The Coen Brothers (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen)
The Coen Brothers at the Cannes Film Festival in 2001.
Born	November 29, 1954 (1954-11-29) (age 52) (Joel) September 21, 1957 (1957-09-21) (age 50) (Ethan) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. (both)
Occupation	Directors, screenwriters, producers, film editors
Years active	1980s—present
Spouse(s)	Frances McDormand (Joel) Tricia Cooke (Ethan)
Awards Academy Awards Best Original Screenplay 1996 Fargo (Joel and Ethan Coen) BAFTA Awards Best Direction 1996 Fargo (Joel Coen)

Joel and Ethan Coen, known as The Coen Brothers, are Oscar-winning American filmmakers. For more than 20 years, the pair have written and directed numerous successful films, ranging from screwball comedies (O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Raising Arizona, The Hudsucker Proxy) to film noir (Miller's Crossing, Blood Simple, The Man Who Wasn't There), to movies where those two genres blur together (Fargo, Barton Fink, The Big Lebowski). The brothers write, direct and produce their films jointly, although until recently Joel received sole credit for directing and Ethan for producing. They often alternate top billing for their screenplays, while sharing film credits for editor under the alias "Roderick Jaynes". They are known in the film business as "the two-headed director", as they share such a similar vision of what their films are to be that actors say that they can approach either brother with a question and get the same answer. Image File history File links COEN_Brothers_(cannesPH). ... 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Biographies

Joel Coen (born November 29, 1954) and Ethan (born September 21, 1957) grew up in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. Their parents, Edward and Rena Coen, were professors; their father specializing in economics at the University of Minnesota and their mother in art history at St. Cloud State University. is the 333rd day of the year (334th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Location in Hennepin County Coordinates: Country United States State Minnesota County Hennepin County Founded 1852 Incorporated November 19, 1886 Government  - Mayor Jeff Jacobs (DFL) Area  - City  10. ... Minneapolis redirects here. ... The meaning of the word professor (Latin: [1]) varies. ... Face-to-face trading interactions on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor. ... This article is about the oldest and largest campus of the University of Minnesota. ... This article is about the academic discipline of art history. ... St. ...

When they were children, Joel saved money from mowing lawns to buy a Vivitar Super-8 camera. Together, they remade movies they saw on television with a neighborhood kid, Mark Zimering (a.k.a. Zeimers), as the star. Cornel Wilde's The Naked Prey (1966) became their Zeimers in Zambia^[1], which also featured Ethan as a native with a spear. Kodachrome 40 KMA464P Super 8 Cartridge Super 8 mm film, also simply called Super 8, is a motion picture film format that was developed in the 1960s and released on the market in 1965 by Eastman Kodak as an improvement of the older 8 mm home movie format, and the... Cornel Wilde Cornelius Louis Wilde (October 13, 1915 – October 16, 1989) was an American actor. ...

Both of the Coen brothers graduated from Simon's Rock Early College (now Bard College at Simon's Rock) in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Joel then spent four years in the undergraduate film program at New York University where he made a 30-minute thesis film called Soundings. The film depicted a woman engaged in sex with her deaf boyfriend while verbally fantasizing about having sex with her boyfriend's best friend, who is listening in the next room.^{[citation needed]} Ethan went on to Princeton University and earned an undergraduate degree in philosophy in 1979. His senior thesis was a 41-page essay, “Two Views of Wittgenstein’s Later Philosophy.” Simons Rock College of Bard Simons Rock College of Bard, also abbreviated as Simons Rock College and Simons Rock or, simply, The Rock , is a small liberal arts college located in the small town of Great Barrington (population 7,527), in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. ...   Great Barrington is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. ... New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university in New York City. ... For other uses, see Friendship (disambiguation). ... Princeton University is a private coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. ... An undergraduate degree (sometimes called a first degree or simply a degree) is the most common and primary academic degree available and is normally studied at a higher education institution, such as a university. ... Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), pictured here in 1930, made influential contributions to Logic and the philosophy of language, critically examining the task of conventional philosophy and its relation to the nature of language. ...

After graduating from NYU, Joel worked as a production assistant on a variety of industrial films and music videos. He developed a talent for film editing and met Sam Raimi, who was looking for an assistant editor on his first feature film, The Evil Dead (1981) Production assistant is a movie term for a person responsible for various odd jobs, such as stopping traffic, acting as couriers, getting items from craft service, etc. ... Sponsored film, or ephemeral film, as defined by film archivist Rick Prelinger, is film made by a particular sponsor for a specific purpose other than as a work of art: the films were designed to serve a specific pragmatic purpose for a limited time. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... For the American opera singer, see Samuel Ramey. ... For other uses, see The Evil Dead (disambiguation). ...

