This Could Be Bad For Movie Stars Everywhere!
October 9, 2015 8:56 AM Subscribe
Ooh i love a good caper. Why are there not more capers.
posted by poffin boffin at 9:01 AM on October 9, 2015 [8 favorites]
posted by poffin boffin at 9:01 AM on October 9, 2015 [8 favorites]
The fictitious Capital Pictures is the same studio Barton Fink worked for.
posted by cazoo at 9:02 AM on October 9, 2015 [36 favorites]
posted by cazoo at 9:02 AM on October 9, 2015 [36 favorites]
Japes and Capers!
posted by boo_radley at 9:02 AM on October 9, 2015
posted by boo_radley at 9:02 AM on October 9, 2015
George Clooney's slow morph into Ciaran Hinds nears completion I see.
posted by echocollate at 9:05 AM on October 9, 2015 [20 favorites]
posted by echocollate at 9:05 AM on October 9, 2015 [20 favorites]
I don't know. I think this is bad.
Bad for movie stars everywhere.
posted by maxsparber at 9:05 AM on October 9, 2015 [3 favorites]
Bad for movie stars everywhere.
posted by maxsparber at 9:05 AM on October 9, 2015 [3 favorites]
Channing Tatum is a chorus boy in a Gene Kelly sailor suit! Scarlett Johanson is an Ethel Mirmen alike with a brassy voice! Geoorge Clooney is a drunk Clark Gable/Heston who has apparently been kidnapped by the Hollywood Ten and TILDA SWINTON IS HEDDA HARPER.
I'm so angry I can't watch this right now.
posted by The Whelk at 9:07 AM on October 9, 2015 [41 favorites]
I'm so angry I can't watch this right now.
posted by The Whelk at 9:07 AM on October 9, 2015 [41 favorites]
Scarlett Johanson is an Ethel Mirmen alike with a brassy voice!
I think you mean Esther Williams, although I like the idea that Ethel Merman was an actual merman.
posted by maxsparber at 9:08 AM on October 9, 2015 [53 favorites]
I think you mean Esther Williams, although I like the idea that Ethel Merman was an actual merman.
posted by maxsparber at 9:08 AM on October 9, 2015 [53 favorites]
Although I loathe George Clooney, I'm a huge Coen bros. fan and this looks pretty promising. They totally captured that Ben Hur-era technicolor cinemascope film vibe.
posted by chococat at 9:09 AM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by chococat at 9:09 AM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
I'm too excited for details max
posted by The Whelk at 9:10 AM on October 9, 2015 [16 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 9:10 AM on October 9, 2015 [16 favorites]
CHANNING TATUM DANCING IN A SAILOR SUIT
is my new epithet for slamming my finger in a car door or similar situations.
posted by redsparkler at 9:12 AM on October 9, 2015 [51 favorites]
is my new epithet for slamming my finger in a car door or similar situations.
posted by redsparkler at 9:12 AM on October 9, 2015 [51 favorites]
This looks fabulous! And I'm looking forward to seeing Clooney play someone bumbling and clueless and vain. He so often gets written as generic suave. I appreciate seeing a bit of self-awareness from him. This whole movie looks delightful to me.
(Tilda will make any part she touches amazing.)
posted by chatongriffes at 9:12 AM on October 9, 2015 [4 favorites]
(Tilda will make any part she touches amazing.)
posted by chatongriffes at 9:12 AM on October 9, 2015 [4 favorites]
Perhaps the greatest moment in Burn After Reading is Clooney's manufactured fight with Tilda Swinton, after which, in order to emphasize that they are broken up, he marches upstairs and takes back his sex pillow.
The two are gold together.
posted by maxsparber at 9:14 AM on October 9, 2015 [21 favorites]
The two are gold together.
posted by maxsparber at 9:14 AM on October 9, 2015 [21 favorites]
I'm so angry I can't watch this right now.
Are you sure you mean angry, and not furiously...something?
posted by Sys Rq at 9:14 AM on October 9, 2015
Are you sure you mean angry, and not furiously...something?
posted by Sys Rq at 9:14 AM on October 9, 2015
The brothers are on a mission from God: They's Gettin the Band Back Together
posted by growabrain at 9:18 AM on October 9, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by growabrain at 9:18 AM on October 9, 2015 [3 favorites]
Okay, it's probably entirely because I just finished the Secret History of Hollywood episode on HUAC, but now I'm really hoping that The Future is a group of blacklisted screenwriters and directors who have kidnapped Baird Whitlock to make a movie.
And...
Well, fuck.
I think I just got spoiled on the IMDB page.
No need for speculation now.
posted by Katemonkey at 9:19 AM on October 9, 2015
And...
Well, fuck.
I think I just got spoiled on the IMDB page.
