In the Depression-era deep South, three escapees from a Mississippi prison chain gang: Everett Ulysses McGill, sweet and simple Delmar, and the perpetually angry Pete, embark on the adventure of a lifetime as they set out to pursue their freedom and return to their homes. With nothing to lose and still in shackles, they make a .. Read more
| Starring | Holly Hunter, Michael Badalucco, Wayne Duvall, Stephen Root |
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| Director | Joel Coen |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Comedy |
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In the Depression-era deep South, three escapees from a Mississippi prison chain gang: Everett Ulysses McGill, sweet and simple Delmar, and the perpetually angry Pete, embark on the adventure of a lifetime as they set out to pursue their freedom and return to their homes. With nothing to lose and still in shackles, they make a hasty run for their lives and end up on an incredible journey filled with challenging experiences and colourful characters. However, they must also match wits with the cunning and mysterious law-man Cooley, who tracks men, bent on bringing the trio back to the prison farm.
| Starring | Holly Hunter, Michael Badalucco, Wayne Duvall, Stephen Root, Ed Gale, George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, Charles Durning, Holly Hunt |
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| Director | Joel Coen |
| Studio | MOMENTUM PICTURES |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 43 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 2000 To Rent: DVD: 05 Nov 2001 |
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No one, least of all its makers, would take seriously the claim that this is based on Homer: rather it journeys through more modern American myths and legends with a lightly satirical touch and enormous charm; it comes closer than most modern movies to re
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Marvellous, Different and Hilarious
Set during the Great Depression, this movie follows three convicts as they escape from prison and set about trying to find buried treasure. The three characters... read more »
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Say hello to my little.......... Walther PPK........
Set in the 1930's deep south, this film naturally has an awesome soundtrack and that alone is reason to watch it.
However you'll soon find ... read more »
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Dreadful waste of time
What a complete waste of time! I agree with the reviewer who said he couldn't understand the accent half the time. Even George Clooney didn't make up ... read more »
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Fun and quirky
I greatly enjoyed this film, very fun and quirky. Kept my interest from start to finish and I would recommend it for light viewing.
American football is rarely a major selling point for a movie over here - even in the US it doesn't have a very strong box office record. An American football film set in 1925 is even less sexy, but Universal hasn't done itself any favours by holding George Clooney's latest back from the critics. Such timidity only gives the impression Leatherheads isn't much cop. Leatherheads isn't much cop, but it's not the outright disaster the studio seems to have written off. Like too many latterday... Read more
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