In 1984 the brothers wrote and directed their first film together Blood Simple. Set in Texas, the film tells the tale of a shifty sleazy bar owner who hires a private detective to kill his wife and her lover. Within this film there are considerable elements that would point towards their future direction - i.e. their own subverted homages to genre movies (in this case noir and horror), the clever plot twists layered over a simplistic story, their darkly inventive and twisted sense of humour, and their mastery of atmosphere. Also it would star Frances McDormand who would go on to feature in many of the Coen brothers films (and later marry Joel Coen). Upon release the film received much praise especially amongst the more left field audience, and winning awards for Joel's direction* at both the Sundance and Independent Spirit awards. Blood Simple is a neo-noir film, the debut of Joel and Ethan Coen, writers and directors of Fargo, The Man Who Wasnt There, and Raising Arizona, among others. ... This still from The Big Combo (1955) demonstrates the visual style of film noir at its most extreme. ... “Horror Movie” redirects here. ... Frances Louise McDormand[1] (born June 23, 1957) is an Academy Award-winning American film, stage, and television actress. ... For the North American Indian ceremony, see Sun Dance sundance channel is an independent film network in the United States owned by Viacom, Robert Redford, and NBC Universal. ... Founded in 1984, the Independent Spirit Awards were originally known as the FINDIE (Friends of Independents) Awards and presented winners with Plexiglas pyramids containing suspended shoestrings representing the paltry budgets of independent films. ...

The next Coen Brothers project to hit the big screen was 1985's Crimewave directed by Sam Raimi. The film was written by the brothers together with Sam Raimi with whom Joel had worked with on The Evil Dead. Director Sam Raimis first studio film following the success of The Evil Dead. ...

In 1987 the next film written and directed by the brothers was released with the title Raising Arizona. The film is the story of an unlikely married couple Hi and Ed (an ex-convict and an ex-cop played by Nicholas Cage and Holly Hunter) who long for a baby but unfortunately are unable to conceive. "Fortune" smiles on them when a local furniture tycoon appears on television with his five newly born quintuplets that he jokes "are more than we can handle". Seeing this as a sign from god and an opportunity to redress the natural balance, Hi and Ed steal one of the quintuplets and start to bring up the child as their own. Raising Arizona was much more accessible to the mass market with its innocence and wacky slapstick easing the action along amongst some dark humour. Raising Arizona is a 1987 Coen Brothers comedy film starring Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, William Forsythe, John Goodman, Frances McDormand, and Randall Tex Cobb. ... Nicolas Cage (born January 7, 1964) is an American actor. ... Holly Hunter (born March 20, 1958) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. ...

1990 saw the release of Miller's Crossing a straight ahead homage to the gangster movie genre. Starring Albert Finney, Gabriel Byrne and future Coen brothers staple John Turturro, the film is set during the prohibition era of the thirties and tells the tale of feuding mobs and gangster capers. The film was praised for its dialogue and the depth characterization. Typical of the brothers ouerve are the touches of dark humour and plot twists that were already becoming synonymous with the brothers work. For the Stargate Atlantis episode, see Millers Crossing (Stargate Atlantis). ... Albert Finney (born May 9, 1936 in Salford, Lancashire, England) is a five-time Academy Award-nominated English actor of Irish descent. ... Gabriel Byrne (born 12 May 1950) is an Irish actor. ... John Michael Turturro (born February 28, 1957) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor noted for his performances in To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), The Color of Money (1986), Five Corners (1987), Men of Respect (1991), Monday Night Mayhem (1999), Secret Window (2004), The Bronx is Burning...

The Coen Brothers reputation was seemingly enhanced with every subsequent release, but this took a massive leap forward with their next movie, 1991's visually stunning Barton Fink. Barton Fink is set in 1941 and tells the story of a New York playwright (the eponymous Barton Fink) who moves to LA to write a B-movie. He settles down in his hotel apartment to commence the writing but all too soon he gets writers block and allows himself to get some inspiration by the amiable man in the room next door together with some industry associates. Inspiration comes from the most unusual places and the hotel is definitely unusual and a magnet for the strange and downright bizarre. Barton Fink was an unlikely commercial success, but even more so a critical success. garnering Oscar nominations plus winning three major awards at Cannes Film Festival, imcluding the Palme D'Or. Barton Fink was the first of the brother's films to use Director of photography, Roger Deakins, a key figure in the brother's circle over the following 15 years. Barton Fink is a 1991 film by Joel and Ethan Coen. ... The Cannes Film Festival (French: le Festival de Cannes), founded in 1939, is one of the worlds oldest, most influential and prestigious film festivals. ... Palme dOr The Palme dOr (Golden Palm) is the highest prize given to a film at the Cannes Film Festival. ... Roger Deakins (born May 24, 1949 in Torquay, Devon, England) has established himself as a successful cinematographer in America and Britain. ...

In 1994, with their stock at an all time high, the brothers were able to attempt their first big budget feature film The Hudsucker Proxy (co-written with Sam Raimi). The story revolves around a little man, who by chance is made the head of a massive corporation with the expectation that he will ruin the company (so that the board can buy it for next to nothing), instead he ends up inventing the hula hoop and becomes both a success and a personality over night. The critics were for once lukewarm about the film, whilst Roger Deakins was universally praised for his skill as Director of Photography, the film was generally criticised for being a pastiche too far. Most critics viewed the film as having nothing new to say due its constant references and homages to classic movies of the 30's and 40's, and many were disappointed by the Coen's first attempt at the big league. More significantly the film proved to be a massive commercial failure making back only $3,000,000 of its $25,000,000 budget. The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) is a screwball comedy film directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, telling a fictitious story about the rise and fall of a naive executive and the invention of the hula hoop. ...

