| The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
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| Actor |
Production Team |
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| Director |
Joel Coen; Ethan Coen |
| Producer |
Tim Bevan; Joel Coen |
| Writer |
Joel Coen; Ethan Coen |
| Cinematography |
Roger Deakins |
| Musician |
Carter Burwell |
| Studio |
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Universal Studios |
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| Plot |
| Set in a sleepy Northern California town in the 1940s, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen's The Man Who Wasn't There stars Billy Bob Thornton as Ed Crane, a humble barber who suspects his hard-hearted and hard-drinking wife Doris (Frances McDormand) of having an affair with her boss (James Gandolfini). When a jocular stranger (Jon Polito) breezes into town hinting at the fortune to be made investing in an outlandish-sounding new invention called dry cleaning, Ed hatches a blackmail scheme he hopes will make him rich and get him some revenge at the same time. His plan goes horribly awry when he accidentally commits a murder for which Doris ends up being blamed, landing her in the slammer and Ed at the mercy of blowhard big-city lawyer Freddy Riedenschneider (Tony Shalhoub). Filmed in black-and-white by three-time Oscar-nominated cinematographer Roger Deakins, The Man Who Wasn't There was inspired by the seedy crime novels of James M. Cain, putting a distinctly Coen brothers' spin on the film noir tradition. Though spiked with their characteristic humor, its moody atmosphere hearkens back to the darker moments of Blood Simple and Fargo -- a marked departure from the high-spirited slapstick of O Brother Where Art Thou. |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Crime; Drama |
| Country |
 USA
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| Language |
English |
| Running Time |
116 |
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| Movie Release Date |
2001 |
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Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
33 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
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| Edition Details |
| Region |
 Region 1 |
| No. of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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