Maps of Movies
Django Unchained (2012)
Where Django Unchained says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
The Texas opening was shot in California, the Tennessee plantation is in Louisiana, and the Mississippi mansion was a set.
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Scenes and places
Schultz stops the slave convoy at night (1858)
Django walks in chains through the dark when a stranger on a horse stops the convoy. Schultz needs one man who can identify three outlaws, and Django is that man.
Set in A Texas night road — A dark road in Texas where the Speck Brothers drive their shackled captives.
A moonlit road in 1858 Texas, with the slaves marched in a line.
Filmed at Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California — Two film-location blogs and Wikipedia's Alabama Hills article name this rocky desert as where the opening was shot. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The sheriff who is not a sheriff (1858)
Django learns what his new partner does for a living when Schultz calls out the town's sheriff. The marshal and the townspeople stare at the free Black man on a horse.
Set in Daughtrey, Texas — A small Texas town whose people elected a sheriff who turns out to be a wanted outlaw.
A dusty Western main street with a saloon and a sheriff's office.
The Bennett plantation (1858)
Django, in a blue costume, rides up to the main house next to Schultz. The Brittle Brothers are the three men he has been waiting to find.
Set in Big Daddy Bennett's plantation, Tennessee — A plantation in Tennessee, where Schultz and Django come to buy a woman and find the Brittle Brothers.
A white-columned Louisiana river-road plantation house with old oaks.
Filmed at Evergreen Plantation, Louisiana — Wikipedia's Filming section and two film-location blogs name Evergreen Plantation as the plantation used. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The winter of training (1858)
Django learns to shoot while the pair collects one bounty after another. Schultz is surprised by how good he is.
Set in A snowy mountain country, winter — The winter months Django spends as Schultz's partner and apprentice.
The jagged Teton range rises above a snow-covered valley.
Filmed at Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming — One film-location blog names Grand Teton National Park for the winter scenes; Wikipedia only confirms Wyoming filming. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The gentleman's club (1858)
Django and Schultz sit down with Calvin Candie to pitch a fake deal. Django has to pretend to be a man who knows slaves.
Set in Greenville, Mississippi — Schultz and Django meet Calvin Candie at his gentleman's club in Greenville. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A Mississippi river city where the film puts the first meeting with Candie.
Candyland (1858)
Django rides to the plantation where his wife is held. He and Schultz must act their parts in front of Candie and his house.
Set in Candyland, Mississippi — Calvin Candie's cotton plantation in Mississippi, with its Mandingo fights.
A cotton plantation that exists only in the film; the house was a set.
Filmed at Evergreen Plantation, Louisiana (set built for the film) — Two film-location blogs say the Candyland mansion exterior was a set built on the grounds of Evergreen Plantation; it has since been taken down. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Kelly Warm Spring, Wyoming — The winter hot spring bath Google Maps · Apple Maps
Characters
- Django — An enslaved man freed by a bounty hunter who trains him to find his wife.
- Dr. King Schultz — A German ex-dentist and bounty hunter who frees Django.
- Calvin Candie — The charming but brutal owner of Candyland Plantation.