Following the commercial failure of The Hudsucker Proxy, the brothers returned to more familiar ground in 1996 with the low budget noir thriller Fargo. Set in the Coen Brothers' home state of Minnesota, the movie tells the tale of Jerry Lundegaard (William H Macy), a man with a money problem, who works in his father in law's car showroom. Jerry is anxious to get hold of some money to move up in the world and hatches a plan to have his wife kidnapped so that his wealthy father in law will pay the ransom that he can split with the kidnappers. Inevitably his best laid plans go wrong when the bungling kidnappers deviate from the agreed non-violent plan and local cop Marge Gunderson (Frances McDormand) starts to investigate the whole affair. A critical and commercial success, with particular praise for its dialogue and McDormand's performance, it received several awards including a BAFTA Award for direction and two Oscars, one for best screenplay and a best Actress Oscar for McDormand. Fargo is a 1996 American crime-comedy-drama film written, directed and produced by the Coen Brothers. ... Publicity photo of William H. Macy William Hall Macy (born March 13, 1950) is an Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated American actor, best known for his role as Jerry Lundegaard in Fargo. ... The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... // The Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material. ... Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. ...

The Coens' next film would build upon this success and in 1998 The Big Lebowski was released. With its story about "The Dude" an LA slacker (played by Jeff Bridges), used as an unwitting pawn in a fake kidnapping plot with his bowling buddies (Steve Buscemi and John Goodman). The Coens had hit on a film that would provide a mainstream accessibility that they hadn't really enjoyed since Raising Arizona. Despite a lukewarm reception from the critics at the time and only moderate commercial success, it is now regarded as a cult classic and is consistently rated in polls as one of the best films of the 1990s. The Big Lebowski, a 1998 comedy film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, chronicles a few days in the life of a burned-out, unemployed California slacker after he is mistaken for a millionaire with the same name. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Jeffrey Leon Bridges (born December 4, 1949) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ... Steven Vincent Buscemi (born December 13, 1957) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated American actor and film director. ... Not to be confused with Johnny Goodman (TV producer), Johnny Goodman, or John C. Goodman. ...

Buoyed by the success of both Fargo and Lebowski. The Coen Brothers next film O Brother, Where Art Thou? was to be yet another critical success. Based loosely on Homer's "Odyssey" (complete with a Cyclops, Sirens et al) the story is set along the Mississippi River in the 1930s and follows a trio of escaped convicts that have absconded from a chain gang, and who journey home in an attempt to recover the loot from a bank heist that the leader has buried. But they have no idea what the journey is that they are undertaking. It also highlighted the comic abilities of George Clooney who starred as the oddball lead character of Everett Ulysses McGill (ably assisted by his sidekick the now ubiquitous John Turturro). The films Bluegrass soundtrack, offbeat humour and, yet again, stunning cinematography, meant it was a critical and commercial hit. The soundtrack CD became even more successful than the film, spawning a concert, a concert DVD of its own Down from the Mountain and a resurgence in interest in American folk music. O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a dark comedy film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, set in Mississippi during the Great Depression (specifically, 1937). ... For other uses, see Homer (disambiguation). ... Beginning of the Odyssey For other uses, see Odyssey (disambiguation). ... For the river in Canada, see Mississippi River (Ontario). ... George Timothy Clooney (May 6, 1961) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter who gained fame as one of the lead doctors in the long-running television drama, ER (1994–99), but is best known for his subsequent rise as an A-List movie star in contemporary American cinema. ... Bluegrass has three principal meanings, the second two both deriving from the first listed. ... O Brother, Where Art Thou? is the soundtrack of music from the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? an American film starring George Clooney. ... Down from the Mountain is a 2000 documentary and concert film featuring a live performance by artists who participated in the Grammy-winning soundtrack for the Joel and Ethan Coen film, O Brother, Where Art Thou? The concert, held on May 24, 2000 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee... American folk music, also known as Americana, is a broad category of music including Native American music, Bluegrass, country music, gospel, old time music, jug bands, Appalachian folk, blues, Tejano and Cajun. ...

2001 saw another change of pace with another noirish thriller The Man Who Wasn't There. Set in late 1940's California, the film tells the tale of a laconic chain smoking barber (played by Billy Bob Thornton), who in an effort to get some money together to invest in a dry cleaning business (where he really can clean up) decides to blackmail his wife's boss (who is also her lover). Unusually for a contemporary film it was shot entirely in crisp Black and White. The films twists and turns dark humour were typical of Coen films but here the slow deliberate build of the thriller, its dead end roads and black and white look meant that the film was more for the purists rather than for the casual audience. This still from The Big Combo (1955) demonstrates the visual style of film noir at its most extreme. ... For other uses, see The Man Who Wasnt There (disambiguation). ... Billy Bob Thornton[1] (born August 4, 1955) is an Academy Award-winning American screenwriter, actor, as well as occasional director, playwright and singer. ... Black-and-white is a broad adjectival term used to describe a number of monochrome forms of visual arts. ...

