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Billy Bob Thornton | ... | Ed Crane | |
Frances McDormand | ... | Doris Crane | |
Michael Badalucco | ... | Frank | |
James Gandolfini | ... | Big Dave Brewster | |
Katherine Borowitz | ... | Ann Nirdlinger Brewster | |
Jon Polito | ... | Creighton Tolliver | |
Scarlett Johansson | ... | Birdy Abundas | |
Richard Jenkins | ... | Walter Abundas | |
Tony Shalhoub | ... | Freddy Riedenschneider | |
Christopher Kriesa | ... | Officer Persky | |
Brian Haley | ... | Officer Krebs | |
Jack McGee | ... | P.I. Burns | |
Gregg Binkley | ... | The New Man | |
Alan Fudge | ... | Dr. Diedrickson | |
Lilyan Chauvin | ... | Medium | |
Adam Alexi-Malle | ... | Jacques Carcanogues | |
Ted Rooney | ... | Bingo Caller | |
Abraham Benrubi | ... | Party Man | |
Christian Ferratti | ... | Child | |
Rhoda Gemignani | ... | Costanza | |
E.J. Callahan | ... | Customer | |
Brooke Smith | ... | Sobbing Prisoner | |
Ron Ross | ... | Banker | |
Hallie Singleton | ... | Waitress | |
Jon Donnelly | ... | Gatto Eater | |
Dan Martin | ... | Bailiff | |
Nicholas Lanier | ... | Tony | |
Tom Dahlgren | ... | Judge #1 | |
Booth Colman | ... | Judge #2 | |
Stanley DeSantis | ... | New Man's Customer (as Stanley Desantis) | |
Peter Siragusa | ... | Bartender | |
Christopher McDonald | ... | Macadam Salesman | |
Rick Scarry | ... | District Attorney | |
George Ives | ... | Lloyd Garroway | |
Devon Cole Borisoff | ... | Swimming Boy | |
Mary Bogue | ... | Prisoner Visitor | |
Don Donati | ... | Pie Contest Timer | |
Arthur Reeves | ... | Flophouse Clerk | |
Michelle Weber | ... | Dancer (as Michelle Rae Weber) | |
Randi Pareira | ... | Dancer | |
Robert Loftin | ... | Dancer | |
Kenneth Hughes | ... | Dancer | |
Gordon Hart | ... | Dancer | |
Brenda Mae Hamilton | ... | Dancer | |
Lloyd Gordon | ... | Dancer | |
Leonard Crofoot | ... | Dancer | |
Rita Bland | ... | Dancer | |
Audrey K. Baranishyn | ... | Dancer (as Audrey Baranishyn) | |
Qyn Hughes | ... | Dancer | |
Rachel McDonald | ... | Dancer | |
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Craig Berenson | ... | Jail Guy (uncredited) | |
Joan M. Blair | ... | Prison Matron (uncredited) | |
Geoffrey Gould | ... | Alpine Rope Toss Man (uncredited) | |
Phil Hawn | ... | Man in Courtroom (uncredited) | |
Cherilyn Hayres | ... | Swing Dancer (uncredited) | |
John Michael Higgins | ... | Emergency Room Physician (uncredited) | |
Jennifer Jason Leigh | ... | Female inmate (uncredited) | |
Peter Schrum | ... | Truck Driver (uncredited) | |
Max Thayer | ... | Witness (uncredited) |
Réalisé par | |||
Joel Coen | |||
Ethan Coen | (uncredited) | ||
Scénaristes(WGA) | ||
Joel Coen | (written by) & | |
Ethan Coen | (written by) |
Produit par | |||
Tim Bevan | .... | executive producer | |
John Cameron | .... | co-producer | |
Ethan Coen | .... | producer | |
Eric Fellner | .... | executive producer | |
Robert Graf | .... | associate producer | |
Joel Coen | .... | producer (uncredited) | |
Musique originale | |||
Carter Burwell | |||
Image | |||
Roger Deakins | (director of photography) | ||
Montage | |||
Ethan Coen | (as Roderick Jaynes) | ||
Joel Coen | (as Roderick Jaynes) | ||
Tricia Cooke | |||
Distribution des rôles | |||
Ellen Chenoweth | |||
Création des décors | |||
Dennis Gassner | |||
Direction artistique | |||
Chris Gorak | |||
Décorateur de plateau | |||
Chris L. Spellman | (as Chris Spellman) | ||
Création des costumes | |||
Mary Zophres | |||
Maquillage | |||
Jean Ann Black | .... | makeup supervisor (as Jean Black) | |
Carol F. Doran | .... | wigs (as Carol Doran) | |
Lynne K. Eagan | .... | makeup artist: Mr. Thornton (as Lynne Eagan) | |
Paul LeBlanc | .... | hair designer | |
Renate Leuschner | .... | wigs (as Renata Leischner) | |
Amy Schmiederer | .... | key makeup artist | |
Joani Yarbrough | .... | key hair stylist | |
Laverne Caracuzzi | .... | makeup artist (uncredited) | |
Susan Mills | .... | hair stylist (uncredited) | |
