Netflix has released the debut trailer for The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, the all-star western omnibus from The Coen Brothers (No Country For Old Men, True Grit) starring the likes of James Franco, Brendan Gleeson, Zoe Kazan, Liam Neeson, Tim Blake Nelson, Clancy Brown, Stephen Root and Tom Waits. The film received the Best Screenplay award at the Venice Film Festival this past weekend. Check out the Ballad of Buster Scruggs trailer below!
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a six-part Western anthology film, a series of tales about the American frontier told through the unique and incomparable voice of Joel and Ethan Coen. Each chapter tells a distinct story about the American West…
“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
Tim Blake Nelson (Buster Scruggs)
Willie Watson (The Kid)
This first segment finds Tim Blake Nelson playing a sharp-shooting songster.
“Near Algodones”
James Franco (Cowboy)
James Franco’s wannabe bank robber gets his due and then some. And just a little bit more for good measure.
“Meal Ticket”
Liam Neeson (Impresario)
Harry Melling (Artist)
Lugubrious dark humour pervades the Liam Neeson starrer Meal Ticket, a gothic tale about two weary travelling performers.
“All Gold Canyon”
Tom Waits (Prospector)
Tom Waits mines a rich seam of humour.
“The Gal Who Got Rattled”
Bill Heck (Billy Knapp)
Zoe Kazan (Alice Longabaugh)
Grainger Hines (Mr. Arthur)
Zoe Kazan finds an unexpected promise of love, along with a dose of life’s cruel irony, on a wagon train across the prairies.
“The Mortal Remains”
Brendan Gleeson (Irishman)
Tyne Daly (Lady)
Jonjo O’Neill (Englishman)
Saul Rubinek (Frenchman)
Chelcie Ross (Trapper)
Ghostly laughs haunt this segment as Tyne Daly rains judgment upon a motley crew of strangers undertaking a final carriage ride.
Academy Award winners Joel and Ethan Coen wrote and directed each of the six segments. Megan Ellison and Sue Naegle from Annapurna Television will serve as producers, along with longtime Coen Brothers collaborator Robert Graf. Cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel (Inside Llewyn Davis, Darkest Hour) shot the film with the Arri Alexa camera, making The Ballad of Buster Scruggs the Coens’ first-ever digital photography production.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is slated for a November 16 release on the streaming service and in select theaters.
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
