ÿþ<html> <head> <title>Coen Brothers Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store</title> <META name="author" content="G.E. 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Those are things other people call it,<br>and it's always puzzled me that they do." &mdash; Joel Coen</font> <div align=left> <a name="bio"> </a><br> <br>&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;B I O <p>&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;h e r e </div> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coen_Brothers" target="_blank">Coen Brothers entry at Wikipedia</a> <p>Coen Brothers credits at Internet Movie Database: <a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0001054/" target="_blank">Joel</a> " <a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0001053/" target="_blank">Ethan</a> <p><hr color=silver width=450> <p><table border=0><tr><td align=center><img src=images/oscar_sm.gif alt="won shared Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for &quot;Fargo&quot; [1996]">&nbsp&nbsp;<img src=images/oscar_sm.gif width=21 height=60 alt="won shared Oscar for Best Picture for &quot;No Country for Old Men&quot; [2007]">&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;<img src=images/oscar_sm.gif width=21 height=60 alt="won shared Oscar for Best Directing for &quot;No Country for Old Men&quot; [2007]">&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;<img src=images/oscar_sm.gif width=21 height=60 alt="won shared Oscar for Best Script Adaptation for &quot;No Country for Old Men&quot; [2007]">&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td align=center valign=center><big>The Coen Brothers have won four Academy Awards:<br>an Oscar&reg; for <a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0025316/fullcredits" target="_blank">"Fargo" [1996]</a> {Best Original Screenplay},<br>and three Oscars&reg; for <a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0477348/fullcredits" target="_blank">"No Country for Old Men" [2007]</a><br>{Best Picture, Best Director & Best Script Adaptation}<br>&mdash; out of 8 Oscar&reg; nominations [1997-2008]</big></td></tr></table> <p>They have also won<small><br>Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival [1985]<br>3 Independent Spirit Awards [1986 & 1997]<br>4 awards & 4 nominations at the Cannes Film Festival [1991-2007]<br>BAFTA's David Lean Award for Directing [1996] <br>2 nominations for César Awards [1997 & 2002]<br>2 W.G.A. Awards [1997 & 2008]<br>David di Donatello Award [2002]<br>B.A.F.T.A. Award in 2007, plus 8 nominations [1997-2008]<br>D.G.A. Award [2008]<br>U.S.C. Scripter Award [2008]<br>Motion Picture Producer of The Year Award [2008]<br>listed among Time Magazine 100 Most Influential People [May 2008]</small> <p><hr color=silver width=450> <br><a name="links"> </a> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=6><b>Links</b></font> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/455672/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">browse Coen Brothers (Joel) on DVD at Amazon</a> <br><a href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?aid=90827&c=c&search=1986" target="_blank">Coen Brothers posters category at AllPosters.com</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-keywords=joel+ethan+coen&tag=nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">books by the Coen Brothers</a> <br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coen_Brothers" target="_blank">Coen Brothers entry at Wikipedia</a> <p><a href="http://www.youknow-forkids.com/" target="_blank">PT's Coen Brothers fansite [est. 1999]</a> <br>Louisville, KY Lebowski Festival July 2003 <br><a href="http://www.coenbrothers.net/" target="_blank">BJ's Coenesque fansite</a> <br><a name="movies"> </a><p><br><img src=images/filmline.jpg> <p><br><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><big><big><b>Movies&nbsp&nbsp;By&nbsp&nbsp;the&nbsp&nbsp;Coen &nbsp;Brothers</b></big></big></font> <br>jump to <a href="#soon">NEW movies, coming soon</a> <p>Regular Cast & Crew <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0001054/" target="_blank">Joel Coen at IMDb</a> <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000531/" target="_blank">Joel's wife actress Frances McDormand at IMDb</a> <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0001053/" target="_blank">Ethan Coen at IMDb</a> <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0177504/" target="_blank">Ethan's wife film editor Tricia Cooke at IMDb</a> <br>cinematographer Roger Deakins <p><hr color=silver width=450> <p><table border=0><tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Coen Brothers Movie Collection DVD box set" border=1 