No need for speculation now.
posted by Katemonkey at 9:19 AM on October 9, 2015
And I'm looking forward to seeing Clooney play someone bumbling and clueless and vain
You will enjoy the entirety of his other Coen bros film roles then. They make him bumble as no bumbler has ever before bumbled.
posted by poffin boffin at 9:20 AM on October 9, 2015 [45 favorites]
You will enjoy the entirety of his other Coen bros film roles then. They make him bumble as no bumbler has ever before bumbled.
posted by poffin boffin at 9:20 AM on October 9, 2015 [45 favorites]
OMGIMSOEXCITEDICANTWAIT(ORUSEPUNCTUATION)!!!
posted by mondo dentro at 9:20 AM on October 9, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by mondo dentro at 9:20 AM on October 9, 2015 [4 favorites]
That lodge The Future is meeting in is ...distinctly North By Northwesty
posted by The Whelk at 9:21 AM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by The Whelk at 9:21 AM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
I watched the trailer, and my world was made whole.
posted by No Robots at 9:21 AM on October 9, 2015
posted by No Robots at 9:21 AM on October 9, 2015
I don't know why, but I really have my hopes up for some weird metajoke with the shots of Frances McDormand in an editing bay.
posted by the phlegmatic king at 9:22 AM on October 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by the phlegmatic king at 9:22 AM on October 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
nd I'm looking forward to seeing Clooney play someone bumbling and clueless and vain
You will enjoy the entirety of his other Coen bros film roles then. They make him bumble as no bumbler has ever before bumbled.
They actually call thier movies together "The George Clooney Is An Idiot" series
posted by The Whelk at 9:23 AM on October 9, 2015 [13 favorites]
You will enjoy the entirety of his other Coen bros film roles then. They make him bumble as no bumbler has ever before bumbled.
They actually call thier movies together "The George Clooney Is An Idiot" series
posted by The Whelk at 9:23 AM on October 9, 2015 [13 favorites]
And I'm looking forward to seeing Clooney play someone bumbling and clueless and vain. He so often gets written as generic suave.
Except when he's worked with the Coen Bros usually. His character in O Brother Where Art Thou is one of the funniest they ever put together!
"Damn, we're in a tight spot!"
posted by tittergrrl at 9:24 AM on October 9, 2015 [18 favorites]
Except when he's worked with the Coen Bros usually. His character in O Brother Where Art Thou is one of the funniest they ever put together!
"Damn, we're in a tight spot!"
posted by tittergrrl at 9:24 AM on October 9, 2015 [18 favorites]
I really feel like those roles capture his true self more than anything else he's ever done. See also: Brad Pitt in Burn After Reading.
posted by poffin boffin at 9:25 AM on October 9, 2015 [12 favorites]
posted by poffin boffin at 9:25 AM on October 9, 2015 [12 favorites]
You think that's a Schwinn!
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 9:29 AM on October 9, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 9:29 AM on October 9, 2015 [5 favorites]
I read an interview with Brad Pitt where he talked about having spent years trying to get the Coen Brothers to cast him in one of their movies, and they finally wrote a role for him, and it is one of the stupidest characters they have ever written.
He didn't seem to know how to feel about that, but, my God, it may be his best work.
posted by maxsparber at 9:31 AM on October 9, 2015 [28 favorites]
He didn't seem to know how to feel about that, but, my God, it may be his best work.
posted by maxsparber at 9:31 AM on October 9, 2015 [28 favorites]
Although I loathe George Clooney, I'm a huge Coen bros. fan
That seems like it would be a sad life.
"I loathe Danny Elfman, but I'm a huge Tim Burton fan..."
posted by straight at 9:31 AM on October 9, 2015 [25 favorites]
That seems like it would be a sad life.
"I loathe Danny Elfman, but I'm a huge Tim Burton fan..."
posted by straight at 9:31 AM on October 9, 2015 [25 favorites]
They actually call thier movies together "The George Clooney Is An Idiot" series
I think 90% of their movies are "_____ is an idiot in x location, in y time period," with the location and time period modifying exactly what kind of idiot is portrayed.
posted by LionIndex at 9:33 AM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
I think 90% of their movies are "_____ is an idiot in x location, in y time period," with the location and time period modifying exactly what kind of idiot is portrayed.
posted by LionIndex at 9:33 AM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
Channing Tatum is a chorus boy in a Gene Kelly sailor suit! Scarlett Johanson is an Ethel Mirmen alike with a brassy voice! Geoorge Clooney is a drunk Clark Gable/Heston who has apparently been kidnapped by the Hollywood Ten and TILDA SWINTON IS HEDDA HARPER.
