| The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Billy Bob Thornton |
Ed Crane
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| Frances McDormand |
Doris Crane
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| Michael Badalucco |
Frank
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| James Gandolfini |
Big Dave
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| Tony Shalhoub |
Freddy Riedenschneider
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| Jon Polito |
Creighton Tolliver
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| Scarlett Johansson |
Birdy Abundas
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| Richard Jenkins |
Walter Abundas
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| Katherine Borowitz |
Ann Nirdlinger
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| Adam Alexi-Malle |
Carcanogues
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| Christopher Kriesa |
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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. — Tom Vick |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Crime; Film-Noir; Mystery |
| Director |
Joel Coen; Ethan Coen |
| Producer |
Ethan Coen |
| Writer |
Ethan Coen; Joel Coen |
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| Studio |
USA Films |
| Country |
USA
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R |
| Running Time |
116 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
2001 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
119 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Location |
Shelf |
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| Product Details |
| Region |
 Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
 Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
025192249624 |
| Chapters |
14 |
| Release Date |
1/5/2004 |
| Subtitles |
French; Spanish |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
 FRENCH: Dolby Digital Stereo |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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Commentary by Billy Bob Thronton and Joel and Ethan Coen
Making The Man Who Wasn't There
Interview with Cinematographer Roger Deakins
Deleted Scenes
Behind-The-Scenes Photo Gallery
Theatrical Trailer
Filmographies
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