·a·ngo don't react, they ·knowsomething'sup. But sincenobody can see, everybodyand everybody's horseis confused.

WE HEAR A GROUP OF LINES FROM CIRCLINGCOWBOYSON HORSEBACK WITH BAGS OVER THEIR.·HEADS:"Where arethey, I can't see" - "Theytricked us" - "Didsomebody fall" - "Wherethe hell are they" - "Y'all,Redfish fell off his horse..He's .kindahurtbad."

Then amongst the confusion....

WE SNAP ZOOM TO

Then quickly cut into TheTree.

Till we're in a CU OF Dr.SCHULTZ with a SCOPE SIGHT RIFLEup to his eye.

TWO SHOT Dr.SCHULTZ and DJANGO upin a tree.

Auf wiedersehen.

o/I

He fires.

The Camp EXPLODES Blowing Horsesand Riders Apart.

Dr.Schultz and Django liftup repeating rifles.

Let 'em haveit!

Just fire intothe smoke.

The two treetop killers letloose with rifle fire.

Schultz next to him,says;

He's getting away.

He's gettingout of range.

INSERT: A black finger squeezesthe rifle trigger.

DJANGO

Like that, huh?

Referringto the scope sight rifle;

Well, I think while they takethis opportunity to lick their wounds, we shouldtake this opportunity to get the fuckout of Tennessee.

They hopout of the tree.

Django, sittingon his new saddle, in his newduds, rides alongside the good doctorSchultz. The German carriesa PICNIC BASKET.

But I'm serious son, Greenvilleis just too dangerous for you to go fuckingaround there. You're a freed slave, you shouldbe in New York. You shouldn't be in Greenville,you shouldn't even be forty miles on anyside of Greenville. You shouldn't be anywhere inMississippi.

There should be some sortof records office. You know when she was sold,you know where she came from, The CarrucanPlantation, and you know her name ••.•whatisher name?

Schultzreacts.

Broomhilda?

Django.nodshis head yes.

Were her ownersGerman?

Now Django reacts, "How did heknow that?

Your wife?

So let me getthis straight, your sla'(e wife speaksGerman, and her name is BroomhildaVon Shaft...?

To say theleast. (stoppingthe horse) This lookslike a very pretty placeto have our picnic.What'd ya say, here?

TIME CUT

The two men sit on ablanket with a nice picnic spreadspread out. Django eats a cucumbersandwich with the crustcut off, and drinks a cup of tea.

Broomhildais a German name. Ifthey named her,it stands to reason they'dbe German.

No, not so much. Broomhildais the name of a character in one of themost popular of all the German legends.

Yes there is.

Every German knows thatstory. Would you like me to tell you?

Django nodshis head, yes.

Well Broornhildawasa princess. She was the daughter of Wotan,the god of all gods. Anyway, her fatheris really mad at her.

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I don't exactlyremember. I think shedisobeys him in someway. So at first he's justgoing to obliterateher -

Like blowup.

He pantomimes a explosion.

Yes it is,and like most fathers,given a little time,he calms down a bit.He's still madat her. He still wantsto punish her. Just not•...••blowher up. So insteadwhat he does, ishe puts her high on topof a mountain.

It's aGerman legend, there's alwaysgoing to be amountain in there somewhere.So, he puts heron top of the mountainand he puts a firebreathing dragon there toguard the mountain. And. thenhesurrounds her in circleof hellfire. And thereBroqmhilda shall remain,unless a hero arisesbrave enough to save her.

From now on as Dr.Schultztalks, he's beginningto realize something he wasn't aware of whenthe conversation started.

YesDjango, as a matter hedoes. A fella named,Sigfried.

Yes he does, and quite spectacularly,so. Now true, he is assisted inhis triumph by a truly, truly, remarkablesword, still, having said that, Sigfried triumphsover all of his obstacles not just due tohis sword, but due to his courage. He scales t.hemountain,because he's not afraid of it. He defeatsthe dragon, because he's not afraid of him.

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He walks throughhellfire because Broomhilda'sworth it.

After that last line of dialogue....thetwo men just let amoment pass asthey nibble on their sandwiches.

I think I'm juststarting to realize that.

He pours Django and himselfsome more tea out of a fancytea pot, as he thinks about what he's goingto say next.

Look Django,I don't doubt one day youwill save your ladylove. But I'm afraid Ican't let you goto Greenville in a good conscious. Let me askyou a question, how do youlike the bountyhunting business?

I haftaadmit, we make a good team.

Yes,on that occasion, you werea tad overzealous.But normally, that'sa good thing.How'd you like to partnerup for thewinter?

You be my deputy, for realthis time. A lot of the big money is in outlawgangs. Some of these fellas are worth fifteenhundred or three thousand a piece. Withone man, anything over three men is a risk.But with a partner? Creating cross fire? It's fishin a barrel. A lot of these gangs holdup in the hills for the winter.

Yes. Youwork with me through the winter, till the snowmelts. I give you a third of my bounties.And while we're together, I'll teachyou a few things you'regoing to needto know.

That amongother things. We make some money thiswinter, when the snowmelts, I'll takeyou to Greenville myself,and we'll findwhere they sent yourwife. I'm prettygood at finding people.Is it a deal?

No white man has everdone anything for Django, justto him. So understandably, he's alittle suspicious.

Well frankly,I've never givenanybody theirfreedom before. And nowthat I have, I feelvaguely responsible foryou. You're justnot ready to go off on yourown, it's thatsimple. You're too green,you'll get hurt. Pluswhen a German meets a reallife Sigfried, it'skind of a big deal. As aGerman, I'm obligedto help you on yourquest to rescueyour beloved Broomhilda.

Django accepts thatresponse.

What follows is aMONTAGE covering the fivemonths that Django and Schultz partner upas bounty hunters. Schultzwears his normal ensemble. Djangowears his cool lookingGreen Jacket, unless it's really cold,which a lot of this Montage is.Then he still wears Ace Specks raw hidewinter coat over his coolclothes.

We see Djangoand Dr.Schultz walking upa hill. Tony and Fritz have been lefttied up downhill. Django leadsa extra body HORSE (named r'' PONCHO) behindhim. Dr.Schultz carrieshis scope sight rifle in a long case. Theyget to the top of the hill. Itoverlooks a small farmhouse.

On top of their perchon the hill top, Dr.Schultzsays;

Keepdown or he'll see you.

Wellsince we came here tokill 'em, he justmight.

That little man pushingthat plow, is Smitty Bacall.

No. Smitty Bacall is a stagecoachrobber who's hiding out as a farmer,because there's a seven thousanddollar bounty on his head.

He hands Djangothe scope rifle case.

And he's all yoursmy boy.

DJANGO layson his belly, with theScope Sight up to his eye.

SCOPE SIGHTPOV: on the Farmerstruggling behind hisplow, working hard withhis horse and his son.

Django'sfinger on the trigger....buthe hesitates.

Oh what happenedto mister I wanna killwhite folks for money?

Good. He'll havea loved one with him. Maybe even sharea last word. That's better then mostget, and a damn sight better then hedeserves.

~ Django still hesitates.

Put down therifle. Don't worry, I'mnot mad at you.Take out Smitty Bacall'shandbill.

Django removes the foldedup handbill from the pocketof his tan pants.

Read it aloud.Consider it today'slesson.

Well done.Bravo. THAT is who SmittyBacall is. IfSmitty Bacall wanted to starta farm at twenty-two,they would never ofprinted that. (referringto the handbill) But SmittyBacall wanted to robstagecoaches, andhe didn't mind killing peopleto do it. Youwant to save your wife bydoing what I do?This is what I do. I killpeople, andsell their corpses for cash.His corpse isworth seven thousand dollars. Now quityour pussyfootin andshoot him.

Django SHOOTS.

The Little Man downbelow behind the plow fallsdown.

The Young Boy doesn'tknow what happened atfirst. Then he figuresout his father was justshot. He goes to him inthe dirt.

You need to keep that SmittyBacall handbill.

It's good luck. You alwayskeep the handbill of your firstbounty.

~- They beginwalking down the hill, to collectSmitty Bacall's body, leading theextra body horse behind them.

~- As they walk down hill, they watchthe little scene of SmittyBacall's Soncradling his dying father.in hisarms, the older man speakinghis lastwords to his son before he dies.

See, they're havinga tender little father son moment now. No doubtthe most heartfelt one they've ever had.

It'snow full on snowy winter inthe hills.

Django practices his quick drawagainst a SNOWMAN he's built.He sticks a BOTTLE in it, so the bottomof the bottle is where the snowman's heart would be.

He DRAWS.....

Shoots the bottle heart!

He DRAWS.••••

Shoots the left coal eye.

He DRAWS..••.

Shoots the right coal eye.

He DRAWS•.••.

Shoots the carrot nose.

Dr.Schultz comes up behindhim.

I think it'ssafe to say you're fasterthen the snowman.

A outlaw gang known asThe WILSON - LOWE GANG (fiveguys) ride through a snowy forest at night.When all five men and theirHorses, are SHOT FROM ABOVE.

~- The FLAKES continueto FALL HARD as Dr.Schultzand Django ride down the main street oftown, pulling poor Ponchowho's FULLY LOADED DOWN with five corpses.

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,,-, The local SHERIFF, DON GUS,watches the two men ride up, he knowsthem.

The Wilson -Lowe Gang.

Dr.Schultz removes a handbillfrom his inside jacket pocket,and hands it down to the friendly peaceofficer.

Bad ChuckWilson, and meaner Bobby Lowe. And threeof their acolytes.

The snow encrusted bountyhunters come inside the lawmansoffice. They exchange pleasantriesabout the weather as the Sheriffpours them coffee. After the two frostygentlemen have drunk some ofthe hot liquid, they get downto business. As Schultz and Gus discussthe bounties, Django readsthe handbills aloud from off thewall. On the third one he reads,WARRENVANDERS, and a two thousanddollar bounty, "That one", Schultz says.

Django RIPS IT off thewall.

As the winter hasprogressed, we see they've become agenuine bounty hunting team. And Django,a genuine bounty hunter.

The snow has melted,and it's SPRING. And inside ofthis meadow Django practices his fastdraw against five men •...

•..•by Schultz throwingFIVE COINS in the air.•...

DJANGO DRAWS FAST shootsthree coins, FIRES againhitting another, then falls to the groundto get the fifth.

He looks up fromthe ground at Schultz.

:----As Schultz collects the coinsoff the ground, he says;

You'repretty confident aren't you?

Django nods his head, yes.

You havereason to be.

He holds out his fist,opens his hand, the coins lay inhis palm. All the coins have bulletholes dead in their center.He drops them on top of Django.

Dr.Schultz removes apipe, sticks it in his mouth andsays;

Oh you'reready for Greenville.

He lights a match, thenlights the pipe, puffing ashe says;

Greenvilleready for you, that I'mnot so sure.

He blows out the match.•..

WE GO TO BLACK

What we also saw inthe above montage is Django shakeoff a lifetime of slavery. Django, inhis green jacket, in his cowboyhat, on top of his steed Tony, with hisgun hanging from his hip, hasbecome his own man. He's not a slave anymore.He's a bounty hunter.

BLACK TITLE CARD

ACROSS THE SCREEN ONE LETTER AT A TIMESTYLE (ala "Rocky"and "Flashdance")

MISSISSIPPI

CUT TO

The whole Main Streetof Greenville is thickwith five inches of shit brown mud that allthe horse hooves, and wagonwheels, and slave feet have to wadethrough to get from one end ofthe town to the other.

We seeDjango and Dr.Schultzenter the town, and slosh theirhorses in themud, down the main streetof Greenville Mississippi.The buying and sellingof slaves is what thewhole town is built around.

BLACK MEN,WOMEN, and CHILDREN inBONDAGE are everywhereyou look.

LINESOF CHAINED SLAVES beingmarched one way or the other,move throughthe muddy streetsof Greenville. WHITE MEN onhorses move them along.

BUCKBOARDSfilled with DOMESTIC SLAVES(HOUSE NIGGERS),and pretty PONYS, driven by WHITE MEN rollthrough the street.

Impromptuslave auctionstake place on almost everyblock.