width=103 height=145 src=covers/dCoenBrosCollxn.jpg>&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><br><big>"Coen Brothers Movie Collection" [2007]</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000V3JGII/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">M.G.M. color DVD box set [11/2007] 5 disks for $26.49</a> <br><font color=maroon>includes "Blood Simple" [1984]; "Raising Arizona" [1987];<br>"Miller's Crossing" [1990]; "Barton Fink" [1991]; and the<br>Oscar-winning "Fargo" [1996]</font> </td></tr></table> <p><font face=webdings color=black><big><big>·&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;·</big></big></font> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>"Blood Simple"</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp;[Circle Films Jan 1985] <table border=0 width=700><tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="Blood Simple movie" width=105 height=164 src=covers/dBloodSimple.jpg>&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <font color=maroon>A Texas saloonkeeper hires a sleazy detective to spy on his cheating wife, then to kill her and her lover. But the detective has other plans, and the misunderstandings and deceit and double- & triple-crosses build to a bloody climax.</font> Co-written & co-directed by Joel & Ethan Coen; starring John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh, Samm-Art Williams & Deborah Neumann; won Independent Spirit Awards for Best Director (tied) & Best Male Lead (Walsh) <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005LC4P/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Universal widescreen color Director's Cut DVD [9/2001] for $10.99</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6300184110/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Universal color VHS [1/95] out of prodn/used</a> <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0086979/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Simple" target="_blank">movie entry at Wikipedia</a> <br><big>"Blood Simple: The Screenplay" [1989]</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312021682/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">St. Martin's Griffin 8&frac14x5&frac12 pb [3/89] for $10.95</a> </td></tr></table> <p>remake <font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>"A Woman, A Gun and A Noodle Shop"</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp<img src=images/newredylo.gif><br>[China Dec 2009, Sony Pictures Classics USA Sept 2010]<br>aka <font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica">"A Simple Noodle Story"</font> <table border=0 width=650><tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Chinese-language poster for &quot;A Simple Noodle Story&quot; movie by Zhang Yimou" width=105 height=149 src="covers/pZYsimplenoodlestoryCH.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <font color=maroon>Acknowledged remake of "Blood Simple", set in China's western desert, circa 1800.</font> Directed by <a href=ZhangYimou.htm target="_blank">Yimou Zhang</a>; starring Honglei Sun, Dahong Ni, Ni Yan, Xiao Shen-Yang & Xiaojuan Wang <br>DVD/Blu-ray not available " <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1428556/fullcredits" target="_blank">credits at IMDb</a> " <a href="http://www.sonyclassics.com/awomanagunandanoodleshop/" target="_blank">official movie site</a> </td></tr></table> <img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=5><b>"Crimewave"</b></font> [Columbia 1985, USA April 1986]<small> <br>Co-written by Joel & Ethan Coen; co-written & directed by Sam Raimi; <a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0088967/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a></small> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=5><b>"Raising Arizona"</b></font> [1987] <br>http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0093822/fullcredits <br>http://www.amazon.com/Raising-Arizona-Martins-Original-Screenplay/dp/0312022700/ <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=5><b>"Miller's Crossing"</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp;[Fox Sept 1990] <table border=0 width=700><tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="Miller's Crossing" width=77 height=140 src="covers/vCBcrossing.gif">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <font color=maroon>The anti-hero works for an Irish mob boss in the 1930s; when he is thrown out for sleeping with the boss's girlfriend, he joins the rival gang.