The Coen brothers' THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE is a brilliantly photographed black-and-white absurdist noir set in Santa Rosa, California, in 1949. Ed Crane (the outstanding Billy Bob Thornton) is a slow-moving, barely talking barber who doesn't seem to want much out of life. He has virtually no relationship with his wife, Doris (.. Read more
| Starring | Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, James Gandolfini, Michael Badalucco |
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| Director | Joel Coen |
| Genres | Drama |
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Monster's Ball star Billy Bob Thornton is to appear opposite Shia LaBeouf and Rosario Dawson in a new thriller entitled Eagle Eye. The Hollywood Reporter said today that Thornton, whose credits include Pushing Tin and The Man Who Wasn't There, will star in the movie and be directed by DJ Caruso. Eagle Eye tells the story of a single mother, to be played by Michelle Monaghan, and a young man (LaBeouf) who are blackmailed into joining a terrorist cell. Thornton will play a "patriotic hero&quo Read more
Four stars While you can't really knock the idea of sitting through five films a day then putting away Campari Sodas with cream-suited hacks until the wee hours, Cannes can still be quite the harsh mistress when it wants to, with scenes of misery and heartbreak occurring as much outside as inside the cinema screens. The corporeal queuing system could easily be the subject of a scholarly essay on emotional torture, and the myriad levels of press accreditation mean that waiting patiently for two Read more
With the smell of Oscar polish still in their nostrils after No Country For Old Men, the Coen brothers are to debut their new film at the Venice Film Festival, it has been reported. Digital Spy says the black comedy, Burn After Reading, will open the 65th edition of the prestigious moviefest on August 27th. The movie follows a CIA spook who mislays a disk containing his memoirs. When it falls into the clutches of two unscrupulous gym employees, they try to sell the spy's secrets. A stellar cast Read more