Never heard of it.

This movie looks really good. Also, Stalin has a film in the works over at Warners I hear.

@dre:

True that :)

That's crazy. I mean, I don't understand how in HELL anybody could actually believe that.

obviously its a fake trailer, but its a bad attempt at going viral.
unless you follow the industry and are familiar with Basterds i could see how the average person would be confused.

I think it's main problem is that it looks like a 21st century trailer when the movie is being shown in the forties in this film. There is too much of a disconnect with the time period of Basterds. It's clearly a fake trailer (The VO sounds like the same VO from Satan's Alley in Tropic Thunder) but I think it's failure is in connecting the film to Basterds. I would've probably figured it out with the August 21st release date but like mike said, if you are outside the industry, you would be confused. Then again, maybe it is just for the folks who follow the industry.

Best part of this article is that this sites patriarch bitch slaps Nikki Finke! Love it.
This is just fine as a marketing tool and has apparently worked like gang busters. Can't wait to see Basterds for myself. And hope it more closely mirrors the script than the trailers would lead one to believe, because Shoshanna's (spell check?) story was the heart and soul of this movie on the page.

I agree that this is a poor attempt at viral marketing. The graphics, filming style, and even the fact that it's all in English. If they had done it in German with English subtitles it would have at least made as a decent tie in to the film. As it stands now it doesn't really work. However I don't think people should be easily fooled or outraged. I mean honestly if some major film company did have the audacity to produce a film about a Nazi war hero, I doubt Apple would make it their featured trailer… and anyone who knows anything about history should know that Goebbels (or anyone who was connected to the Reich) has been dead for quite some time now.

"Crowned In Gloury" Subtle, but it's there.

Even Nikki's commenters seem to think she missed the point.

@The Check Spot: I agree with what you have to say.

I read Nikki's comments early this morning. I didn't delve into her assessment of the viewing public but savored her calling the Weinstein Company, or at least one member, moronic. I've kinda had that reaction to the entire Inglourius Basterds phenomenon. Just the arrogance of deliberating misspelling the title rubbed me the wrong way before I ever got a glimpse. After a glimpse my disdain was fortified.

Are you kidding me I laughed my ass off at this thing. It looked so ridiculous it gives Transformers and G.I. Joe credibility. I really don't see how people would take it that seriously.

I hope it gets made into a movie though :)

Weinstein fcks everything up. I don't think they know how to properly distribute any movie at all. They give their films horrid release dates, like with "Zack and Miri Make a Porno," which opened on Halloween. Or else they delay their films for no reason ("The Road," "Fanboys"), killing all the buzz that had been built up.

You'll have to excuse Nikki Finke. She was probably coming off a gin-and-insulin bender when she wrote that.

I didn't think it was real and i think it's a very good tool for informing anyone who was unfamiliar with what they were up against, an insight. It sort of gives you a view into the reich so you know a little more before viewing the film … i thought it made a clever point and it was done in a stylishly black way …. but my opinion is just mine :)