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The Ladykillers Details

2004 Certificate 15 Certificate 15
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It is always difficult to try to recreate a classic movie, so Joel and Ethan Coen took the premise of Alexander Mackendrick's beloved 1955 Ealing Studio caper comedy, THE LADYKILLERS, as the basis for coming up with their own entertaining and bizarre remake. Tom Hanks stars as Goldthwait Higginson Dorr, Ph.D., a would-be .. Read more

Starring Tom Hanks, Marlon Wayans, Irma P. Hall, Ryan Hurst
Director Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Genres Audio Descriptive, Comedy

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The Ladykillers

It is always difficult to try to recreate a classic movie, so Joel and Ethan Coen took the premise of Alexander Mackendrick's beloved 1955 Ealing Studio caper comedy, THE LADYKILLERS, as the basis for coming up with their own entertaining and bizarre remake. Tom Hanks stars as Goldthwait Higginson Dorr, Ph.D., a would-be professor who talks his way into renting the cellar of Mrs. Munson (Irma P. Hall), where he and his supposed band will practice their "Renaissance music." But they are actually plotting to tunnel through to steal a mint from a riverboat casino. The motley crew of incompetent criminals includes Marlon Wayans as Gawain MacSam, a hip-hoppity thug pretending to be a janitor; J.K. Simmons as movie prop man and demolition "expert" Garth Pancake, who has problems with irritable bowel syndrome; Tzi Ma as the General, a Vietnamese tunnel rat with a Hitler moustache; and Ryan Hurst as a pathetically dumb football wannabe named Lump. Just when they think all is going well, they run into a curious Mrs. Munson, who smells something funny. The film includes several exhilarating Gospel scenes set in southern churches, and lots of riotous site gags.

Starring Tom Hanks, Marlon Wayans, Irma P. Hall, Ryan Hurst, Tzi Ma, J.K. Simmons
Director Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Studio WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 40 mins
LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 39 mins
Certificate Certificate 15 DVD
Certificate 15 LOVEFiLM Instant
Genres Audio Descriptive, Comedy
Language DVD: English, English Audio Description
LOVEFiLM Instant: English
Hearing-impaired English
Released Production year: 2004

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LOVEFiLM Instant: 01 May 2011

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DVD: 25 Oct 2004
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      It is always difficult to try to recreate a classic movie, so Joel and Ethan Coen took the premise of Alexander Mackendrick's beloved 1955 Ealing Studio caper comedy, THE LADYKILLERS, as the basis for coming up with their own entertaining and bizarre remake. Tom Hanks stars as Goldthwait Higginson ...

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