2003 saw the release of arguably the Coens' most mainstream film to date with Intolerable Cruelty, starring Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones. The film was a throwback to the romantic comedies of the 1940s with a story based around Miles Massey a hot shot divorce lawyer, and a beautiful female divorcee who Massey had managed to stop getting any money from her divorce. She sets out on a course to get even with him whilst he begins to be smitten with her. Intolerable Cruelty divided the critics, some applauding the romantic screwball comedy elements of the movie, others enquiring as to why the Coens would wish to supply us with their take on this genre. Either way the general feeling was that the film was not entirely satisfying and proved to be only a moderate commercial success. Intolerable Cruelty is a 2003 dark comedy/romance directed by Joel and Ethan Coen and starring George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Cedric the Entertainer, and Billy Bob Thornton. ... Catherine Zeta-Jones (born 25 September 1969) is a Welsh actress based in the United States. ... The screwball comedy has proven to be one of the most elusive of the film genres. ...

2004 saw the Coen Brothers release The Ladykillers, a remake of the Ealing Studios classic. The story revolves around a professor who puts together a team to rob a casino. They rent a room in an elderly woman's house in order to execute the heist, but when the woman discovers the plot the gang decides to murder her to assure her silence. This is easier said than done. The Coens received some of the most lukewarm reviews of their career with this movie; much criticism surmised that while the Coens have managed to make films in which a genre can be homaged or pastiched successfully, a relatively faithful reworking of an individual classic did not give them enough creative leeway to place a complete trademark touch on their work. The Ladykillers is a 2004 remake of the 1955 Ealing comedy of the same name. ... Ealing Studios, a television and film production company and facilities provider at Ealing Green in West London, claims to be the oldest film studio in the world. ... The Ladykillers is a 1955 British film. ...

2007 / 2008 will see the release of the Coens' latest movie No Country for Old Men. Based on the 2005 novel by the legendary author Cormac McCarthy, telling the tale of a man living on the Texas / Mexico border, who stumbles upon $2m dollars of drug money that he decides to pocket, and who then has to go on the run to try and avoid those looking to recover their money. This plot line is a return to the dark, noir themes which have provided them with some of their most successful material and has already received much critical praise on its premiere at Cannes. No Country For Old Men is the film adaptation of Cormac McCarthys novel of the same name. ... For the musician, see Cormac McCarthy (musician). ...

Joel has been married to actress Frances McDormand since 1984; they have an adopted baby named Pedro. Ethan is married to film editor Tricia Cooke. Frances Louise McDormand[1] (born June 23, 1957) is an Academy Award-winning American film, stage, and television actress. ... This article is about the year. ...

Stylistic devices

Owing a heavy debt to film noir and other film styles of the past, the Coen brothers' films combine dry humor with sharp irony and shocking visuals, most often in moving camera shots. The Coens prefer not to put the opening credits at the very beginning of the film. The Coens are also amongst the few contemporary filmmakers who have shown a great affection for the screwball comedies of the 30s and 40s, and have incorporated their influences with varying degrees of subtlety, ranging from entire movies in the screwball mode like The Hudsucker Proxy and Intolerable Cruelty to occasional fast-talking wacky characters like Steve Buscemi's cameo in Miller's Crossing. Their style of characterisation creates a world in which even characters with small speaking parts seem to have exaggerated traits or characteristics. This can be attributed to the settings of many of the films (for example the weird and wonderful characters in The Big Lebowski do not seem out of place in the many niche communities of LA). This still from The Big Combo (1955) demonstrates the visual style of film noir at its most extreme. ... A film style is a recognizable group of conventions used by filmmakers to give specific meaning, or depth to their work. ... Deadpan is a form of comedic delivery in which humour is presented without exhibiting a change in emotion or facial expression. ... The screwball comedy has proven to be one of the most elusive of the film genres. ... The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) is a screwball comedy film directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, telling a fictitious story about the rise and fall of a naive executive and the invention of the hula hoop. ... Intolerable Cruelty is a 2003 dark comedy/romance directed by Joel and Ethan Coen and starring George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Cedric the Entertainer, and Billy Bob Thornton. ... Steven Vincent Buscemi (born December 13, 1957) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated American actor and film director. ... For the Stargate Atlantis episode, see Millers Crossing (Stargate Atlantis). ...

Dialogue

Oscar winners for best screenplay (Fargo), the Coen brothers are known for the dialogue in their films. Sometimes sparse (The Man Who Wasn't There; Fargo), sometimes unusually loquacious (The Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona), their scripts typically feature a combination of dry wit, exaggerated language, and glaring irony. Besides Fargo, several of their scripts have been nominated for awards (The Man Who Wasn't There, , O Brother...).

