The Coen Brothers Collection

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Number of Discs
4
Release Date
13/12/2004
Studio
Universal Pictures
format
DVD / Box Set
Duration
425
Certificate UK
18

A collection of four films directed by eccentric movie-making duo Ethan and Joel Coen. 'Blood Simple' (1983), a knowing homage to 40s film noir, is the Coen brothers' debut feature. A Texan bar owner (Dan Hedaya) hires a hitman (M. Emmet Walsh) to kill his wife (Frances McDormand) and her lover (John Getz). The plan backfires when the contract killer, having already collected his fee, executes a variation on the hit - and a series of nightmarish murders ensue. The comedy 'The Hudsucker Proxy' (1994) follows the unlikely adventures of Norville Barnes (Tim Robbins), a college graduate who secures a job in the postroom at Hudsucker Industries just as its chairman is jumping fifty floors to his death. The chairman's scheming aide, Mussburger (Paul Newman), decides to hire Norville as chairman, presuming he is a dunce whose new position will frighten the stockholders into selling all their stock cheaply, thus allowing him to consolidate his hold on the company. A cynical journalist, Amy Archer (Jennifer Jason Leigh), masquerades as Norville's secretary in the hope of scooping a feature, but ends up falling for Norville, who in the meantime invents the hula-hoop, makes a fortune and revives the company's stock. 'The Big Lebowski' (1997), the Coen brothers' seventh film, is a typically bizarre mix of mistaken identity, hippy philosophy and ten-pin bowling. Jeff 'the Dude' Lebowski (Jeff Bridges) is a bowling buff, laid-back to the point of horizontal, who gets mixed up in a blackmail plot involving a millionaire namesake. Roped into delivering the ransom to secure the release of the millionaire's kidnapped wife, the Dude's karmic balance is really put in a spin when his gun-toting buddy Walter (John Goodman) decides to help out. John Turturro stars in 'Barton Fink' (1991) as the eponymous anti-hero, a successful young playwright who goes to Hollywood to further his career. He immediately obtains a contract, only to develop writer's block when he discovers he is to write a wrestling movie for a faded 40s star. The Los Angeles heat, his dingy hotel and a noisy neighbour (John Goodman) combine to increase the pressure on him, and Barton begins to lose his grip on reality.

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Director: Joel Coen
Producer: Ethan Coen
Writer: Ethan Coen
Writer: Joel Coen
Writer: Sam Raimi
Music: Carter Burwell
Actor: Jeff Bridges
Actor: John Goodman
Actor: John Getz
Actor: Dan Hedaya
Actor: Julianne Moore
Actor: Frances McDormand
Actor: Deborah Neumann
Actor: Tim Robbins
Actor: Paul Newman
Actor: Raquel Gavia
Actor: Jennifer Jason Leigh
Actor: David Huddleston
Actor: M. Emmet Walsh
Actor: Van Brooks
Actor: Charles Durning
Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman
Actor: Samm-Art Williams
Actor: Senor Marco
Actor: Jim True
Actor: Tara Reid
Actor: William Creamer
Actor: Peter Gallagher
Actor: Philip Moon
Actor: Loren Bivens
Actor: Steve Buscemi
Actor: Mark Pellegrino
Actor: Bob McAdams
Actor: John Mahoney
Actor: Peter Stormore
Actor: John Turturro
Actor: William Cobbs
Actor: Flea
Actor: Harry Bugin
Actor: Torsten Voges
Actor: Judy Davis
Actor: Sam Elliott
Actor: Michael Lerner
Actor: Tony Shalhoub
Actor: Jon Polito
Actor: David Warrilow
Actor: Christopher Murney

Main Format
DVD
Keyword Index
The Coen Brothers Collection|Jeff Bridges
Alternative Title
Blood Simple/The Hudsucker Proxy/The Big Lebowski/Barton Fink
Colour
Colour
Region
Region 2
Extras 1
High Definition extras tbc
Extras 2
Language(s):English, InteractiveMenu
Catalogue Number
8228413

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