A SUBTITLE APPEARS on thebottom of the screen:

Dr.Schultz takes in thisAfrican flesh market, wherehuman beings sell other human beings,with disgust and a little bitof shock.

,,--..Djangois neither disgustedor.shocked, he knows firsthand how Greenville operates.

As he rides Tony throughtown in his snappy duds,he looks at the BLACK MEN half dressed in chains.He REMEMBERS HIMSELFwith his six Other Companions from earlier,being walked through themud of Main Street by The Speck Brothers.On that day he might as wellof been a steer. Today, with a gun onhis hip, money in his pocket,in his snappy outfit, astride hissteed Tony, he feels so differentfrom these wretched half nakedbastards it gives him a bitof a chill.

Django sees the townsrailroad depot, and acrossfrom it a huge SLAVE PEN, like a STEERCORRAL. At the moment there'sno train in the depot.

INSIDE ONE OF THE BOXCARS amidst a boxcarfull of shirtless BLACK MALES,Django watches the train pull into the station,from inside the woodenslat.esof the boxcar.·

A hatch in theroof of the boxcar is NOISILYYANKED OPEN, and TWO WHITE SLAVE TRADERS (RUSSAND JUDD), peer down attheir human cargo.

The boxcar door is slidopen, and a HUNDREDAND FIFTY BLACK MALES run full out from thetrain to the steer corral.

We spot Django duringthe running.

Once inside the corral,the gate is closed.

COWBOYSwith riflesact as prison guards.

Django catchesa quick glimpse of Broomhildarunning with the other LADIES, then she'sgone from view.

It's a spectacle out ofDante.

Frankly, I don't knowif I could endure this.

Records office.

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Dr.Schultzand Django walk into a recordsoffice, lined with books. We watch throughthe store front window, theblack man and whiteman enter, andDr.Schultz present his businesscard to a Dickensian looking RECORDS OFFICEWORKER. As Schultz starts hisspellbinding with words routine.....TheCAMERA FADES TO BLACK.

BLACK TITLECARD:

BROOMHILDA

The same shotwe saw before of Django fightinghis way to the barsof the slavepen, to get a better last lookof Broomhilda.

Broomhilda,as before is walked by inthe distance.

Then, asbefore Django loses sight ofher.

We followin front of Broomhilda beinglead out of .theslavepen by TWO WHITE MALE SLAVERS.Her bare feet sloshin the Main Street mud,and the leg ironsscrap her ankles.

Up untilnow everything you've ever seenof Broomhilda, hasonly been in Django'sSpaghetti Western Flashbacks.In other words, fromhis perspective,and memory. This is theonly time the story willshift to Broomhilda'sperspective. The strorigbutfrightened girl is ledout on to thehustle and bustle, andwagon wheels and horse hoofsof Main Street.

Broomhildais not taken into thatthree story auction arenathat Django was soldin at the beginning. InsteadShe's just lifted upon a parked buckboardwagon. Her SELLER {CLYDE)starts his pitch on theTWELVE or so BUYERS thatwatch this punymake shift auction.

Among the ugly white men we seeMr.HARMONY {MIKE), not quiteas ugly as therest. An older well dressed,classy gentleman. Next tohim is his twentyfour year old overweightawkward son SCOTTY HARMONY.

r--,. Scottyin the audience, andBroomhilda on the wagon,THEIR EYES MEET, he nudges his dad.

The Seller makes her exposeher breasts to the smallcrowd. Then her back, revealing her whipmarks. Then pointing outthe runaway "r" branded in her cheek.

Some of the crowd, includingScotty, react with repulsionat the sight of the whip marks. The Sellerassures the crowd,that nigg.ersdon•t feel pain like white folks,and it only makes thewomen more gentle.

BIG FAT GREASY BEAVER PELTCOVERED TRAPPER makes a bid.

A GIGGLING LEERINGGROUP OF BROTHERS make a bid.

A SEVENTY FIVEYEAR OLD INDIAN ON A MULE makes a bid.

Mr.Harmonymakes a bid for his son Scotty.

Broomhilda noticesthat. And makes more eyecontact with Scotty.

They look ateach.other as Mr.Harmony continuesto bid.

A LITERARY NARRATOR comeson the soundtrack.

Mr.Harmony congratulates hisson.

From on top of the buckboardBroomhilda looks downat her new owners.

Later they leave for theHarmony house. Scotty liftsBroomhilda up into the back of the buckboard.He hands her a littlewhite bag.

She opens the bag, candiesof many colors sit init.

She selects a yellowone and puts it in hermouth.

She nods her head,yes.

We see him drivethe buckboard out of Greenvillewith Broomhilda inthe back eating her bagof jelly beans.

The buckboardmakes its way down a countryroad. Broomhilda in the back, and Scottydriving the wagon.

Scotty boughther, but he's too scared totalk to her.

Broomhilda'smuddy bare feet dangle offthe wagon. She's beginningto realize theyoung master is the shy type.

She climbsinto the driver's seat. Inmore ways then one.

A nice two story southernhouse. Very nice, buthardly a plantation. The household's FOUR DOMESTIC SLAVES.Broomhildawill be the fifth. The buckboard pulls up tothe front of the house.

Scotty's mother,Mrs.HARMONY (MARY LOUISE),waits to meet her son, and his new bought niggergal.

The older lady looksthe black girl up anddown and says to her;

What's your name, gal?

Follow me.into the kitchen, {to her son) You stay out here.

Mrs.Harmonybrings Broomhilda in her kitchen.The TWO DOMESTIC SLAVES that were in.thereare chased out by theboss lady. Mrs.Harmonygrabs Broomhildaby the wrist, and tells her;

I want to have a wordwith you, wench. You met my boy Scotty. You cantell ain't no white girl gonna fool withhim. And if they do fool with him, they foolwith him for the wrong reason. Boy's twentyfour, he still ain't a man yet. That's whyyou're here. Be nice tohim. He's a very sweetboy. Play him right, he'll eat bird seed outof your palm. Play 'em wrong, you'll dealwith me.

And you'll givethat to him?

He is, isn't he?

The mother lets go of the younglady's wrist.

We see Scotty andBroomhilda catching butterfliesin butterfly nets in the daytime..

At night they catchLIGHTNING BUGS together.

At night in Scotty'sbed, while the young man layfast asleep, Broomhilda looksat her jelly jar of GLOWING LIGHTNINGBUGS.

We see themat dirinereating fried chicken andmashed potatoes and gravy.

Mrs.Harmonyand Broomhilda sewing together.

The Harmonyfamily and Broomhilda playing croquetin the front yard.

Afterdinner, Mrs.Harmony entertaining thefamily by playing thepiano.

Mr.Harmonyreading the women and his sona story from a storybook.

Scottyand Broomhilda walking holdinghands at Southern magichour.

Broomhilda having sex with Scotty, babytalking with him, talkinghim through it, making him feel loved ands·ecure.

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White masters would take theirpretty Ponys to Greenville for a treator romantic excurS-ion,for two reasons..One,seeing how bad the other slaves hadit, always made the papered Ponys appreciatetheir privilege position, (just in case they'dforgot).

Broomhildaand Scotty, and their luggage,move into the fancy hotel lobby,and rent a room at the front desk.

INSERT:HOTEL REGISTRY· Scottysigns his name. The DESK CLERKS HAND checksthe box on the registrybook that indicates darkee femalecompanion.

Greenvilleat night is a littledifferent. At night, RICH WHITE MASTERS showingoff their Ponys (like Scotty),rule the streets.

An establishing shot of thethree story house that has beenconverted into private club called, TheCleopatra Club.

INSERT: GOLD PLAQUE with the name, THE CLEOPATRA CLUB onit, next to itis a profile of Nefertiti.

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The interracial jointis jumping {as long asby interracial you mean white menand black women).

Scotty andBroomhilda are enjoying a fancydinner in the clubs dining room.

We see acrossthe dining room, the powerfulwhite man, CALVIN CANDIE, sittingwith some White Men and some BlackPonys, eyeing Broomhilda.

Thatwas actually kind of funny. Broomhildawas right, all he needed was a littleconfidence. She puts herhand on his.

NARRATOR {VO) Then...speak of thedevil and the devil appears.

Scottystands up and shakes handswith Calvin.

Pointing at a empty chair.

Calvin sits down.

Broomhilda gets a sinisterchill from this smiling jack.

Scotty, as per usual, is clueless.

He squeezes Broomhilda'shand.

Candie sees this.

Broomhilda knowsthis is a man to be avoided.

But Scotty is sweptaway being courted by somebodylike Calvin Candie.

She tries to implythey should stay wherethey are. He brushes her off with a, 11Don'tbesilly.''

We see Calvin introducehis table of friendsto the couple, and they join the party.

Calvin Candiehas his arm around a foxyPony named SHEBA, whose dress is a littlemore revealing then the others.

They drinkand talk, and the White Menhave a forced good time. But Calvin Candiecan't hide his sinister sidefrom Broomhilda, and it keeps heruncomfortable, until she excusesherself from the table togo to bed. Scotty•·shavi·ng:Suchagood timewith his fancy friends heopts to stay behind.Broomhilda leaves in abit of a huff, due to Scotty's disobedience.If these fancy.fuckingwhite men weren't around making Scotty feelso puffy chested, he'd neverdismiss her that way.

We FOLLOW Broomhildaout of the club,across the street, to the hotel.

r-, BACK AT THE CLEO CLUB The nowdrunk Scotty is playing poker withCalvin and his friends.

Calvinholds his cards with Sheba drapedaround him. She whispers somethingin his ear.

Scotty,thinking about his great hand,says;

Shebawhispers something else inCandie's ear.

Scotty, is a little surprised.

Sheba walks over to Scotty'sside of the table, and giveshim a very lip intensive soul kiss. The tableenjoys the show. Then Shebagoes back to Calvin's side of the table.

The game continues.

Candie throws in his chips.

This is where Calvin Candiehas waited to be allnight.

Scotty doesn't intendto let this smiling Jackcheat him out of his pot, especially withhim holding an inside straight.

Calvin writes on apiece of paper, then throwsit in the pot.

Scotty takes the pieceof paper, "What's this?"

Calvin and thewhole table laugh at that.

More laughter.

Somebody does.

Scotty makes a pressureddecision.

He hurriedly takesthe pencil and writesout a Bill of Sale for Broomhilda.

Candie lays downhis cards, he has a FLUSH.

What Scotty's justdone hits him like aton of bricks,

After Scottyuses the "C" word, everybodyqui.etsdown.

Calvin calmlystands up from the table.He removes a small Derringer Gun fromhis pocket, and tosses iton the table in front of Scotty. Then takesout another one, and tossesit on the table in front : himself.

Everybody in The Cleo Clubquiets down.

This is all going too fastfor slow Scotty.

FIRST NOTE......

SECOND NOTE•••.

Scottycan't leave. He can't go homewithout her. He. can'tfacehis parents.He can't walk out on her.No matters what happenshe can't leave.

,,--.THIRD NOTE.•.•

Calvin Candie SHOOTS ScottyHarmony dead.

Calvin Candie and his entourageenter the hotel lobbyand go up to the FRONT DESK CLERK.•

Broomhilda is asleep inbed ....

WHEN.....

....Calvin comes BURSTINGin the room holdinghis belt in his hand. He YANKS OFF the sheetsthat Broomhilda sleeps under.Broomhilda lies naked under the covers.Candie brings the beltdown around her legs and backside.

She hops out of bed.

Candie CHASES hernaked body with his belt,.fromthe top of the stairs, down the stairs,and through the lobby, andout the front door.

All to theamusement of the WHITE HOTEL GUESTS.

She RUNS outof the hotel naked, and thenTRIPS FALLING INTO THE GREENVILLE MUD.She looks up from the mud,at Calvin Candie looking down at her.

r·· We doa SLOW ZOOM intoBroomhilda's face.

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CUT TO

Back inside thethree story Auction Block domedroom.

The same room Djangowas sold in at the beginning.

Tons of WHITE BUYERS andSELLERS and BLACK SLAVES tobe bought or sold fill the bighall.

The SELLER (SHELBY) gives the crowd.asales pitch about Banjo, andstarts the bidding.