Film noir and misunderstanding

In style and substance, Coen brothers movies show a heavy debt to the crime genre of film noir. While rarely admitting any influences, the filmmakers both freely acknowledge the impact that classic noir novelists have had on their darker films. In particular, Miller's Crossing is based on the works of Dashiell Hammett, particularly The Glass Key and Red Harvest, Big Lebowski on Raymond Chandler and The Man Who Wasn't There on James M. Cain - making up what is known as their Noir Trilogy. This still from The Big Combo (1955) demonstrates the visual style of film noir at its most extreme. ... For the Stargate Atlantis episode, see Millers Crossing (Stargate Atlantis). ... Samuel Dashiell Hammett (May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American author of hardboiled detective novels and short stories. ... The novel The Glass Key is a novel by Dashiell Hammett, said to be his favorite among his works. ... Red Harvest (1929) is a novel by Dashiell Hammett. ... The Big Lebowski is a 1998 film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen starring Jeff Bridges as the The Dude, or Jeff Lebowski. ... For other persons named Raymond Chandler, see Raymond Chandler (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see The Man Who Wasnt There (disambiguation). ... James Mallahan Cain (July 1, 1892 – October 27, 1977) was an American journalist and novelist. ...

The films also feature stark contrast in lighting and the typical theme of people being in over their heads working on a scheme. Their movies often deal with kidnapping. A near universal plot device is misunderstanding: misunderstanding over who killed Rug Daniels and who took his hair causes friction between different mobs in Miller's Crossing; misunderstanding of Norville's blueprint causes him some grief later in The Hudsucker Proxy; The Big Lebowski begins with a soiled rug caused by a case of mistaken identity; and in Blood Simple, misunderstanding is the driving force behind the entire plot past the thirty-minute mark. The Coen brothers' film The Man Who Wasn't There pays homage to film noir, with a plot that seems an update/twist of The Postman Always Rings Twice. The film is in black and white and has been lauded by various critics for both its cinematography and its sharply drawn, fairly sympathetic characters, though many critics take issue with the sharp turn in plot towards the end. The Coens have described these twists as an attempt to mimic the unexpected third acts of Cain's novels as well. A plot device is a person or an object introduced to a story to affect or advance the plot. ... Mistaken Identity may refer to albums: Mistaken Identity (Kim Carnes album) Mistaken Identity (Delta Goodrem album) This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... For other uses, see The Man Who Wasnt There (disambiguation). ... The Postman Always Rings Twice is a 1946 film based on the 1934 novel by James M. Cain. ... ‹ The template below is being considered for deletion. ...

Depictions of various cities, states, and regions of America

The various aspects that make the character of a city, state or region of America are an integral component in several Coen brothers films. Raising Arizona strongly features the distinctive Arizona landscape, and some of the movie's characters are highly exaggerated stereotypes of some people's notions of Arizonans; for instance, Tempe is a trailer park in the middle of the desert. Similarly, in Fargo the landscape and accents of North Dakota and Minnesota are an essential component of the film. The Big Lebowski is the Coens' Los Angeles film, with the Dude and other characters emblematic of the city's eclectic population. O Brother, Where Art Thou? is distinctly Southern, as it was filmed in rural Mississippi, most of the characters speak with pronounced Southern accents, and the soundtrack is made up of bluegrass songs. Barton Fink is in some respects a satire on another famous area of Los Angeles, Hollywood, as The Hudsucker Proxy does for New York. Raising Arizona is a 1987 Coen Brothers comedy film starring Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, William Forsythe, John Goodman, Frances McDormand, and Randall Tex Cobb. ... Official language(s) English Spoken language(s) English 74. ... For other uses, see Stereotype (disambiguation). ... Location in Maricopa County and the state of Arizona Coordinates: Country United States State Arizona Counties Maricopa Incorporated November 29, 1894 Government  - Mayor Hugh Hallman Area  - City  39. ... Official language(s) English Capital Bismarck Largest city Fargo Area  Ranked 19th  - Total 70,762 sq mi (183,272 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 340 miles (545 km)  - % water 2. ... Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Area  Ranked 12th  - Total 87,014 sq mi (225,365 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 400 miles (645 km)  - % water 8. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... The U.S. Southern states or the South, also known colloquially as Dixie, constitute a distinctive region covering a large portion of the United States, with its own unique heritage, historical perspective, customs, musical styles, and cuisine. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Southern Accents is a 1985 album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. ... Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music. ... ...

The Coens also often set their movies in times of American crises: Miller's Crossing during prohibition, Barton Fink in the time around the attack on Pearl Harbor, The Big Lebowski during the 1991 Gulf War, and O Brother Where Art Thou? during the Great Depression. World War II also is mentioned as an important plot point in The Man Who Wasn't There, and Hi blames his recidivism on Reagan's presidency in "Raising Arizona." The term Prohibition, also known as A Dry Law, refers to a law in a certain country by which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages is restricted or illegal. ... This article is about the actual attack. ... For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see The Great Depression (disambiguation). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

Violence

The majority of the Coens' films are quite violent. In every one of their films, there is at least one death and, in many cases, multiple deaths. In The Hudsucker Proxy, the plot is unleashed by the suicide of Waring Hudsucker, and in The Ladykillers all of the main characters die in an attempt to dispose of an old woman. In some of their more graphic films, e.g., Fargo, most of the main characters die or are assaulted, all of which is portrayed onscreen; in one particularly graphic scene in Fargo, Carl Showalter's body is processed through a wood chipper. The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) is a screwball comedy film directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, telling a fictitious story about the rise and fall of a naive executive and the invention of the hula hoop. ... The Ladykillers is a 2004 remake of the 1955 Ealing comedy of the same name. ... Fargo is a 1996 American crime-comedy-drama film written, directed and produced by the Coen Brothers. ... A tree chipper (sometimes, wood chipper) is a machine used for reducing wood (generally tree limbs or trunks) to chips. ...

