Loaded with originality and dark humor, A Serious Man is the new comedy from the brilliant minds of the Coen brothers, the Academy Award®-winning filmmakers responsible for The Big Lebowski, Fargo, No Country for Old Men and Burn After Reading. Praised as “Seriously awesome!” by Michael Hogan of Vanity Fair, this film imaginatively explores questions of faith, familial responsibility, delinquent behavior and mortality in one ordinary man's quest to become a serious man. Starring Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick, Adam Arkin, Aaron Wolff and Jessica McManus.
Academy Award®-winning directors Joel and Ethan Coen return to their comedy roots with this original and darkly humorous story about one ordinary man’s quest to become a serious man. Physics professor Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg) can’t believe his life: His wife is leaving him for his best friend, his unemployed brother won’t move off the couch, someone is threatening his career, his kids are a mystery and his neighbor is tormenting him by sunbathing nude. Struggling to make sense of it all, Larry consults three different rabbis and their answers lead him on a twisted journey of faith, family, delinquent behavior and mortality in the film critics rave is “seriously awesome!” (Michael Hogan, Vanity Fair)
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Academy Award®-winning directors Joel and Ethan Coen return to their comedy roots with this original and darkly humorous story about one ordinary man’s quest to become a serious man. Physics professor Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg) can’t believe his life: His wife is leaving him for his best friend, his unemployed brother won’t move off the couch, someone is threatening his career, his kids are a mystery and his neighbor is tormenting him by sunbathing nude. Struggling to make sense of it all, Larry consults three different rabbis and their answers lead him on a twisted journey of faith, family, delinquent behavior and mortality in the film critics rave is “seriously awesome!” (Michael Hogan, Vanity Fair)
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BECOMING SERIOUS: Explore the creative vision behind A Serious Man and see why it’s the Coen brothers’ most personal film.
CREATING 1967: Take a tour of the Minneapolis neighborhoods and set pieces used in the film.
HEBREW AND YIDDISH FOR GOYS: Unravel the mysteries of the Hebrew and Yiddish language.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION (BLU-RAY™ HI-DEF):
Street Date: February 9, 2010
Copyright: 2010 Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Selection Number: 62106375
Running time: 1 Hour, 46 Minutes
Layers: BD-50
Picture Format: WidescreenAspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Rating: R (for language, some sexuality/nudity and brief violence)Languages/Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French
Sound: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Spanish DTS Surround 5.1, French DTS Surround 5.1
TECHNICAL INFORMATION (DVD):
Street Date: February 9, 2010
Copyright: 2010 Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Selection Number: 62106191
Running time: 1 Hour, 46 Minutes
Layers: Dual layer
Picture Format: Anamorphic WidescreenAspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Rating: R (for language, some sexuality/nudity and brief violence)Languages/Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French
Sound: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1
CAST AND FILMMAKERS:
Cast: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick, Adam Arkin, