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The Man Who Wasn't There

Year:
Duration:
116 min | Spain:118 min
Genres:
Crime | Drama
IMDB rate:
7.6
Director:
Joel Coen
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 28 wins & 36 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2001-10-26
Filming Locations: Glendale, California, USA
Earnings
Budget: $20,000,000
Opening Weekend: $664,404 (USA) (4 November 2001)
Gross: $7,494,849 (USA) (24 February 2002)
Cast
Actor
Character
Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett Johansson
The Man Who Wasn't There
Billy Bob Thornton
Ed Crane
Frances McDormand
Doris Crane
Michael Badalucco
Frank
James Gandolfini
Big Dave Brewster
Katherine Borowitz
Ann Nirdlinger Brewster
Jon Polito
Creighton Tolliver
Richard Jenkins
Walter Abundas
Tony Shalhoub
Freddy Riedenschneider
Christopher Kriesa
Officer Persky
Brian Haley
Officer Krebs
Jack McGee
P.I. Burns
Gregg Binkley
The New Man
Alan Fudge
Dr. Diedrickson
Lilyan Chauvin
Medium
Adam Alexi-Malle
Jacques Carcanogues
Ted Rooney
Bingo Caller
Abraham Benrubi
Party Man
Christian Ferratti
Child
Rhoda Gemignani
Costanza
E.J. Callahan
Customer
Brooke Smith
Sobbing Prisoner
Ron Ross
Banker
Hallie Singleton
Waitress
Jon Donnelly
Gatto Eater
Dan Martin
Bailiff
Nicholas Lanier
Tony
Tom Dahlgren
Judge #1
Booth Colman
Judge #2
Stanley DeSantis
New Man's Customer (as Stanley Desantis)
Peter Siragusa
Bartender
Christopher McDonald
Macadam Salesman
Rick Scarry
District Attorney
George Ives
Lloyd Garroway
Devon Cole Borisoff
Swimming Boy (as Devin Cole Borisoff)
Mary Bogue
Prisoner Visitor
Don Donati
Pie Contest Timer
Arthur Reeves
Flophouse Clerk
Michelle Weber
Dancer (as Michelle Rae Weber)
Randi Pareira
Dancer
Robert Loftin
Dancer
Kenneth Hughes
Dancer
Gordon Hart
Dancer
Brenda Mae Hamilton
Dancer
Lloyd Gordon
Dancer
Leonard Crofoot
Dancer
Rita Bland
Dancer
Audrey K. Baranishyn
Dancer (as Audrey Baranishyn)
Qyn Hughes
Dancer
Rachel McDonald
Dancer
Craig Berenson
Jail Guy (uncredited)
Joan Blair
Prison Matron (uncredited)
Geoffrey Gould
Alpine Rope Toss Man (uncredited)
Paul G. Gray
Man in Courtroom (uncredited)
Phil Hawn
Man in Courtroom (uncredited)
Cherilyn Hayres
Swing Dancer (uncredited)
John Michael Higgins
Emergency Room Physician (uncredited)
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Female inmate (uncredited)
Peter Schrum
Truck Driver (uncredited)
Max Thayer
Witness (uncredited)
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Trivia
Jennifer Jason Leigh dubbed in the murmuring voice of the sobbing prisoner's visitor.
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Joel Coen and Ethan Coen came up with the story while working on The Hudsucker Proxy (1994). While filming the scene in the barbershop, the Coens saw a prop poster of 1940s haircuts and began developing a story about the barber who cut the hair in the poster.
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The title is taken from the William Hughes Mearns poem "Antigonish".
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Goofs
Freddy Riedenschneider says, "I litigate. I don't capitulate." The term "litigation" refers to a civil lawsuit. A criminal defense attorney does not litigate.
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At the end of the movie, Ed enters the prison closing the door behind him. But as apparent from the light shining out, the sound of the closing door is heard well before the door actually closes.
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Ed Crane says that human hair continues to grow after death. This is not actually true; since the skin dries out, shrinking and tightening around the hair follicles after death, this is in fact an optical illusion.
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Quotes
Reidenschneider: You're okay, pal. You're okay, she's okay, everything's gonna be hunky... And the, and the flapjacks, honey.
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Ed Crane: He told them to look not at the facts, but at the meaning of the facts. Then he said the facts had no meaning.
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Big Dave Brewster: Japs had us pinned down in Buna for something like six weeks. Well, I gotta tell ya, I thought *we* had it tough, but, Jesus, we had supply. *They* were eating grubs, nuts, thistles. When we finally up and bust off the beach we found Arnie Bragg, kid missing on recon; the Japs had *eaten* the sonofabitch, if you'll pardon the, uh... And this was a scrawny, pimply kid too, nothin' to write home about. I mean, I never would've, ya know, so what do I say, honey? When I don't like dinner, what do I say? I say, 'Jesus, honey, Arnie Bragg - *again*'?
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Photos from cast
Scarlett Johansson
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