Directeur de production | |||
John Cameron | .... | unit production manager | |
David Diliberto | .... | post-production supervisor | |
Michelle Wright | .... | executive in charge of production: Working Title Films | |
Assistant réalisateur | |||
Ime Etuk | .... | dga trainee | |
Betsy Magruder | .... | first assistant director | |
Rusty Mahmood | .... | second second assistant director | |
Jonathan McGarry | .... | second assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
Damon Allison | .... | set dresser | |
J. Todd Anderson | .... | hand-to-eye man | |
Scott Bobbitt | .... | leadman | |
Roosevelt Bonner | .... | gangboss painter | |
Gert Broekema | .... | props assistant | |
Thomas E. Brown | .... | paint supervisor (as Thomas Brown) | |
Adolfo Castanon | .... | greensperson | |
Stacy Clinger | .... | gangboss painter | |
Alberto Delgado | .... | greensperson | |
John Dugan | .... | plaster foreman | |
David French | .... | sculptor | |
Kristen Gassner | .... | assistant set decorator | |
Lori Goldbach | .... | construction administrative assistant | |
Donald Goodman | .... | drapery foreman (as Don Goodman) | |
Cheryl Gould | .... | set dresser | |
Ted Haigh | .... | graphic designer | |
Lance Hammer | .... | assistant art director | |
Kearsley Higgins | .... | art department administrator | |
Ritchie Kremer | .... | property master | |
Larry Laurent | .... | paint foreman | |
John Leone | .... | labor foreman | |
Jeff Markwith | .... | set designer | |
James P. Meehan | .... | on-set dresser (as James Meehan) | |
Grant Osborn | .... | gangboss painter | |
Sam Page | .... | art department assistant | |
Jeff Passanante | .... | construction coordinator | |
Gay Perello | .... | assistant property master | |
Eric Ramirez | .... | set dresser | |
Fred Seibly | .... | signwriter | |
Mark Sparks | .... | location construction foreman (as Mark A. Sparks) | |
Edward L. Turk | .... | stage construction foreman | |
Matt Orefice | .... | property department researcher (uncredited) | |
Technicien du son | |||
Benjamin Cheah | .... | foley editor (as Ben Cheah) | |
Marko A. Costanzo | .... | foley artist (as Marko Costanzo) | |
Jesse Ehredt | .... | pre-mix recordist | |
Chris Fielder | .... | transfer assistant editor | |
Eugene Gearty | .... | sound designer | |
Elisabeth Giglio | .... | sound studio manager: C5, Inc. | |
Kenton Jakub | .... | adr editor | |
Randall L. Johnson | .... | boom operator (as Randy Johnson) | |
Peter F. Kurland | .... | production sound mixer (as Peter Kurland) | |
George A. Lara | .... | foley mixer | |
Skip Lievsay | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
Skip Lievsay | .... | supervising sound editor | |
Igor Nikolic | .... | assistant sound editor | |
Eric Potter | .... | field recordist | |
Jennifer Ralston | .... | foley supervisor | |
Fred Rosenberg | .... | dialogue editor | |
Jerry Ross | .... | sound editor | |
Jerry Ross | .... | utility sound technician | |
Alex Soto | .... | assistant sound editor | |
Larry Wineland | .... | apprentice sound editor | |
Lila Yomtoob | .... | sound intern | |
Allan Zaleski | .... | sound effects transfer assistant (as Alan Zaleski) | |
Effets spéciaux | |||
Barry Beaulac | .... | special effects technician | |
Peter Chesney Jr. | .... | special effects assistant | |
Peter Chesney | .... | special effects supervisor | |
Tom Chesney | .... | special effects technician | |
Emmet Kane | .... | special effects foreman | |
Michael Roundy | .... | special effects gang boss (as Michael D. Roundy) | |
Vaughn Williams | .... | special effects technician (as Vaughn M. Williams) | |
Roy Ceballos | .... | special effects technician (uncredited) | |
Sonny Kato Chapman | .... | special effects assistant (uncredited) | |
Robert Pendergraft | .... | special effects technician (uncredited) | |
Brian Penikas | .... | special effects foreman (uncredited) | |
Visual Effects | |||
