Saturday, 8 October 2011

The Coen Brothers


The Coen Brothers, Joel and Ethan, have written many films all in different genres. From "True Grit" (2010) a story set in the wild west of America to "The Big Lebowski" (1998) a comedy with "Dude" which like many of the Coen Brother's films has got a cult following.
Some of the Coen Brothers' most famous films are:
  1. "Burn After Reading" (2008) (starring some of Hollywood's most sought after actors like; George Clooney, Brad Pitt and John Malkovich)
  2. "Paris Je T'Aime" (2006) (a film linking different people from different lifestyles in Paris)
  3. "No Country For Old Men" (2007) (like many of the Coen Brother's films won 4 Oscars)
  4. "A Serious Man" (2009) (Many of the Coen Brother's films are dark comedy's "A Serious Man" being on one of them.)
  5. "Intolerable Cruelty" (2003) (A story of a goldigging woman who her ex-husband's lawyer falls for)
  6. "The Ladykillers" (2004) (A comedy starring Tom Hanks and J.K. Simmons)
  7. "Fargo" (1996) (Starring Frances McDormand as a pregnany police woman)
  8. "Raising Arizona" (1987) (Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter star in this comedy about kidnapping a baby)
  9. "True Grit" (2010) (Nominated for 10 Oscars including nomination for Haille Stienfeld for leading actress at the age of 14)
  10. "A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop" (2009) (A film about a man who's planning to kill his wife and the man she's having an affair with, although it does not go according to plan)

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