The Ladykillers

"The greatest criminal minds of all time have finally met their match."

2004 1h 44m EN

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★6.1TMDB · 1,809

ComedyCrimeThriller

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An 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.

“The greatest criminal minds of all time have finally met their match.”

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Cast

Tom Hanks
Professor G.H. Dorr
Irma P. Hall
Marva Munson
Marlon Wayans
Gawain MacSam
J.K. Simmons
Garth Pancake
Tzi Ma
The General
Ryan Hurst
Lump Hudson
Diane Delano
Mountain Girl
George Wallace
Sherriff Wyner

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Joel Coen
Writers: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, William Rose
Languages: English, Vietnamese
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 22 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Vietnamese.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Joel Coen, shot by Roger Deakins. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Carter Burwell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Ethan Coen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Tom Hanks and Irma P. Hall and Marlon Wayans carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The greatest criminal minds of all time have finally met their match.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0335245 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Joel Coen directs. Roger Deakins behind the camera. Carter Burwell scores. Ethan Coen cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Vietnamese.

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1Released 22 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Vietnamese.
3Directed by Joel Coen, shot by Roger Deakins. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Carter Burwell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Ethan Coen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Tom Hanks and Irma P. Hall and Marlon Wayans carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The greatest criminal minds of all time have finally met their match.".
8IMDB entry: tt0335245 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 8 themes, including "garbage", "church choir", "remake", "criminal gang".

The technical file

Cinematography: Roger Deakins
Original score: Carter Burwell
Editing: Ethan Coen
Production design: Dennis Gassner
Costume design: Mary Zophres
VFX supervisor: Janek Sirrs
Sound: Skip Lievsay
Stunt coordinator: Jery Hewitt
Runtime: 104 min · 1h 44m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $35,000,000
Box office: $76,700,000
Return: 219% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: The Ladykillers (2004)

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CinemaSerf2023-09-04
★ 5/10
There are some films that ought never to be remade, and many of the charming "Ealing Comedies" are amongst them. This one - originally from 1955 - was maybe not my favourite of these classic stories, but it still in no way deserved this imbecilic remake from the Coen brothers. Tom Hanks ("Prof. Dorr") is a typical Southern gentleman who inveigles his way into the home of elderly Christian lady "Marva Munson" (Irma P. Hall) and under the guise of practising their musical numbers, he and his gang set about committing a daring robbery of a casino located next door. What really wrecks this for me in the constant use of expletives. The original story is simple, slapstick even, with subtly paced humour that allows the story to develop in a gently menacing fashion. This is just a charm-free, in-your-face, frontal attack on your senses that rarely raises a smile, has nothing even remotely touching about it and even the old lady isn't averse to a little bit of angry behaviour that would have had Katie Johnson spinning in her grave. These original films are a crucial piece of the jigsaw puzzle that depicts the evolution of cinema comedy, and this is just a shockingly poor travesty of an adaptation.

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