Tom Hanks teams up for the first time with filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen for this retelling of the critically acclaimed 1955 comedy, THE LADYKILLERS. Hanks stars as Goldthwait Higginson Dorr III, Ph.D., a charlatan professor who's assembled a gang of experts for the heist of the century. The thieves: experts in explosions, tunneling, and muscle, and the critical inside man. The base of operations: the root cellar of an unsuspecting, church-going little old lady named Mrs. Munson (Hall). The ruse: the five need a place to practice their church music. The problem: it quickly becomes evident that Dorr's thieves lack the mental capacity to do the job. The bigger problem: they have all seriously underestimated their upstairs host. When Mrs. Munson stumbles onto their plot and threatens to notify the authorities, the felonious five decide to do her in. After all, how hard can it be to knock off one old lady?
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March 24, 2004: Quiz: Coen Brothers:
Despite their most recent work not delivering
as consistently "high-level" entertainment and craftsmanship as their
earlier stuff a la BLOOD SIMPLE, MILLER'S CROSSING and RAISING ARIZONA, the Coen
brothers remain one of America' s most unique and...
March 16, 2004: Pics: The Ladykillers:
I'm not sure about this movie. First
of all, since when do the Coen bros bang two movies out in two years flat?
They used to take their time between flicks, but in the past 5 years, they've
come out with 4 movies. Don't "pull a Woody Allen",...
February 16, 2004: New Movie Posters:
We've added a few new UPCOMING
MOVIE POSTERS to our archives today (thanks to MovieWeb
for the head's up on some of them), including an interesting poster for Johnny
Depp's latest film entitled SECRET
WINDOW , which looks an awful lot like the poster...
December 19, 2003: Kidman, Hanks Trailers:
Nicole Kidman is looking hotter than ever in the new trailer from THE
STEPFORD WIVES. Entertainment tonight shared some footage of the new Frank Oz
film that's due out on June 11th, 2004. I never really realized the cast that
has been assembled for this...
November 26, 2003: Ladykillers pic!:
Following the huge gallery of stills that Liam over at Empire Movies posted a little while back (which were taken down shortly thereafter following a visit from some hired goons), a pretty stylin' new (official?) pic of Tom Hanks from the upcoming Coen Brothers...
October 17, 2003: Hanks' Ladykillers pics:
Like the shots of Keira Knightley from KING ARTHUR, Disney had Empire Movies remove the LADYKILLERS pics from their site and we've removed them from here as well...
I've got to hand it to Tom Hanks. He could just coast on his Oscars and his squeaky clean...
