| Edition |
Director's cut. |
| Description |
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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Dolby |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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region 1 |
| System Details |
DVD ; region 1 NTSC ; widescreen 1.85:1 ; single layer ; Dolby digital. |
| Cast |
John Getz (Ray), Frances McDormand (Abby), Dan Hedaya (Julian Marty), Samm-Art Williams (Meurice), M. Emmet Walsh (Private Detective), Deborah Neumann (Debra), Raquel Gavia (Landlady), Van Brooks (Man from Lubbock). |
| Credits |
Associate producer, Mark Silverman ; production designer, Jane Musky ; music by Carter Burwell ; edited by Roderick Jaynes and Don Wiegmann ; first assistant director, Deborah Reinisch ; casting, Julie Hughes and Barry Moss. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1985. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R. |
| Summary |
When Marty, the owner of a backwoods bar, hires a man to kill his cheating wife and her boyfriend, he opens a door into the criminal world that he'll never be able to shut. |
| Awards |
Independent Spirit Awards (1986): Best Director, Best Male Lead. Sundance Film Festival (1985): Grand Jury Prize. |
| Language |
In English with optional subtitles in English, Spanish and French; closed-captioned. |
| Subject |
Murder for hire -- Drama.
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Murder for hire. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Private investigators -- Drama.
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Private investigators. |
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Adultery -- Drama.
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Adultery. |
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Jealousy -- Drama.
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Jealousy. |
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Deception -- Drama.
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Deception. |
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Married people -- Drama.
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Married people. |
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships. |
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Texas -- Drama.
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Texas. |
| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Film noir.
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Film noir.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Subject |
Married people. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Added Author |
Pedas, Ted, 1931-
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Pedas, Jim.
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Barenholtz, Ben, 1935-2019.
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Coen, Joel.
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Coen, Ethan.
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Bacaner, Daniel F.
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Sonnenfeld, Barry.
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Getz, John, 1946-
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McDormand, Frances.
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Hedaya, Dan.
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Williams, Samm-Art.
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Walsh, M. Emmet, 1935-
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Neumann, Deborah.
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Gavia, Raquel.
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Brooks, Van.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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River Road Productions.
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MGM Home Entertainment Inc.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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| Added Title |
Blood simple (Motion picture) https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2005099524
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| Standard No. |
027616093554 |
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