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Blood Simple

Cast

John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh View All


Crew

Joel Coen (Screenplay), Joel Coen (Director), Ethan Coen (Screenplay) View All

Release: Sep. 7th, 1984
Runtime: 1 hour, 37 minutes
The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
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Jack1
Later that year it was accepted into the 1984 New York Film Festival, and then shown at the Toronto Film Festival, where a deal was made with Circle Films to distribute the movie domestically.
TheUsualSuspect
The film then took an interesting turn into a suspenseful film that actually got me excited for what would happen next.
MovieMeditation
And before I even mention the movie, I gotta say how liberating it was to FINALLY dive head-long into the Coen brothers' compact compilation of quality movies here...
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