Many differentUGLY WHITE MEN make bids on thebig mandingo, including Calvin Candie.

Dr.SCHULTZand DJANGO from a pair of OPERA GLASSES ~' watch CalvinCandie from up above on the 2ndfloor landing.

FROM Dr.SCHULTZ'SPERSPECTIVE We see CalvinCandie, and his black slave.bodyguard,BARTHOLOMEW, always dressedin a slightly ill.fitting threepiece suit and bowler hat, amongthe crowd of buyers at the auctionblock below.

Candie'slawyer LEONIDE MOGUY joins him.

His name is Calvin Candie,and he is the owner of Candyland.

Oh, so you heard of it?

Well apparently, that'swhere your wife is, and apparently the repellentgentleman down there is the one whoowns her.

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The White Man and BlackMan find a cubbyhole totalk in the auction hall.

How muchdo you know about mandingofighting?

Canyou play a mandingo expert?

Can you convincingly masqueradeas someone who is an expert on mandingofighters?

Because when a man has oneof the four biggest cotton plantationsin Dixie, but the only thing that seemsto ring his chimes is big sweaty blackmales, if WE want to get his attention, we betterbe talking about big sweaty black males.So my character is that of a big money buyerfrom Dusseldorf, here in Greenville to buymy way into the mandingo fight game. And yourcharacter is the mandingo expert I hired tohelp me do it.

Dr .SCHULTZ. One-Eyed Charly?

Why do they callit One-Eyed Charly?

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Testy. It'san unusual name. That's aperfectly legitimatequestion. So, can you convincingly play my mandingoOne-Eyed Charly? Don'tsay, yes, if youcan't.

Then playhim that way! Give me yourblack slaver.

Django gets that.

Can youdo that?

To getourselves personally invitedto Candylandby Calvin Candie himself.

CUT TO

Dr.SCHULTZ and DJANGO standacross the streetfrom The Cleopatra Club. Which looks likea regular nice three story house,among other nice houses on an affluentresidential block in GreenvilleMississippi.

They open the tinygarden gate in front of thehouse, walk up the stoop steps to the frontdoor. They ring the doorbell.

A pretty youngblack girl, dress~d in a FRENCH MAID outfitopens the door.

(amused) Bonjour, mon petite femmenoire. We are here to see CalvinCandie.

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~- She's been taught to smileand say:

The two men walk intothe entrance way of the house.

A beautiful mulatto HOSTESSgreets the two men.

Dr.Schultz hands Cleo theguest card.

Yes I amDr.King Schultz, and thisis my associate,Django Freeman.

Upon hearing Django isa free man her eyes go to.him.

We'rehere for a appointment with CalvinCandie and Leo Moguy.

Notat the moment.

How charming.

Cleo·leaves.

Django wanders overthe dining room, and peers inside.

A lush fancy restaurantdining area inside ofthis house. The DINERS are made up exclusivelyof well dressed WHITE MEN,and pretty BLACK GIRLS (PONYS) dressedin the most elaborate ladiesfashions of the day.

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,,,-,Some appearto be on dates.

Some appearto be enjoying a special evening (birthday,anniversary, special treat).

Some are.twomen with two women.

Some are oneman with two or three or morewomen.

The whitemen's ages range from early twentiesto old men.

The girlsages ranges from their twenties,to thirteen.

The billof fare is a combination of Frenchcuisine, and hearty beef drivenAmerican dining.

The dolledup, decked out Ponys eat richFrench cuisine completewith elaboratesauces, and take their knivesto thick cuts of steak.

The youngerlittle girls, usually eat icecream with hot fudge, banana splits,and cookies.

Whileall the men drink whiskey orwine, the girls all drink sarsaparilla.

Dr.Schultzquietly moves next toDjango and asks;

Have you ever seenanything like this before?

Djangoshakes his head, no.

Cocochirps;

coco (verycountry) Y'all gonnadine, it's real good. You like catfish,we got good catfish. They use alotta butta.You like sand dabs, we got sand dabs.

LEO MOGUYdescends from theclubs prominent staircase.

Mr.Moguy,thank you for your assistance in creatingthe opportunity for this appointment.

Nonsense,it's my job. (CON'T)

(CON'T) (lookingat Django)

so much about.

Yes, thisis Django. Django, this isMr.Candie's lawyer;LeonideMoguy.

We wouldbe quite lucky indeed ifthe charmingCoco cared to follow.

Coco blushes.

~- They walk through the clubto get to the billiardroom, as they do they say;

How longhave you been associatedwith Mr.Candie?

Coco can't believewhat this snappy looking cowboynigger just said to Mr.Moguy.

Ohnothing, he's just being cheeky. Anythingelse about Mr.Candie Ishould knowbefore I meet him?

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What civilizedpeople aren't?

Dr.Schultz says in FRENCH SUBTITLEDIN ENGLISH;

(FRENCH) What everhe prefers.

This stops Moguy, andhe turns to warn Schultz.

They get to the two slidingdoors that lead to thebilliard room.

Moguy slides the doorsopen..•.••

The party enters thebilliard room.

Inside is Calvin Candie,his bodyguard Bartholomew (stilldressed in the ill fitting suit),and the lanky sexy Sheba.

Also, at this momen.t,TWO MANDINGOS arehavinga bloody and savage fight to death inthis closed room.

An older European lookingman, who's rooting forthe mandingo that Calvin's not rootingfor, is also in the room.His name is.AMERIGO VASSEPI.

Before any introductionscan be made, with hisback to the new arrivals and his eyes on theblack men fighting for theirlife, Calvin says;

That's quite abruptand aggressive.

Dr.Schultz says,as if he's just been massivelyinsulted;

You don't intend to allow your2nd ... (referring to Moguy) •...tomake the proper introductions?

Without turningtowards them, Candie tells Schultz;

"IS

The roomis quiet.

The awful truth? (pause) I'm bored, andit seems like a good bit of fun.

Candietakes that to heart.He'll accept it for now.

Dr.Schultz steps up to geta better look at the savagefight.

The bigger mandingo is reallyhurting the smaller one.

Schultz has schooled Djangoon the importance of neverBREAKING CHARACTER: Well now the gooddoctor must practice whathe preaches. Which means not only must hewatch the two men beateach other to death, he must appear to convincinglyenjoy it.

Candie looks over at Django,who doesn't walk overto watch the fight. Instead he walks over toa bar set up in the room.A slave bartender named, ROSCOE tends it.

We'dlove to.

Roscoe makes the drinksin coconut shell glasses.

Big Fred kills Luigi.

Candie and his friendscheer.

Amerigo paysup the puny bet.

Django and Schultzget the fancy coconut shelldrinks. They both takea sip. Schultzhates it, Django loves it.

Candie turnshis attention to Django.

His name is Django.

A fortuitous turn of eventsbrought Django and myself together.

Bartholomew puts down his poolcue, and turns toward Django;

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/'. Candie puts a calming handon Bartholomew's shoulder.

MonsieurCandie, I would appreciate it if you directedyour line of inquiry tome.

With alldue respect, Monsieur Candie,I didn'tseek you out for your advice.I soughtyou out to purchase a fighting niggerat above top dollar marketprice. I wasunder the impression when you grantedme an audience, it wouldbe to discussbusiness.

Well you don't make it soundtoo flattering, but more or less, yes.

None of thewhite men in the room have anyrespect for a white manwho needs a niggerto tell him what time of dayit is.

Candie turnshis attention back to Django.

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Dr.Schultz chimes in thoughtfully;

You won'tsell your best. You won'teven sell yoursecond best. But your third best.....youdon'twant to.sell him ....Butif I madeyou an offer so ridiculousyou'd be forcedto consider it....who knowswhat couldhappen?

Dr. SCHULTZ. Fora truly talented specimen, ...."TheRight Nigger"..;? How muchwould you say, Django?

Calvin Candietakes in the figure.

TIME CUT

Candie,Moguy, Django, Schultz, Bartholomew,Sheba, and Coco eatdinner r' in the restaurant.All the men eat thickT-Bones. Coco eats Catfish. And Shebauses her fingers to rip apartCrawdads.

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Django's eyes go to Calvin,he nods his approval.

coco Real goodMonsieur Candie.

Not somuch.

coco Yessir, Monsieur Candie.

He looks to Sheba,who's licking her fingersfrom the Crawdads.

The tablebreaks out in laughter.

Dr.Schultz and Django'seyes meet for a moment..•sofar...so good.

Well,that wasn't on the agenda.But I supposeI could be amenable tothat. How farmust we trek?

Splendid.

Django and Schultztrade looks and small smiles.

WE CUT

It's thenext day and a whole processionis making their way to

Candyland.

Calvin Candie,Leonide Moguy, Dr.Schultz,Django, and THREE OVERSEERS (BILLY CRASH,TOMMYGILES, and HOOT PETERS)ride horses.

Bartholomew (nowdressed in work clothes)·drivesa buckboard filled with supplies.

FIVEMANDINGOS (Big Fred and Banjowho we already met, plus JOSHUA, SIDNEYJAMES, and TATUM) recently purchasedat the GreenvilleAuction walkto their new home, with smallbundles of their personal possessionsunder their arm. They looklike powerful warriors.

THREE OTHER SHIRTLESSMANDINGOS (RODNEY,CHICKEN CHARLY, CHESTER)WHO WERE THE MANDINGOS FROM Candylandthatdidn't sell at Greenvilleare walkingback to Candyland, withtheir small bundle of personal possessionsunder their arms. Thesepoor devil's know theirfate is prettydismal. Either they'llbe sold to the LeQuint DickeyMining Company,or they'll be put in somemandingo fight they can'twin, like with Samson, or Stonesipher'sdogs.

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~, RODNEY walks along the road, looksup at Django riding hishorse. All the slaves hate Django becausethey think he's a black slaver.But the three heading backto Candyland are even more resentful.

He yells down to thepowerless man;

Rodney looks away.

As this parademakes progress, Django keepshis emotions in check, but not withoutdifficulty.

Dr.Schultz comesriding Fritz beside him.

How do you like this sideof the slave trade?

Prefer the other side?

I've confirmed Broomhilda'sat Candyland.

He didn't call herby name, but she's a young lady, whipmarks on her back, and speaks German.Now while it•'snot wise to assume, in this instance,I think it's pretty safe.

I opened the doorto my possible interest. But naturally,sight unseen, I can onlybe so interested.

SUDDENLY.•...

CalvinCandie comes riding upbehind them....

Of course not.

Y.ou'dbesurprised what a good conversationalistDjango is.

Candie gives Django a creepysmile.

Around now the audiencemay start noticing DOG BARKING inthe distance.

Whendo we reach your property?

Candie gets annoyed atthe barking dogs.

Billy Crash, a hillbillyoverseer who's missinghis two front teeth, rides up.

Billy Crash TEARS UP AHEAD onhis horse.

,---.. CALVIN CANDIE

You know, confidentially, just'tween us girls, worse things aboutthis business, ain't the slaves.It's all the white trash ya gottadeal with. Like these peckawoodswe got riding with us. These dumb, ignorant,sleazy sonsabitches ain't good fer nuttin,except kickin' a niggers ass can't kickback. Yeah, they holdin' the pretty partof the whip, but it's just a thin membraneseparate 'em. And don't think theydon't know it either. It's about the onlything these dumbass motherfuckers do know.But ya need 'em. Who the hell else yagonna get to beat a niggers ass, otherthan somebody might as well be a nigger hisself.But these mountain boys I use as trackersfor the runaways, they the worst.Nothin but a buncha goddamn inbreed hillbillies.Now like that nigger gal we was talkin' 'bout.I'm sure it was a pain in the ass,but with a lot of patience, thatGerman lady taught Hildi how to speak German.

Djangohears her name himself.His head does involuntary jerk,but his f' emotionsbetray nothing.

Billy Crash comes ridingback.

CUT TO

A BUNKHOUSE for theFOUR HILLBILLY TRACKERS (theytrack down runaway slaves) that live hereabout forty miles fromthe Candyland Plantation.

A little dog kennel,looks like a chicken coup,sits next to the bunkhouse.

The TRACKERS area hairy, bearded, burly, buckskinned wearing, dirty long haired lot.