</font> Directed by Joel Coen; co-written by Joel & Ethan Coen, based on the 1929 novel "Red Harvest" by <a href="http://www.genordell.com/stores/blackhat/Hammett.htm">Dashiell Hammett [1894-1961]</a>; starring Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, John Turturro & Marcia Gay Harden; listed on <u>Time Magazine</u>'s All-TIME 100 Movies (10/2005) <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00008RH3L/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Fox widescreen DVD [5/2003] for $14.99</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6301963717/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Fox color VHS [1/93] for $9.98</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000014RV/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Varese soundtrack CD [10/90] for $14.99</a> <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/Credits?0100150" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000JW16TI/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99</a> </td></tr></table> <br>"Shooting <i>Miller's Crossing</i>: A Conversation with Barry Sonnenfeld" [2003 video release] <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=5><b>"Barton Fink"</b></font> [1991] <br>http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0101410/fullcredits <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=5><b>"The Hudsucker Proxy"</b></font> [1994] <br>http://www.amazon.com/Hudsucker-Proxy-Ethan-Coen/dp/0571171907/ <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=5><b>"Fargo"</b></font> [1996] <br>http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0116282/fullcredits <br>http://www.amazon.com/Fargo-Faber-Reel-Classics-S/dp/0571202446/ <br>http://www.amazon.com/Coen-Brothers-Fargo-Cambridge-Handbooks/dp/0521005019/ <br>http://www.amazon.com/Fargo-Blu-ray-Larry-Brandenburg/dp/B001U6YI8I/ <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=5><b>"The Big Lebowski"</b></font> [1998] <br>http://www.amazon.com/Big-Lebowski-Ethan-Coen/dp/0571193358/ <br>http://www.amazon.com/Big-Lebowski-Making-Coen-Brothers/dp/0393317501/ <br>"The Making of <i>The Big Lebowski</i>" [1998 video release] <br>http://www.amazon.com/Im-Lebowski-Youre-Life-What/dp/1596912464/ <br>http://members.aol.com/WPRob/lebowskibook.html <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=5><b>"Down From The Mountain"</b></font> [indep Dec 2000]<small> <br>Executive produced by Joel & Ethan Coen and T-Bone Burnett; <a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0284067/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a></small> <br>"Inside Look: <i>Down From The Mountain</i>" [2000 TV] <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>"O Brother, Where Art Thou?"</b></font> [2000] /tt0190590/ <br>starring <a href=GeorgeClooney.htm target="_blank">George Clooney</a>, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson <br>http://www.amazon.com/Brother-Where-Thou-Faber-Screenplays/dp/0571205186/ <br>http://www.amazon.com/Brother-Where-Art-Thou/dp/B00003CXRM/ <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=5><b>"The Man Who Wasn't There"</b></font> [2001] <br>http://www.amazon.com/Barber-man-who-wasnt-there/dp/2866423070/ <br>http://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Wasnt-There/dp/0571212506/ <br>"Making <i>The Man Who Wasn't There</i>" [2002 video release] <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=5><b>"Intolerable Cruelty"</b></font> [2003] <br>http://www.amazon.com/Intolerable-Cruelty-Ethan-Coen/dp/B000H2N3QY/ <br>"A Look Inside <i>Intolerable Cruelty</i>" [2004 video release] <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=5><b>"Bad&nbsp&nbsp;Santa"</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp;[Dimension Films Nov 2003]<small><br>Executive produced by Joel & Ethan Coen; directed by Terry Zwigoff; <a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0307987/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a></small> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=5><b>"The Ladykillers"</b></font> [2004] <br>http://www.amazon.com/Ladykillers-Ethan-Coen/dp/0571225977/ <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=5><b>"Romance & Cigarettes"</b></font> [United Artists 2005, USA Sept 2007]<small><br>Executive produced by Joel & Ethan Coen; written & directed by John Turturro; <a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0368222/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a></small> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=5><b>"Tuileries"</b></font> segment of <font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=5>"Paris, je t'aime"</font> [2006] <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=5><b>"No Country For Old Men"</b></font><br>[Miramax / Paramount Vantage Oct 2007]<table border=0 width=775><tr valign=top><td align=right valign=top> <img src=images/oscar_sm.gif width=21 height=60 