Patrick Ballin | .... | visual effects editor: MVFX | |
Travis Baumann | .... | compositor: MVFX | |
John Cassella | .... | 3D artist: MVFX (as John Cassella Jr.) | |
Nicolle Cornute | .... | paint/roto artist: MVFX | |
Matt Dessero | .... | digital effects supervisor: MVFX | |
Shannon Blake Gans | .... | miniatures construction: Hunter/Gratzner Industries | |
Gary George | .... | I/O supervisor: MVFX | |
Matthew Gratzner | .... | miniatures construction: Hunter/Gratzner Industries | |
Ian Hunter | .... | miniatures construction: Hunter/Gratzner Industries | |
Matt Magnolia | .... | visual effects coordinator: MVFX (as Matt '45' Magnolia) | |
Diana Miao | .... | 3D artist: MVFX | |
Amanda Morrison | .... | compositor: MVFX | |
Jake Morrison | .... | compositor: MVFX | |
Amit Sethi | .... | digital artist: Balsmeyer & Everett Inc. | |
Janek Sirrs | .... | visual effects supervisor | |
Jonathan F. Styrlund | .... | digital effects producer: MVFX (as Jonathan Styrlund) | |
Daniel Sunwoo | .... | 3D artist: MVFX | |
Eric Weinschenk | .... | compositor: MVFX (as Eric W. Weinschenk) | |
Chris Wood | .... | paint/roto supervisor: MVFX | |
Lloyd Lee Barnett | .... | digital compositor (uncredited) | |
Leigh-Alexandra Jacob | .... | lead painter (uncredited) | |
Scott Lukowski | .... | model maker (uncredited) | |
James Waterhouse | .... | model crew chief (uncredited) | |
Cascadeur | |||
Ken Clark | .... | stunts | |
Mickey Giacomazzi | .... | stunts | |
Jery Hewitt | .... | stunt coordinator | |
Jennifer Lamb | .... | stunts | |
Casting Department | |||
Sondra James | .... | voice casting (as Sandra James) | |
Amanda Koblin | .... | casting associate | |
Tracy Dixon | .... | extras casting (uncredited) | |
Joseph Hicks | .... | extras casting (uncredited) | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
María Aguilar | .... | assistant costume designer (as Maria Aguilar) | |
Cha Blevins | .... | costume supervisor (as Deborah 'Cha' Blevins) | |
Jenny Eagan | .... | set costumer | |
Mila Hermanovski | .... | wardrobe assistant | |
Mary Liane | .... | costumer | |
Cookie Lopez | .... | key set costumer | |
Guy Miracle | .... | set costumer | |
Pablo Nantas | .... | tailor (as Pablo B. Nantas) | |
Zhanna Tataryan | .... | costumer | |
Danielle Valenciano | .... | assistant costume designer | |
Christine Wada | .... | costume ager/dyer | |
Guy Miracle | .... | costumer (uncredited) | |
Lori Jean Sacks | .... | costumer (uncredited) | |
Editorial Department | |||
Karyn Anonia | .... | assistant film editor | |
David Diliberto | .... | associate film editor | |
Catherine Farrell | .... | post-production assistant | |
Vida Fitzgerald | .... | assistant film editor | |
Mike Milliken | .... | color timer | |
Theresa Repola Mohammed | .... | negative cutter | |
Neil A. Stelzner | .... | assistant film editor | |
Music Department | |||
Carter Burwell | .... | conductor | |
Carter Burwell | .... | orchestrator | |
Michael Farrow | .... | music scoring mixer | |
Jonathan Feldman | .... | musician: piano performances | |
Tony Finno | .... | music copyist | |
Steve Kasow | .... | assistant music editor | |
Todd Kasow | .... | music supervisor | |
Aquim Krajka | .... | musician: accordion solo | |
Dean Parker | .... | assistant to composer | |
Sandra Park | .... | music contractor | |
Kevin E. Patterson | .... | music playback (as Kevin Patterson) | |
Chris Robertson | .... | music clearance (uncredited) | |
Transportation Department | |||
James R. Brown | .... | driver co-captain (as James Brown) | |
William F. Luehm | .... | picture car captain | |
Paul Ripple | .... | transportation assistant | |
Timothy P. Ryan | .... | transportation captain (as Tim Ryan) | |
Don Tardino | .... | transportation coordinator | |
Jon Tardino | .... | driver captain | |
Bruce Callahan | .... | transportation (uncredited) | |
James Nordberg | .... | transportation (uncredited) | |
Divers | |||
Kimberly Aguirre | .... | payroll accountant | |