Their Leader isMr.STONESIPHER, the other threeare STEW, LEX, and JAKE. The fourmen could be brothers, or cousins,or father and sons, or just fromthe same hollow.

Lex holdstwo SNARLING GERMAN SHEPHERDS ona leash. Stew one SNARLING GERMAN SHEPHERD ona leash. And Mr.Stonesipher•holdsone SNARLING GERMAN SHEPHERD ona leash, the lead dog,that goes by the name of MARSHA.

A runaway slavenamed, D'ARTAGNAN, liesbelly down in the dirt, surroundedby the four vicious dogs, whoBARK, GROWL, and SNAP athim.

One lookat D'Artagnan tells you he's amandingo who's been in one fight toomany. One of his eyes have beenpoked out. Big BITES have been bitout of both his face and neck (bypast fights, human bites, not thedogs), as well as three fingershave been bit off. Not to ,.--..mentionhe'scovered in cuts, like he'sbeen drug through a briar ' patch.

The fourth Tracker, JAKE, doesn'tengage in the melodrama.He hangs in the background, CUTTING FIREWOOD witha big axe.

Calvin Candie, Dr.Schultz,Django, and the whole Candiecaravan look down on the runaway slave. Includingthe five new mandingos,and the three old mandingos who know D'Artagnan.

Mr.Stonesipher, yellsto Marsha;

Hushnow! Marsha! Marsha, hushup! Marsha,Marsha, hush up! (tothe other Trackers) Takethese goddamn dogs away fromthis nigger, he's justmakin' em hungry.

The other twoYANK the dogs away from the fallenBlack Man.

Mr. Stonesipherspits tobacco juice.

A night. Day. Half the othernight.

Bout twenty miles off prop.Pretty fer, considering that limp hegot.

D'Artagnan starts begging.

Calvin climbs down offof his horse, and walks tothe captured runaway on the ground.

The Whites (exceptfor Schultz) laugh.

This whole spectacleis making Dr.Schultz sickto his stomach.

Not Django.•..he'sseen this little drama playout many times before.

The three returningmandingos, Rodney, ChickenCharly, and Chester, watch their fellowdoomed servant pay the pricefor running away.

The five newmandingos watch Calvin Candie'streatment of D'Artagnan to know whatto expect from their new home.

Bartholomewon the buckboard looks at the capturedrunaway like, poor bastard.

Calvin prodsfurther.

TheWhites laugh.

Then SUDDENLY......

....TheGerman Speaks;

I'll reimburseyou.

Al.leyes turn to Dr.Schultz.

IncludingDjango's, whose eyesnarrow at the doctor.

Calvin Candie uses the occasionto perform a slow dramaticturn in the direction of the good German.

Removing his long brown leatherbillfold from his suit jacketpocket.

Yes.

Django's voice cuts throughthe Mississippi heat.

All eyes turn to Django.

Dr.Schultz realizeshe's just done the one thinghe's always preached to Django you cannever do .. BREAK CHARACTER. Thedoctorputshis billfold back in hissuit coat pocket.

(toCandie) You heard 'em.

The HillbillyTrackers stare up at the blackman on the horse in the green jacket, slackjawed.

,r-- Even the onechopping wood in the BG stopshis chopping.

CALVIN CANDIE

(' You'll hafta excuse Mr.Stonesipher'sslack

jawed gaze. He ain't neverseen a nigger like you ever in his life.Ain't that right, Mr.Stonesipher?

Mr.Stonesipher,SPITS.

That's right.

Calvin stepsup to Django on his horse. Lookingup at the black man, Calvin challengesDjango to a staring contest.

Marsha...git 'em!

Theother Trackers let loose of the leashesholding the German Shepherdsback.

TheDOGS CHARGE towards D'Artagnan onhis knees•...

TheMANDINGOS allreact to the sight of the dogsbeing let loose.

TheDOGS ATTACK D'ARTAGNAN....•.

Aswe HEAR the ATTACK......

Candiestaring contest with Django....

Django,who expected nothing lessand has seen worse, doesn'tblink as therunaway slave is torn to bitsby canine teeth.....

Theother Mandingos are scared sick.atwhat they see.

TheHillbilly Trackers root thedogs on.

Dr.Schultzhas never seen a mantorn apart by dogs before,and he appearsnot to enjoy it.

Calvin, without blinking, shiftshis eyes toward Dr.Schultz,then back ,,to Django.

AsD'Artagnan's SCREAMS and Marsha'sGROWLS continue OFF SCREEN.

Calvin...BLINK ......

Saying nothing, Monsieur Candieturns his back to Django, climbsup on his horse, then looks at theblack man.

The whole caravan rides offas the dogs continue to tearD'Artagnan apart.

The caravan starts to approachCandyland. Calvin Candieand his sister own the fourth biggest cottonplantation in the state.ofMississippi. As the parade gets closerwe see fields of cotton, andfields of SLAVES picking it.

The audience might of beenexpecting Candyland to bea hell on earth, Auschwitz, Andersonville,Yuma Prison, a Mexican prisonin a Sergio Corbucci Spaghetti western....•.

INSTEAD ......CANDYLANDisvery beautiful. The fieldsof cotton, the way the trees hang greenvines over everything. It's fullof nature and natures vibrant colors,and a broiling hot sun to seeit all in.

One of the cottonpickersin the field, DOBIE, looksup, and sees Django in his cool green corduroyjacket, badass cowboy hat,on top of Tony.

~ He taps the shoulderof another cotton picker (ORWELL),and points out Django.

~ All of a suddenall the bent over backs inthe field, straighten up to get a better lookat the black riding a horse.

Django looksback matching their stare.

The caravanrolls through the shack/cabinvillage the slaves live in.

As the paraderolls through all the SLAVESsnap to attention, and bow (very formally)as Monsieur Candie ridespast. A KING among his SUBJECTS, a PATRON withhis PEONS, a FATHER amongsthis CHILDREN, a SHEPHERD among his SHEEP.

KIDS playingin the dirt get up and runto Calvin on his horse.

Candie callsthe kids by name, takes outa bag of .jellybeans, and begins tossingthem about.

The Kids scramblein the dirt for the brightcolored candy.

This is CalvinCandie in his element, athis happiest.

THEN.....

....DJANGO ridesby.

The CARAVANmoves from the slave villageto the White Villagethe overseersand their family live in onthe plantation grounds.

Otherthen the switch of white facesfor black, it's prettymuch the same village.

And theytoo see Django.......WOW!

The Caravanenter.sthe road that leadsto the front of the Plantation, or TheBig House as everyone callsit.

To theleft of the Big House isbig wooden ARENA built forhis Friday nightnigger fights.

Allthe HOUSE SLAVES (the domesticslaves that work for theCandie familyin the Big House), andWHITE WORKERS (overseers and strayfarm hands)come out to greet the caravan.

Theyall greet Monsieur CalvinCandie, who naturally leadsthe procession,as if he's AlexanderThe Great returning fromthe wars.

Asthe caravan comes to a stopin front of the Big House, itcreates a hugedust cloud behind it.

Calvin'swidowed sister LARA LEECANDIE-FITZWILLY, an attractive ~ fortyish,strawberry blonde southernbelle, steps out onthe porch of theBig House to greet her brother.

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steps...

Who's STEPHEN? Stephenis a very old black man,who with his bald pate, and tufts of white curlyhair on the sides, lookslike a character out of Dickens - if Dickenswrote about House Niggersin the Antebellum South.

Stephen has been Calvin'sslave since he was alittle boy. And in (almost) every way isthe 2nd most powerful personat Candyland. Like the charactersBasil Rathbone would play inswashbucklers, evil, scheming, intriguingmen, always trying to influenceand manipulate power for their own self interest.Well that describesStephen to a tee.

The Basil Rathboneof House Niggers.

The old Man watchesthe caravan and the trailingdust cloud approach.

THEN.........

Out of the dust cloud...EMERGE DJANGO andSCHULTZ....onTONY and FRITZ.

All the Candylanderssee Django, dressed likehe is, up on the horse, and for a momentdon't know what to think.

Lara Lee, like herbrother, is both surprisedand intrigued.

As Stephen peersdown from his perch at thenigger in the green jacket, it's hate at firstsight. Stephen heads downstairs,he walks with a limp.

All the caravanriders are still up on theirhorses. Calvin sees Stephen limpingtowards them, and greetshim with a big how do youdo;

,,,-,Stephen looks up at Djangoon Tony.

Stephen jerks a thumbup towards Django.

Stephen usesthe special privilege he andhe alone enjoys amongstthe blacks at Candyland.

The Old Man looks upat his Master, and says;

Stephen limps awayto the guest rooms, mutteringto himself.

Lara Lee and herever present shadow, a FAT MAMMYnamed CORA, comes up to her brotheron his horse.

Lara Lee doesa southern lady bow.

Dr.Schultz liftshis bowler hat, and nods ina grand manner.

I am Dr.King Schultz, this ismy 2nd Django, (Django tips his hat) and these are our horses,Fritz and Tony.

f' BothFritz and Tony do the head bow.

And it is ourgreat delight to encounter this flamingrose.

Actually I'mfrom a far off land, Dusseldorf,to be exact.

Lara Lee looks up at Django,and smiles.

All of a sudden THREE WHITE RIDERSride up on horses,a older one, and two tough looking youngerones. The older one is theCap't of the Overseers, ACE WOODY, andhis two assistants BROWNand JINGLE BELLS CODY. While Ace is dressedfor work on a farm, bothBrown and Jingle Bells Cody are peacockswho wear cool cowboy outfits.

As Calvin Candie watchesthe three riders approach,he turns to Dr.Schultz and Django,and says;

Ace and his boyspull their horses up, kicking updust.

Through the dustAce, Brown, and Jingle Bells Codyeyeball Django and Schultz.

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~. Pointing at the two shadowsthat flank Ace Woody.

Ace takes off his hat,bows from his horse, welcomingthem•.

Astride their horsesBrown and Jingle Bells Codyjust make faces at Django.

Ace's attention goesto the five new mandingos.justwalked from Greenville to here.

Ace looksto see who came back from theauction.

Leo Moguychimes in;

Ace turnsto Brown.

Brown with his horse,yells, chases, and herds thethree men away into the slave pen.

Ace yells from his horsedown to the five new mandingoarrivals, Big Fred, Banjo, SidneyJames, Tatum, .andJoshua.

They do.

Ace climbs down fromoff his horse.

Cody stays in his saddle,circling the blackmen with his horse.

Everybody, includingDjango and Dr.Schultz,watch the show.

Ace Woody walks upand down the line looking atthe new men.

Candie, sitting comfortablyup on his horse,says;

Candie rollshis eyes.

UnimpressedAce Woody continues to examinethem.

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Jerking a thumb towardsthe slave in question.

Ace walks over tothe slave in question.

The mandingo says;

Ace takes thepeacemaker out of the holsteron his hip, and SHOOTS Sidney Jamespoint blank in the belly.

Everybodyreacts.

~' Especially the four othermandingos standing next to him.

Sidney James rolls in thedirt, screaming and holding hisbleeding gut.

Till Cody puts a bullet inhis head, putting him out ofhis misery.

Moguy, shakes his h~ad, "Typical,"he thinks.

Django and Schultz, on theirhorses next.to Candie,watch.

Ace looks up at his boss.

A very scared Fredanswers.

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Smiling impressively at BigFred.

BIG FRED) Yes, sir.

Ace gives Cody a slighthead nod, and Cody SHOOTS BigFred in the back.

Candie acts out mock frustration.

The remaining threemandingos jump a mile.

Ace puts his eyes onthe three remaining mandingos

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Ace looksup to Cody on his horse.

Codyruns the terrified mandingosto the arena.

Candieleans over to Schultz andsays;

Ace Woody hops back up on hishorse.

Ace Woody just smiles at hisboss, and says;

He rides off.

Stephen limps back to theaction.

Candie shakes his head inmock frustration.

Splendid.

Both Dr.Schultz and Django climbdown from their horses.

Candie looks to a black little stableboy of about eight namedTIMMY.

Django hands the boy the reigns.

Django takes an apple out ofhis saddle bag, and handsit to the boy.

He reaches back in the saddleand pulls out anotherone.

