1. The Man Who Wasn't There | Rotten Tomatoes
A dark tale of infidelity and murder, crime and punishment. Set in a small northern California town of the late 40s, the film portrays Ed Crane (Billy Bob ...
A dark tale of infidelity and murder, crime and punishment. Set in a small northern California town of the late 40s, the film portrays Ed Crane (Billy Bob Thornton), a barber dissatisfied with his life. His wife Doris' (Frances McDormand) infidelity presents Ed with an opportunity for blackmail that he thinks will help him to change it. However, Ed's scheme unravels and lays bare even darker secrets...
2. The Man Who Wasn't There movie review (2001) - Roger Ebert
The plot is one of those film noir twisters made of gin and adultery, where the right man is convicted of the wrong crime. The look, feel and ingenuity of this ...
The Coen Brothers' ''The Man Who Wasn't There'' is shot in black-and-white so elegantly, it reminds us of a 1940s station wagon -- chrome, wood, leather and
3. The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) - Turner Classic Movies - TCM
In the summer of 1949, a tale of passion, crime and punishment unfolds. Ed Crane is a barber in a small northern California town.
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4. The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) - Movie Review - Alternate Ending
May 26, 2020 · A film about the unfolding of a twisted-up fatalistic plot in which a man's petty act of greed grows and grows until he's managed to ruin not just his life.
Unbelievably gorgeous, but the wandering story doesn't interrupt the Coens' early-2000s slide in quality. Read the review!
5. THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE (2001, Dir. Joel and Ethan Coen)
As Crane awaits execution by writing his story in his prison cell (for publication in a men's magazine) we experience one last moment of cinematic strangeness ...
© 2019, by M. Keith Booker[1] Virtually all Coen Brothers films contain some sort of elements that are reminiscent of film noir and its literary forebear, hard-boiled detective fiction, though in d…
6. “The Man Who Wasn't There” (2001) | by Stephen Blackford | Medium
Jan 8, 2023 · A used car salesman being hounded by a pregnant Police Detective, a stoner with a misplaced heart of gold or a rather lost soul surrounded by smiling people.
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7. The Man Who Wasn't There - Cracking Coen
Ed Crane is an ordinary man, a barber in a failed marriage. He gets the opportunity to blackmail his wife's lover, Big Dave, in order to put the money toward a ...
Release: October 26, 2001 Budget: 20 Million Gross: 21.5 Million Cast: Billy Bob Thornton , Frances McDormand, Michael Badalucco, James Gandolfini, Scarlett Johansson Genre: Crime / Drama ...
8. The Man Who Wasn't There (Coen, 2001) - The Lonely Film Critic
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I’m not sure I’d call The Man Who Wasn’t There one of the best efforts from the Coen brothers.
9. The Man Who Wasn't There Movie Review | Common Sense Media
May 5, 2024 · What's the Story? ... In THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE, Billy Bob Thornton plays Ed Crane, who thinks of himself simply as "The Barber." He mans the ...
Some mature themes -- best for older teens. Read Common Sense Media's The Man Who Wasn't There review, age rating, and parents guide.
10. Movie of the Week: THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE (Joel Coen, 2001)
Feb 28, 2024 · The year is 1949. Ed Crane (Billy Bob Thornton) is a laconic, depressed Santa Rosa barber in a dead-end marriage with Doris (Frances McDormand).
He’s definitely there, if you look hard enough
11. The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) - A Fistful-of-Leone!
May 9, 2012 · A laconic, chain-smoking barber with fallen arches tells a story of a man trying to escape a humdrum life. It's a tale of suspected adultery ...
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12. The Man Who Wasn't There - Variety
May 13, 2001 · The Coen brothers tread into James M. Cain territory with "The Man Who Wasn't There," but with less tasty results than either Cain or the ...
The Coen brothers tread into James M. Cain territory with "The Man Who Wasn't There," but with less tasty results than either Cain or the Coens themselves at their best. The always inventive team tells a typically noirish tale of adultery, blackmail and murder, and with a title character who sets new standards for opaqueness and passivity.
13. The Man Who Wasn't There | film by Joel and Ethan Coen [2001]
Sep 11, 2024 · …and Joel and Ethan Coen's The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), a similarly dark story inspired by the crime novels of James M. Cain. Both films ...
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14. The Man Who Wasn't There - The Soul of the Plot
Jan 6, 2015 · The Man Who Wasn't There is a stylish homage to film noir from the Coen brothers. It perfectly captures the existential crisis of its hero, ...
The Man Who Wasn’t There is a stylish homage to film noir from the Coen brothers. It perfectly captures the existential crisis of its hero, and the emptiness of post-war America that inspired…
15. The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) | - idrawonmywall.com
Jun 24, 2017 · Directed by the Coen Brothers The Man Who Wasn't There is about Ed Crane (Billy Bob Thornton), but aside from an early, ill-advised plan to ...
Directed by the Coen Brothers The Man Who Wasn’t There is about Ed Crane (Billy Bob Thornton), but aside from an early, ill-advised plan to blackmail the man sleeping with his wife, Ed doesn&…
