--- title: 'The Man Who Wasn''t There (2001)' type: 'film' director: 'Joel Coen' released: '2001-01-01' runtime_minutes: 116 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Crime' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-man-who-wasnt-there-2001' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0243133/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) 2001 · 116 min · Drama, Crime · United States ## Synopsis The Man Who Wasn't There is a 2001 neo-noir crime film written, directed, produced and co-edited by Joel and Ethan Coen. It stars Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, Michael Badalucco, Richard Jenkins, Scarlett Johansson, Jon Polito, Tony Shalhoub, and James Gandolfini. The film is set in 1949 and tells the story of Ed Crane, a withdrawn barber who leads an ordinary life in a small California town with his wife, who he suspects is having an affair with her boss. Crane's situation changes when a stranger comes to the barbershop and offers him the opportunity to join him as a partner in a promising new business, in exchange for an investment of ten thousand dollars. Drawn to the idea, Crane plans to blackmail his wife's lover for the money. ## Credits - **Director:** [Joel Coen](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-coen) - **Editor:** [Joel Coen](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-coen), [Tricia Cooke](https://cinepixo.com/people/tricia-cooke), [Ethan Coen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ethan-coen) - **Screenplay:** [Coen brothers](https://cinepixo.com/people/coen-brothers) - **Producer:** [Coen brothers](https://cinepixo.com/people/coen-brothers) - **Original Music Composer:** [Carter Burwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/carter-burwell) - **Director of Photography:** [Roger Deakins](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-deakins) ## Cast - [Scarlett Johansson](https://cinepixo.com/people/scarlett-johansson) - [Max Thayer](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-thayer) - [Christopher Kriesa](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-kriesa) - [Christopher McDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-mcdonald) - [Jack McGee](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-mcgee) - [Richard Jenkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-jenkins) - [Frances McDormand](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-mcdormand) - [Gregg Binkley](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregg-binkley) - [Adam Alexi-Malle](https://cinepixo.com/people/adam-alexi-malle) - [Tony Shalhoub](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-shalhoub) - [Jennifer Jason Leigh](https://cinepixo.com/people/jennifer-jason-leigh) - [Booth Colman](https://cinepixo.com/people/booth-colman) - [Alan Fudge](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-fudge) - [Michael Badalucco](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-badalucco) - [John Michael Higgins](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-michael-higgins) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-man-who-wasnt-there-2001 Film facts: Wikidata (Q913440); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.