The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

2018
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
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Title: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Original Title: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Year: 2018

Info

Release Dates

  • UK: November 09 2018
  • United States: November 16 2018

Plot

Although originally conceived as an original Netflix miniseries with six chapters about the American border, it was later announced that the project had been modified to become a full-length film maintaining the structure of six chapters. Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, 'The Ballad of Buster Scruggs' is a western anthology following six different storylines centering on a man named Buster Scruggs. The film won the Best Screenplay award at the 75th Venice Film Festival. Tim Blake Nelson, Willie Watson, James Franco, Liam Neeson, Zoe Kazan, Tom Waits, Harry Melling, Bill Heck, Saul Rubinek, Grainger Hines, Tyne Daly, Jonjo O'Neill and Brendan Gleeson, among others, complete the ensemble cast of the film.

Awards

  • 2019 Academy Awards (Oscars): 3 0
  • 2019 BAFTA Awards: 1 0

Cast

Director:

Joel Coen Joel Coen

Ethan Coen Ethan Coen

Tom Waits

Tom Waits

Prospector

Tim Blake Nelson

Tim Blake Nelson

Buster Scruggs

Liam Neeson

Liam Neeson

Impresario

Zoe Kazan

Zoe Kazan

Alice Longabaugh

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Trivia

The Longest

At 132 minutes, this is the longest film directed by the Coen Brothers.

Reunion

Joel ans Ethan Coen's second collaboration with French cinematographer Bruno Delbonell. The first was 'Inside Llewyn Davis' (2013), which garnered Delbonnel his fourth Oscar nomination.

Format Change

The first project by the Coen brothers to be shot digitally.

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