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August 29th, 2014: O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

Aug29 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Arthouse, Based on a Board Game, Based on a Poem, Comedy, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Prison, Road Trip, Slapstick Tagged 1930s, absent father, bank robber, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, buried treasure, chain gang, Charles Durning, Classical allusion, Classical Mythology, convict, crossroads, dam, deal with the devil, escaped convicts, father, George Clooney, Holly Hunter, homage, husband, John Goodman, John Turturro, Mississippi, music contest, pomade, radio station, Roger Deakins, Studio Canal, T Bone Burnett, Tim Blake Nelson, Touchstone Pictures, Universal Pictures, wife, Working Title Films

September 21st, 2013: Barton Fink

Sep21 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Arthouse, Black Comedy, Comedy, Drama, Independent, Indy, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Satire Tagged adultery, alcoholic, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Carter Burwell, Christopher Murney, decapitation, dream sequence, Ethan Coen, Hollywood, hotel, Joel Coen, John Goodman, John Mahoney, John Turturro, Jon Polito, Judy Davis, leftist, Los Angeles, Michael Lerner, New York City, nightmares, playwright, Richard Portnow, Roger Deakins, screenwriter, Steve Buscemi, studio executive, Tony Shalhoub, travelling salesman, Working Title Films, writer, writer's block

December 16th, 2012: Do the Right Thing (1989)

Dec16 by David Cole

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Leave a comment Posted in Crime, Drama, Movie of the Day Tagged Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Bill Lee, Bill Nunn, Danny Aiello, Giancarlo Esposito, John Ridley, John Turturro, Martin Lawrence, Ossie Davis, Public Enemy, Richard Edson, Rosie Perez, Ruby Dee, Spike Lee

August 6th, 2012: The Big Lebowski (1998)

Aug6 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Arthouse, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Crime, Detective, Fish-Out-of-Water, Indy, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Slapstick, Spoof, Stoner Tagged Aimee Mann, art, artists, Ben Gazzara, bowling, California, Carter Burwell, David Huddleston, dream sequence, Ethan Coen, film within a film, Flea, Jeff Bridges, Joel Coen, John Goodman, John Turturro, Jon Polito, Julianne Moore, Kenny Rogers, kidnapping, Los Angeles, mix-tape soundtrack, nihilists, Peter Stormare, Philip Seymour Hoffman, PolyGram, porn, porn stars, ransom, Roger Deakins, Sam Elliot, sex offender, Steve Buscemi, stoners, Tara Reid, Vietnam veterans, Working Title Films

May 9th, 2012: Miller’s Crossing (1990)

May9 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Arthouse, Crime, Drama, Gangster, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Thriller Tagged "Looks like I'm just gonna have to Yojimbo it", 20th Century Fox, Albert Finney, alcoholic, Barry Sonnenfeld, before they were famous, Carter Burwell, double cross, Ethan Coen, Frances McDormand, Gabriel Byrne, hit man, homage, J.E. Freeman, Joel Coen, John Turturro, Jon Polito, Marcia Gay Harden, Michael Badalucco, Michael Jeter, Mike Starr, mob, mob war, mobsters, moll, Sam Raimi, Steve Buscemi, tommy gun

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