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The Ladykillers

Cast

Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall, Marlon Wayans, J.K. Simmons View All

Crew

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

Release: Mar. 25th, 2004

Runtime: 1 hour, 44 minutes

An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a band in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting landlord � a sharp old woman.

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i did a search for this but it didnt come up with it so forgive me if there is already one around. anyhoo...just wondered what people thought about the trailer if you have seen it? ive had the or...

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just saw this film...another one from the coen brothers...it had it's cute moments, but not one of tom hanks best films my favorite characters in the entire film were the painting on the wall and m...

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Iroquois
The main quibble might be with Marlon Wayans, though it's hard to tell if he's giving a bad performance or just playing a badly-written character who leans way too hard on racial stereotypes (and it is quite hard to tell what exactly the Coens are going for with their depictions of black characters ....

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Yoda
The dark comedy, however, suits the Coens well, though they try to give the ending some consistency with the rest of the film by making each act of death ridiculous to the point of being comical.