The Man Who Wasn't There

The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)

Timing: 1:56 (116 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2001-10-26

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Production

Good Machine, Working Title Films, Mike Zoss Productions, USA Films

Genre

Crime, Drama

Budget

$20 000 000

Revenue

$18 916 623

Website

https://www.uphe.com/movies/the-man-who-wasnt-there

Director

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Actors

Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, Michael Badalucco, James Gandolfini, Katherine Borowitz, Jon Polito, Scarlett Johansson, Richard Jenkins, Tony Shalhoub, Christopher Kriesa
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Scenario

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Producer

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner

Operator

Roger Deakins

Composer

Carter Burwell

Artist

Lance Hammer

Audition

Ellen Chenoweth

Editing

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Tricia Cooke
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• The film was shot in color, but was 'converted' to black and white using special technologies. Due to a laboratory error, at least one copy of the film was released with the first reel remaining in color.
• In the music studio episode, the pianist, played by Adam Alexi-Malle, performs the beginning of Franz Liszt's (1811-1886) Piano Concerto No. 1. Prior to this, the Coen brothers were unaware that Alexi-Malle was an accomplished pianist.
• The film's title is taken from the poem "Antigone" (1899) by American educator and poet William Hughes Mearns (1875-1965).
• Joel and Ethan Coen conceived the plot of this film while shooting "The Hudsucker Proxy" (1994). While filming a scene in a barbershop, the Coens spotted one of the props – a 1940s haircut advertisement poster – and began to devise a story about a barber.
• Billy Bob Thornton trusted the Coens so much that he agreed to appear in the film without even reading the script.
• The film was shot in color, but was "translated" into black and white using special technologies. Due to a laboratory error, at least one copy of the film was released with the first reel remaining in color.
• The film's title comes from the poem "Antigonish" (1899) by American educator and poet William Hughes Mearns (1875-1965).