This is everything I never knew I wanted in a movie. This is very exciting. I would totally accept Scarlett Johansson as either Ethel.
posted by everybody had matching towels at 9:34 AM on October 9, 2015 [6 favorites]
This is everything I never knew I wanted in a movie. This is very exciting. I would totally accept Scarlett Johansson as either Ethel.
posted by everybody had matching towels at 9:34 AM on October 9, 2015 [6 favorites]
goddamn metafilter having me spend half my workday in the bathroom watching trailers
posted by griphus at 9:41 AM on October 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by griphus at 9:41 AM on October 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
now i want a post credits scene of your boss on the phone to his wife saying "...and i can hear george clooney's voice from behind the door! what is he doing in there?"
posted by poffin boffin at 9:43 AM on October 9, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by poffin boffin at 9:43 AM on October 9, 2015 [5 favorites]
Clancy Brown!
posted by jason_steakums at 9:44 AM on October 9, 2015 [6 favorites]
posted by jason_steakums at 9:44 AM on October 9, 2015 [6 favorites]
Mannix!
posted by From Bklyn at 9:48 AM on October 9, 2015
posted by From Bklyn at 9:48 AM on October 9, 2015
Hey, a Coen Bros movie about a strange kidnap and lots of people running around with a suitcase filled - perhaps - with money!
This looks like a huge slab of escapist hyperreality fun for grown-ups. It also looks gorgeous - I may have to watch it several times, because I suspect some of that colour work and composition is going to be worth the price of admission by itself.
The only thing that could make it even better than it had darn well better be would be a cameo for Mel Brooks. It feels entangled with his universe.
(and I may try watching this, on a day with choice intoxicants, with Carry On Cleo.)
posted by Devonian at 9:49 AM on October 9, 2015 [5 favorites]
This looks like a huge slab of escapist hyperreality fun for grown-ups. It also looks gorgeous - I may have to watch it several times, because I suspect some of that colour work and composition is going to be worth the price of admission by itself.
The only thing that could make it even better than it had darn well better be would be a cameo for Mel Brooks. It feels entangled with his universe.
(and I may try watching this, on a day with choice intoxicants, with Carry On Cleo.)
posted by Devonian at 9:49 AM on October 9, 2015 [5 favorites]
a cameo for Mel Brooks
YES WHERE IS THIS WHY HASN'T IT HAPPENED
posted by poffin boffin at 9:51 AM on October 9, 2015 [6 favorites]
YES WHERE IS THIS WHY HASN'T IT HAPPENED
posted by poffin boffin at 9:51 AM on October 9, 2015 [6 favorites]
In a world where the real news is just too depressing to contemplate, and the day is gray and rainy, this was a ray of sunshine and brought a smile to my face.
posted by RedOrGreen at 9:51 AM on October 9, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by RedOrGreen at 9:51 AM on October 9, 2015 [3 favorites]
someone alert carl reiner
posted by poffin boffin at 9:51 AM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by poffin boffin at 9:51 AM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
Escapist hyperreality is my favorite Coen Brothers mode and may be my favorite genre period ( that and movies where women in gloves say " My readers demand an answer!" And then slap a newspaper on a desk.)
posted by The Whelk at 9:51 AM on October 9, 2015 [6 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 9:51 AM on October 9, 2015 [6 favorites]
You will enjoy the entirety of his other Coen bros film roles then. They make him bumble as no bumbler has ever before bumbled.
"Are you.... Wheezy Joe?"
posted by the man of twists and turns at 9:53 AM on October 9, 2015 [4 favorites]
"Are you.... Wheezy Joe?"
posted by the man of twists and turns at 9:53 AM on October 9, 2015 [4 favorites]
Oh, man. I just might go back into a theater (after about ten years of not going) for this one. That's a killer cast.
posted by Thorzdad at 9:53 AM on October 9, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by Thorzdad at 9:53 AM on October 9, 2015 [3 favorites]
Not that I need to be sold on a new Coen Bros movie, but I am 1000% percent up for George Clooney's Golden Age of Hollywood Adventures.
posted by sparkletone at 10:00 AM on October 9, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by sparkletone at 10:00 AM on October 9, 2015 [4 favorites]
They sure like to do movies about kidnappings, don't they? It's like the go-to Coen Bros. plot.
posted by fungible at 10:07 AM on October 9, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by fungible at 10:07 AM on October 9, 2015 [3 favorites]
George Clooney looks like he is from Old Hollywood (he's got that Clark Gable/Gene Kelly/maybe Tony Curtis vibe) so all you really have to do is plop him into the right suit, or in this case, the right Roman gladiator costume, et voila.
(also Cary Grant, yeah)
posted by emjaybee at 10:12 AM on October 9, 2015 [3 favorites]
(also Cary Grant, yeah)
posted by emjaybee at 10:12 AM on October 9, 2015 [3 favorites]
Man why isn't Jon Polito in this? I miss him in Coen Bros movies and this one has exactly the right tone.
posted by jason_steakums at 10:13 AM on October 9, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by jason_steakums at 10:13 AM on October 9, 2015 [4 favorites]
By using Ralph Fiennes, they've cinched the Wes Anderson/Coen Brothers Casting Pool Venn Diagram another five degrees tighter.
The ball is in Anderson's court now. If he chooses to retaliate by offering meaty roles to John Goodman and J.K. Simmons, then god help us all.
posted by Iridic at 10:17 AM on October 9, 2015 [27 favorites]
The ball is in Anderson's court now. If he chooses to retaliate by offering meaty roles to John Goodman and J.K. Simmons, then god help us all.
posted by Iridic at 10:17 AM on October 9, 2015 [27 favorites]
great trailer.