The majority of the violence in their films falls under the category of dark humor. One of the most comic scenes in The Big Lebowski is when Walter, The Dude and Donny fight the Nihilists. The Coens always use violence to drive the plot forward; for example, in Fargo Carl Showalters' assault by Shep Proudfoot drives Carl to call Jerry and tell him to deliver the money. Black comedy, also known as black humor, is a subgenre of comedy and satire where topics and events normally treated seriously – death, mass murder, sickness, madness, terror, drug abuse, et cetera – are treated in a humorous or satirical manner. ... Nihilism, literally, means belief in nothing. ...

Overall, acts of violence are never wasted in a Coen brothers' film, and often these scenes are written into the script for comic effect or to advance the script.

Camera techniques

Visually, the Coens favor moving camera shots, especially tracking shots (the camera is placed on a track, or dolly, or the use of a Steadicam is employed. The camera then follows and moves with the subject of the shot) and crane shots; even when the camera is "static" it is often still drifting slightly. Their films are also distinguished by cinematic visual flourishes that mark turning points. To film this recreated Victorian London street scene, the cameraman next to the lamp post is using a steadicam and wearing the harness required to support it. ...

The "Raimi cam" rush or speed-ramp

Occasionally in their tracking shots they "rush" the camera forward, as in the scene in Raising Arizona where Nathan Jr. is discovered missing by his mother; the Coen brothers dubbed the rush forward the "Raimi cam" in tribute to their longtime friend and director Sam Raimi, who used rushes extensively in Evil Dead (which Joel Coen helped edit). The Hudsucker Proxy features two consecutive rushes when Norville shows Mussburger's secretary the Blue Letter: first on the mouth of the lady screaming on the ladder, and then on Norville reacting to the scream. For the American opera singer, see Samuel Ramey. ... -1...

Lenses

The Coen brothers' earlier films (with the exception of Miller's Crossing) made extensive use of wide-angle lenses, which are the preferred lenses of their first cinematographer, Barry Sonnenfeld. When Sonnenfeld left to pursue a directing career he was replaced by Roger Deakins, who has been trying to wean the Coens off these lenses since although wide angle lenses allow great depth of field, they cause considerable distortion in the apparent size of objects based on how far they are from the camera. Deakins has been working toward longer lenses, which appear to shorten the distance between objects but have shallower depth of field. One of Canons most popular wide-angle lenses - 17-40 mm f/4 L retrofocus zoom lens. ... Barry Sonnenfeld American film maker Barry Sonnenfeld (born New York City, April 1, 1953) worked as cinematographer for the Coen Brothers, then later he directed and produced big budget films such as Men in Black. ... Roger Deakins (born May 24, 1949 in Torquay, Devon, England) has established himself as a successful cinematographer in America and Britain. ... In optics, particularly film and photography, the depth of field (DOF) is the distance in front of and beyond the subject that appears to be in focus. ...

Camera angles

The Coen brothers use camera angles that sometimes hide rather than reveal information. Examples include in Fargo when Jean Lundegaard hides in the shower, in Miller's Crossing when Tom goes into his room after Leo leaves (Verna is on the bed behind him), and in Blood Simple when Abby is sitting up in bed with Ray and the Volkswagen pulls up outside her window. The camera angle marks the specific location at which a camera is placed to take a shot. ...

Disguised cuts

They also frequently "hide" their cuts in close-ups on an object, in the style of Alfred Hitchcock's Rope: one obvious occurrence in Fargo is when Carl bangs on the television to get it to work, and when the picture comes in it is a cut to Marge's television as seen from her bed; a similar cut in Miller's Crossing happens when the close up of the window at Bernie's house pans away to show a man dead on the floor at another; in The Hudsucker Proxy when Amy Archer is cheering "Go Eagles!" after Norville hires her, the film cuts to her showing the same cheer to her coworker at the newspaper; and in Blood Simple when the "close-up" of the ceiling fan over Marty's head at the bar turns out to be from Abby's point of view on the couch at Ray's house. Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE (August 13, 1899 – April 29, 1980) was an iconic and highly influential British-born film director and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres. ... Rope (1948) is an Alfred Hitchcock film notable for appearing to be one continuous shot. ... For other uses, see Close up (disambiguation) Closeup In film and television, a close-up tightly frames a person or object. ... // A ceiling fan is a device suspended from the ceiling of a room, which employs hub-mounted rotating paddles to circulate air in order to produce a cooling effect. ...

Other techniques

Storyboarding

The Coen brothers storyboard their films completely before filming (unlike most directors, who only storyboard complex shots such as action sequences). They state that it helps them to get the size of budget they want, because they can show how most of the money will be used. Storyboards are graphic organizers such as a series of illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the purpose of previsualizing a motion graphic or interactive media sequence, including website interactivity. ...

