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The Ladykillers is a 2004 American heist comedy film directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, who also edited it, based on the original film of the same name and written by William Rose alongside the Coens. Produced by Barry Sonnenfeld for Touchstone Pictures, it is set in Los Angeles and stars Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall, Marlon Wayans and J. K. Simmons, with cinematography by Roger Deakins, a score by Carter Burwell, production design by Dennis Gassner, set decoration by Nancy Haigh, and costumes by Mary Zophres. It is held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
Running 104 minutes, the film was made on a budget of $35,000,000 and earned $76,700,000 at the box office. It received six wins and four nominations, and is rated R.
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6.1An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a band in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting landlord – a sharp old woman.
Cast
- Tom Hanks as Professor G.H. Dorr
- Irma P. Hall as Marva Munson
- Marlon Wayans as Gawain MacSam
- J.K. Simmons as Garth Pancake
- Tzi Ma as The General
- Ryan Hurst as Lump Hudson
Themes
- garbage
- church choir
- remake
- criminal gang
- duringcreditsstinger
- adoring
- amused
- wry
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Ratings
IMDb
6.2/10
111,295 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
54%
Metacritic
56/100
- Year
- 2004
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 6 wins & 4 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Joel Coen , Ethan Coen
- Written by
- Joel Coen Ethan Coen
- Based on
- The Ladykillers , by William Rose
- Produced by
- Joel Coen Ethan Coen Tom Jacobson Barry Sonnenfeld Barry Josephson
- Starring
- Tom Hanks Irma P. Hall Marlon Wayans J. K. Simmons Tzi Ma Ryan Hurst
- Cinematography
- Roger Deakins
- Edited by
- Roderick Jaynes
- Music by
- Carter Burwell
- Production companies
- Touchstone Pictures Mike Zoss Productions
- Distributed by
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- Release date
- March 26, 2004 ( 2004-03-26 )
- Running time
- 104 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $35 million
- Box office
- $76.7 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy thriller
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Ladykillers
- Creator
- Joel Coen
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Director
- Ethan Coen
- Screenwriter
- Ethan Coen
- Cast member
- Freda Foh Shen
- Composer
- Carter Burwell
- Production company
- Touchstone Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Roger Deakins
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Filming location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 104
- FilmAffinity ID
- 264548
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.movies.co.jp/ladykillers
- Image
- The-ladykillers-2004.png
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- publication date
- 2004-07-29
- title
- The Ladykillers
- costume designer
- Mary Zophres
- distributed by
- Disney+
- production designer
- Dennis Gassner
- film editor
- Ethan Coen
- scenographer
- Nancy Haigh
- review score
- 56/100
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Encyclopedic overview
The Ladykillers is a 2004 American black comedy crime thriller film written, directed, produced and edited by Joel and Ethan Coen. The Coens' screenplay was based on the 1955 British Ealing comedy film of the same name, which was written by William Rose. The Coens produced the remake with Tom Jacobson, Barry Sonnenfeld, and Barry Josephson. It stars Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall, Marlon Wayans, J. K. Simmons, Tzi Ma, and Ryan Hurst, and marks the only time the Coens worked with Tom Hanks and the first remake by the Coens. This was the first film in which Joel and Ethan Coen share both producing and directing credits; previously Joel had always been credited as director and Ethan as producer.
The Ladykillers received mixed reviews and grossed $76 million worldwide. Many critics consider it one of the Coen brothers' weaker efforts, negatively comparing it to the British classic.
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