1949, Santa Rosa, California. A laconic, chain-smoking barber with fallen arches tells a story of a man trying to escape a humdrum life. It’s a tale of suspected adultery, blackmail, foul play, death, Sacramento city slickers, racial slurs, invented war heroics, shaved legs, a gamine piano player, aliens, and Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle. Ed Crane cuts hair in his in-law’s shop; his wife drinks and may be having an affair with her boss, Big Dave, who has $10,000 to invest in a second department store. Ed gets wind of a chance to make money in dry cleaning. Blackmail and investment are his opportunity to be more than a man no one notices. Settle in the chair and listen.
Release Date: 16 November 2001Runtime: 116 min
Stars:
- Alan Fudge
- Billy Bob Thornton
- Brian Haley
- Christopher Kriesa
- Frances McDormand
- Gregg Binkley
- Jack McGee
- James Gandolfini
- Jon Polito
- Katherine Borowitz
- Lilyan Chauvin
- Michael Badalucco
- Richard Jenkins
- Scarlett Johansson
- Tony Shalhoub
Director: Ethan Coen