alt="won shared Oscar for Best Picture">&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;<p><img src=images/oscar_sm.gif width=21 height=60 alt="won shared Oscar for Best Directing">&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;<p><img src=images/oscar_sm.gif width=21 height=60 alt="won shared Oscar for Best Script Adaptation">&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp; </td><td align=right valign=top><img alt="&quot;No Country For Old Men&quot; movie on DVD by the Coen Brothers" width=100 height=150 src=covers/dCBnocountryforoldmen.jpg>&nbsp&nbsp;<br><img alt="poster for &quot;No Country For Old Men&quot; movie by the Coen Brothers" width=104 height=154 src=covers/pCBnocountryforoldmen.jpg>&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <font color=maroon>Filmed in the <a href="http://www.genordell.com/tracelAlbq.htm" target="_blank">Albuquerque, New Mexico</a> area. A down-on-his-luck Texan finds the money left after a drug-deal shootout in the desert, and a psychopathic killer sets out to get the money back.</font> <br>Co-produced, co-written, co-directed & co-edited by Joel & Ethan Coen; based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy; starring Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald, Garret Dillahunt, Tess Harper, Barry Corbin & Gene Jones; listed #1 on TIME Top Ten Best Movies of The Year (12/2007); won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Directing, Best Script Adap- tation, Best Supporting Actor {Bardem}; Oscar noms for Best Cinemato- graphy, Best Editing, Best Sound & Best Sound Editing; won DGA Award, WGA Award, PGA Award, 3 BAFTA Awards, 2 SAG Awards, Italy's David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Film & USC's Scripter Award <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0011BE3K0/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Disney Video widescreen color on Blu-Ray [3/2008] for $19.95</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00118T63C/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Miramax widescreen color DVD [3/2008] for $15.99</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00188HHJ0/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">40"x27" poster from Amazon for $19.99</a> <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0477348/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a> " <a href="http://video.movies.go.com/nocountryforoldmen/" target="_blank">Buena Vista official movie site</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td>&nbsp</td><td align=right> <img alt="No Country for Old Men novel by Cormac McCarthy" width=105 height=161 src="covers/CMCnocountryforoldmen.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"No Country For Old Men" [2005 novel] by Cormac McCarthy<br><font color=red>won the Pulitzer Prize For Fiction</font></big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0307387135/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Vintage Intl. movie tie-in 8x5 pb [10/2007] for $11.20</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375706674/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Vintage 8x5 pb [7/2006] for $12.35</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375406778/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Knopf 8x5&frac34 hardcover [7/2005] for $17.79</a> </td></tr></table> <img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=5><b>"Burn After Reading"</b></font><br>[Working Title/Focus Features Sept 2008]<table border=0 width=700><tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="poster for &quot;Burn After Reading&quot; movie by the Coen Brothers" width=101 height=155 src=covers/pCBburnafterreading.jpg>&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <font color=maroon>The memoirs of an unscrupulous former C.I.A. agent stored on a computer disk fall into the hands of two goofballs who attempt to sell the contents.</font> Co-produced, co-written, co-directed & co-edited by Joel & Ethan Coen; starring George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton & Richard Jenkins <br>video/DVD not yet available <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0887883/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a> <br><a href="http://www.filminfocus.com/focusfeatures/film/burn_after_reading" target="_blank">official movie site</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001ENWMAS/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">27"x41" red poster from Amazon for $19.99</a> </td></tr></table> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>"A Serious Man"</b></font> <br>[Working Title/Focus Features Oct 2009] <table border=0><tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="A Serious Man movie written & directed by Joel & Ethan Coen" border=1 width=105 height=154 src=covers/pCBaseriousman.jpg>&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <br>Co-produced, written & directed by Joel & Ethan Coen <br>video/DVD not yet available; <a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt1019452/fullcredits" target="_blank">latest info from IMDb</a> </td></tr></table> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=5><b>"Hail Caesar"</b></font> [Touchstone DUE 2009? on hold?]