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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

2018 · Film · 132 min

  • Western
  • Comedy

Plot

Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman traveling the West to an uncertain future, and a motley crew of strangers undertaking a carriage ride.

About The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (titled on-screen as The Ballad of Buster Scruggs and Other Tales of the American Frontier) is a 2018 American Western black comedy anthology film written, directed, produced, and edited by the Coen brothers. It stars Tim Blake Nelson, Tyne Daly, James Franco, Brendan Gleeson, Bill Heck, Grainger Hines, Zoe Kazan, Harry Melling, Liam Neeson, Jonjo O'Neill, Chelcie Ross, Saul Rubinek, and Tom Waits. It consists of six vignettes set in the post-Civil War American frontier. The film premiered at the 75th Venice International Film Festival on August 31, 2018, where it won the Golden Osella Award for Best Screenplay. After a limited theatrical run beginning on November 9, 2018, it was released on Netflix on November 16. The National Board of Review named it one of its top ten films of 2018. The film earned three nominations at the 91st Academy Awards: Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Costume Design, and Best Original Song ("When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings").

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Cast

  • Tim Blake NelsonBuster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
  • Willie WatsonThe Kid (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
  • Clancy BrownCurly Joe (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
  • Danny McCarthyCurly Joe's Brother (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
  • David KrumholtzFrenchman (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
  • Thomas WingateGun Check Man (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
  • Tim DeZarnMean-Eyed Card Player (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
  • E.E. BellPiano Player (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
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