Timmy leads the horsesaway.

The two visitors startto follow Stephen to theirrooms, when Dr.Schultz pretendsto remember something;

Oh,Monsieur Candie, about thatmatter about thenigger girl we were talkingabout?

Ibelieve you said she spokeGerman?

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Do you thinkbefore the demonstration you could sendher around to my room?

Stephen has to be the bearerof bad news.

This gets Django's,Schultz's, and Candie's attention.

'STEPHEN Last night. They broughther back this morning.

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Django's hand falls to thebutt of his smoke wagon. If theysicked those dogs on his angel, he'sgoing to just kill all these motherfuckers right now.

Django's hand moves away fromhis gun.

The overseers,·TommyGiles and Hoot Petersgo to The Hot Box. While Billy Crashgoes to the well to draw a bucketof water.

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Django watches them walkto The Hot Box.

Dr.Schultz's eyes shiftto Django, to watch him watch this.

Stephen notices Django'sinterest in both The Hot Boxand whoever's sizzling in it.

The HOT BOX itself is a large IRONSOLITARY CONFINEMENT CELL DOOR (fromYuma Prison) built into theground. They put a key in thelock, and the two men lift the heavy irondoor open.

REVEALING: A naked Broomhildabroiling in a smallcoffin like iron box dug into the ground.

Broomhilda reacts tothe sudden burst of blinding sunshine.

WHEN.....

Billy Crash TOSSESthe bucket of water on her.

Django watches this.

DJANGO'S POV: .Fromhiswide shot perspectivewe seethem yank the NAKED BROOMHILDA (incoherent)out of the hole.

Stephen breaksthe mood.

Django turnshis back on the naked Broomhildaand follows Stephen and Dr.Schultzup the front steps of The Big House.

Stephen leadsthe two guests up the big prominentsweeping staircase in the entryway of The Big House. Then downthe hallway with the guest rooms. Dr.Schultzis shown his guest roomby Stephen. Schultz enters the roomand shuts the door behind him. Stephentakes Django to the room nextdoor, opens the door, and leadshim in.

A guestroom with a big feather bed, dresserdrawer with a flowery pitcherof water and basin on top of it.A little bedside table witha lamp anda tiny bell on it. ('

Django walksover to the window, parts thecurtains and peers out.

Broomhilda'sgone. As he looks through theglass, snotty Stephen rattles onin the background.

Django sitsdown on the bed.

Stephenturns to leave.

Both thewords and the tone stop Stephendead. He turns around.

Djangoreaches over and picksup the bell.

(asoft) DING-A-LING

Stephen does what he's told,but with attitude.

Django shuts the guestroom door so the two menare alone.

Once Stephen's done,Django stands up from thebed.

Stephen hands himthe basin full of water.

Django takes it fromhim.

Then throws thewater in Stephen's face.

The drippingwet old slave can do nothing againstthis free man.

Django takeshis hand and SLAPS the oldman hard across the face knocking himto the floor;

The oldman timidly, slowly, and shakyrises off the floor - as soonas he does -Django SLAPS HIM TO THE FLOOR again.

Then Djangosits back down on the bed,looking at the old man onthe floor belowhis knees.

Stephen lyingon the iloor, biteshis tongue.

With asmuch dignity as he can muster,Stephen stands up.

Before heleaves, Django tells him;

Stephenleaves.

Djangolies down on the bed.He covers his eyes with hisarm.

A door joinsDjango and Schultz'sroom. The adjoining dooropens, and Schultzstands there.

Was that wise?

Djangodoesn't remove his armfrom .hiseyes.

That'sall that needs to besaid.

INT- HALLWAY (BIG HOUSE) -D-1\Y

LaraLee, Cora, and a traumatized,but cleaned up (she'sdressed in a domesticmaid uniform) Broomhildastand outside Dr.Schultz'sdoor, afterCalvin's sister rapson it.

Dr.Schultzopens the door.

Hello ladies.

(to Broomhilda) I've been informed youdo as well.

Schultz actsfor the benefit of MissLara's astonishment.

Dr. SCHU.LTZ Astonishing. (in GERMAN) Please come inside Fraulein.

She does,and just·as Lara Lee is to saysomething, Schultzsays, "Thank Youvery much," and closes thedoor in her face. MissLara looks to herMammy, and the two women headoff nonplussed.

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With thedoor closed, Schultz turnsto the weak, frightened, disorientedgirl.

He givesher a pleasant smile.

They call youHildi, but your real name is Broomhilda, isn'tit?

Stands to reasonwho ever taught you German wouldalso give you a Germanname. Can I pour youa glass of water, Broomhilda?

Hearingher name being spokeproperly for the firsttime in awhile, not tomention with a German accent,does have a bit ofa calming influence onthe frightened girl.

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BACK TO BROOMHILDAAND Dr.SCHULTZ As Dr.Schultz calmlypours the young lady a glassof water, he begins talking to her in GERMANSUBTITLED IN ENGLISH;

(GERMAN) I'maware you haven't spokenGerman in a longwhile. So I'll talk slowly. I'monly speaking German toyou now, Broomhilda,in case Candie'speople are listeningto us. Myself anda mutual friendof ours, have gone througha lot oftrouble, and rode a lotof miles, to findyou fraulein - to rescueyou.

He hands her ata11·c1ear glass of water.

She looks athim weird, rescue me?

(GERMAN) Please drink.

She absentmindedlyobeys.

(GERMAN) Now it's myself andour mutual friend's intention to take youaway from here forever.

(GERMAN) Yes you do.

(GERMAN) I can't tellyou. Our mutual friendhas a flair forthe dramatic, and he wantsto surpriseyou.

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He pointsat the adjoining door.

(GERMAN) Standing right behind thatdoor.

Her headmoves in the direction of the door.

He looksto the young woman;

(GERMAN) Promise me you won't scream?

She nodsher head, yes.

(GERMAN) Say, I promise.

Dr.Schultzmoves to the door, and lightlyraps on it.

Thedoor knob turns.

Thedoor slowly opens revealing......

Herhusband Django, but different,all cowboyed out and cleanedup.

He smiles at her, and says;

Obviously a pet name betweenthem.

Broomhilda goes into a bitof·shock .....

....firstshe loses strengthin her wrist, so the glasstips over, and the water spills on the floor•....

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The two men look at thewoman on the floor, then ateach other;

You silvertongued devil you.

WE DISSOLVE TO The SLAVE PEN The doomed men whodidn't sell at Greenville, broodingRodney and Chester and ChickenCharly, spend their last nightat Candyland sleeping under thestars in The Slave Pen. The samewhistling tune continues over thisscene.

Rodney sees, Thewhole slave selling and buyinggroup, Django, Dr.Schultz, Candie,Bartholomew, Moguy, Ace Woody,Brown and Cody, and the Overseers,walk across the plantation groun.dsontheir way to The Arena. Laughin'and joshin' all the way.The hatred Rodney feels for that groupof rnen•burnsinside him like ared hot poker.

A study in powerlessfury.

DISSOLVE TO BROOMHILDA SETTINGTHE DINNER TABLE ~. in the diningr·oornofThe Big House with itsknives, spoons and forks. She's allby herself as she goes through thisduty.

The whistlingtune we've been listening tohas been corningfrom Broomhildawhistling as she sets the table.

Suddenly outof the darkness of the backgroundappears Stephen.

Broornhildastopswhistling and spins surprisedin Stephen's direction.

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She doesn'tsay anything in return.

Stephen stepsout of the shadows into thelight closer to Broomhilda.

He watchesthe effect his wordshave on Broomhilda's face.

Shemoves off to another partof the house.

He watches her shuffle off.

INT- DINING ROOM (BIG HOUSE)- NIGHT

Later that evening, Django anda lot of other white people(Calvin Candie, Lara Lee, Moguy, andDr.Schultz) sat around thedinner table. They are being served by theblack people we've cometo know at Candyland (Stephen, Cora,and because Dr.Schultz likesher Broomhilda).

Along with an army of DOMESTIC SLAVESacting as wait service.

Knowing Django's a slaver,and for his dinner tableprivileges, the Domestic Slaves despiseDjango.

Even Broomhilda will be shockedto hear him speak likea slaver, even though they obviously gaveher a heads up on theirmasquerade.

We pick up the conversationin mid-negotiation. r

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LookMonsieur Candie, they wereall fine specimens,no doubt about it.But the bestthree, by far, were Sampson,Goldie, andEskimo Joe. - By the way,why's he calledEskimo Joe?

Irregardless,we all know Samson'syour best, and you'll never sellhim and I can see why, he's a champion.

Django contradicts,as he chews his steak;

All theDomestic Slaves around thetable STIFFEN at witnessing Django contradictCalvin Candie.

IncludingBroomhilda, who's wieldingthe Gravy Boat. After Djangosays that,while in shock, she over poursbeef gravy on Lara Lee'smashed potatoes.

Broomhildasnaps back.

Insteadof getting angry, Candieseems to reflect on that analysis, thenissues his own appraisal;

The Domestics FREEZE fora jerky second when Django saysthat.

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You must understand, MonsieurCandie, while admittedly a neophyte inthe nigger fight game, I do have a bit ofa background in the European travelingcircus. Hence, I have big ideas when it comesto presentation. I need something morethen just a big nigger. He needs to have panache.A sense of showmanship. I want to be able tobill.him as The Black Hercules. I said, and I quote; "Iwould pay top dollar for the, right nigger."Now I'm not saying Eskimo Joe is the wrongni·gger- per se ..... but is he right asrain .....?

Everyonewaits for Calvin's response.He milks the moment bytaking a sip ofhis mint julep, then says;

Broorrihildacomesaround witha bowl of string greenbeans.

Dr.Schultz says somethingpleasant to her in German.

She smiles, and says somethingpleasant back.

Dr.Schultz breaks intoa wide grin;

· (dramaticpause) MonsieurCandie, you can't imaginewhat it'slike not to hear you nativetongue for fouryears.

Hell,I can't imagine two weeks inBoston.

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~ Everybody at the table chuckles.

I can't expressthe joy I felt conversing in my mothertongue. And Broomhilda isa charming conversationcompanion.

As Broomhilda holds the bowlof green beans for Moguy,Lara Lee notices how Django and Broomhildalook and try not to lookat each other.

Stephen enters the roomwith a fresh mint julep forMonsieur Candie.

Lara Lee has no ideahow right she is, but when shesaid it, all three, Django, Broomhilda, andSchultz, involuntarily jerk.

AND•.........

•...........: .••...STEPHENseesit.

Schultz covers the jerkwith more of his verbalgobbilty gook.

Except for Stephen,no one else was the wiser.

Broomhilda takes hergreenbeans and leaves thedining room for the kitchen.

Stephen watches hergo, then looks at Django,then hands Candie his mint julep, and goesinto a broad routine forthe table's benefit.

Chuckle.•..chuckle....

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Chuckle....chuckle....

Chuckle....chuckle....

They playtheir little comedy routinefor all it's worth.

Chuckle...chuckle...

As thewhite folks chuckle, Stephenmoves back into the kitchen.

INT- KITCHEN (BIG HOUSE) - NIGHT

OnceStephen enters the kitchen,his smile melts away,and he locks eyeson Broomhilda. He moves overto her.

f' Shespins around.

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She shakes her head,no.

Stephen looks at herskeptical.

BACK TO DINNER TABLE

Pick it up again inmid-negotiation.

What would your price be?

Candie's lawyerchimes in.

Django?

Dr.Schultz considers CalvinCandie's words,then suddenly says;

You knowMonsieur Candie••••youdo possess the powerof persuasion.

Candie smiles at thatremark.

Then SUDDENLY SchultzSLAPS the table hardwith his hand, and says;

Why not!Monsieur Candie,you have a deal, EskimoJoe, twelve thousanddollars!

The White peopleat the table get very happy.

Dr.Schultz continues;

However, that is a tremendousamount of money. And the way you haveyour Mr.Moguy, Ihave a lawyer, a persnicketyman named Tuttle. And I would needmy man to draw up a legal contract beforeI would feel comfortable exchangingthat amount of money for fiesh. Not tomention having Eskimo Joe examined bya physician of my choosing. So say I returnin about five days time with my Mr.Tuttle.And then my Mr.Tuttle and your Mr.Moguycan hash out the finer points betweenthemselves.

