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Inside Llewyn Davis
Teaser poster
Directed byJoel Coen
Ethan Coen
Written byJoel Coen
Ethan Coen
Produced byScott Rudin
Ethan Coen
Joel Coen
StarringOscar Isaac
Carey Mulligan
John Goodman
Garrett Hedlund
Justin Timberlake
CinematographyBruno Delbonnel
Edited byJoel Coen
Ethan Coen
(as Roderick Jaynes)
Production
companies
Mike Zoss Productions
Scott Rudin Productions
StudioCanal[1]
Distributed byCBS Films[2]
StudioCanal
Release dates
  • May 19, 2013 (2013-05-19) (Cannes)
  • December 6, 2013 (2013-12-06) (United States, limited)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Inside Llewyn Davis is a 2013 American comedy-drama film written, directed and edited by Joel and Ethan Coen. The film stars Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, and John Goodman, and was produced by Scott Rudin, Ethan and Joel Coen.[3] It tells the story of a singer-songwriter who navigates New York's folk music scene in the 1960s. The film won the Grand Prix at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, where it screened on May 19, 2013, and will travel the festival circuit before opening in December 2013.

Plot

According to Joel Coen, "The film doesn't really have a plot. That concerned us at one point; that's why we threw the cat in."[4] Llewyn Davis does have a solo album named 'Inside Llewyn Davis' with a cover and title similar to Inside Dave van Ronk, the 1963 album by the Greenwich village character on which the film is reputedly based. The album features a cat on the cover.

Cast

Production

Set in 1961, Inside Llewyn Davis was inspired by the cultural disconnection within a New York–based music scene where the songs seemed to come from all parts of the United States except New York, but whose performers included Brooklyn-born Dave Van Ronk and Ramblin' Jack Elliott. One source for the film was Van Ronk's posthumously published (2005) memoir, The Mayor of MacDougal Street. According to the book's co-author, Elijah Wald, the Coens mined the work "for local color and a few scenes."[14][15][16]

Producer Scott Rudin, who worked with the Coens on True Grit and No Country for Old Men, collaborated on the project. StudioCanal helped finance it without an American distributor in place. "After shooting in New York City and elsewhere last year...the brothers finished the movie at their own pace", wrote Michael Cieply in a January 2013 The New York Times interview with Joel Coen ahead of a private, pre-Grammys screening in Los Angeles. "They could have rushed it into the Oscar season but didn’t."[15] On February 19, CBS Films announced it had picked up the U.S. domestic distribution rights for about $4 million. StudioCanal has rights to international distribution and foreign sales.[17][18]

Isaac, Timberlake, Mulligan, Driver and others performed the music live, which mostly consists of covers of old folk songs played through in their entirety.[19][20][21] The music was produced by T-Bone Burnett, working with Marcus Mumford. Burnett previously worked with the Coens on the music and soundtrack for O Brother, Where Art Thou?, which sold about 8 million copies in the United States.[22][15] At a press conference after the film's screening in Cannes, Burnett said that the music could be released as two albums.[23]

Release

Inside Llewyn Davis had its worldwide premiere on May 19, 2013 at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.[24][25] The film went on to screen at many film festivals, including the New York Film Festival. It has been selected to close the 2013 AFI Film Festival on November 14, 2013.[26]

The film is scheduled for a limited release in the United States on December 6, 2013, followed by a wide release on December 20.[27]

Reception

Critical response

Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 90% based on 30 reviews, with an average score of 9/10.[28] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 based on reviews from critics, the film has a score of 99 (indicating "universal acclaim") based on nine reviews.[29]

Writing for The Village Voice, Alan Scherstuhl praised the Coen brothers' film: "While often funny and alive with winning performances, Inside Llewyn Davis finds the brothers in a dark mood, exploring the near-inevitable disappointment that faces artists too sincere to compromise--disappointments that the Coens, to their credit, have made a career out of dodging. The result is their most affecting film since the masterful A Serious Man."[30] Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter called the film "an outstanding fictional take on the early 1960s folk music scene," praising the "fresh, resonant folk soundtrack" and Oscar Isaac's performance that "deftly manages the task of making Llewyn compulsively watchable."[31]

Accolades

Awards
Award Date of ceremony Category Recipients and nominees Result
Cannes Film Festival[32] November 9, 2013 Grand Prix Coen brothers Won

