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Blood Simple(Movie, 1984)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 37min | Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Blood SimpleRating: 3.7/5 (with 578578 votes)
Blood Simple is a 1984 American independent neo-noir crime film written, edited, produced, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, and starring John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, and M. Emmet Walsh. Its plot follows a Texas bartender who is having a love affair with his boss’s wife. When his boss discovers the affair, he hires a private investigator to kill the couple. It was the directorial debut of the Coens and the first major film of cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld, who later became a director, as well as the feature-film debut of McDormand. The film's title derives from the Dashiell Hammett novel Red Harvest (1929), in which the term "blood simple" describes the addled, fearful mind-set of people after prolonged immersion in violent situations. Stylistically, the film has... ()
Movie poster of Blood Simple

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Available languages: German, English
Available subtitles: German
Duration: 1h 35min
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Duration: 1h 36min
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Amazon Instant Video
Available languages: German, English
Available subtitles: German
Duration: 1h 35min
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Apple / iTunes Store
Duration: 1h 36min
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Also available at Amazon.de on: DVD Blu-ray

Awards & Nominations for Blood Simple

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films Grand Jury Prize Dramatic

About Blood Simple

The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.

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Trailer for Blood Simple + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

BLOOD SIMPLE - Official Trailer - From Joel and Ethan Coen(Trailer, 1:32)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: Texas
Derivative works/Adaptions: "A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop" (movie, 2009)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 23 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 09/26/1985 (World premiere: 09/07/1984)
Screenwriter: Coen brothers
Film Editor: Coen brothers
Director of Photography: Barry Sonnenfeld
Composer: Carter Burwell
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Simplemente sangre"
"Sang pour sang"
"Blood simple - Sangue facile"
"분노의 저격자"
"Śmiertelnie Proste"
"Blood Simple [Directors Cut]"
"Blood Simple."

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