History Trivia / TheHatefulEight

* ProductionPosse: This movie is a who's who of QT's all-stars; Creator/MichaelMadsen, Creator/TimRoth, Creator/SamuelLJackson, Creator/ZoeBell, and James Parks all return from prior films. Creator/KurtRussell, Creator/BruceDern, and Creator/WaltonGoggins (the latter already a member of Creator/RobertRodriguez's neighboring posse) make their sophomore appearances.

* CreatorChosenCasting: Creator/QuentinTarantino wrote the screenplay with Creator/SamuelLJackson, Creator/KurtRussell, Creator/TimRoth, and Creator/MichaelMadsen in mind.

* TheCastShowoff: Both Demián Bichir and Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh performed the music their characters play at various points ("Silent Night" on piano and "Jim Jones at Botany Bay" on guitar, respectively).

** The original draft of the script was leaked in 2014. This caused production to be delayed as Creator/QuentinTarantino initially cancelled the project because of the leak but then decided to make it using new drafts which featured a different ending.
** Screeners were leaked a few days before the theatrical run of the film.
* CreatorBacklash: Despite his winning an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for his efforts, Music/EnnioMorricone disliked the fact that Creator/QuentinTarantino insisted on having him compose a score in two weeks, and the subsequent rush to have it delivered to the director made it an unpleasant experience for him. It doesn't help that Morricone was not a fan of Tarantino's works because he borrows techniques from other films.
* CreatorChosenCasting: Creator/QuentinTarantino wrote the screenplay with Creator/SamuelLJackson, Creator/KurtRussell, Creator/TimRoth and Creator/MichaelMadsen in mind.
* DivorcedInstallment: The film was originally intended to be a direct sequel to ''Film/DjangoUnchained'' titled ''Django in White Hell'' with Creator/JamieFoxx reprising his role as the title character. The idea was scrapped when Creator/QuentinTarantino realized he wanted the audience to be more in the dark about everyone's motives and having trouble guessing who, if anyone, was [[BlackAndGrayMorality a good guy]], and they wouldn't be second-guessing the character if it was someone they were already familiar with (nor would they be that worried about him dying if his name was in the title of the movie). It's likely that Django's role in the movie was replaced by and developed into the Marquis Warren character, another surly black bounty hunter.
* EnforcedMethodActing: The guitar, a priceless antique on loan from C. F. Martin & Company's guitar museum, was supposed to be swapped out with a fake to get smashed. But somehow Creator/KurtRussell was never told this, and reached out during the same take and destroyed the real one. Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh's horrified reaction is [[ThrowItIn quite real]] and you can even see her looking to the film crew as she shouts "Woah, woah, woah!".

* ProductionPosse: QT's all-stars are on display; Creator/MichaelMadsen, Creator/TimRoth, Creator/SamuelLJackson, Creator/ZoeBell, and James Parks all return from prior films. Creator/KurtRussell, Creator/BruceDern and Creator/WaltonGoggins (the latter already a member of Creator/RobertRodriguez's neighboring posse) make their sophomore appearances.
* ThrowItIn: A particularly bleak example, as befitting a Creator/QuentinTarantino movie. Watch closely during the guitar scene: The moment that John Ruth grabs the guitar from Daisy and smashes it, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh breaks character and starts going, "What? Hey! Whoa! ''Whoa!''" because the guitar that Creator/KurtRussell smashed wasn't a prop, but a museum piece from C.F. Martin & Company. He had not been told by Tarantino to wait until a prop guitar was substituted in before he smashed it. Tarantino left it in, which understandably upset Martin. You can also note the spontaneity in the continuity error of [=Daisy/Jennifer=]: when the guitar is smashed, she turns to the crew, facing away from the door, in surprise. The very next shot has her facing John and the door.

** In what would have been a PlayingAgainstType for the ages, the part of Daisy was initially written for Creator/JenniferLawrence. She declined due to scheduling conflicts with both parts of ''Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjay''. Creator/GeenaDavis, Creator/DemiMoore, Creator/HilarySwank, Creator/MichelleWilliams, Creator/EvanRachelWood and Creator/RobinWright were also considered. Creator/KateeSackhoff auditioned, but Tarantino eventually decided that he wanted an older actor.
** More of an idea that was tossed around and ultimately vetoed- Creator/WaltonGoggins [[http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Hateful-Eight-Ending-What-Should-Happen-Next-According-Walton-Goggins-103367.html stated]] that, at one point, the actors and Quentin discussed a post-credits scene in which someone comes across the Haberdashery a week later, [[spoiler:finding the corpses of everyone within.]] Goggins' suggestion for the actor in question was Creator/BillMurray.