My only concern is that the Hudsucker Proxy also made for a great trailer and that lost me forever around the the half-hour point.
posted by philip-random at 10:25 AM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
My only concern is that the Hudsucker Proxy also made for a great trailer and that lost me forever around the the half-hour point.
posted by philip-random at 10:25 AM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
Such a pity that's my above all others favorite Coen
posted by The Whelk at 10:27 AM on October 9, 2015 [7 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 10:27 AM on October 9, 2015 [7 favorites]
Well, Hudsucker Proxy was, you know, for kids.
posted by maxsparber at 10:27 AM on October 9, 2015 [28 favorites]
posted by maxsparber at 10:27 AM on October 9, 2015 [28 favorites]
oh god what if jonah hill gets nominated for another oscar
posted by dismas at 10:27 AM on October 9, 2015 [6 favorites]
posted by dismas at 10:27 AM on October 9, 2015 [6 favorites]
George Clooney, known for his Caesar haircut for so many years on ER, in a Caesar haircut? I mean...that's probably the entire reason for the movie, right there!
posted by xingcat at 10:29 AM on October 9, 2015 [8 favorites]
posted by xingcat at 10:29 AM on October 9, 2015 [8 favorites]
that will truly be the darkest timeline
posted by poffin boffin at 10:30 AM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by poffin boffin at 10:30 AM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
Sure sure.
posted by ColdChef at 10:31 AM on October 9, 2015 [11 favorites]
posted by ColdChef at 10:31 AM on October 9, 2015 [11 favorites]
Has anyone else noticed how quotable their films are?
posted by maxsparber at 10:33 AM on October 9, 2015 [6 favorites]
posted by maxsparber at 10:33 AM on October 9, 2015 [6 favorites]
I totally spotted Patrick Fischler in there, too, which is as it should be. They should set up something where he's automatically added to the cast of any movie set in a certain era.
posted by redsparkler at 10:33 AM on October 9, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by redsparkler at 10:33 AM on October 9, 2015 [4 favorites]
I don't know why, but I really have my hopes up for some weird metajoke with the shots of Frances McDormand in an editing bay.
This film? It's gonna be weird meta-jokes all the way down. Lots of ins, lots of outs, lots of strands to keep in your head as you're watching.
posted by notyou at 10:34 AM on October 9, 2015 [7 favorites]
This film? It's gonna be weird meta-jokes all the way down. Lots of ins, lots of outs, lots of strands to keep in your head as you're watching.
posted by notyou at 10:34 AM on October 9, 2015 [7 favorites]
I totally spotted Patrick Fischler in there, too, which is as it should be. They should set up something where he's automatically added to the cast of any movie set in a certain era.
As long as he doesn't head back behind the dumpster.
posted by maxsparber at 10:34 AM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
As long as he doesn't head back behind the dumpster.
posted by maxsparber at 10:34 AM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
My only concern is that the Hudsucker Proxy also made for a great trailer and that lost me forever around the the half-hour point.
Sometimes I wonder if I'm high or if it's everyone else.
posted by middleclasstool at 10:37 AM on October 9, 2015 [7 favorites]
Sometimes I wonder if I'm high or if it's everyone else.
posted by middleclasstool at 10:37 AM on October 9, 2015 [7 favorites]
This is the first time I've actually wanted to see a movie in theaters in a long damn time (well, this and Hateful 8).
posted by littlesq at 10:48 AM on October 9, 2015
posted by littlesq at 10:48 AM on October 9, 2015
Yeah, Hudsucker is the most underrated Coen Bros movie to me.
posted by pmurray63 at 10:48 AM on October 9, 2015 [13 favorites]
posted by pmurray63 at 10:48 AM on October 9, 2015 [13 favorites]
CHANNING TATUM DANCING IN A SAILOR SUIT
is my new epithet for slamming my finger in a car door or similar situations.
That does sound like a line they might use in a TV edit to substitute for John Goodman swearing in a Coen Brothers movie!
"Has the whole world gone crazy? Am I the only one around here who sees Channing Tatum dancing in a sailor suit?! Mark it zero!"
posted by Celsius1414 at 10:50 AM on October 9, 2015 [11 favorites]
is my new epithet for slamming my finger in a car door or similar situations.
That does sound like a line they might use in a TV edit to substitute for John Goodman swearing in a Coen Brothers movie!
"Has the whole world gone crazy? Am I the only one around here who sees Channing Tatum dancing in a sailor suit?! Mark it zero!"
posted by Celsius1414 at 10:50 AM on October 9, 2015 [11 favorites]
This is everything I never knew I wanted.
posted by Maladroid at 10:54 AM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Maladroid at 10:54 AM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
Seems... possible that the female characters have depth and are not just set dressing? I hope so! I mean, it looks like it, but trailers can be sneaky.
posted by duffell at 10:56 AM on October 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by duffell at 10:56 AM on October 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
Everything is amazing and I'm terribly excited to see it, and then I see it's released in... February?