Stephen, Cora, Broomhilda,and the other Domesticscome out of the kitchen to clear awaythe dirty dishes.

Broomhilda goes toCalvin.

She beginsgathering the dirty dishes.

Candie looksup at her as she works.

With Candie interrogating Broomhilda,Django tenses up.

Stephenclocks this.

Stephendecides to test Django'sreaction.

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We just spoke.

No I haven't.

Django hears this.

Broomhilda instinctivelyshoots a look to Django.

Stephen clocks it.

Django continuesto watching this play out.

Stephen watcheshim.

Candie folds.

Broomhilda- dismissed - takes Calvin'sdishes and heads back intothe kitchen.

Stephen takesone more look at Django,and follows Broomhilda behind the kitchendoor. ~·.

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In the kitchen withthe OTHER DOMESTICS, Stephen saysto Broomhilda;

Broomhilda turns around.

Stephen approachesher, the other Domestics getquiet and watch.

As tears beginto well in her eyes.

Things havebecome so tense and quietin the kitchen, that the dinner table conversationbegins to bleed inside.

We hearDr.Schultz in the next roomsay;

Dr.SCHULTZ (OS)

afternoon waspositively soul enriching.

(' Stephenhears this, he's startingto get the idea.

IZ.L.

Hiseyes to to Broomhilda.

Stephenmoves to the kitchendoor, swings it open, and watches Dr.Schultz prepare to propositionCandie for Broomhilda. Stephenknows these two jokers (Django andSchultz) are up to something,and now he's justfigured it out.

You indicatedearlier you would be willing to partwith Hildi?

Well in thatcase allow me to propose another proposition?

In full "Ole Jimmie" performance,Stephen BARGES in theroom, INTERRUPTING Dr.Schultz.

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,~ Stephen bends down andwhispers in his ear;·

Well that's a horseof a different color. That meanswhatever Stephen has to say, hasn't anythingto do with rhubarb pie. "Meetme in the library''is their secretsignal.

Stephen exits.

Candie stands up fromhis chair and addresses thetable.

Candie exits.

A masculine sanctuaryfor Calvin Candie. Wallsof perfectly bound 6ooks. Stuffed animalheads (deer, boar) thathe's shot, sit mounted on the walls. There'scomfy red leather chairs anda bar in the globe.

When WE CUT TO thisroom, we cut to Stephen sittingin one of the red leather chairs,drinking a brandy out of abrandy sifter.

Calvin entersthe room, sees Stephen sittingin the chair, drinking his brandy, anddoesn't bat an eye. It appears,in this room, Calvin's and Stephen's life longfriendship exits ona differentplane. Outside of outside eyes,in this room, all pretenseof master and slave is dropped, andthe number one and numbertwo men of Candyland can talk. turkey.

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Calvin thinks.••..

.....•asper usual, Stephen's right.

STEPHEN· Now Calvin•..notthat I wouldn't enjoy seein' somethinglike that•..•but why don't you sitdown and let's talk aboutthis.

A frustrated Calvin finallycollapses in the chair.

The Dinner Table Guestslisten to Lara Lee Candie-Fitzwillyhold court melodramatically..••Till..••CalvinCandie entersthe room from the kitchen door.

Lara Lee, obliviousto her brothers change indemeanor, blurts outupon seeing him·;

Schultz and Django feelthe change in theirhost's demeanor, as he stares down the tableat them.

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Lara Lee excuses herselfand leaves the room, as shegoes out, Bartholomew, with his SawedOff Shotgun, comes inbehind Schultz and Django.

Schultz and Django do,and see Bartholomew withhis sawed off shotgun pointing at them.

Calvin Candie removeshis arm from behind hisback, and in his hand he's holding a big uglyhammer.

They put their palmson the table.

Mr.Moguy does.

Holding thehammer in his hand, Candiecontinues to hold court.

Right.

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Stephen enters thedining room through the kitchendoor, holding roughly in his grip,Broomhilda. He holds a smallDerringer pistol against the sideof her head.

Django and Schultzreact.

Stephen sitsthe young lady down in Moguy'sold chair.

With theirpalms against the table, unarmed,Django and Schultz silentlywatch Candie's next move.

Candie, stillholding the hammer, continues.

I take it youprefer the take it or leave it style of negotiating.

Candiecontinuing to hold thehammer continues.

r' He brings the big hammer downhard on the dinner table, making everybody jump.

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He SMASHES the arm restof the chair Broomhilda's sittingin,

May Ilift my hands'from the tabletop in orderto remove my billfold?

Dr.Schultz removeshis long brown leather billfoldfrom his gray suit jacket, and says;

Easycome, easy go.

He slides the billfolddown the table to Candie.The plantation owner takes out themoney, does a quick count, thenlooks down the table at

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INSERT: Calvinsigning over Broomhilda'sBILL OF SALE .

Broomhildastands next to Django, andwatches her Master sign her freedom papers.

Dr.Schultzsits off by himself. He's verydisturbed.

All thewhite people with Calvin Candieare happy and celebrate Candie'ssuccesses with glasses of Brandy.Lara Lee, Ace Woody,and Brown andCody have joined the·celebration.

For an experiencedhorsetrader, the justconcluded transaction isa thing oflegend. He just sold a Pony,with a tore up back, and a ~ runaway "r"burned in her cheek - ain'tworth five hundred dollars- for twelve thousand.

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,r-- Stephen smilesand laughs it up with everybodyelse.

The Otherdomestics bring out little platesof rhubarb pie, and buzz around pouringcoffee for the white people.

Candie walksover to the seated Schultz,he carries a small plateof rhubarbpie with him,

Schultzlooks at the pie and the man.

No.

Actually, I was thinkingof that poor devil you fed tothe dogs today, D'Artagnan. And I was wonderingwhat Dumas would makeof all this.

Calvinhands the doctor the twopieces of paper he needs.Broomhilda's billof sale, and her freedompapers. As he says the followinghe examineshe papers.

Alexander Dumas.He wrote "The ThreeMusketeers." I figured youmust be an admirer. Younamed your slave afterthat novel's lead character. If AlexanderDumas had been there today,I wonder whathe would of made of it?

Yes his approvalwould be a dubiousproposition at best.

AlexanderDumas is black.

f' Schultz rises,puts the papers in his back pocket,looks to his two companions, Djangoand Broomhilda, and says;

We got it, let's go. {to Candie) Normally Monsieur Candie, Iwould say, auf wiedersehen. But sincewhat auf wiedersehen actually means is, till I seeyou again, and since I never wish to seeyou again, to you sir, I say, goodbye.

Schultz beginsto cross the room towards theexit.

When Calvin saysto the German's back;

What?

I'm not from the South.

He turns toleave.

This turnsSchultz around.

Insist what..•? That Ishake your hand before I leave? Then I'mafraid I must insist in the oppositedirection.

Calvinwalks closer to the German doctor.

What you think I am?No I don't.

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And Ithink you're an abysmal winner.

If Idon't shake your hand, you'regonna throw awaytwelve thousand dollars...? I don'tthink so.

Schultz looks to Djangoand Broomhilda.

Let'sgo.

Schultz looksto Django •...thento Candie•.

...and thenwith a smile on his face, and a twinklein his eye, asks Candie;

You really want me to shake yourhand?

Django gets it.

Dr.Schultz smiles.

Well, if you insist.

Django goesto stop him •••

I'· TheGerman crosses toward Candie,offering him his hand•.•

Candieoffers his hand to Schultz••.

Thesmall DERRINGER POPS intoSchultz's outstretched hand.•..

POP!

He SHOOTS CALVIN CANDIE in theheart.

Candie has a look of shock asblood explodes from his heart,and he falls to the floor.

Everybody is stunned.

Schultz looks to Django.

Django looks back.

(toDjango) I'm sorry.I couldn't resist.

Dr.SCHULTZ is BBOWNAPART by Bartholomew's SAWED OFFSHOTGUN.

The room comes to its sensesand attacks Django andBroomhilda.

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The soles of Django's barefeet. A rope is tied aroundthe ankles, and it's obvious he's been strungup, upside down.

The CAMERA moves down hisnaked body, down his legs (wesee his wrists are bound with ropes tohis thigh), down his barebuttocks, down his whip scarred back, to theback of his head whichhovers just about three inches from the barnyard wooden floor.

Eight year old stableboy, Timmy, wipes the unconsciousDjango's face with a wet rag. Theyare all alone in the b;rn.

Django begins to cometo •.•••.•.

Django twistsupside down on the rope, andsees the corpse of his friend King Schultzdead on the filthy barnyard floor. The sightof the lifelesscarcass of the doctor fillsDjango with pain and anger.

Just then headoverseer Ace Woody walks inthe barn.

Upon seeingAce, Timmy hightails it out ofthere, Ace throws anempty bucket at thefleeing boy.

ACE WOODY

(' Git on outta here, boy!

~. Django,slightly..swayingtoand fro from the rope, looksupside down atAce Woody, all dressed upin a black suit with astring tie, which makes him look a bit likeWyatt Earp.

Djangothinks, "How does heknow?"

Django retorts, upside down.

Ace woody laughs.

Ace Woody pulls up a tinymilking stool, and sitsdown on it, a body length from the hangingman.

Ace Woody opens his blacksuit jacket, we see notonly does he wear a gun and holster aroundhis waist, he carries aHUGE BOWIE KNIFE in a shoulder holster. Heremoves the big blade fromits sheath.

Ace takes the BowieKnife and THROWS IT .....

...IT LANDS stuck inthe wooden barn yard floor,four inches from Django's face.

Ace Woody slowlyrises up from the tiny milkingstool, and slowlywalks the length of the floorbetween him and Django,pulls the blade outof r'' the floor, and walksback to his stool, and sitsback down.

As he does this, hesays;

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NowI understand you didn'treally have nuttin'to do wit it. It's thatGerman sunbitchthe trouble maker.You just wanted togit your girl, and hightailyour nigger assesoutta here. Now I appreciatethat. Butgrieving folks 'round hereneed someone toblame. And I guess they figureif you hadn't brought your black ass 'roundhere inthe first place, BossMan still be alive. And you know what, they gota point.

He THROWS theknife again••..

•...this time ITLANDS in the floor two inchesfrom Django's face.

He walks the samepath from the knife andback to the tiny stool.

As he doeshe says;

He THROWSthe knife again•...

DjangoJERKS his head back•.••.

...andthe knife LANDS in the floor,right where Django's headwas.

Ace Woodystands up, walks the floorto the Bowie, yanks itout of the wood,and straightens up, standingright beside the hangingupside down nakedblack man. Ace talks confide.ntiallytothe bound manat his mercy.

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r·- He grabs a handfull of Django'sgenitals in his fist. Hetakes his big Bowie, and places the razor sharpBLADE against Django'snut sack.

Django dances at the end ofthe rope like live bait ona fishing pole.

Django dances some more•....

Django screams:

Just then Stephenappears in the entrance ofthe barn/blacksmith facility. He'sholding Django's clothes in abundle under his arm.

While stillkeeping a firm grip on Django's junk,Ace Woody says;

Ace Woody looksdown at Django, both men getover the aborted emotion of whatalmost happened.

,,,

Ace turns to leave, Stephengoes over to a big fieryfurnace in the blacksmith barn, and beginspoking a LONG POKER whichlies buried in the fire.

Django's clothes are dumpedby the furnace.

As he plays with the pokerin the fire, he says;

He removes the big blackpoker from the furnacesfire, it's RED HOT END GLOWS ORANGE.

Ace Woody chuckles tohimself as he exits thebarn.

Just Stephen with ared hot poker, and naked,bound upside down Django, alone.

With the red hot pokerin his hand Snowball approachesthe naked hanging Django.

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He TOUCHES Django'sNIPPLE with the ORANGE HOT TIPof the poker.

Unlike a lot ofmovie hero's, Django doesn't taketorture silently and stoically. This shitfucking hurts, so you bestbelieve he screams his fucking ass off,and twists in agony when hegets touched by the orange tip of that redhot poker.

With the ORANGE HOT poker,he BURNS OFF Django'sother NIPPLE.

