164. The Coen Brothers Brothers: The Man Who Wasn't There

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4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2019

⏱️ 76 minutes

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James Gandolfini, Frances McDormand, Tony Shalhoub, Billy Bob Thornton, and common house-dirt all collide in a way Heisenberg himself couldn't have predicted, but the Coens apparently can. Join Michael and Abe as they struggle to crack the code of this often-obtuse, but always interesting entry in the Coen canon.

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0:00.0	Hello all you Coans and Conettes, Cohen heads out there, and welcome back to another episode of the Cohen brothers.
0:23.0	Where are you?
0:26.0	I'm Abe Epperson, one of your co-hosts.
0:29.0	This voice is the Michael Swaim voice, and we are the titular brothers. We're the eponymous brothers.
0:36.8	Today we're coming off a long streak we're coming off LeBowski and our brother and talking about
0:42.2	a more obscure movie.
0:43.7	Although I got to say I was really heartened, you know,
0:46.8	Barton Fink's one of our most listened to episodes.
0:49.3	Yeah.
0:50.3	It's like people care about the weird ones too.
0:52.6	Yeah, and this one's 2001's the man who wasn't there starring Billy Bob Thornton,
0:58.1	Francis McDormit, James Gandelfini, Scarlet J. Hanson's in it, John Plato's in it.
1:04.0	You start shaking your head when you got to Scarjo, I agree.
1:07.0	I think, like, I guess she's in it, who cares?
1:10.0	I mean, used to get effect.
1:11.0	I don't like it.
1:12.0	Richard Jenkins in it? Richard Jenkins is in it?
1:13.0	Richard Jenkins, now you're talking my language.
1:16.0	Tony Shalubes in it? Now you're munking me up.
1:18.0	Yeah. Yeah, Tony Shalub, the best part of Taxi.
1:22.0	And this really is a vehicle for Tony Shalub, the best part of Taxi.
1:22.8	And this really is a vehicle for Tony Shalub.
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