Like a classic firesign theatre record, a good coen brothers movie brings a new experience. George clooney, as baird whitlock, in hail, caesar. Feb 10, 2017 like josh brolins problemsolving studio head in hail, caesar. Joel and ethan coen meander in and around their tinseltown dream factory cracking jokes in a film set a decade after barton finks meltdown.
The bad news is, youll have to wait over a year to see it. I wrote this essay about the jewish themes in hail caesar the yiddishkeyt of the coen brothers in the christian epic hail, caesar. The first which opens the film offers the grand bibleepic spectacle that typified the 50s version of the blockbuster. Theres already some tendency to pitch hail, caesar.
The film stars josh brolin, george clooney, alden ehrenreich, ralph fiennes, jonah hill, scarlett johansson, frances mcdormand, tilda swinton, and channing tatum. Watch the trailer for hail, caesar at the centre of it all is brolins eddie, tempted by a worldbeating job offer from lockheed but still doggedly. Joel and ethan coens seventeenth movie, hail, caesar. Fourtime oscarwinning filmmakers joel and ethan coen no country for old men, true grit, fargo write and direct hail, caesar. Blood simple, raising arizona, millers crossing, barton fink, fargo, the man who wasnt there, burn after reading, and hail, caesar for her performance in fargo she won the academy award for best. Feb 05, 2016 joel and ethan coen meander in and around their tinseltown dream factory cracking jokes in a film set a decade after barton finks meltdown. The movie makes a strong case that the coen brothers feel the same way. It works as a clever satire of 50s hollywood, but falls decidedly flat in insufferably dull stretches.
Set in an unspecified period in 20 thcentury hollywood some time between the end of world war ii and well, certainly before 1960, although the movie is meticulously determined in certain ways to be as ahistorical as possible, hail caesar. Mcdormand has acted in several coen brothers films. How the coens tricked you into thinking hail, caesar. If theres such a thing as pokerfaced exuberance, you can feel it in every loving, teasing frame of joel and ethan coens hail, caesar. When the coen brothers tap alist actors, they come running. What is hail, caesar what isnt hail, caesar its a comedy, a noir, a historical epic, a musical of two different varieties, and a melodrama. Much like its directors joel and ethan coen, their latest movie, hail, caesar.
Great movie you should also check out the death of stalin on netflix its a hilarious satire. Soundtrack songlist movie tracklist ost list listen to original score and full songs, theme music, film score list, the playlist of all of the songs played in the movie, who sings them, including end credits and scene descriptions. Baird whitlock george clooney, the headliner of the studios tentpole film also titled hail, caesar. Feb 03, 2016 joel and ethan coen brothers talk hail, caesar. Set in 1950s hollywood, eddie mannix played by josh brolin is a movie studio fixer, whose job is to keep the. Feb 03, 2016 if theres such a thing as pokerfaced exuberance, you can feel it in every loving, teasing frame of joel and ethan coens hail, caesar. The websites critical consensus reads, packed with period detail and perfectly cast, hail, caesar. The comedy is produced by the coen brothers under their mike zoss productions banner alongside. It inspires the cabal of disgruntled screenwriters behind the movie.
In making a film about hollywood movies of the early. The revered filmmaking duo of joel and ethan coen open up about new film hail, caesar. A hollywood fixer in the 1950s works to keep the studios stars in line. The definitive ranking of all 17 coen brothers movies gq. Fox, up in the air, and the descendants, the latter. Its a movie about the glory days of the industry that churns them out, and how the system so often resembled 1,000 spinning plates wobbling in perfect harmony for a. Amid the bingewatching that quarantined movie lovers are undoubtedly doing.
