In 1967, physics professor Larry Gopnik faces a cascade of personal crises: his wife is leaving him for a colleague, his brother is couch-surfing, and his children are misbehaving. Amidst academic pressures and distractions, including a troublesome graduate student and a tempting neighbor, Larry's quest for balance unfolds with Coen brothers' signature humor.
Cormac McCarthy wurde 1933 in Rhode Island geboren und wuchs in Knoxville, Tennessee auf. Für sein literarisches Werk wurde er mit zahlreichen Preisen ausgezeichnet, unter anderem mit dem Pulitzerpreis und dem National Book Award. Die amerikanische Kritik feierte seinen Roman «Die Straße» als «das dem Alten Testament am nächsten kommende Buch der Literaturgeschichte» (Publishers Weekly). Das Buch gelangte auf Platz 1 der New-York-Times-Bestsellerliste und verkaufte sich weltweit mehr als eine Million Mal. Mehrere von McCarthys Büchern wurden bereits aufsehenerregend verfilmt, «Kein Land für alte Männer» von den Coen-Brüdern, «Der Anwalt» von Ridley Scott und «Ein Kind Gottes» von James Franco. Cormac McCarthy starb im Juni 2023 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Nikolaus Stingl, geb. 1952 in Baden-Baden, übersetzte unter anderem William Gaddis, William Gass, Graham Greene, Cormac McCarthy und Thomas Pynchon. Er wurde mit dem Heinrich Maria Ledig-Rowohlt-Übersetzerpreis, dem Literaturpreis der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart, dem Paul- Celan-Preis und dem Straelener Übersetzerpreis der Kunststiftung NRW ausgezeichnet.
Winner of the Academy Award as the best Original Screenplay of 1996.Set in the midst of the bleak midwinter snow drifts of the American Midwest, Fargo is a story of murder and mayhem.Stylistically, Fargo -in its observation of a specific Minnesota community-is at the opposite end of the spectrum from the post-modernism of The Hudsucker Proxy and the baroque hallucinations of Barton Fink . Fargo exposes the dark side of existence, but the grimness of the tale is alleviated by the laconic humor with which the characters greet their fates. The plot is executed with brilliance, and yet the writing also reveals a humanity at its core.
The screenplay to another offbeat movie by the Academy Award-winning Coen brothers. As a result of a case of mistaken identity, Jeffrey Lebowski - alias The Dude - finds himself entangled in a kidnapping caper as a bag man - a situation that goes from bad to even worse due to the interference of his hapless bowling partners.
It's easy to see why Raising Arizona is one of the best and most beloved films that Ethan and Joel Coen have yet to create. The cultish humor, original characters, fresh cinematography, catchy soundtrack, and zany yet well-structured plot to be found in this film are all Coen brothers trademarks. Nicholas Cage plays a veteran criminal who marries a prison guard named Edwina (Holly Hunter). Because he and his wife cannot conceive, our convict-hero kidnaps, with only the most earnest intentions, one of the famous "Arizona Quintuplets." A hellacious bounty-hunting biker and two old pals who have just escaped from the pen make it very hard for the couple to raise their child properly.This is a movie—and a screenplay—marked by breathless chases, improbable scenes, and hilarious dialogue throughout.