Color correction

O Brother, Where Art Thou? was the first film to be fully color-corrected from start to finish with digital techniques^[2]. The brothers wanted the scenery to reflect the "dust-bowl" atmosphere of the Depression and, since the actual landscape for many of the scenes was much lusher and greener than the desired effect, this required extensive color correction throughout the film, achieved with the use of computers. Color grading is the process of altering and enhancing the color of a motion picture or television image, either electronically, photo-chemically or digitally. ... Dust storm approaching Stratford, Texas in 1935 Buried machinery in barn lot. ... For other uses, see The Great Depression (disambiguation). ... Colour Correction by using Colour Gels, is a process used in Stage Lighting, Photography, Television, Cinematography to name a few disciplines, the intention of which is to alter the overall quality of the light, measured on a scale known as Colour Temperature. ...

The Coen brothers' circle

See also: List of frequent Coen Brothers' collaborators

The Coens used cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld through Miller's Crossing until Sonnenfeld left to pursue his own directing career, including such films as The Addams Family, Get Shorty, and Men in Black. Roger A. Deakins has been the Coen brothers' cinematographer since Sonnenfeld's departure (see List of noted film director and cinematographer collaborations). However for their next film Burn After Reading they will use Emmanuel Lubezki as their cinematographer^[3]. The Coen Brothers, a sibling duo of filmmakers, are known for their frequent collaborations with various actors and film crew members. ... Barry Sonnenfeld American film maker Barry Sonnenfeld (born New York City, April 1, 1953) worked as cinematographer for the Coen Brothers, then later he directed and produced big budget films such as Men in Black. ... For the TV series, see The Addams Family (TV series). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Men in Black is a 1997 science fiction comedy action film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith and Vincent DOnofrio. ... Roger Deakins (born May 24, 1949 in Torquay, Devon, England) has established himself as a successful cinematographer in America and Britain. ... The following cinematographers and film directors typically work together on projects. ... Burn After Reading is an upcoming film, set for release in 2008, starring George Clooney and made by Joel and Ethan Coen. ... Emmanuel Lubezki is a Mexican cinematographer born in 1964. ...

Sam Raimi also helped write The Hudsucker Proxy, which the Coen brothers directed; and the Coen brothers helped write Crimewave, which Raimi directed. Raimi took tips about filming A Simple Plan from the Coen brothers, who had recently finished Fargo (both films are set in blindingly white snow, which reflects a lot of light and can make metering for a correct exposure tricky). Raimi has cameos in Miller's Crossing and The Hudsucker Proxy. They met when Joel Coen was hired as one of the editors of The Evil Dead. For the American opera singer, see Samuel Ramey. ... Director Sam Raimis first studio film following the success of The Evil Dead. ... A Simple Plan is a 1998 movie starring Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Brent Briscoe, and Bridget Fonda. ...

William Preston Robertson is an old friend of the Coens who helped them with re-shoots on Blood Simple and provided the voice of the radio evangelist. He is listed in the credits as the "Rev. William Preston Robertson." He has provided vocal talents on most of the Coens' films up to and including The Big Lebowski. He also wrote The Making of The Big Lebowski with Tricia Cooke. Blood Simple is a neo-noir film, the debut of Joel and Ethan Coen, writers and directors of Fargo, The Man Who Wasnt There, and Raising Arizona, among others. ... The Big Lebowski, a 1998 comedy film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, chronicles a few days in the life of a burned-out, unemployed California slacker after he is mistaken for a millionaire with the same name. ...

The Coen brothers have a number of actors whom they frequently cast, including John Turturro, Michael Badalucco, Holly Hunter, Steve Buscemi, Frances McDormand, John Goodman, Jon Polito, and Stephen Root, each of whom has appeared in at least three Coen productions. They are planning two more films with George Clooney, Burn After Reading and Hail Caesar, the latter of which will complete the Coen Brother's "Idiot Trilogy" which began with O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Intolerable Cruelty ^[4]. John Michael Turturro (born February 28, 1957) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor noted for his performances in To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), The Color of Money (1986), Five Corners (1987), Men of Respect (1991), Monday Night Mayhem (1999), Secret Window (2004), The Bronx is Burning... Michael Badalucco (born December 20, 1954) is an American actor most famous for his role as lawyer Jimmy Berluti on the ABC legal drama The Practice. ... Holly Hunter (born March 20, 1958) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... Steven Vincent Buscemi (born December 13, 1957) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated American actor and film director. ... Frances Louise McDormand[1] (born June 23, 1957) is an Academy Award-winning American film, stage, and television actress. ... Not to be confused with Johnny Goodman (TV producer), Johnny Goodman, or John C. Goodman. ... Jon Polito (born December 29, 1950) is an American actor, best known for working with the Coen Brothers. ... Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951 in Sarasota, Florida) is an American actor. ... George Timothy Clooney (May 6, 1961) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter who gained fame as one of the lead doctors in the long-running television drama, ER (1994–99), but is best known for his subsequent rise as an A-List movie star in contemporary American cinema. ... Burn After Reading is an upcoming film, set for release in 2008, starring George Clooney and made by Joel and Ethan Coen. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a dark comedy film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, set in Mississippi during the Great Depression (specifically, 1937). ... Intolerable Cruelty is a 2003 dark comedy/romance directed by Joel and Ethan Coen and starring George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Cedric the Entertainer, and Billy Bob Thornton. ...