<small> <br>Written & directed by Joel & Ethan Coen; no longer listed on IMDb</a></small> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>"True Grit"</b></font> [Paramount Dec 2010] <table border=0 width=750><tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="True Grit 2010 remake by the Coen Brothers" border=1 width=105 height=154 src="covers/pTrueGritCoenBros2010.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td>The remake is based directly on the 1968 novel by Charles Portis, rather than on the 1969 <a href="http://www.genordell.com/stores/western/JohnWayne.htm" target="_blank">John Wayne</a> film. Location filming in Texas, and at Buena Vista Ranch, Charles R Ranch, Cristobal Ranch, Pecos, Santa Clara Pueblo, and Garson Studios in <a href=NMfilm.htm target="_blank">New Mexico</a>. <font color=maroon>A 14-year-old farm girl hires reprobate U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn to track down her father's killer, and forces him to take her along.</font> <br>Co-produced, adapted & directed by Joel & Ethan Coen; starring Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin & Barry Pepper <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B003UESJMO/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Paramount Pictures widescreen color Blu-ray/DVD combo [6/2011] 2 disks for $19.99</a>&nbsp&nbsp;<img src=images/littlerednew.gif> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B003UESJME/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Paramount Pictures widescreen color DVD [6/2011] for $9.99</a>&nbsp&nbsp;<img src=images/littlerednew.gif> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B004D2R1BM/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Nonesuch soundtrack CD [12/2010] 20 tracks for $14.09</a> <br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1403865/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits at IMDb</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Grit_(2010_film)" target="_blank">movie entry at Wikipedia</a> " <a href="http://www.truegritmovie.com/" target="_blank">official movie site</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="True Grit novel by Charles Portis" src="covers/TrueGritCP.jpg" width=105 height=150>&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"True Grit: A Novel" [1968] by Charles Portis</big><br>First serialized in <u>Saturday Evening Post Magazine</u> in 1968, then published in slightly-altered book form. Elderly spinster Mattie Ross tells of her long-ago quest at age fourteen to avenge her father's death with the help of a U.S. Marshal and a Texas Ranger. <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1585679380/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Overlook Trade 8x5&frac12 pb [8/2007] for $10.17</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1585673692/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Overlook Trade pb [12/2002] out of print/used</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0671763806/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">S&S 8&frac14x5&frac34 hardcover [6/68] out of print/many used</a> <br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Grit_(novel)" target="_blank">book entry at Wikipedia</a> </td></tr></table> <a name="soon"> </a> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>"Gambit"</b></font> [C.B.S. Films for 2012? release]&nbsp&nbsp;<img src=images/newredylo.gif><small> <br>Remake of the 1966 British art heist movie that starred Shirley MacLaine & Michael Caine; written by Joel & Ethan Coen; to be directed<br>by Michael Hoffman; starring Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz, Sir Tom Courtenay & Alan Rickman; <a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0404978/fullcredits" target="_blank">latest info from IMDb</a></small> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>"Suburbicon"</b></font> [announced for 2012? release]&nbsp&nbsp;<img src=images/newredylo.gif><small> <br>Written & co-produced by Joel & Ethan Coen; directed by George Clooney; <a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0491175/fullcredits" target="_blank">latest info from