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DVD : The Ladykillers (Full Screen Edition)In association with Amazon.comstarring: Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall, Marlon Wayans, J.K. Simmons, Tzi Ma directed by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen  List Price: $14.99 Amazon.com's Price: $13.49 You Save: $1.50 (10%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: HANKS,TOM EAN: 0786936239492 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Dolby, NTSC Label: Walt Disney Video Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Walt Disney Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: September 07, 2004 Running Time: 104 minutes Studio: Walt Disney Video Theatrical Release Date: March 26, 2004 Sales Rank: 20122 MPN: DISD35107D Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: Academy Award(R)-winning Tom Hanks (Best Actor, FORREST GUMP, 1994; PHILADELPHIA, 1993) turns in a hilariously original performance in THE LADYKILLERS, the laugh-out-loud comedy that explodes with outrageous wit and slapstick humor from the Coen Brothers (O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?, FARGO). Underneath Professor G.H. Dorr's (Hanks) silver-tongued southern gentleman persona is a devious criminal who has assembled a motley gang of thieves to commit the heist of the century by tunneling through his churchgoing landlady's root cellar to a casino's vault of riches. But these cons are far from pros. As their scheme begins blowing up in their faces, their landlady smells a rat. And when she threatens to call the police, they figure they'll just bump her off. After all, how hard can that be? Wickedly funny from start to finish, it would be a crime to miss THE LADYKILLERS. Amazon.com: If you've never enjoyed Alec Guinness in the classic 1955 British comedy that inspired it, the Coen brothers' remake of The Ladykillers may well prove hilarious. For starters, it's got Tom Hanks in a variation of the Guinness role, eccentrically channeling Colonel Sanders, Tennessee Williams, and Edgar Allan Poe in his southern-fried performance as Prof. Goldthwait Higgins Dorr, Ph.D. (named after an actual arts institute curator from the Coens' native Minnesota), a deliciously verbose con man who needs a secret headquarters for his five-man plot to rob a riverboat casino moored on the Mississippi. In the film's funniest and least-caricatured role (and even she can't elude the Coens' comedic stereotyping), Irma P. Hall plays the churchgoing widow who rents a room to Dorr, whose crew of "musicians" (in keeping with the original's plot) use the lady's root cellar to tunnel to the casino's cash-rich counting room. Rampant mishaps ensue, the body count rises among Dorr's band of idiots (including Marlon Wayans, spouting nonstop profanities), and the Coens put their uniquely stylish stamp on everything. It's a funny movie, allowing for some nagging flatness to the material, but if you've seen the original (and other vintage comedies from the heyday of Britain's low-budget Ealing Studios), you'll eventually wonder, what were they thinking? Accounting for all the qualities that grace any Coen movie (this being the first time the brothers have officially shared directorial credit), this revamped Ladykillers is a mixed blessing, both entertaining and superfluous. --Jeff Shannon Average Rating:
 Rating: - FunnyDespite his two Academy awards for the dreadful Philadelphia and Forrest Gump Tom Hanks has never, not once, ever sold me on his dramatic acting abilities. I remember him from that lame 1980s transvestite sitcom with the little blond dweeb who later starred on Newhart. Whenever he tries to emote Hanks just looks silly and cannot help but have a goofy grin on his face. As pallid as his dramatic ability is he is, and has always been, a gifted comedian. This talent has never been put to better ... Read More Rating:  - Edgar Allen Poe meets his RavenHey, I liked it. This is a remake of the wonderful film of the same name starring Alec Guiness. It does not quite live up to the original but it's good in and of itself. The scene has changed from London to Hattiesburg, Mississippi and the Guiness character is Tom Hanks as the Edgar Allen Poe look alike, a silver-tongued cad. He cons an old lady into renting him a room and permitting him and his band members to practice their renaissance rococco music in her root cellar. The problem ... Read More Rating:  - Another One...So the Coen Bros. have done it again. Somehow they created another movie, and I know that a lot of people did not quite enjoy this one, but I did. The Coen brothers have done such an amazing job with all of their films of showing a weird, innocent, and dark side of human nature that no other directors seem to capture. This film is funny and thought-provoking, as for the nature of good and evil. I recommend it. Rating: - Coen Brothers: Film # 11There was something deviously and devilishly fun about this film. The moment you see one person die and realize a whole line of people are about to die, your grin widens and you get more comfortable in your chair. I simply adored this film. I loved Hanks' southern gent professor character. I loved all the oddball hoodlums. I loved the church loving land lord. I loved the idea that Hanks and his goons were "played" in a band using instruments from the Renaissance. I loved how the sheriff ... Read More Rating: - Loved it!Tom Hanks plays his professor character with a depth that makes it truly classic. His portrayal of the wordy, erudite and slightly shady Professor Dorr is letter-perfect. The rest of the characters also put on excellent performances which truly makes this a great film. The "slap reel" was fun too. Browse for similar items by category:
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