Did they not make it in time for the Oscar Prestige season? There have been some amazing February movies, but it does give off a hint of a lack of confidence from the studio.
posted by chimaera at 10:58 AM on October 9, 2015 [3 favorites]
Did they not make it in time for the Oscar Prestige season? There have been some amazing February movies, but it does give off a hint of a lack of confidence from the studio.
posted by chimaera at 10:58 AM on October 9, 2015 [3 favorites]
he's got that Clark Gable/Gene Kelly/maybe Tony Curtis vibe
In this instance, with that costume, I would say he is very reminiscent of Victor Mature.
posted by biffa at 11:00 AM on October 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
In this instance, with that costume, I would say he is very reminiscent of Victor Mature.
posted by biffa at 11:00 AM on October 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
Alden Ehrenreich really has that Audie Murphy look down cold.
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 11:04 AM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 11:04 AM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
Wow, that just put a smile on my face :-)
Although, it does seem they're intent on putting Clooney in an ever more bumbling role each movie. I'm not sure if I think this might have jumped the shark for sheer bumbly-ness ...
I wish I could go to the movie theater and watch this right now.
posted by MacD at 11:06 AM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
Although, it does seem they're intent on putting Clooney in an ever more bumbling role each movie. I'm not sure if I think this might have jumped the shark for sheer bumbly-ness ...
I wish I could go to the movie theater and watch this right now.
posted by MacD at 11:06 AM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
i just got really sad at the fact that a remake of some like it hot might end up starring channing tatum and jonah hill
posted by poffin boffin at 11:06 AM on October 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by poffin boffin at 11:06 AM on October 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
and not brad pitt and george clooney as god intended
posted by poffin boffin at 11:06 AM on October 9, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by poffin boffin at 11:06 AM on October 9, 2015 [5 favorites]
There must be a zillion Easter eggs in that trailer I'm not catching. That music that starts up when the word "Mannix" appears on the screen? (Not exactly the Mannix theme song, but still...) Did they wing a "49th Parallel" reference in there with that submarine?
posted by lagomorphius at 11:13 AM on October 9, 2015
posted by lagomorphius at 11:13 AM on October 9, 2015
Not exactly an Easter egg as a jokey aside but @SamuelAAdams: Hail, Caesar! features a director named Laurence Laurentz.
posted by The Whelk at 11:16 AM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by The Whelk at 11:16 AM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
(also Cary Grant, yeah)
Yeah I keep wondering when he's going to start doing updated versions of Cary Grant movies. Maybe he thinks it would be too obvious?
posted by fuse theorem at 11:20 AM on October 9, 2015 [3 favorites]
Yeah I keep wondering when he's going to start doing updated versions of Cary Grant movies. Maybe he thinks it would be too obvious?
posted by fuse theorem at 11:20 AM on October 9, 2015 [3 favorites]
Tantalizingly served up in a promo piece for Inside Llewyn Davis:
Right now, the brothers are plainly excited about what they're writing, which they proudly explain, is set in ancient Rome. It's the allure of the unexpected, all over again.posted by mazola at 11:23 AM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
"It's like: Would you ever do a sandal movie?" laughs Joel. "It's big," says Ethan, grinning. "We're interested in the big questions. And we don't (expletive) around with subtext. This one especially."
Though their movies usually revel in the absurdity of life's predicaments, Ethan promises this film has answers: "It's not like our piddly 'A Serious Man.'" Chimes Joel: "That was a cop-out. We just totally chickened out on that one."
I totally spotted Patrick Fischler in there, too, which is as it should be. They should set up something where he's automatically added to the cast of any movie set in a certain era.
As long as he doesn't head back behind the dumpster.
For reals. I get a creeping sense of dread every time I see that man on a screen.
posted by oneirodynia at 11:31 AM on October 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
As long as he doesn't head back behind the dumpster.
For reals. I get a creeping sense of dread every time I see that man on a screen.
posted by oneirodynia at 11:31 AM on October 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
Considering the metajoke that Cary Grant always just played Cary Grant I think the premise might have started "What if Cary Grant was literally kidnapped by spies?"
posted by The Whelk at 11:34 AM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by The Whelk at 11:34 AM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
Although I loathe George Clooney
Oh man, I love Clooney. The Oceans 11-13 movies are some of my favourites. Love the Coens. Can't wait.
posted by jimmythefish at 11:45 AM on October 9, 2015
Oh man, I love Clooney. The Oceans 11-13 movies are some of my favourites. Love the Coens. Can't wait.
posted by jimmythefish at 11:45 AM on October 9, 2015
Channing Tatum is a chorus boy in a Gene Kelly sailor suit!