** In the original screenplay the presence of rats in the basement was a common occurrence in the haberdashery. Throughout the screenplay, the sound of rats fighting each other occurs several times and was often a topic of conversation. [[spoiler:Also, Jody Domergue was not immediately shot dead after he came out of the basement. In the screenplay, he was shot but not killed, and the rats would eventually eat him alive]]. The rats were completely discarded and were not in either of the movie versions.
** [[spoiler: In one of the earlier drafts of the script, the character of Oswaldo Mobray, was written to appear entirely innocent until towards the climax. During the first major shootout between Jody and Mannix, an unarmed Oswaldo is shot in the chest by a panicking, trigger-happy Mannix, thus making the audience first speculate that he was merely an innocent bystander with no connections to Daisy]].
** According to the earliest draft of the script, the scene where Major Warren interrogates Bob, Oswaldo and Joe Gage about working with Daisy and poisoning the coffee was originally supposed to be a bit more brutal and disturbing than what was shown on film. Instead of simply threatening to pour the rest of the poisoned coffee down Daisy's throat, Warren was written to violently beat her, hold her at gunpoint and then prepares to shoot her in the head until Joe Gage finally intervenes. This scene also had more dialogue.

** In earlier drafts of the script, the death of Gen. Sanford Smithers was more graphic and brutal than what was actually shown. Not only did Maj. Warren shoot the general, but the force of the bullet entering sends the old man into the fireplace where he burns to death. The only reason Warren lets the others pull his body out of the fire is to keep the whole haberdashery from catching fire.

* WordOfSaintPaul: Kurt Russell states in an interview with Russ Fisher on Nerdist December 15 2015: "Where, if, instead of getting to the point we see in the film, if she had gone to court and been hanged, then you see John Ruth watching her hang, he’s got to head on to the next one, and he just wanders down the street, his left arm, where she’d been chained, he doesn’t know what to do with it, he’s kind of lost." Whether he means Ruth is mourning the death of a WorthyOpponent or feeling some kind of guilt is unknown.

* EnforcedMethodActing: The guitar, a priceless antique on loan from C. F. Martin & Company's guitar museum, was supposed to be swapped out with a fake to get smashed. But somehow Creator/KurtRussell was never told this, and reached out during the same take and destroyed the real one. Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh's horrified reaction is [[ThrowItIn quite real]].

* TheCastShowoff: Both Demián Bichir and Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh performed the music their characters play at various points ("Silent Night" and "Jim Jones at Botany Bay," respectively).

* CareerResurrection: For Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, who was a pretty big name in TheNineties and had long since faded into obscurity. She earned much acclaim for her performance, including an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. After this film's release, she started becoming involved in high-profile projects once more.

* CareerResurrection: For Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, who was a pretty big name in TheNineties and had long since faded into obscurity.

* CreatorBacklash: Despite his winning an Oscar for his efforts, Music/EnnioMorricone disliked the fact that Creator/QuentinTarantino insisted on having him compose a score in two weeks, and the subsequent rush to have it delivered to the director made it an unpleasant experience for him. It doesn't help that Morricone was not a fan of Tarantino's works because he borrows techniques from other films.

* AuteurLicense: Creator/QuentinTarantino was able to convince The Weinstein Company to allow him to shoot the film in 70mm Ultra Panavision, a format that had not been used in nearly 50 years, and then forgo any digital post-processing or editing. Quentin ''then'' persuaded the producers to spend an ''additional'' $10 million to equip ~140 theaters around the world with the 70mm projection equipment and optics needed to [[http://www.wired.com/2015/12/hateful-eight-roadshow-tech/ exhibit the film in a 1950's style "Roadshow" format]]. Remember, this was several years after even "basic" 35mm film projection had been replaced by digital and most of the 70mm projectors obtained for the roadshow had to be [[ScavengerWorld rebuilt from discarded equipment]].

* CareerResurrection: For Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, who was a pretty big name in the 90's and had long since faded into obscurity.

** The original draft of the script was leaked in 2014. This caused production to be delayed as Tarantino initially cancelled the project because of the leak but then decided to make it using new drafts which featured a different ending.

* CreatorBacklash: Despite his winning an Oscar for his efforts, Music/EnnioMorricone disliked the fact that Tarantino insisted on having him compose a score in two weeks, and the subsequent rush to have it delivered to the director made it an unpleasant experience for him. It doesn't help that Morricone was not a fan of Tarantino's works because he borrows techniques from other films.
* DivorcedInstallment: The film was originally intended to be a direct sequel to ''Film/DjangoUnchained'' titled ''Django in White Hell'' with Creator/JamieFoxx reprising his role as the title character. The idea was scrapped when Tarantino realized he wanted the audience to be more in the dark about everyone's motives and having trouble guessing who, if anyone, was [[BlackAndGrayMorality a good guy]], and they wouldn't be second-guessing the character if it was someone they were already familiar with (nor would they be that worried about him dying if his name was in the title of the movie). It's likely that Django's role in the movie was replaced by and developed into the Marquis Warren character, another surly black bounty hunter.

** Zoe Bell plays a completely-harmless, if physically gifted character [[spoiler:who gets casually killed off without fighting back]].

