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Ethan Coen

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IMDb:https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001053/

Date of Birth:21 September 1957, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Height:5' 8" (1.73 m)

Trademarks:Frequently casts Steve Buscemi (6 times), Frances McDormand (5 times), Jon Polito (5 times), John Goodman (4 times), John Turturro (4 times), George Clooney (3 times), Michael Badalucco (3 times), Charles Durning (twice), M. Emmet Walsh (twice), Peter Stormare (twice), Richard Jenkins (twice), John Mahoney (twice), Tony Shalhoub (twice), Stephen Root (twice), and Billy Bob Thornton (twice). References to the films of Stanley Kubrick Films often center around or include a botched crime Often creates at least one lengthy sequence in most of his films where only music plays as a major event unfolds, i.e Raising Arizona (1987) when Nicolas Cage is being chased after robbing a store. Also sequences in Miller's Crossing (1990), The Big Lebowski (1998), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), and Fargo (1996). The Coens frequently focus on round spinning objects: hat in Miller's Crossing (1990), bowling balls and tumble-weed in The Big Lebowski (1998), hair pomade tins in O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), UFO and a car wheel in The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) ...or the fans in Blood Simple. (1984). Often has a certain phrase that is repeated throughout the movie or a specific scene. Typically makes movies set during a specific time period, often in the near-past (Fargo (1996) takes place in 1987, The Big Lebowski (1998) in 1991, and No Country for Old Men (2007) in 1980). Films usually contain at least one fast-talking character Films often include characters or places with the stereotypes of the regions they take place in. The Mid-Western accents and snow-covered landscapes for Fargo (1996), the South-Eastern accents and barren deserts of Arizona for Raising Arizona (1987), the Southern accents and dust-bowl landscape for O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), Los Angeles accents and life-style in The Big Lebowski (1998), and the accents and cramped environments of Los Angeles in Barton Fink (1991). His films often feature a big male character who talks loudly or yells at the camera. E.g. John Goodman in The Big Lebowski (1998), Raising Arizona (1987), Barton Fink (1991) and O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000). A tense situation in a moving car. E.g. Fargo (1996), The Big Lebowski (1998), _Burn After reading (2008)_ and Blood Simple. (1984).

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Blood Simple

7.7 / 71559 votes

UK Cinema Release Date

Friday 6th October 2017
Blood Simple poster
Contains strong violence and language. Suitable only for adults.
Current Status:re-release

Next Showing:

None. Last shown in UK cinemas on 16th September 2018.
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Genres:

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Language:

English

Runtime:

1 hour 36 minutes (approx.)

Movie Synopsis:

Texas bar owner Julian Marty, who is generally regarded as not a nice person, hires shady private detective Loren Visser, who is able to obtain what Marty requests: evidence - in this instance, photographic - that his wife, Abby, and one of his bartenders, Ray, are having an affair. As Ray and Abby realize that Marty has found out about them, it allows them to plan for their future away from Marty, while be up front with Marty about the situation. Marty, in turn, decides to hire Visser once again, this time to kill Abby and Ray, and dispose of their bodies so that they won't be found. The out in the open affair and the contract hit lead to some actions based on self interest, and a standoff of sorts between the four players, which is compounded in complexity by some wrong assumptions of what has happened, with an innocent bystander, another of the Marty's bartenders, Meurice, potentially and unwittingly adding to the scenario.

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Suburbicon

5.5 / 14524 votes

UK Cinema Release Date

Friday 24th November 2017
Suburbicon poster
Contains strong violence, language and sex. Suitable for 15 years and over.
Current Status:released

Next Showing:

None. Last shown in UK cinemas on 3rd April 2018.
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Genres:

Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Language:

English

Runtime:

1 hour 44 minutes (approx.)

Movie Synopsis:

In the bosom of Suburbicon, a family-centred, all-white utopia of manicured lawns and friendly locals, a simmering tension is brewing, as the first African-American family moves in the idyllic community, in the hot summer of 1959. However, as the patriarch Gardner Lodge and his family start catching a few disturbing glimpses of the once welcoming neighbourhood's dark underbelly, acts of unprecedented violence paired with a gruesome death will inevitably blemish Suburbicon's picture-perfect facade. Who would have thought that darkness resides even in paradise?

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The Big Lebowski

8.1 / 632852 votes

UK Cinema Release Date

Monday 24th September 2018
The Big Lebowski poster
Contains strong language and sex references. Suitable only for adults.
Current Status:released

Next Showing:

In 1 cinema on Friday 10th May 2024 view the list. According to our cinema listings the last showing is on Thursday 16th May 2024.

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Genres:

Comedy, Crime

Language:

English

Runtime:

1 hour 52 minutes (approx.)

Movie Synopsis:

When "The Dude" Lebowski is mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, two thugs urinate on his rug to coerce him into paying a debt he knows nothing about. While attempting to gain recompense for the ruined rug from his wealthy counterpart, he accepts a one-time job with high pay-off. He enlists the help of his bowling buddy, Walter, a gun-toting Jewish-convert with anger issues. Deception leads to more trouble, and it soon seems that everyone from porn empire tycoons to nihilists want something from The Dude.

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UK Cinema Release Date

Friday 9th November 2018
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs poster
Contains strong bloody violence. Suitable for 15 years and over.
Current Status:released

Next Showing:

None. Last shown in UK cinemas on 29th November 2018.
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Genres:

Comedy, Drama, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Western

Language:

English

Runtime:

2 hours 13 minutes (approx.)

Movie Synopsis:

Follows the story of two trail bosses on the Oregon Trail and a woman on the wagon train who needs the help of one of them and who might be a marriage prospect for the other.

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The Jesus Rolls

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UK Cinema Release Date

Friday 20th March 2020
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Age rating / classification to be confirmed.
Current Status:complete

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Unknown

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