I just cant help but love that sexy potato man.
posted by Windigo at 11:59 AM on October 9, 2015 [5 favorites]
I just cant help but love that sexy potato man.
posted by Windigo at 11:59 AM on October 9, 2015 [5 favorites]
"Escapist: Hyperreality" is the name of my pan-flute ensemble.
posted by blue_beetle at 12:01 PM on October 9, 2015 [7 favorites]
posted by blue_beetle at 12:01 PM on October 9, 2015 [7 favorites]
After reading some of the comments, I went over to YouTube to watch the last scene of "Burn After Reading" with J.K. Simmons. To be honest, that film is one of my least favorite of the Coen Brothers, but that last scene is absolutely golden.
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 12:01 PM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 12:01 PM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
"I loathe Danny Elfman, but I'm a huge Tim Burton fan..."
Love Danny Elfman. Haven't loved Tim Burton for a while but I still hope and try.
The Coens actually do a great job of making Clooney palatable for me. I guess it's a sort of smarminess when he's trying to be funny in certain things that bugs me, I can't put my finger on it. It's like a visceral thing, especially when I see him on a talk show and he just grinds the comedy to a halt. I thought he was good in the Descendants actually, so maybe loathe is too strong.
posted by chococat at 12:01 PM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
Love Danny Elfman. Haven't loved Tim Burton for a while but I still hope and try.
The Coens actually do a great job of making Clooney palatable for me. I guess it's a sort of smarminess when he's trying to be funny in certain things that bugs me, I can't put my finger on it. It's like a visceral thing, especially when I see him on a talk show and he just grinds the comedy to a halt. I thought he was good in the Descendants actually, so maybe loathe is too strong.
posted by chococat at 12:01 PM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
I will be especially pleased if all the actors in the Roman picture speak exclusively in either Brooklyn or English public-school accents.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 12:28 PM on October 9, 2015 [7 favorites]
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 12:28 PM on October 9, 2015 [7 favorites]
Ooh i love a good caper. Why are there not more capers.
Because plotting is hard. Damned hard.
posted by BWA at 12:35 PM on October 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
Because plotting is hard. Damned hard.
posted by BWA at 12:35 PM on October 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
Mannix treats centurions like actors, man.
posted by rhizome at 1:16 PM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by rhizome at 1:16 PM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
Usually love Coen Bros films but this looks a lot like Burn After Reading which I really didn't like. I'll still go see it in the theater because the combination of Coen Brothers and old Hollywood is too much to resist but this trailer doesn't work for me.
posted by octothorpe at 1:20 PM on October 9, 2015
posted by octothorpe at 1:20 PM on October 9, 2015
tittergrrl: "And I'm looking forward to seeing Clooney play someone bumbling and clueless and vain. He so often gets written as generic suave.
Except when he's worked with the Coen Bros usually. His character in O Brother Where Art Thou is one of the funniest they ever put together!
"Damn, we're in a tight spot!""
Nope. He's suave in that one. Because, you know, he's a Dapper Dan man.
posted by Samizdata at 1:25 PM on October 9, 2015 [4 favorites]
Except when he's worked with the Coen Bros usually. His character in O Brother Where Art Thou is one of the funniest they ever put together!
"Damn, we're in a tight spot!""
Nope. He's suave in that one. Because, you know, he's a Dapper Dan man.
posted by Samizdata at 1:25 PM on October 9, 2015 [4 favorites]
Johanson's accent is what sent me over the edge into "Why can't I go see this noooooowwwwwww?!" I have to think that this movie would have been so much fun to cast, if you are at all interested in old Hollywood.
Weirdly, it took me 2 1/3 watchings to really like The Hudsucker Proxy
posted by julen at 1:27 PM on October 9, 2015
Weirdly, it took me 2 1/3 watchings to really like The Hudsucker Proxy
posted by julen at 1:27 PM on October 9, 2015
And I'm looking forward to seeing Clooney play someone bumbling and clueless and vain. He so often gets written as generic suave.
Except when he's worked with the Coen Bros usually. His character in O Brother Where Art Thou is one of the funniest they ever put together!
Except when he's worked with the Coen Bros usually. His character in O Brother Where Art Thou is one of the funniest they ever put together!
Ethan began the tributes, by stating: “George Clooney is special because he’s always ready to play an idiot!”posted by griphus at 1:34 PM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
To which brother Joel added: “It’s funny, on the last day of shooting on [Burn After Reading], Ethan said: “That’s a wrap!” And George said: “OK, I’ve played my last idiot!” So I guess he won’t be working with us again [laughs].”
I don't know. I think this is bad.
Bad for movie stars everywhere.
maxsparber, would you be a dear and post a list of other movies you loathe?
Just title it "Metafilter Must-See Movies" and put it up on the cloud somewhere. Kthxbye!
posted by IAmBroom at 1:39 PM on October 9, 2015
Bad for movie stars everywhere.
maxsparber, would you be a dear and post a list of other movies you loathe?
Just title it "Metafilter Must-See Movies" and put it up on the cloud somewhere. Kthxbye!
posted by IAmBroom at 1:39 PM on October 9, 2015
> That's a killer cast.
Josh Brolin! Loved him in Sicario, as Bigfoot Bjornsen in Inherent Vice and when Men in Black 3 forced itself on to my TV and I couldn't resist, who should pop up as a young Tommy Lee Jones, but good ol' J.B.?