References

  1. ^ "StudioCanal to co-finance 'Llewyn Davis'". Variety. Retrieved 2013-03-14.
  2. ^ Fleming, Mike. "CBS Films Acquires Coen Brothers' 'Inside Llewyn Davis'". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2013-03-14.
  3. ^ "Filmmakers". Inside Llewyn Davis (official site). CBS Films. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  4. ^ "The New Superstar at Cannes: A Gigner Tom Cat". The Telegraph. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  5. ^ Fleming, Mike (October 13, 2011). "Oscar Isaac Lands Lead In Coen Brothers 60s Folk Music Film". Deadline.com. PMC. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  6. ^ Gallagher, Brian (October 20, 2011). "Carey Mulligan Joins 'Inside Llewyn Davis'". MovieWeb.com. MovieWeb™, Inc. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  7. ^ "John Goodman". Cast. CBS Films. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  8. ^ Newman, Nick (October 31, 2011). "John Goodman Joins Coens' 'Inside Llewyn Davis'". TheFilmStage.com. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  9. ^ Chitwood, Adam (January 9, 2012). "Garrett Hedlund Joins Coen Bros.' INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS". Collider.com. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  10. ^ Aaron (November 1, 2011). "John Goodman and Justin Timberlake Join the Coen Brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis". FilmJunk.com. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  11. ^ a b c "Stark Sands Joins Coen Bros' Inside Llewyn Davis". Cinemablend.com. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
  12. ^ Weiss, Keely (April 13, 2012). "Adam Driver, Boy Among Girls". Interview. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
  13. ^ "NYCBM Guest, Ethan Phillips". Mike Carbo's New York Comic Book Marketplace. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
  14. ^ Wald, Elija. "The World of LLewyn Davis". Inside Llewyn Davis official site. CBS Films. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  15. ^ a b c Cieply, Michael (January 27, 2013). "Macdougal Street Homesick Blues". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  16. ^ Russ Fischer (June 25, 2011). "The Coen Bros. New Script is Based on the 60′s NYC Folk Scene". /Film. Retrieved February 11. 2012. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  17. ^ "CBS Films Pays $4 Million for Coen Bros.' 'Inside Llewyn Davis'". Billboard. The Hollywood Reporter. February 19, 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  18. ^ "CBS Films Acquires The Coen Brothers' 'Inside Llewyn Davis'" (Press release). CBS Films. February 19, 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  19. ^ Turan, Kenneth (May 19, 2014). "Cannes 2013: The musical side of the Coen's 'Inside Llewyn Davis'". Los Angeles Times.
  20. ^ Associated Press (May 19, 2013). "Coens' folk revival 'Llewyn' serenades Cannes". The Oklahoman.
  21. ^ Coyle, Jake (May 19, 2013). "Justin Timberlake's 'Inside Llewyn Davis' Performance Is 'Uproarious'". Huffington Post. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  22. ^ Aquino, Tara (December 28, 2012). "Interview: Oscar Isaac Talks "10 Years," the Coen Brothers' "Inside Llewyn Davis," and Jamming with Justin Timberlake". Complex Magazine.
  23. ^ UK Screen (27 May 2013). ""Inside the Coen Brothers at Cannes" http://ukscreen.com/articles/festivals/inside-the-coen-brothers-at-cannes/". {{cite news}}: External link in |title= (help)
  24. ^ "2013 Official Selection". Cannes. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  25. ^ Knegt, Peter (May 9, 2013). "Here's The Screening Schedule For The 2013 Cannes Competition Lineup". The Playlist. IndieWire. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
  26. ^ Fleming Jr., Mike (22 August 2013). "'Inside Llewyn Davis' To Be AFI Fest Closer". Deadline. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  27. ^ McNary, Dave (May 3, 2013). "Coen Brothers' 'Inside Llewyn Davis' Dated For Dec. 6". Variety. Reed Business Information. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
  28. ^ "Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  29. ^ "Inside Llewyn Davis Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  30. ^ "Inside Llewyn Davis: The Coen Brothers' Most Moving Film Since A Serious Man". The Village Voice, September 27, 2013. Retrieved on September 27, 2013.
  31. ^ McCarthy, Todd (May 18, 2013). "Inside Llewyn Davis Inside Llewyn Davis: Cannes Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
  32. ^ Richford, Rhonda (May 26, 2013). "Cannes Film Festival Awards". The Hollywood Reporter.

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