Coen Brothers

Question 1

This 2004 film was the first time the Coen brothers received joint credits for both directing and producing. Prior to that, Joel received sole credit for directing and Ethan producing.

Answer 1

Ladykillers

Question 2

The Coen brothers won Best Original Screenplay at the Oscars for this movie.

Answer 2

Fargo

Question 3

The Coen Brothers won Best Picture / Director / Adapted Screenplay for this movie.

Answer 3

No Country For Old Men

Question 4

The Coen Brothers won the Palme D’Or for this movie.

Answer 4

Barton Fink

Question 5

The Coen Brothers first went to college at Simon Rock in Massachusetts. The college is a unit of this university based nearby in New York.

(They later went their separate ways to NYU and Princeton)

Answer 5

Bard College

Question 6

This was the first commercial film the brothers wrote and directed together.

Answer 6

Blood Simple

Question 7

In 1994 the Coen Brothers co-wrote this film with Sam Raimi. Despite starring Tim Robbins, Paul Newman and Jennifer Jason Leigh, it bombed at the box office.

Answer 7

The Hudsucker Proxy

Question 8

Prior to the Coen Brothers, these were the only two duos to ever be nominated for best director.

Answer 8

Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins; Warren Beatty, Buck Henry

Question 9

The Coen brothers have tied the record for the most nominations by a single nominee (counting an “established duo” as one nominee) for the same film for what film?

Answer 9

No Country For Old Men

Question 10

The Coen Brothers often shared editing credits for their films under this alias.

Answer 10

Roderick Jaynes

Question 11

This Coen brothers film set in 1937 Mississippi is a modern satire based loosely on Homer’s The Odyssey.

Answer 11

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Question 12

The Coen Brothers direct and co-wrote this 2003 romantic comedy starring George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Answer 12

Intolerable Cruelty

Question 13

This 2009 Coen Brothers film starred Michael Stuhlbarg as a Minnesota Jewish man whose life crumbles both professionally and personally, leading him to questions about his faith.

Answer 13

A Serious Man

Question 14

The Coen Brothers co-wrote this 2017 black comedy film, directed and also co-written by George Clooney. It starred Matt Damon as a mild-mannered father who must face his demons after a home invasion shakes his quaint neighborhood in 1959.

Answer 14

Suburbicon

Question 15

This actor is known for his role in Coen Brothers films like the titular character in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs and Delmar O’Donnell in O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Answer 15

Tim Blake Nelson

Question 16

This Coen Brothers film was the feature-film debut of Frances McDormand.

Answer 16

Blood Simple

Question 17

Ethan Coen won the Cannes Best Director award for this 2001 film starring Billy Bob Thornton in the titular role.

Answer 17

The Man Who Wasn’t There

Question 18

The Coen Brothers wrote this 2014 Angelina Jolie-directed film about a USA Olympian / army officer who was stranded at sea after his bomber crash landed in the ocean.

Answer 18

Unbroken

Question 19

The Coen Brothers co-wrote this 2015 historical drama about the negotiation of the release of Francis Gary Powers.

Answer 19

Bridge of Spies

Question 20

The Coen Brothers wrote, directed and produced this 1990 neo-noir gangster film starring Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden and John Turturro.

Answer 20

Miller’s Crossing

Question 21

This 1991 Coen Brothers film centers around the exploits of its titular New York City playwright.

Answer 21

Barton Fink

Question 22

This Coen Brothers film was selected in 2006 for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”—one of only six films so designated in its first year of eligibility.

Answer 22

Fargo

Question 23

Going Places is an upcoming American crime comedy film written by, directed by, and starring this actor, who will be reprising his role as The Big Lebowski character Jesus Quintana.

Answer 23

John Turturro

Question 24

The Coen Brothers’ No Country For Old Men is based off of a novel of the same name by this author.

Answer 24

Cormac McCarthy

Question 25

The Coen Brothers’ adaptation of this 1968 Charles Portis novel is actually the second to have been filmed, the first one having come out in 1969.

Answer 25

True Grit

Question 26

Though the main character in Inside Llewyn Davis is fictional, the story was partly inspired by the autobiography of what folk musician?

Answer 26

Dave Van Ronk