Reluctant to see him kill Sean Penn in Milk, but I've put that one off long enough.
> Although I loathe George Clooney
He of the "sparkly eyes technique"? How could you?
posted by morganw at 1:59 PM on October 9, 2015
Josh Brolin! Loved him in Sicario, as Bigfoot Bjornsen in Inherent Vice and when Men in Black 3 forced itself on to my TV and I couldn't resist, who should pop up as a young Tommy Lee Jones, but good ol' J.B.?
Reluctant to see him kill Sean Penn in Milk, but I've put that one off long enough.
> Although I loathe George Clooney
He of the "sparkly eyes technique"? How could you?
posted by morganw at 1:59 PM on October 9, 2015
maxsparber, would you be a dear and post a list of other movies you loathe?
Just title it "Metafilter Must-See Movies" and put it up on the cloud somewhere. Kthxbye!
[looks at the title of the post]
[reads maxsparber's comment]
this is definitely, 100% a serious statement. no question
posted by Rustic Etruscan at 2:06 PM on October 9, 2015 [4 favorites]
Just title it "Metafilter Must-See Movies" and put it up on the cloud somewhere. Kthxbye!
[looks at the title of the post]
[reads maxsparber's comment]
this is definitely, 100% a serious statement. no question
posted by Rustic Etruscan at 2:06 PM on October 9, 2015 [4 favorites]
I just wish the Coen brothers decided to do the adaptation of the Yiddish Policemen's Union:
Mother Jones: What about The Yiddish Policeman's Union?
Michael Chabon: Nothing. The Coen brothers wrote a draft of a script and then they seemed to move on. The rights have lapsed back to me.
posted by ShooBoo at 2:11 PM on October 9, 2015 [8 favorites]
Mother Jones: What about The Yiddish Policeman's Union?
Michael Chabon: Nothing. The Coen brothers wrote a draft of a script and then they seemed to move on. The rights have lapsed back to me.
posted by ShooBoo at 2:11 PM on October 9, 2015 [8 favorites]
I just wish the Coen brothers decided to do the adaptation of the Yiddish Policemen's Union
I might be willing to sell a body part to see that.
(not mine, of course)
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 2:22 PM on October 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
I might be willing to sell a body part to see that.
(not mine, of course)
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 2:22 PM on October 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
I might be willing to sell a body part to see that.
(not mine, of course)
I, uh, could get you a toe by 3 o'clock this afternoon. With nail polish.
posted by Copronymus at 2:27 PM on October 9, 2015 [15 favorites]
(not mine, of course)
I, uh, could get you a toe by 3 o'clock this afternoon. With nail polish.
posted by Copronymus at 2:27 PM on October 9, 2015 [15 favorites]
A toe? I'd be surprised if AlonzoMosleyFBI accepts anything except a foot in a toaster oven.
posted by dazed_one at 2:33 PM on October 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by dazed_one at 2:33 PM on October 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
But will we get a cameo by Barton Fink?
posted by dannyboybell at 2:48 PM on October 9, 2015
posted by dannyboybell at 2:48 PM on October 9, 2015
Yeah, the release date troubles me a little too. But at least it's not January.
posted by hwestiii at 3:39 PM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by hwestiii at 3:39 PM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
"The film also features 1980s heavyweights Christopher Lambert, Fisher Stevens and, as a Soviet submarine commander, Dolph Lundgren."
(and according to imdb, Vork from The Guild as "bald extra")
posted by effbot at 4:27 PM on October 9, 2015
(and according to imdb, Vork from The Guild as "bald extra")
posted by effbot at 4:27 PM on October 9, 2015
Vork is in the trailer at :43! Blink and you'll miss it.
posted by jason_steakums at 4:32 PM on October 9, 2015
posted by jason_steakums at 4:32 PM on October 9, 2015
Having clicked nothing yet I'm hoping for a feature length version of "Daddy's Boy" (c.f. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt). Will hush and watch now.
posted by travertina at 4:52 PM on October 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by travertina at 4:52 PM on October 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
Needs more Victor Mature
posted by clavdivs at 6:06 PM on October 9, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by clavdivs at 6:06 PM on October 9, 2015 [4 favorites]
Man why isn't Jon Polito in this? I miss him in Coen Bros movies and this one has exactly the right tone.
