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Intolerable Cruelty

Year:

2003

Duration:

100 min

Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Romance

IMDB rate:

6.3

Director:

Joel Coen

Awards:

3 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2003-10-10

Filming Locations: L'Orangerie - 903 North La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $60,000,000

Opening Weekend: $12,525,075 (USA) (12 October 2003)

Gross: $35,327,628 (USA) (11 January 2004)

Cast

Actor

Character

George Clooney

Intolerable Cruelty

Kristin Dattilo

Intolerable Cruelty

Kitana Baker

Intolerable Cruelty

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Marylin

Geoffrey Rush

Donovan Donaly

Cedric the Entertainer

Gus Petch

Edward Herrmann

Rex Rexroth

Paul Adelstein

Wrigley

Richard Jenkins

Freddy Bender

Billy Bob Thornton

Howard D. Doyle

Julia Duffy

Sarah Sorkin

Jonathan Hadary

Heinz, the Baron Krauss von Espy

Tom Aldredge

Herb Myerson

Stacey Travis

Bonnie Donaly

Jack Kyle

Ollie Olerud

Irwin Keyes

Wheezy Joe

Judith Drake

Mrs. Gutman

George Ives

Mrs. Gutman's Lawyer

Booth Colman

Gutman Trial Judge

Wendle Josepher

Miles' Receptionist

Mary Pat Gleason

Nero's Waitress

Mia Cottet

Ramona Barcelona

Kiersten Warren

Claire O'Mara

Rosey Brown

Gus's Pal

Ken Sagoes

Gus's Pal

Dale E. Turner

Gus's Pal

Douglas Fisher

Maitre d'

Nicholas Shaffer

Waiter

Isabell O'Connor

Judge Marva Munson

Mary Gillis

Court Reporter

Colin Linden

Father Scott

Julie Osburn

Stewardess

Gary Marshal

Las Vegas Waiter

Blake Clark

Convention Secretary

Allan Trautman

Convention Lawyer

Kate Luyben

Santa Fe Tart

Camille Anderson

Santa Fe Tart

Tamie Sheffield

Santa Fe Tart

Bridget Marquardt

Santa Fe Tart

Emma Harrison

Santa Fe Tart

John Bliss

Mr. MacKinnon

Patrick Thomas O'Brien

Bailiff

Sean Fenton

Bailiff

Royce D. Applegate

Mr. Gutman

Justine Baker

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Bruce Campbell

Soap Opera Actor on TV (uncredited)

Barbara Kerr Condon

Herb Myerson's Private Nurse

Jason De Hoyos

Gardener

Larry Vigus

Lawyer

Susan Yeagley

Tart #1 (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Billy Bob Thornton speaks very fast in this movie because his character in The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) speaks very slowly. They did the same thing with Steve Buscemi in The Big Lebowski (1998) and Fargo (1996)

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The screenplay was written by Robert Ramsey and Matt Stone and then refashioned by the Coen Brothers in the mid 1990s. Initially the screenplay was attached to Ron Howard and then Jonathan Demme, who had planned to cast Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant in the lead roles.

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Catherine Zeta-Jones was pregnant of her daughter Carys during the shooting of the movie, which was filmed immediately after Chicago (2002), Zeta-Jones' Oscar vehicle.

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Goofs

In Massey's first meeting with Rexroth, the water spit from his mouth onto the table appears and disappears between camera shots.

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During the courtroom scene when Heinz, the Baron Krauss Von Espy first walks up to the witness stand, his dog has a purple bow on its head. In the next shot, the bow is gone, and then it reappears again.

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In Miles Massey's first meeting with Marilyn Rexroth, Marilyn's necklace is hanging slightly off centre. In the next shot, it is hanging perfectly. The necklace moves in these two positions for the next few shots.

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Quotes

Marylin Rexroth: You could see people.

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Miles Massey: Hmm... Hmm... Yes, your husband did show remarkable foresight in taking those pictures. And, yes, absent a swimming pool, the presence of a pool man would appear to be suspicious. But, Madam, who is the real victim here? Let me suggest to you the following. Your husband, who on a prior occasion had slapped you, beat you.

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Miles Massey: Please, sit. Relax. Consider this office your office, your haven, your war room for the duration of the campaign.

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