* RecycledSoundtrack: As composer Music/EnnioMorricone had limited availability to work on the film's score (one of the only times a Tarantino film featured an original score), the film also makes use of several unused tracks from Morricone's score for ''Film/TheThing1982'' and "Regan's Theme" from ''Film/ExorcistIITheHeretic''.
* ThrowItIn: A particularly bleak example, as befitting a Tarantino movie. Watch closely during the guitar scene: The moment that John Ruth grabs the guitar from Daisy and smashes it, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh breaks character and starts going, "What? Hey! Whoa! ''Whoa!''" because the guitar that Kurt Russell smashed wasn't a prop, but a museum piece from C.F. Martin & Company. He had not been told by Tarantino to wait until a prop guitar was substituted in before he smashed it. Tarantino left it in, which understandably upset Martin. You can also note the spontaneity in the continuity error of [=Daisy/Jennifer=]: when the guitar is smashed, she turns to the crew, facing away from the door, in surprise. The very next shot has her facing John and the door.

* ThrowItIn: A particularly bleak example, as befitting a Tarantino movie. Watch closely during the guitar scene: The moment that John Ruth grabs the guitar from Daisy and smashes it, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh breaks character and starts going, "What? Hey! Whoa! ''Whoa!''" That ''wasn't scripted''. The guitar that Kurt Russell smashed wasn't a prop, but a museum piece from C.F. Martin & Company. He had not been told by Tarantino to wait until a prop guitar was substituted in before he smashed it. Tarantino left it in, which understandably upset Martin. You can also note the spontaneity in the continuity error of [=Daisy/Jennifer=]: when the guitar is smashed, she turns to the crew, facing away from the door, in surprise. The very next shot has her facing John and the door.

** [[spoiler: In one of the earlier drafts of the script, the character of Oswaldo Mobray, was written to appear entirely innocent until towards the climax. During the first major shootout between Jody and Mannix, an unarmed Oswaldo is shot in the chest by a panicking, trigger-happy Mannix, thus making the audience first speculate that he was merely an innocent bystander with no connections to Daisy]]
** According to the earliest draft of the script, the scene where Maj. Warren interrogates Bob, Oswaldo and Joe Gage about working with Daisy and poisoning the coffee was originally supposed to be more brutal and disturbing than what was shown on film. Instead of simply threatening to pour the rest of the poisoned coffee down Daisy's throat, Warren was written to violently beat her, hold her at gunpoint and then prepares to shoot her in the head until Joe Gage finally intervenes. This scene also had more dialogue.

* EnforcedMethodActing: The guitar, a priceless antique on loan from C. F. Martin & Company's guitar museum, was supposed to be swapped out with a fake to get smashed. But somehow Creator/KurtRussell was never told this, and reached out during the same take and destroyed the real one. Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh's horrified reaction is quite real. (See ThrowItIn below).

* ThrowItIn: A particularly bleak example, as befitting a Tarantino movie. Watch closely during the guitar scene: The moment that John Ruth grabs the guitar from Daisy and smashes it, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh breaks character and starts going, "'''''What?!''''' Hey!! Whoa! ''Whoa!''" That ''wasn't scripted''. As described above in EnforcedMethodActing, the guitar that Kurt Russell smashed ''wasn't a prop'', but a priceless museum piece from C.F. Martin & Company; he had not been told by Tarantino to wait until a prop guitar was substituted in before he smashed it. Tarantino left it in, which understandably upset Martin. You can also note the spontaneity in the continuity error of [=Daisy/Jennifer=]; when the guitar is smashed, she turns to the crew, facing away from the door, in surprise. The very next shot has her facing John and the door.

** Creator/ChristophWaltz was offered an unspecified part. He didn't felt like he fit a group of Tarantino regulars, so he turned it down.

** Creator/ChristophWaltz was originally meant to play Oswaldo Mobray. He was unable to make it so the role went to Tim Roth.

* RecycledSoundtrack: As composer Music/EnnioMorricone had limited availability to work on the film's score (one of the only times a Tarantino film featured an original score), the film also makes use of several unused tracks from Morricone's score for ''Film/TheThing1982'' and ''Film/ExorcistIITheHeretic''.

* CreatorBacklash: Despite his winning an Oscar for his efforts, Music/EnnioMorricone disliked the fact that Tarantino insisted on having him compose a score in two weeks, and the subsequent rush to have it delivered to the director made it an unpleasant experience for him. It doesn't help that Morricone is not a fan of Tarantino's works because he borrows techniques from other films.

* DivorcedInstallment: The film was originally intended to be a direct sequel to ''Film/DjangoUnchained'' titled ''Django in White Hell'' with Creator/JamieFoxx reprising his role as the title character. The idea was scrapped when Tarantino realized he wanted the audience to be more in the dark about everyone's motives and having trouble guessing who, if anyone, was [[BlackAndGreyMorality a good guy]], and they wouldn't be second-guessing the character if it was someone they were already familiar with (nor would they be that worried about him dying if his name was in the title of the movie). It's likely that Django's role in the movie was replaced by and developed into the Marquis Warren character, another surly black bounty hunter.