Exclusive Portrait: Director Quentin Tarantino Walks Chicago Red Carpet For ‘Inglourious Basterds’ Premiere

CHICAGO – Writer and director Quentin Tarantino posed with his new career achievement award for the HollywoodChicago.com lens on Aug. 18, 2009 at the summer gala for the 45th-annual Chicago International Film Festival premiere of his new film “Inglourious Basterds”.

Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino of “Pulp Fiction” fame, “Inglourious Basterds” stars Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth (the director of “Hostel” and “Hostel: Part II”), Michael Fassbender, Diane Kruger and Daniel Brühl.

The film opens everywhere on Aug. 21, 2009. Our interview with Quentin Tarantino on “Inglourious Basterds” can be read here. Our exclusive portrait of Quentin Tarantino can be found below.

Quentin Tarantino in Chicago for Inglourious Basterds
Writer and director Quentin Tarantino poses with his career achievement award for the
HollywoodChicago.com lens on Aug. 18, 2009 at the summer gala for the 45th-annual
Chicago International Film Festival premiere of his new film “Inglourious Basterds”.
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com

HollywoodChicago.com editor-in-chief Adam Fendelman

By ADAM FENDELMAN
Editor-in-Chief
HollywoodChicago.com
adam@hollywoodchicago.com

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