IMDb</a></small> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>"Inside Llewyn Davis"</b></font> [2013? release]&nbsp&nbsp;<img src=images/newredylo.gif> <br>Announced 9/2011: StudioCanal will co-finance and handle international sales for movie made from<br>an original script about the struggles of a folk singer during the 1960s in New York City " <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2042568/" target="_blank">latest info at IMDb</a> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>"Harve Karbo"</b></font> [Fox TV 2012? season]&nbsp&nbsp;<img src=images/newredylo.gif> <br>Announced 10/2011: Fox has signed with the Coen Brothers, Phil Johnson (writer of "Welcome To Cedar Rapids"}<br>and Imagine TV for an hourlong comedy series - the Coens's first foray into television - that revolves around a touchy<br>Los Angeles private investigator and his deadbeat friends in El Segundo whose cases frequently cross paths with<br>high-profile movers and shakers of Hollywood " not yet listed on IMDb <br><a name="other"> </a><p><br><img src=images/filmline.jpg> <p><br><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=6><b>Other&nbsp&nbsp;Works&nbsp&nbsp;by&nbsp&nbsp;the&nbsp&nbsp;Coen&nbsp&nbsp;Brothers</b></font> <p>http://www.amazon.com/Ethan-Coen-Joel-Collected-Screenplays/dp/0571210961/ <p>http://www.amazon.com/Coen-Brothers-Interviews-Conversations-Filmmakers/dp/1578068894/ <p><table border=0 width=650> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Gates of Eden stories" width=100 height=154 src="covers/ECgatesofeden.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Gates of Eden" [14 stories Nov 1998] by Ethan Coen</big><br><font color=maroon>contains "A Fever In the Blood"; "A Morty Story"; "The Boys"; "Cosa Minapolidan"; "Destiny"; "Gates of Eden"; "Have You Ever Been To Electric Ladyland"; "Hector Berlioz, Private Investigator"; "I Killed Phil Shapiro"; "It Is An Ancient Mariner"; "Johnnie Ga-Botz"; "The Old Boys"; "The Old Country"; & "Red Wing"</font> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385334389/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Delta 8x5&frac14 pb [11/99] for $13.95</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0688159141/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Wm. Morrow 9x6 hardcover [11/98] out of print/many used</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="stageplay 'Offices' by Ethan Coen" border=1 width=104 height=142 src="covers/pEthanCoenOffices.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Offices" stageplay [2009] by Ethan Coen</big> <br><font color=maroon>Three one-act plays, performed off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theater Company in New York City's Chelsea District</font> <br><a href="http://www.atlantictheater.org/page.aspx?id=12016819" target="_blank">A.T.C.'s play page (performed April-June, 2009]</a> </td></tr></table> <p>"Almost An Evening" stageplay [2008] by Ethan Coen <br>Three one-act plays, performed at <a href="http://www.atlantictheater.org/" target="_blank">Atlantic Theater Company in New York City</a> <br>http://www.amazon.com/Almost-Evening-Ethan-Coen/dp/030746041X/ <br><a name="about"> </a><p><br><img src=images/filmline.jpg> <p><br><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=6><b>Works&nbsp&nbsp;About&nbsp&nbsp;the&nbsp&nbsp;Coen&nbsp&nbsp;Brothers</b></font> <p><table border=0 width=650> <tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="Coen Brothers Blood Siblings" border=1 width=103 height=143 src="covers/JECbloodsiblings.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <big>"Joel & Ethan Coen: Blood Siblings" [2000]<br>Edited by Paul A. Woods</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0859653390/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Plexus Publng 9x6&frac34 pb [1/2004] for $19.95</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0859652858/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Plexus Publng 9x6&frac12 pb [5/2000] for $16.95</a> </td></tr> </table> <p>"J&EC" book by R. Barton Palmer 0252071859/ <br>http://www.amazon.com/Brothers-Grim-Films-Ethan-Joel/dp/0810858509/ <br>http://www.amazon.com/Joel-Ethan-Coen-Siblings-Ultrascreen/dp/0859653390/ <br>http://www.amazon.com/Joel-Ethan-Coen-Peter-Korte/dp/0879109637/ <br>http://www.amazon.com/Films-Joel-Ethan-Coen/dp/0786409738/ <br>http://www.amazon.com/Joel-Ethan-Coen-Pocket-Essential/dp/1904048390/ <br>http://www.amazon.com/Coen-Brothers-Ronald-Bergan/dp/1560252545/ <br>http://www.amazon.com/Coen-Brothers-Story-American-Filmmakers/dp/1550224247/ <p>The Philosophy of the Coen Brothers, updated edition by Mark T. 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