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A Serious Man [Widescreen Dubbed Subtitle AC3]  - Blu-ray Disc

SKU:  9724217 Release Date: 2/9/2010
Rating:  R
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Brilliant but bleak comedy for mature Coen brothers fans.

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Synopsis

Filmmaking duo Joel and Ethan Coen write, produce, and direct this period black comedy set in 1967 concerning a Midwestern physics professor whose staid and stable life slowly begins to unravel after his wife announces that she's leaving him. As if the failure of his longtime marriage wasn't enough for Larry Gopnik (Tony-nominated Michael Stuhlbarg) to contend with, now his socially inept brother refuses to move out of the house as well. Larry is a modest man of science. Up to this point, his life has been uneventful at best, but things are about to get interesting. When his wife, Judith, announces that she is leaving him to move in with his smug colleague Sy Ableman, Larry does his best to contend with his failed marriage while barely tolerating his unemployable brother, Arthur, who appears to have grown roots on Larry's couch. Meanwhile, Larry's son, Danny, is getting into trouble at Hebrew school, and his daughter, Sarah, is stealthily snatching money from his wallet so she can afford a nose job. As Judith and Sy merrily begin making plans for their new life of domestic bliss together, Larry begins receiving a series of anonymous letters from someone who seems intent on sabotaging his chance for tenure at the university. To further complicate matters, a graduate student with failing grades is attempting to bribe the professor while simultaneously threatening him with a defamation lawsuit. Larry is in some serious need of equilibrium, though it's hard to focus on getting your life in order when your beautiful neighbor insists on sunbathing in the nude just outside your window. Perhaps by seeking the advice of three trusted rabbis, Larry can finally learn to cope with his afflictions and become a genuine mensch. A Serious Man is the second in a two-picture deal that the siblings made with Focus Features and Working Title. The first film in the deal, entitled Burn After Reading and starring Brad Pitt, George Clooney, and Frances McDormand, was released nationwide in September 2008. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Cast

Adam Arkin - Divorce Lawyer
Raye Birk - Dr. Shapiro
Peter Breitmayer - Mr. Brandt
James Cada - Cop #1
Fyvush Finkel - Dybbuk?
Richard Kind - Uncle Arthur
Michael Lerner - Solomon Schlutz
Alan Mandell - Rabbi Marshak
Fred Melamed - Sy Ableman
Stephen Park - Clive's Father
David Kang - Clive Park
George Wyner - Rabbi Nachtner
Michael Tezla - Dr. Sussman
Amy Landecker - Mrs. Samsky
Aaron Wolff - Danny Gopnik
Sari Wagner - Judith
Jessica McManus - Sarah Gopnik
Sari Lennick - Judith Gopnik
Yelena Shmulenson - Shtetl Wife
Brent Braunschweig - Mitch Brandt
Ari Hoptman - Arlen Finkle
Benjamin Portnoe - Danny's Reefer Buddy
Jon Kaminski, Jr. - Mike Fagle
Ronald Schultz - Hebrew School Teacher
Charles Brin - Hebrew School Teacher
Jane Hammill - Larry's Secretary
Allen Lewis Rickman - Shtetl Husband
Michael Stuhlbarg - Larry Gopnik
Simon Helberg - Rabbi Scott

Crew

Executive Producer: Robert Graf
Unit Production Manager: Robert Graf
Featured Music: Jefferson Airplane
Executive Producer: Tim Bevan
Composer (Music Score): Carter Burwell
Musical Direction/Supervision: Carter Burwell
Conductor: Carter Burwell
Director: Ethan Coen
Producer: Ethan Coen
Screenwriter: Ethan Coen
Director: Joel Coen
Screenwriter: Joel Coen
Producer: Joel Coen
Cinematographer: Roger Deakins
Camera Operator: Roger Deakins
Executive Producer: Eric Fellner
Set Decorator: Nancy Haigh
Featured Music: Jimi Hendrix
Editor: Roderick Jaynes
Music Editor: Todd Kasow
Visual Effects Supervisor: Vincent Cirelli
Art Director: Deborah Jensen
Post Production Supervisor: Catherine Farrell
Still Photographer: Wilson Webb
Featured Music: Art of Lovin'
Executive in Charge of Production: Michelle Wright
First Assistant Director: Betsy Magruder
Production Sound Mixer: Peter Kurland
Casting: Ellen Chenoweth
Costume Designer: Mary Zophres
Set Designer: Maria Baker
Supervising Sound Editor: Skip Lievsay
Re-Recording Mixer: Skip Lievsay
Script Supervisor: Thomas Johnston
Production Designer: Jess Gonchor
Re-Recording Mixer: Craig Berkey
Sound/Sound Designer: Craig Berkey
Re-Recording Mixer: Greg Orloff
Production Accountant: Cheryl Kurk
Casting: Rachel Tenner
Production Supervisor: Karen Ruth Getchell
Second Assistant Director: Bac Delorme
Digital Effects: Justin Johnson

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