If you would like to comment on this story or anything else you have seen on bbc culture, head over to. Joel got his break into the industry, working as an assistant editor on sam raimis the. A movie about hollywood at that time is also about the coens own childhood mythology. Josh brolin plays the lead, hollywood fixer eddie mannix, who has to investigate the kidnapping of his studios. But the coen brothers have funnier jokes than spielberg did, and they also know their real stuff. The filmmaking duo have been making films for over thirty years. One of my favourite coen brothers movies, for reasons other than the usual suspense, violence, cerebral. Packed with period detail and perfectly cast, hail, caesar. Oct 09, 2015 universal has released the first hail, caesar. Feb 05, 2016 the new coen brothers film, hail, caesar. It follows movie studio mogul and resident fixer eddie mannix josh brolin, who must handle what just might be the most grueling 36 hours of his professional life.
Fourtime oscarwinning filmmakers joel coen and ethan coen no country for old men, true grit, fargo write and direct hail, caesar. The coen brothers indulge their desire to be the head of their own movie studio in hail, caesar. Eddie mannix josh brolin is a fixer for the hollywood studio capitol pictures in the 1950s whos getting tired of juggling the eclectic personalities that his business attracts. As the editor of a new book on religion and the films of the coens, i had some reason to believe hail caesar could be the coens most religious movie yet about two years ago, as they were doing publicity for inside llewyn. Like josh brolins problemsolving studio head in hail, caesar.
George clooney and josh brolin are part of an allstar cast, but the. The good news is, theres a new coen brothers movie coming. George clooney and josh brolin are part of an allstar cast, but the coens latest film never comes together as a whole. First talked about by the coens in 2004, hail, caesar. Blood simple, raising arizona, millers crossing, barton fink, fargo, the man who wasnt there, burn after reading, and hail, caesar for her performance in fargo she won the academy award for best actress. Oct 09, 2015 fourtime oscarwinning filmmakers joel and ethan coen no country for old men, true grit, fargo write and direct hail, caesar. All george clooney movies ranked coen brothers, as in o brother, burn after reading, and hail, caesar somewhere in between this bawdy george and serious george, youll find material that has drawn clooney some of his highest marks. And brolin, in a heartandsoul performance, takes this crazy quilt of a movie about a man surrounded by. There is much to like in the coen brothers hail, caesar. Joel and ethan coen editing process on hail caesar. Oct 12, 2015 coen brothers fans have been speculating about the reallife inspirations behind their new movie, hail, caesar.
As the editor of a new book on religion and the films of the coens, i had some reason to believe hail caesar could be the coens most religious movie yet. This movie follows a day in the life of eddie mannix josh brolin. Like many, i was more than a little excited about the opening of the new coen brothers film, hail, caesar. Hes considering taking an offer to work for an aviation company, but before he can accept or deny the offer, mannix still has to do his job.
The first sign that the next coen brothers movie would be something special came from the barest bones of advance publicity, revealing. Coen brothers comedy doesnt live up to expectations. The story for the coen brothers latest film follows a single day in the life of a studio fixer josh brolin who is presented with plenty. There is a discussion group where the studio wants to know if its handling of jesus is offensive to anyone in the hail, caesar movie under production and the religious representatives may be offputting to some in their responses though we found it pretty humorous. Our story begins in the early 1950s, hollywoods golden age.
Overall ive seen much worse but when you go to a coen brothers film, you just expect much more. Joel and ethan coen s seventeenth movie, hail, caesar. Mar 06, 2016 watch the trailer for hail, caesar at the centre of it all is brolins eddie, tempted by a worldbeating job offer from lockheed but still doggedly devoted to the madness of the movie business. Click to expand the mega menu click to expand search input. Starring josh brolin, george clooney, alden ehrenreich, ralph fiennes, jonah hill, scarlett johansson, frances mcdormand, tilda swinton and channing tatum, hail, caesar. Created by joel and ethan coen, those mighty monarchs of sendups and satires, this droll tribute to and spoof of hollywood past amuses from beginning to end with its. Coen brothers fans have been speculating about the reallife inspirations behind their new movie, hail, caesar. Its a movie about the glory days of the industry that churns them out, and how the system so often resembled 1,000 spinning plates wobbling in perfect harmony for a split second. With josh brolin, george clooney, alden ehrenreich, ralph fiennes. Legendary filmmakers ethan and joel coen talk about their post production process on hair caesar.