Randall Balsmeyer | .... | title designer: Balsmeyer & Everett Inc. | |
Paul Barry | .... | second assistant accountant | |
Julie Carideo | .... | assistant production coordinator | |
Katie Cooper | .... | assistant: Mr. Bevan, Working Title Films | |
Tony Davis | .... | company coordinator: Working Title Films | |
Karen Ruth Getchell | .... | production coordinator | |
David Goodman | .... | assistant to cast | |
Eric Hamme | .... | set production assistant | |
Rachel Holroyd | .... | head of legal/business affairs: Working Title Films | |
Aliza James | .... | assistant: Mr. Fellner, Working Title Films | |
Nancy G. James | .... | craft service (as Nancy James) | |
Larry Kaplan | .... | unit publicist | |
Kathy Kelehan | .... | title producer: Balsmeyer & Everett Inc. | |
Ivan Kerum | .... | chef: Toby's Food Service | |
Cheryl Kurk | .... | production accountant | |
Bill Landrum | .... | choreographer | |
Jacqui Landrum | .... | choreographer | |
Mary Macias | .... | alteration fitter | |
France Myung Metz | .... | key assistant location manager (as France Metz) | |
Angela Morrison | .... | chief operating officer: Working Title Films | |
Michael M. Mosley | .... | craft service assistant (as Mike Mosley) | |
Smriti Mundhra | .... | production secretary | |
Donald Murphy | .... | script supervisor | |
Travis Nicholson | .... | assistant: Pedro Coen | |
Kevin O'Shea | .... | insurance services: Aon/Albert G. Ruben | |
Chrissy Phelan | .... | office production assistant | |
Taylor Phillips | .... | set production assistant | |
Keith Potter | .... | set production assistant | |
Kei Rowan-Young | .... | assistant location manager | |
Neda Rudela | .... | chef: Toby's Food Service (as Neda Kerum) | |
Alan J. Schoolcraft | .... | secretary general: Mike Zoss Productions | |
Kristin Scott | .... | assistant: Mr. Thornton | |
Ned R. Shapiro | .... | location manager (as Ned Shapiro) | |
Barbara-Ann Stein | .... | post-production accountant (as Barbara Ann Stein) | |
Pavel Sterba | .... | assistant location manager | |
Lynn Struiksma | .... | set production assistant | |
Eileen Sullivan | .... | friend of the firm | |
Richard Vanegas | .... | barber cast trainer | |
Chris Wessman | .... | office production assistant | |
Tiffany Weston | .... | location assistant | |
Odessa Whitmire | .... | assistant: Mr. Thornton | |
Beverly Wood | .... | lab consultant | |
Karen Yokomizo | .... | first assistant accountant | |
Margie Balter | .... | piano coach: Scarlett Johansson (uncredited) | |
Jason Brock | .... | production assistant (uncredited) | |
Laura Gary | .... | studio teacher (uncredited) | |
Thanks | |||
Li'l Greazer | .... | special thanks | |
Senor Greazer | .... | special thanks (as Señor Greazer) | |
Jennifer Jason Leigh | .... | special thanks | |
Mohan Sawh | .... | special thanks | |
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Billy Bob Thornton has the perfect face for film noir. His craggy, drawn features lead up to sunken but large and staring eyes, and cheeks that look to be made out of plaster. Particularly when shot in black and white, his face becomes a landscape of shifting shadows, while he doesn't move a muscle. He is able to give the impression of a man at war with himself even while sitting perfectly still and staring ahead. He's Jeremy Irons, only without that unsettling accent. The Coen brothers take great advantage of their stars' granite physiognomy throughout "The Man That Wasn't There," constructing several shots around Thornton staring into a point just slightly away from the camera, impassive as an Easter Island head, moving only to smoke an ever-present cigarette while the obligatory noir voice-over narration runs. His voice is perfect, too: a kind of calm, measured rumbling, which describes incredible events but never seems amazed by them. Thornton says "I don't talk much," and it's true: he doesn't do much either, but he is still fascinating, and commands our attention.
