Billy Bob Thornton is a barber with little to say but blackmail on his mind. Classy, 40s style murder tale from the Coen brothers with the late James Gandolfini., Billy Bob Thornton stars in Joel and Ethan Coen’s stylish blend of comedy, crime drama and film noir. Thornton plays a small-town barber in 1949 California. When he gets an investment tip from a client, the man decides to blackmail his wife’s lover to raise the cash. James Gandolfini, Frances McDormand, Michael Badalucco, Jon Polito., Billy Bob Thornton is a barber in a sleepy ’40s town whose wife (Frances McDormand) is having an affair with her boss James Gandolfini. But when he’s offered a get-rich-quick scheme, his plans to raise the money lead to blackmail, murder, death-row for his wife, an expensive city lawyer (Tony Shalhoub) and then, by a savage irony, his own appointment with the electric chair for a crime he didn’t commit. The Coen Brothers’ Oscar-nominated Hitchcockian tribute to the film noir genre is sparked with humour, darkness and outstanding performances., Shot in black-and-white and set in small-town California in the late ’40s, this latest film from Joel Coen and brother Ethan Coen is a throwback to vintage film noir. Recalling Alfred Hitchcock’s Shadow of a Doubt in its setting of Santa Rosa, CA, the story follows the dutiful, passive barber Ed Crane (Billy Bob Thornton), who narrates the tale. A soft-spoken fellow, Ed is greeted by Creighton Tolliver (played by Coen regular Jon Polito), a chatterbox customer who tells Ed that dry cleaning is the wave of the future. When Ed discovers his wife Doris (Frances McDormand) has been cheating on him with her department store boss Big Dave (James Gandolfini), Ed suddenly turns bitterly jealous. He hatches a blackmail scheme to extort money from Big Dave to fund a dry cleaning enterprise, which takes a wrong turn when Big Dave ends up dead. Meanwhile, Doris is charged with Dave’s murder, having been found doctoring the books at her job, and Ed hires an impeccable new lawyer (Tony Shalhoub), who proves costly in the midst of his already unraveling life. The film also co-stars Michael Badalucco, Katherine Borowitz, and Scarlet Johanssen., Billy Bob Thornton plays Ed Crane, a barber in a sleepy 40s town whose wife Doris is having an affair with her boss Big Dave. But when he’s offered a get-rich-quick scheme, his plans to raise the money lead to blackmail, murder, Death Row for his wife, an expensive city lawyer Freddy Riedenschneider and then, by a savage irony, his own appointment with the electric chair for a crime he didn’t commit. The Coen brothers’ Oscar-nominated Hitchcockian tribute to the film noir genre is sparked with humour, darkness and outstanding performances., Laconic barber Ed Crane sees the chance for a quick buck in blackmailing Big Dave, his wife’s lover. Suspicion and betrayal in a smoky, atmospheric 40s crime thriller from the Coen Brothers., A laconic, chain-smoking barber blackmails his wife’s boss and lover for money to invest in dry cleaning, but his plan goes terribly wrong. The film won a BAFTA for Best Cinematography and was nominated for an Academy Award in the same category, as well as being nominated to three Golden Globes.
Q&A :
Q: Who are the main cast members in “The Man Who Wasn’t There ” ?
A: The main cast includes Billy Bob Thornton,Frances McDormand,Michael Badalucco,James Gandolfini,Scarlett Johansson,Katherine Borowitz,Jon Polito,Richard Jenkins,Tony Shalhoub,Christopher Kriesa,Brian Haley,Jack McGee,Gregg Binkley,Alan Fudge,Lilyan Chauvin,Adam Alexi-Malle,Ted Rooney,Abraham Benrubi,Christian Ferrati,Rhoda Gemingnani,E.J. Callahan,Brooke Smith,Ron Ross,Hallie Singleton,Jon Donnelly,Dan Martin,Nicholas Lanier,Tom Dahlgren,Booth Colman,Stanley DeSantis,Peter Siragusa,Christopher McDonald,John Michael Higgins,Rick Scarry,George Ives,Devin Cole Borisoff,Mary Bogue,Don Donati,Arthur Reeves,Eric Fellner,Janek Sirrs,Robert Graf,Tim Bevan,Dennis Gassner,Roderick Jaynes,Joel Coen,Jeff Markwith,Chris Gorak,Mary Zophres,Amy Schmiederer,John Cameron,Tricia Cooke,Jean Black,Chris L. Spellman,Peter Kurland,Ellen Chenoweth,Skip Lievsay,Ethan Coen,Peter Chesney,Roger Deakins,Jery Hewitt.
Q: When Did the “The Man Who Wasn’t There” Released?
A: The Movie “The Man Who Wasn’t There” originally aired on 2001-10-31 and released in the year of 2001.
Q: What Languages are available to watch “The Man Who Wasn’t There” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.
Q: Where to watch “The Man Who Wasn’t There” ?
A: “The Man Who Wasn’t There” is Avaiable on Netflix. as its Netflix Originals.