The smellof burned flesh smokes in the air.Stephen makes a show of breathingit in his nostrils.

He walksbehind Django with the poker.

Heplaces the HOT ORANGE END OFTHE POKER hard against Django'sBARE buttocks.

DjangoSCREAMS!

StephenLAUGHS.

Stephenwalks away and sticksthe poker back in the fire.He goes through Django's clothes andpulls out his tan pants. He tossesthem on the floor by the hanging man.

Stephen walks over to thehanging upside down man, and ashe talks to ~'·.him, he begins fondling Django'sgenitals..

rnandingos,"Feed 'em to Stonesipher'sdogs. And then Isay, "What's so special 'boutthat? We do thatshit all the time. Hellsbells, the niggerswe send to LeQuint Dickeygot it worsethen that."

He stops massaging Django'sballs.

Stephen turnsto leave.

Stephen limpsaway.

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The Caravan comingfrom The LeQuint DickeyMining Company comes riding up to the plantation.It comes equipped withone CAGE WAGON (from a prison), ONE whitetrash PECKAWOODnamed FLOYD todrive the wagon, a 2nd white trashPECKAWOODnamed ROY to ridelead horse, and a white trash PECKAWOODnamed JANO to bring up therear riding horses ass, plus a pack horsethat carries dynamite for themine.

The threepeckawoods, who all talk with thickAustralian accents, have stopped thecaravan and are having a powwow.

The Threemandingos who weren't sold inGreenville, Rodney, Chicken Charly,and Chester are walked to thewagon by overseers Tommy Giles and Broomhilda'snew owner Billy Crash.All three slaves carry the bundlesof personal belongings they'vehad since Greenville. Chester wears ahat, and Chicken Charly has acorncob pipe in his mouth.

Thewagon driver, Floyd, approachesthem.

Theydo.

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,,,--,.Allthreethrow their onlybelongings in the dirt. Floydtakes the ·hat offof Chester's head and sailsit away. As well as rippingthe corncobpipe out of ChickenCharly's mouth and tossing itin the dirt.

This is going to be worsethen the three even thought.They climb into the cage wagon. Floyd locksit behind them.

Roy, the head Aussie, paysBilly Crash for the slaves,when we hear Ace Woody call out;

Ace Woody comes walkingout of the barn with Django,shirtless and barefoot (just likewe met him at beginning of thestory), wearing his old tan pants, and hiswrists bound by a rope.

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r---, Djangosees the three mandingosin the cage. They see himtoo.

Djangostops Ace Woody.

Ace knows he's right, sohe turns to Roy and Floyd.

Jano takes the ropetired around Django'swrists and ties the otherend around his saddlehorn.

The LeQuint DickeyMining Company caravan lea.vesCandyland.

The Caravanmakes its way down a dirt roadin pretty Chickasaw County. Stoic Roy ridinglead horse, Floyd drivingthe cage wagon, Rodney, Chester, andChicken Charly bouncing aroundinside the cage wagon,Jano riding horsesass, and Django being ledon foot behind him.

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Janoignores him.

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Jano's handgrabs his riding crop, andhe brings it up to strike Django,when the black man says to him;

Django stepscloser to him.

Roy,in the lead, yells back toJano;

They move forward, with Djangowalking beside J"anoon hishorse.

Django digs into his tanpants and pulls out the foldedup Smitty Bacall handbill that Dr.Schultztold him to hang onto for good luck.

He hands it to Jano.

Jano looks at the handbill.

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The LeQuintDickey Mining Co. Caravanhas stopped, and pulled overto the sideof the road.

What the three caged men arewatching is the three Australianmining companyemployees and Django,off in the distance (where theycan't hear what they're saying), havingsome sort of a discussion.That includes the still bound by thewrists Django showing the threemen a piece of paper.

INSERT: SMITTY BACALL'S WANTEDDEAD OR ALIVE HANDBILL

Roy holds it in his hand ashe rea.dsand Django talks.

Django is damn convincing.

·DJANGO Iain't tellin' who they are.But, you give me a pistol, and a horse, andfive hundred dollars of that eleven thousandfive hundred, and I'll point 'em out to you.

He's got thesegreedy sonsabitches right onthe hook•••he just needs one littlepush.

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Floyd doesn't have an answerfor that one.

They get to The CageO'Men. Roy startles them witha direct question;

The Caged Men don'tknow what they're suppose to say.

Roy removes thepistol from his belt, cocks backthe hammer and points the barrel at thecage.

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Roy starts takingthe possibility of an eleventhousand dollar windfall seriously.

Floydis starting to get convinced.

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Roy and Floyd walk back toDjango and Jano.

Jano reacts.

Roy whips out a big knife,and cuts the rope aroundDjango's wrists.

Django interrupts -

Roy really laughsthis time. As does Djangoand the other two Aussies.

The CAGE Rodney, ChickenCharly, and Chester watchthe sight of the whitemen cutting theropes that bound the blackman's wrists, as well asthem all sharing alaugh, with wonderment. "Whois this Nigger?"

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Jano does this, liftingtwo out of four bags filledwith.dynamite off the pack horse, andwalking to the cage wagon,unlocking the cage door, and placing the bagsinside. The Black Men inthe cage don't like this at all.

Jano removes the lastof the dynamite filled saddlebags from Django's horse, throws themover his shoulders, and beginswalking back to The Cage Wagon.

Django moves to hisnew pack horse, and says;

Floyd unbuckleshis gun belt, gun and all,folds it up, and walksover to Django handingit to him. Django acceptsit.

About the pistol,Floyd tells Django;

Django holdingthe gunbelt in his hand.

Without takingthe pistol out 0£ the gunbelt,DJANGO SHOOTS FLOYD TWICE in the chest•.•.

Roy turnsaround••.

Djang·otakesthe gun out 0£ the holster•..•

•.•..BAM.••ROY isHIT in the UPPERBRAIN AREA and £alls tothe grass dead.

Jano goesfor the gun on his hip.

Django SHOOTS ONE OF THE SADDLE BAGS over.Jano'sshoulder•••KAHBOOM!!!!!

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r-' Jano is BLOWN TO SMITHEREENS .•.•.

The KAHBOOMknocks Django onhis ass ...

The CAGE WAGON Rodney, Chester, and ChickenCharlie come down fromthe shock of the blast. The image outside thebars of their cage isof DUST and SMOKE in the air, obscuring all visibility•...

THEN.•...

A sudden GUST OF WIND comesand BLOWS all the smokeand dust away, REVEALING in bright color focus....

...DJANGO standingamongthe two dead Aussies, andwhatever is left of Jano.

He's shoeless and shirtless,but Floyd's pistol andgunbelt sit wrapped around his waist.

He locks eyes with the threemen in the cage..

He then moves towardsthe wagon, and unhooks themine company beast, and climbs aboard him bareback.

He leans over and snatchesthe RIFLE that Floydkept on the wagon seat r'· next to him.

Grabbing a fistful ofthe horses mane, he digshis heels into the beast's side. The packanimals SPRINGS TO LIFEunder the new rider. By now it should be apparentthat Django brings thebest out of horses, and horses bring the bestout of Django.

From his high horseDjango looks down at The ThreeCaged Men ....

Using the rifle ina QUICK ONE HANDED MOVE heSHOOTS the lock on the cage door.

He looks at the threemen, especially Rodney,then says;

Rodney grabs a saddlebag .fullof dynamite andtosses it to Djangoon his Horse.

Django wraps itaround the Horse's neck, turnsthe beast around, and without sayinganother word, rides back inthe direction of Candyland.

The Three NOW FREEMandingos, watch him rideaway.

"Who was thatnigger?"

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A GORGEOUS BIG SKY SOUTHERN PURPLEAND ORANGE SUNSET WE PAN DOWNfrom r' thesky and see in small black silhouettethe Funeral Processionof CalvinCandie carrying the Coffinof the former Master up thehill on Candylandthat leads to the Graveyard.

A WHITE PREACHER walks out in frontof the Procession.

Then comes Calvin Candie's Coffincarried by eight pallbearers, Stephen,Moguy, Bartholomew,Ace Woody, Brown, Cody, and hisbest mandingos SAMSON and GOLDIE.

The first mourner in line is LaraLee dressed in a fancy blackdress, wide brim black hat, black veil,and ever present blackMammy (Cora) crying at her side.

WE CROSS CUT WITH SHOTS of Django RIDING THE HORSE onthe way back to Candyland.The bare backed black man riding thehorse bareback, holding theRIFLE in one hand, a fistful of the horsesmane in the other, haulingass against a r', gorgeous SUNSET SKY, lookslike an Indian.

The same GORGEOUS SUNSET SKY overthe same shitty Trackershack -Bunkhouse that Mr.Stonesipherand his three obscurecompanions share.

The GERMAN SHEPHERDS (includingMarsha) rest in the chickenwire kennel next to the bunkhouse.

The FOUR TRACKERS aremissing the funeral, hangingout in the bunkhouse wearing their beards.Mr.Stonesipher, Lex, and Steware playing a mountain card gamewhich looks like poker, except theway you get rid of your cards is different.Instead of chips they playwith, "NIGGER EARS" (yes, the ears of slaves).On a second viewing theaudience may notice that some of the slavesat Candyland are missing oneear.

Jake, the biggest, isoff by himself, pounding nailsinto a small delicate BIRDHOUSE he'smaking.

INSERT: HORSE HOOFS walkingthen stopping. Django'sbare feet jump on to the ground.

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TheFOUR DOGS lay out•.••when,Marsha hears something, andraises her head..••

The Other Three Dogs ·wakeup,and go on alert.

Django disappears.

They hear the barking inside. ,- ..

Jake!

Jake building his birdhouse.

Checkon Marsha.

Jake, the one notplaying the game, puts asidehis hammer, and rises to check on them (theseguys are very sensitive abouttheir dogs).

As the BARKING getsl.ouder,WE SEE A CLOSE UP ofThe Axe in the chopping block,and Django's hand REMOVING IT.

DJANGO••••••THROWS THE AXE•••

JAKE •.••••••••.•••.•ITHITSHIM IN THE FACE.

r--· After letting go of the axehandle, Django RUNS FULL SPEEDtoward Jake. Before the other three havereally registered what's happening,Django has crossed the distance,and is YANKING The Axe out ofJAKE'S FACE.

And with AXE in hand, Djangochases and fights with allthree trackers, till after a point where he'sCHOPPED DOWN TWO OF THEM,Lex, and Stew, and now there's only Mr.Stonesipherleft.

But Mr.Stonesipher has managedto draw his gigantic BUCK KNIFE,and is able to fight back againstDjango. You know Stonesipher'sgreat with a knife, plus his fighting styleis like one of his dogs,attack attack attack.

Django uses the axe handlein a defensive position.

The expert Mountain Boy beginsSCORING BLADE CUTS on shirtlessDjango.

The two men fight until theyend up losing their weapons.Then it's justa fight of brute strength,and survival. Mr.Stonesipheris physically bigger then Django.But if Django's goingto save Broomhilda, not to mention get revengeon all these Candyland motherfuckers,he has to take Stonesipher's assout.

This Black Man who hasbeen under the yoke of whiteman's domination all his life, and thisWhite Man who feeds black peopleto dogs, fight each other for their life.

Django gets his arm aroundStonesipher's neck in a headlock,but the mountain boy is big enoughto lift Django. So like arodeo rider holding on·to bull fordear life, Django tightens hislock around his opponents neck. Django getshis hand on the HAMMERJake was building the birdhouse with, andBRINGS IT CRASHING DOWNON THE TOP OF STONESIPHER'S HEAD.

That weakens Stonesipher.

He HITS HIM AGAIN IN THE HEAD.

That drops Stonesipherto his knees.

He HITS HIM AGAIN WITHTHE HAMMERON THE HEAD.

That puts the mountainman down on his back.

He HITS HIM ONE MORE TIMEWITH THE HAMMERTO l<eephimdown for good.

The Trackers are alldead.

Only the dogs mad barkingremains.

r--- The Funeral for CalvinCandie is underway. The Preacherreads some words over him.