I was going to say that's because he died, but that was his character Steve Crosetti on Homicide. He died off screen and I still believed it.
posted by ActingTheGoat at 6:20 PM on October 9, 2015
I was going to say that's because he died, but that was his character Steve Crosetti on Homicide. He died off screen and I still believed it.
posted by ActingTheGoat at 6:20 PM on October 9, 2015
darlings, it's Hedda HOPPER, not Harper...
posted by mollymillions at 6:31 PM on October 9, 2015
posted by mollymillions at 6:31 PM on October 9, 2015
Not the way she says it
posted by The Whelk at 6:48 PM on October 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 6:48 PM on October 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
Speaking of Coen Bros. "Easter eggs" and inside jokes, has anyone noticed that the character name of "Wheezy Joe" in "Intolerable Cruelty" (2003) was preceded by the call letters of the radio station in "O Brother, Where Art Thou" (2000): W E Z Y
Coincidence? I think not. How far in advance do they plan these little details?
posted by spock at 8:19 PM on October 9, 2015 [3 favorites]
Coincidence? I think not. How far in advance do they plan these little details?
posted by spock at 8:19 PM on October 9, 2015 [3 favorites]
The judge from Intolerable Cruelty has the same name as the protagonist from The Ladykillers: Marva Munson.
Corn Brothers films don't exist in the same universe, but in separate universes that bleed into each other.
posted by maxsparber at 8:52 PM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
Corn Brothers films don't exist in the same universe, but in separate universes that bleed into each other.
posted by maxsparber at 8:52 PM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
There have been some amazing February movies, but it does give off a hint of a lack of confidence from the studio.
Yeah, the release date troubles me a little too.
Silence of the Lambs premiered on Valentine's Day too. I'm not worried.
posted by tzikeh at 9:38 PM on October 9, 2015
Yeah, the release date troubles me a little too.
Silence of the Lambs premiered on Valentine's Day too. I'm not worried.
posted by tzikeh at 9:38 PM on October 9, 2015
Well I think it's important to maintain a positive attitude. Always up. Always ebullient.
posted by isthmus at 10:57 PM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by isthmus at 10:57 PM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
Alden Ehrenreich really has that Audie Murphy look down cold.
and that's such a specific Westerns period reference that I feel COMPLETELY PANDERED TOO IN THE BEST WAY
posted by The Whelk at 12:10 AM on October 10, 2015 [2 favorites]
I have to go rewatch O Brother Where Art Thou like ten times RIGHT NOW so I can deal with not being able to watch this instantly.
posted by BlueJae at 9:51 AM on October 10, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by BlueJae at 9:51 AM on October 10, 2015 [1 favorite]
George always looked like his father but it's getting even closer as he ages.
posted by Mick at 2:57 PM on October 10, 2015
posted by Mick at 2:57 PM on October 10, 2015
Needs more Stephen Root.
posted by Nerd of the North at 10:54 AM on October 11, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Nerd of the North at 10:54 AM on October 11, 2015 [1 favorite]
Doesn't everything, though?
posted by everybody had matching towels at 1:18 PM on October 11, 2015
posted by everybody had matching towels at 1:18 PM on October 11, 2015
poffin boffin: "I really feel like those roles capture his true self more than anything else he's ever done."
Clearly someone has forgotten his career-defining work on The Facts of Life.
posted by Chrysostom at 6:35 PM on October 11, 2015
Clearly someone has forgotten his career-defining work on The Facts of Life.
posted by Chrysostom at 6:35 PM on October 11, 2015
~Brolin's character is called Edward Mannix.
~Joseph Edgar Allen John Mannix, commonly known as Eddie, was M-G-M's "fixer" and protector of its stars' private lives.
~Brolin's office door reads "Head Of Physical Production."
Tee-hee!
posted by On the Corner at 12:34 AM on October 13, 2015 [1 favorite]
~Joseph Edgar Allen John Mannix, commonly known as Eddie, was M-G-M's "fixer" and protector of its stars' private lives.
~Brolin's office door reads "Head Of Physical Production."
Tee-hee!
posted by On the Corner at 12:34 AM on October 13, 2015 [1 favorite]
In June 2014, Universal Pictures announced they had acquired the rights to distribute Hail, Caesar!, a film based on Mannix's career scheduled for release on February 5, 2016.[11][12] Joel and Ethan Coen will write and direct the film and Josh Brolin will portray Mannix.[13] In October 2014, George Clooney, Ralph Fiennes, Scarlett Johansson, Jonah Hill, Tilda Swinton, and Channing Tatum were announced as castSo, yeah.
posted by Sys Rq at 7:29 AM on October 13, 2015
It's hard to overstate how much power the studio fixers had and how much more owner MGM's fixer had. Close personal friend of the AG and everything, police on the payroll, journalist is tied up - you could literally get away with murder it was in the best interests of MGM.
posted by The Whelk at 8:11 AM on October 13, 2015
posted by The Whelk at 8:11 AM on October 13, 2015
Slate's annotated version of the trailer.
posted by octothorpe at 5:02 AM on October 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by octothorpe at 5:02 AM on October 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
(For people who want some Coen brothers before February , Spielberg's latest is out now and is getting good reviews. Co-written by Ethan & Joel.)
posted by effbot at 5:33 PM on October 16, 2015
posted by effbot at 5:33 PM on October 16, 2015
Seems a little weird that they've been doing scripts for other filmmakers lately. They also wrote Angelina Jolie's last film.
posted by octothorpe at 7:14 PM on October 16, 2015
posted by octothorpe at 7:14 PM on October 16, 2015
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