All of their films have been scored by Carter Burwell, although T-Bone Burnett produced much of the traditional music in O Brother, Where Art Thou? and The Ladykillers. Skip Lievsay does all the post-production sound work for all of their films. Carter Burwell (born November 18, 1955, in New York) is a composer of film soundtracks. ... [[]] The True False Identity, 2006. ... O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a dark comedy film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, set in Mississippi during the Great Depression (specifically, 1937). ... The Ladykillers is a 2004 remake of the 1955 Ealing comedy of the same name. ... Post production is the general term for the last stage of film production in which photographed scenes (also called footage) are put together into a complete film. ...

Filmography

• Blood Simple (1984)
• Crimewave (1984)
• Raising Arizona (1987)
• Miller's Crossing (1990)
• Barton Fink (1991)
• The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
• Fargo (1996)
• The Big Lebowski (1998)
• O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
• The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
• Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
• The Ladykillers (2004)
• Paris, je t'aime (2006) - segment: "Tuileries"
• No Country for Old Men (2007)
• To Each His Own Cinema (2007) - segment: "TBA"
• Burn After Reading (2008)^[5]
• A Serious Man (TBA)
• Hail Caesar (TBA)

Blood Simple is a neo-noir film, the debut of Joel and Ethan Coen, writers and directors of Fargo, The Man Who Wasnt There, and Raising Arizona, among others. ... This article is about the year. ... Director Sam Raimis first studio film following the success of The Evil Dead. ... This article is about the year. ... Raising Arizona is a 1987 Coen Brothers comedy film starring Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, William Forsythe, John Goodman, Frances McDormand, and Randall Tex Cobb. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... For the Stargate Atlantis episode, see Millers Crossing (Stargate Atlantis). ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Barton Fink is a 1991 film by Joel and Ethan Coen. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) is a screwball comedy film directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, telling a fictitious story about the rise and fall of a naive executive and the invention of the hula hoop. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... Fargo is a 1996 American crime-comedy-drama film written, directed and produced by the Coen Brothers. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... The Big Lebowski, a 1998 comedy film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, chronicles a few days in the life of a burned-out, unemployed California slacker after he is mistaken for a millionaire with the same name. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a dark comedy film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, set in Mississippi during the Great Depression (specifically, 1937). ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see The Man Who Wasnt There (disambiguation). ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Intolerable Cruelty is a 2003 dark comedy/romance directed by Joel and Ethan Coen and starring George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Cedric the Entertainer, and Billy Bob Thornton. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Ladykillers is a 2004 remake of the 1955 Ealing comedy of the same name. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Paris, je taime is a 2006 film starring an ensemble cast of American, British and French movie actors. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... No Country For Old Men is the film adaptation of Cormac McCarthys novel of the same name. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Burn After Reading is an upcoming film, set for release in 2008, starring George Clooney and made by Joel and Ethan Coen. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (common) era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... A Serious Man is an upcoming film, set for release in 2009. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Other works

• Crimewave - 1985 film written by the Coen Brothers and Sam Raimi, directed by Sam Raimi
• Romance & Cigarettes - 2006 film produced by the Coen Brothers and written and directed by John Turturro
• Gates of Eden - a collection of short stories written by Ethan Coen
• Bad Santa - This film with Billy Bob Thornton was produced by the Coen Brothers.
• Suburbicon - George Clooney will be directing a script written by the Coen Brothers. The Coens will also be producing.
  
  The Coen Brothers on myspace.

Director Sam Raimis first studio film following the success of The Evil Dead. ... For the American opera singer, see Samuel Ramey. ... Romance & Cigarettes is a 2006 musical romantic-comedy film written and directed by John Turturro. ... // Please note that following the tradition of the English language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2006; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing... John Michael Turturro (born February 28, 1957) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor noted for his performances in To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), The Color of Money (1986), Five Corners (1987), Men of Respect (1991), Monday Night Mayhem (1999), Secret Window (2004), The Bronx is Burning... Gates of Eden is a collection of short stories written by Ethan Coen, first published in November 1998. ... Bad Santa is a 2003 film directed by Terry Zwigoff, produced by Joel and Ethan Coen, and starring Billy Bob Thornton as the title character and Tony Cox as his partner-in-crime. ... Billy Bob Thornton[1] (born August 4, 1955) is an Academy Award-winning American screenwriter, actor, as well as occasional director, playwright and singer. ... Category: ... MySpace is a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos. ...

Notes

Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 109th day of the year (110th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

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Joel Coen

• Joel Coen at the Internet Movie Database
• Ethan Coen at the Internet Movie Database
• Joel and Ethan Coen Bibliography (via UC Berkeley)
• You Know, For Kids, You Know, For Kids! The movies of the Coen brothers
• Coenesque: The Films of the Coen Brothers
• No Country for Old Men Official website for Canada
• Extensive Coen Brothers Biography and Filmography
• It's a movie-making trend: Brothers share directing duties, by James Hebert (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Senses of Cinema, essay on the brothers (with film stills)
• The Big Lebowski: The Making of a Coen Brothers movie, An informative humor book by the Coens' friend William Preston Robertson.