/' Django, half naked, splatteredwith blood from the axemurders, steps out of the shack. He takesa wash basin off the window sill,and walks over to the WATER PUMP.

Marsha and her three friendscontinue to BARK likemad.

He PUMPS a couple of times,and water explodes intothe bowl. He begins washing the blood·offof himself. As he washes,he says outloud;

Timmy steps from hiswatching place in the bushes.

I was justwalkin' by.

Timmy hasnever heard a black man talk likethat. He believes him.

THEN......

Djangoturns towards the barking dogs.He turns back to Timmy andasks;

INSERT: TIMMY pickingTOADSTOOLS (POISON MUSHROMS).

INSERT:·DJANGO stirringa big pot of BEEF STEW witha wooden spoon in the tracker shack.

Timmy comes'incarrying a bunch of toadstoolsinside his shirt. Django takesthe toadstools and Mr.Stonesipher'sBUCK KNIFE and CHOPS the mushroomsinto tiny pieces.

He tosses thetiny bits of poisoned shroomsinto the beefy sauce, and mixes it upwith the spoon.

Django throwsthe pot of poisoned beef stewover the top of the kennel.

It lands onthe ground with a PLOP.

The AngryDogs, are nevertheless', stilldogs, and greedily scarf up the stew.

Djangowatches them wolf down their ultimateagony with a smile.

Django liftsTimmy up on to the barebacked wagon horse.

Thefuneral is in full melodramaticbore.

INT- STABLE-BLACKSMITH - NIGHT

Timmybrings Django to the stableon the Candyland grounds.Django goes straightup to the stall housingTony and says hello. Tony'shappy to seehim. Django feeds himan apple he picked along theway for him.

He turns and sees the bodyof Dr.Schultz lying in a.heap.

And Schultz's horse Fritzin the stable.

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~ Timmy juststares.

Timmyhops to work.

Djarigobendsdown ·overthebody of Dr.Schultz, he takes Broomhilda's billof sale and freedom papersout of his·back pocket. Healso searchesfor and £inds Schultz'shidden DERRINGER, he keepsit in a holster around his ankle.

As Timmy saddles the horses,he asks;

Django rises from the bodyof his friend.

As Timmy saddles the horseshe says;

Django doesn't correctthe difference between Dr.Schultzand a white friend, because there'snothing he could say to Timmyto make him understand.

He goes over to his pileof clothes~ which still lienext to the furnace. He Puts on hisboots. His Green Jacket overhis bare chest. And finally his hat.

The service is over,everybody is hugging eachother and holding hands, and beginning to leave.

Billy Crash is inbed fucking Broomhilda. Shedoesn't wail, she doesn't make any whimperingsounds, but.her eyes constantlywater.

As Billy's fuckingher he says;

He stopsfucking in frustration

Hehops off her and yells at her.

~·. He exits the shack to go theouthouse, leaving Broomhildaalone.

WE MOVE INTO A CLOSE UP OF BROOMHILDA lyingon thebed. She cries for Django, she cries for herself....

She HEARS an IMPACT SOUND,and a MUFFLED "Ooomph" SOUND.

And through the spaces inthe wooden planks that actas walls in Billy Crash's shack, she seesa figure fall to the ground.

Then she sees another figurethrough the wooden pl·anksmovetowards the front door.

A soft "Knock Knock" onthe door.

The VOICE on the otherside of the door, says;

~. DJANGO'S VOICE (OS) ' HeyLittle Trouble Maker.

She hops out of bed, and throwsopen the door.....

THERE HE IS, sheruns into his arms.

The TWO OLD SLAVE.GRAVE DIGGERSare throwing the firstshovelfuls of dirt on Monsieur CalvinJ. Candie's coffin.

The participants of thisritual, begin to move awayfrom the grave. The funeral is a private affair,just the Candie FamilyUnit, some of the overseers, and the slaves.No one from town, exceptthe Preacher.

The SLAVE MOURNERS beginto move towards their livingarea, all saying good.byeto Miss Lara.Miss Lara makes a big showof saying goodbye to them.

A little cognizant.of theCandie Family unit beginthe walk off the hill back to the big house.

Django with Broomhilda.Billy Crash lies dead inthe B.G., Stonesipher's Buck Knife buried deepin his chest. He hands Broomhildaher papers.

He sends her onher way.

Django looksup and sees the silhouettesof the funeral party walking /'· down hill headingback for the big house.

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The Family unit of The Late CalvinCandie and his sister LaraLee walk back to The Big House for adrink. This Candie Family Unitconsists of:

LARA LEE (unarmed) in her blackflowing funeral dress.

CORA (unarmed) her mammy,walks with Miss Lara, holdingher hand.

STEPHEN (unarmed) dressed inhis fancy black velvet versionof his normal House Nigger outfit,walks on the other side ofhis mistress Miss Lara, holding her otherhand.

ACE WOODY (armed with a gunbelt around his hip) dressedin his Wyatt Earp like funeral black suit,with the string tie, walksby himself.

LEONIDE MOGUY (armed witha gun belt around his hip)walks by himself.

BARTHOLOMEW(unarmed) dressedin his tight fitting businesssuit, with his hat, walks alone.

BROWN and JINGLE BELLSCODY (both armed with guns ontheir hips) both dressed slightly like cowboypeacocks, walk together.

and finally,

SAMSON and GOLDIE (unarmed)Calvin Candie's two prizedmandingos, wearing suits they borrowedfrom Bartholomew.

This CANDIE FAMILY UNITwalk to The Big House fora few post funeral drinks.

They enter the lawnin front of The Big House, andhead for the front door.

Broomhilda on Fritzand Timmy riding on Tony comealong the side of the property by some shed.They see The Candie FamilyUnit, all dressed in their darkest finery,walking towards the frontsteps of.The Big House. The woman and littleboy stop. But the groupof enemies aren't looking their way.

The CANDIE FAMILYUNIT moves closertowards the front of The Big House.....

WHEN.....

The frontof The Big House EXPLODES!

knockingthe Candie Family Unit flat on theircollective asses.

BROOMHILDA andTIMMY can't believetheir eyes.

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r' WOOD - STONE - PLASTER - DIRT- DUST - GLASS - SMOKE - GUNPOWDER hang in the air.

The CANDIE FAMILY UNIT startscoming to their senses.Nobody was killed, or even seriously hurt (unlessyou count eardrums),just stunned.

As their minds try and graspwith what just happened, theireyes look up from the ground, and tryand see through the smoke anddust.

The·SMOKE and DUST thins alittle, and we see inside thesmoke the mansion has been obliterated,but The Big House front stepsremain.

CUE cool MUSIC.

STEPHEN sees something inthe smoke, squints.

ACE WOODYsees something inthe smoke, squints.

BROWN and CODY see somethingin the smoke, squint.

In the SMOKE and DUST webegin to see a FIGURE,walking towards them.

ACE WOODYsquints atthe FIGURE.

MOGUY sees the FIGURE.

CORA attending toMiss Lara sees the FIGURE, thenMISS LARA sees it.

The FIGURE moves furtherout of the SMOKE and DUST.

ACE WOODY, on theground, his hand starts tomove towards the gun around his waist.

Then he sees TheFIGURE.is carrying somethingin his left hand.... ...it's Floyd'sWinchester, he raises it, andpoints it at Ace.

ACE WOODY's handmoves away from his gun.

The FIGURE stepsout of the SMOKE. It's DJANGO dressedin his DJANGO OUTFIT.

STEPHEN, ACE WOODY, MOGUY, LARA LEE,BARTHOLOMEW,CORA, BROWN and JINGLE BELLS CODY,SAMPSON or GOLDIE ...Nobodycanbelieve Django's standing there.

He stands atthe top of the front stepsof The Big House, looking down at The CandieFamily Unit, all lying onthe front lawn, Winchester rifle heldcasually in his left hand.His right hand held casually by the gun onhis hip.

The CANDIEFAMILY UNIT ~- all ontheir ass in the grass, look upat Django with a mixture of Wonder,Fear, and Hate.

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WE MOVE INTOA ROMANTIC CLOSE UP OFBROOMHILDA asshe watches this.

As DJANGO looks out at the ten stunnedenemies spread out onThe Big House front lawn, and as they lookback from the grass at him.

The black man in the cool green jacketsays;

He points the Winchester atthe people spread out onthe grass.

It's now Django who givesthe orders. They standup quickly.

Django, with the riflepointing at them, just looksat The Candie ~ Family Unit. Enjoying theircollective hatred.

THEN...

He tosses the rifleaway.

Then moves his righthand by his gun belt in hisholster, as he takes a SHOWDOWN STANCE.

EVERYBODY realizesDJANGO's intentions.

Even BROOMHILDA andTIMMY.

DJANGO looks downfrom his position at the topof The Big House steps at the ten people,and says;

DJANGO's eyesgo to STEPHEN, who looks backat him.

The Black Folks, Cora, Bartholomew,Samson·,and Goldie begintaking ten ~. steps away from the White Folksand the gunfight.

LARA LEE can't believe Cora'sleaving her.

CORA is "I'm sorry Miss Lara,but I never did nuttin'to that nigger."

DJANGO looks to STEPHEN, andtakes Schultz's hidden Derringerout of his pocket.

He tosses the Ole Man thetiny gun.

BROWN gives LARA LEE oneof his two guns.

BROWN cocks backthe hammer of the peacemaker,and puts it in her hand, and points it towardsthe ground.

LARA LEE CANDIE-FITZWILLIcan't come to gripswith what she's.in the middle of,who she's facing, what's in herhand, or what's about to happen.

TheMUSIC SWELLS.

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1 ' EVERYBODY, exceptfor LARA LEE is READY:

DJANGO ACE WOODY

STEPHEN MOGUY

BROWN CODY

LARA LEE

The PEOPLEwatching on the side:

BARTHOLOMEW SAMSON BROOMHILDA

CORA GOLDIE TIMMY

EVERYONE'Sready, but no one wants to startthis party.....

TILL ....

ACE WOODYstarts to go for the gun inhis holster, and STEPHEN starts to raise his Derringer.

But it's no contest.

As soon as Django saw any movement fromthe six in front of him, ~. Floyd's Pistol was QUICKSILVER FAST inhis right hand, as his lefthand FANNED the Pistols Hammer, SHOOTING INSTANTLY allfive White People {and Stephen) standing in front of him.

They all fall to grass in differentways ..

It was never any contest, theyand WE (the audience) just didn'tknow HOW GOOD DJANGO was.

(smiling) You knowwhat they're going to call you, my boy? "Thefastest gun in the South."

BACK TO SHOWDOWN

DJANGO stands on the topsteps of what's left of TheBig House, looking down at The Candie FamilyUnit, who all lay dead ordying on the Candyland front lawn.

The WITNESSES can't fathomwhat they just witnessed.

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r-'· All the CANDIE FAMILY UNITlies on the grass SHOT.But some are still alive. We HEAR MOANING comingfrom LARA LEE, CODY,and MOGUY.

DJANGO sees this.

The Black Man reachesbehind him and comes out witha DYNAMITE STICK.

He tosses it on the grassamong the bodies.

He takes aim with hispistol; and FIRES.

It EXPLODES.

Finishing off whatwas left of the Candie FamilyUnit, not to mention, blowing the limbs offof many of them.

The LAWN is SILENT.

DJANGO'S PISTOL goesback in its holster.

Django walks downthe front steps of The BigHouse, feeling tremendous satisfaction in thewrath .hejust wroth on Candieand Co.

He removes Dr.Schultz'stiny Derringer from Stephen'sdead hand, putting it in hispocket. Then heads over towhere Broomhilda and Timmy wait for himwith Fritz and Tony.

As he ,waiksupto Broomhilda on Fritz, he says;

Hey Little Tr.oubl·eMaker.

Timmy hopsoff of Tony.

Django climbsaboard Tony. He says toBroomhilda;

, Django looksdown to Timmy.

He reaches intohis saddle bag, and pulls outan apple, and tosses it down to Timmy.

He looksto Broomhilda on Fritz.

Theykiss.

Then,astride Tony, Django leavesCandyland having rescued his Broomhildafrom her Mountain,her Ring of Hellfire, and all her Dragon's.

WRITTEN andDIRECTED by QUENTIN TARANTINO