The Coens take great relish in the noir conventions, even beyond the 1940s setting and the black and white photography (let's face it, we're so used to '40s movies in black and white that color would look a little weird). The story follows classic lines (with a few wild divergences): Thornton's character is a barber in one of those small postwar California towns that Hitchcock was so enamored of. He comes up with a scheme to raise some money, which naturally spins a little beyond what he anticipated. That's all I can say in good conscience, and the plot goes pretty far afield (I mean REALLY far afield, catering to fans both of Dashiell Hammett and "Earth vs. the Flying Saucers"). But really, you know what to expect, if you've ever seen one of these movies before: greed, dark secrets, and murder, in a world of fedoras, cigarette smoke, snapping lighters, and deep moral turpitude. A world where nothing or no one is what they seem, and the only sure thing is that, in the end, some sap is gonna get it.
As good as Thornton is, he can't carry the movie alone. Fortunately, he is surrounded by a top-notch cast, including a lot of familiar Coen veterans, and it is this that really makes this movie work. Michael Badalucco puts in a hilarious turn as Thornton's gabby brother-in-law, Frances McDormand is effective in her relatively few scenes as his brittle wife, and James Gandolfini plays yet another boorish tough guy to a turn. Practically shoplifting the movie is Tony Shalhoub, playing a fast-talking Sacramento lawyer who doesn't so much speak as summate. His discussion of Heisenberg is almost worth the ticket price alone. Christopher Kriesa and Brian Haley get a lot of mileage out of their brief appearances as a pair of slightly dim cops (aren't they all in these movies?)
Joel Coen, who directed, makes sure that the movie is consistently interesting to watch, too. Black and white photography being mostly about shades of gray, noir is perhaps the only genre that benefits from the relative primitiveness of its visual technology. Coen, therefore, sticks with it, unlike the colors he used in the '30s themed "O Brother Where Art Thou?" which managed to be both more fanciful and less surreal than this movie. He uses the light-and-shadow character of black and white to great effect here, carefully crafting his images to make best use of it. In fact, if the movie has a fault, it's that the images are a little TOO carefully crafted. The purest noir was cleverly filmed, but it allowed its cleverness to seep into the background. You have to watch a few times to pick up on how sharp the filmmaking is. Coen is unable to hide his arty cleverness, and so in the end, fun as it is to watch, the movie is a bit too pretty to truly capture the essence of its forbears. Perhaps realizing this, the Coens tweak the conventions mercilessly, and inject a streak of humor that is funnier for being played so straight (there are lots of funny lines, but don't be surprised if you are the only one in the theater laughing. Actually, don't be surprised if you are the only one in the theater, period.) The movie does require a bit of patience; the pacing is intense but quite slow, and the story wanders like a drunk driver. In the end, it is somewhat debatable whether the twisty plot is fully resolved, or whether that even matters. "The Man That Wasn't There" is best viewed as a wicked cinematic joke, and in that regard, it succeeds, in (Sam) spades.
But what do I know? I'm just some sap.