Happy Cheap Excuse to Get Loaded on a Weekday, everybody.
Put down your shamrock shakes, pour yourself an Irish whiskey (neat) and belly up to this wonderful clip from Joel and Ethan Coen’s Miller’s Crossing.
Frank Patterson sings Danny Boy on the phonograph with an accompaniment by Albert Finney on the Tommy Gun.
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Joel and Ethan Coen’s adaptation of TRUE GRIT starring Jeff Bridges has been announced for Christmas 2010
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Ok then. With production scheduled to begin on True Grit in Texas and New Mexico on March 20 (it’s not a remake goddamnit, it’s Joel and Ethan Coen’s re-adaptation of Charles Portis’ original novel) and with several of the major roles filled by the likes of Jeff Bridges (Rooster Cogburn), Matt Damon (La Boeuf) and [...]
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Twitch has the first trailer I’ve seen of Amazing Tales: Three Guns, Zhang Yimou’s adaptation of Joel and Ethan Coen’s Blood Simple.
The dialogue isn’t subtitled (some of the credits are given an English voice over), but you can get a pretty good idea of the style and tone of the film. Think blackly comic and [...]
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Josh Brolin and Matt Damon are in talks to join Jeff Bridges in Joel and Ethan Coen’s redo of TRUE GRIT. Outstanding
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The Gotham Independent Film Awards: 3 for Hurt Locker and Big Fan. 2 for A Serious Man and The Maid.
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An end of weekend look at the success of A Serious Man, Zombieland and Paranormal activity plus whatever else you want to talk about.
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A few disorderly pre-review thoughts on Joel and Ethan Coen’s A Serious Man. Suffice it to say it’s a must-see for Coen fans.
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Coens fairly well put to bed idiotic rumors that there will be some sort of Big Lebowski sequel or spinoff.
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Michael Fleming is reporting over at Variety’s BFDealMemo that Jeff Bridges is “in discussions with Paramount” to take the role of Rooster Cogburn in Joel and Ethan Coen’s planned adaptation of Charles Portis’ novel True Grit, the same role that won John Wayne the Oscar in 1969.
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