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6.1An 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.
Cast
- Tom Hanks as Professor G.H. Dorr
- Irma P. Hall as Marva Munson
- Marlon Wayans as Gawain MacSam
- J.K. Simmons as Garth Pancake
- Tzi Ma as The General
- Ryan Hurst as Lump Hudson
Themes
- garbage
- church choir
- remake
- criminal gang
- duringcreditsstinger
- adoring
- amused
- wry
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Ratings
IMDb
6.2/10
111,295 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
54%
Metacritic
56/100
- Year
- 2004
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 6 wins & 4 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Joel Coen , Ethan Coen
- Written by
- Joel Coen Ethan Coen
- Based on
- The Ladykillers , by William Rose
- Produced by
- Joel Coen Ethan Coen Tom Jacobson Barry Sonnenfeld Barry Josephson
- Starring
- Tom Hanks Irma P. Hall Marlon Wayans J. K. Simmons Tzi Ma Ryan Hurst
- Cinematography
- Roger Deakins
- Edited by
- Roderick Jaynes
- Music by
- Carter Burwell
- Production companies
- Touchstone Pictures Mike Zoss Productions
- Distributed by
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- Release date
- March 26, 2004 ( 2004-03-26 )
- Running time
- 104 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $35 million
- Box office
- $76.7 million
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Encyclopedic overview
The Ladykillers is a 2004 American black comedy crime thriller film written, directed, produced and edited by Joel and Ethan Coen. The Coens' screenplay was based on the 1955 British Ealing comedy film of the same name, which was written by William Rose. The Coens produced the remake with Tom Jacobson, Barry Sonnenfeld, and Barry Josephson. It stars Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall, Marlon Wayans, J. K. Simmons, Tzi Ma, and Ryan Hurst, and marks the only time the Coens worked with Tom Hanks and the first remake by the Coens. This was the first film in which Joel and Ethan Coen share both producing and directing credits; previously Joel had always been credited as director and Ethan as producer.
The Ladykillers received mixed reviews and grossed $76 million worldwide. Many critics consider it one of the Coen brothers' weaker efforts, negatively comparing it to the British classic.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Ladykillers” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.