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Overview

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Director:
Joel Coen
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Writers (WGA):
Joel Coen (written by) &
Ethan Coen (written by)
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Release Date:
8 March 1996 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Thriller more
Tagline:
A homespun murder story. more
Plot:
Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of pregnant Marge Gunderson. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 52 wins & 30 nominations more
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Movie Review: A Serious Man
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Movie Review: A Serious Man
 (From The Movie Fanatic. 2 November 2009, 1:29 AM, PST)

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What a flick! more (640 total)
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence, language and sexuality.
Runtime:
98 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR

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Trivia:
Director Trademark: [Joel Coen] [Kubrick]. When Carl and Gaear are driving outside Minneapolis, the song 'These Boots are Made for Walkin' can be heard on the radio, a reference to Full Metal Jacket (1987), which features the same song. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: After Marge arrives on the second murder scene about 35 minutes into the film, as she examines the slain trooper, his eyelids move up and down. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Jerry Lundegaard: I'm, uh, Jerry Lundegaard.
Carl Showalter: You're Jerry Lundegaard?
Jerry Lundegaard: Ya. Shep Proudfoot said...
Carl Showalter: Shep said you'd be here at 7:30. What gives, man?
Jerry Lundegaard: Shep said 8:30.
Carl Showalter: We've been sitting here an hour. He's
[motioning to Gaer]
Carl Showalter: peed three times already.
Jerry Lundegaard: I'm sure sorry. Shep told me 8:30. It was a mix-up, I guess.
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Features "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962) more

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112 out of 166 people found the following comment useful.
What a flick!, 2 March 2005
10/10
Author: mccartnist_lennonist from Canada

If you haven't seen this movie, do yourself a favour and see it. It is very well put together and the plot is constantly evolving into a deeper shade of creepiness. At times scary (not in the horror movie sense) and quite rich in dark humour, this is one of those movies that gives you a weird felling inside even an hour after its over. The music is quite appropriate and unlike Scarface, is timeless. The camera work is usually quite basic but whoever directed the photography had the enjoyable habit of giving us interestingly artistic segways between scenes. This is the first film so far that I've given a 10 out of 10. I was going to give it a 9, but I couldn't think of a reason to take any points from perfect.

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