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 The three-hour Western brings together past Tarantino
collaborators including Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Roth, Kurt
Russell and Michael Madsen as well as Jennifer Jason Leigh, who
makes her debut with the director.
Tarantino's eighth film begins with bounty hunter John Ruth
(Russell) and his fugitive Daisy (Leigh) in a stagecoach
traveling across a snowy landscape towards the town of Red Rock
before meeting two strangers, whom they take onboard.
As a blizzard builds, they take refuge in a haberdashery, where
they meet other travelers. As they get to know each other, all
is not quite as it seems and plenty of violence ensues.
"I learned very early with Quentin on 'Reservoir Dogs' ... if
you've got a writer like that you never say no," Roth told
Reuters at the film's London premiere on Thursday night.
"You just hope you're going to get invited."
Earlier on Thursday, "The Hateful Eight" received three Golden
Globe nominations with an acting nod for Leigh, best screenplay
for Tarantino and best original score for composer Ennio
Morricone.
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"I am real proud of the script so I am glad it got nominated," said
Tarantino, who has won two Academy Awards for the "Django Unchained"
and "Pulp Fiction" screenplays.
Asked if a best director Oscar was next, Tarantino, who was
nominated for that award for "Pulp Fiction", said: "I don't know
about that. Normally, when it comes to people who win best director,
it's usually a sweep."
"They win best picture, they win best director, they win four or
five other things," he said. "I don't know, I've never done a movie
that's had a sweep so we'll if see if that ever happens."
"The Hateful Eight", which will have a limited U.S. run as of Dec.
25, hits cinemas in early January.
(Reporting by Jane Witherspoon and Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing
by Tom Heneghan)
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