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DVD Release Date
• R1: Sep 18, 2001
• R2: 1 Jan 2001
Running Time
1 hour, 37 minutes
Country USA
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Other Titles
• Blood Simple.
• Blood Simple - Blut für Blut (1985)
• Blood Simple - Eine mörderische Nacht (1985)
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Genre: Thriller, Drama, Infidelity, Murder, Black Comedy, Suspense, Detectives, Love, Cult Classic
Tagline: Breaking up is hard
Plot: When a bar owner discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife, a complex web of deceit and double crosses ensues in a small Texas town. The Coen brothers' first picture is an intricately plotted film noir filled with surprises at each turn. The cast, largely unkown at the time, includes Dan Hedaya as the cuckolded bar owner, Frances McDormand as the cheating wife, John Getz as the adultering bartender, and the fabulously creepy M. Emmett Walsh as the slimy, sweaty private detective who should not be trusted. The film is a marvel to experience; director of photography Barry Sonnenfeld has created stunning compositions filled with open spaces, and the sound--from the slightest footsteps or dripping water to a sudden shotgun blast--reverberates ominously, as if it is a character unto itself. Directed by Joel Coen and cowritten by Joel and his brother Ethan, BLOOD SIMPLE is an eerie testament to the limitless possibilities of low-budget filmmaking.
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Joel Coen
Fargo, The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou? |
 | Ethan Coen
Fargo, Raising Arizona, The Man Who Wasn't There |
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| Ethan Coen
The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Crimewave |
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 | Dan Hedaya
The Usual Suspects, Mulholland Dr., Alien: Resurrection |
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 | Holly Hunter
The Incredibles, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Raising Arizona |
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 | John Getz
The Fly, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, Men at Work | | |
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