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Release Date:
26 March 2004 (USA)
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Tagline:
The greatest criminal minds of all time have finally met their match. more
Plot:
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. full summary | full synopsis
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3 wins
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4 nominations
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(29 articles)
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Remake? Mainstream? So what - it is a great fun:
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 | ... | Sheriff Wyner |
| John McConnell | ... | Deputy Sheriff |
 | Jason Weaver | ... | Weemack Funthes |
 | Stephen Root | ... | Fernand Gudge |
 | Lyne Odums | ... | Rosalie Funthes (as Baadja-Lyne Odums) |
 | Walter K. Jordan | ... | Elron (as Walter Jordan) |
 | George Anthony Bell | ... | Preacher |
| Greg Grunberg | ... | TV Commercial Director |
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Rated R for language including sexual references.
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104 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:12 |
Malaysia:18SX (uncut version) |
Malaysia:U (cut version) |
France:U |
South Korea:15 |
Malta:16 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Brazil:12 |
Canada:14A |
Chile:TE |
Czech Republic:U |
Finland:K-11 |
Germany:12 |
Netherlands:MG6 |
Norway:11 |
Peru:PT |
Philippines:R-13 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
Spain:T |
Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:15 |
USA:R (certificate #40668)
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The first piece of music that Dorr's band pretends to play is Boccherini's minuetto: it was the same piece of music that was played by Professor Marcus's band in the original The Ladykillers (1955).
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Continuity: During Professor Dorr's recitation of Poe at Mrs. Munson's tea, the amount of wax that has dripped down from the candles behind him changes from shot to shot.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Sheriff Wyner: Unh... Oh! Afternoon, Miss Munson.
Marva Munson: Afternoon, Sheriff. You know the Funthes boy?
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Sheriff Wyner: Unh... Oh! Afternoon, Miss Munson.
Marva Munson: Afternoon, Sheriff. You know the Funthes boy?
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References Sullivan's Travels (1941)
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Soundtrack:
Concerto Grosso in D Major, Op. 6, No. 4
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I could not stop laughing and enjoyed it tremendously. Tom Hanks was simply delightful pretending to be refined, highly educated, charmingly polite and smooth talking Rococo music lover Professor G.H.Darr who in reality was a very dangerous, ruthless and devious criminal that assembled the most hilarious gang of thieves (each has his special talent) to dig the tunnel through his landlady's root cellar to a casino vault and to steal 1.6 million dollars. As good as Hanks was, he was completely upstaged by Irma Hall who steals the movie as Marva. She received many awards for her acting and very deservingly. I know that many Coens' fans don't like The Ladykillers because 1. it is a remake of the 1955 movie with the same title and 2. because it is one of their most mainstream films. I don't care - "The Ladykillers" has Coens' signatures all over - it is very funny, very dark, and uniquely beautiful visually - just remember the opening scene with two scary gargoyles and the garbage barge.