Product Information
Tom Hanks stars as Goldthwait Higginson Dorr, Ph.D., a would-be professor who talks his way into the root cellar of Mrs. Munson (played by Irma P. Hall). Here, he and his fellow music group practice their 'Renaissance music', whilst actually plotting to tunnel through and steal a mint from a riverboat casino.Product Identifiers
EAN5017188814089
eBay Product ID (ePID)30859453
Product Key Features
ActorTom Hanks, Irma P. Hall, J.K. Simmons, Ryan Hurst, Marlon Wayans, Tzi Ma
Film/TV TitleThe Ladykillers
DirectorEthan Coen, Joel Coen
FormatDVD
Release Year2004
LanguageEnglish
FeaturesThe Gospel of the Ladykillers\The Man Behind the Band\The Slap Reel
GenreGeneral, Comedy
Additional Product Features
Certificate15
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ReviewsNews of the World - ...Must-see viewing for all Coen Brothers fans or any Tom Hanks groupies..., Maxim - ...Some genuinely funny moments of crunching slapstick, this is a major return in form for the FARGO boys...
Additional InformationIt is always difficult to try to recreate a classic movie, so Joel and Ethan Coen took the premise of Alexander Mackendrick's beloved 1955 Ealing Studio caper comedy, THE LADYKILLERS, as the basis for coming up with their own entertaining and bizarre remake. Tom Hanks stars as Goldthwait Higginson Dorr, Ph.D., a would-be professor who talks his way into renting the cellar of Mrs. Munson (Irma P. Hall), where he and his supposed band will practice their "Renaissance music." But they are actually plotting to tunnel through to steal a mint from a riverboat casino. The motley crew of incompetent criminals includes Marlon Wayans as Gawain MacSam, a hip-hoppity thug pretending to be a janitor; J.K. Simmons as movie prop man and demolition "expert" Garth Pancake, who has problems with irritable bowel syndrome; Tzi Ma as the General, a Vietnamese tunnel rat with a Hitler moustache; and Ryan Hurst as a pathetically dumb football wannabe named Lump. Just when they think all is going well, they run into a curious Mrs. Munson, who smells something funny. The film includes several exhilarating Gospel scenes set in southern churches, and lots of riotous site gags.
Movie/TV TitleThe Ladykillers