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Marva Munson is a spry, elderly woman who is looking for a tenant for the spare room in her house. Goldthwait H. Dorr moves in and gains Munson's permission to use the basement for rehearsals with his "medieval music ensemble." Dorr is masterminding the robbery of a riverboat casino,...

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Corporate Authors: Touchstone Pictures, Touchstone Home Entertainment (Firm), Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Coen, Ethan, Coen, Joel, Jacobson, Tom, Sonnenfeld, Barry, Josephson, Barry, Hanks, Tom, Hall, Irma P., 1937-, Wayans, Marlon, Simmons, J. K., Ma, Tzi, Delano, Diane, Hurst, Ryan, 1976-, Deakins, Roger A., 1949-, Jaynes, Roderick, Burwell, Carter, Zophres, Mary, Gassner, Dennis, Rose, William, 1914-1987
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
French
Language Notes:English or French language soundtracks with optional French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Published: [United States] : Touchstone Home Entertainment ; [2004]
Edition:Widescreen version.
Subjects:
Thieves > Drama.
Robbery > Drama.
Criminal behavior > Drama.
Widows > Drama.
Landladies > Drama.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Fiction films.
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Summary:Marva Munson is a spry, elderly woman who is looking for a tenant for the spare room in her house. Goldthwait H. Dorr moves in and gains Munson's permission to use the basement for rehearsals with his "medieval music ensemble." Dorr is masterminding the robbery of a riverboat casino, and the fellow musicians in his ensemble are actually the crew he's assembled to pull off the job. Despite their best efforts, Munson finds out about their scheme and Dorr decides the best solution is to silence her permanently.
Item Description:Based upon the movie "The ladykillers" written by William Rose.
Special features: "The slap reel" outtakes; "Gospel of 'The ladykillers': deleted music scenes; "Danny Ferrington: the man behind the band"; "'The ladykillers' script scanner" enhanced computer feature (DVD-ROM)."
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, Region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, DTS, SDDS.
Audience:MPAA rating: R; for language including sexual references.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Roger Deakins ; editor, Roderick Jaynes ; music, Carter Burwell ; costume designer, Mary Zophres ; production designer, Dennis Gassner.
ISBN:0788853724
9780788853722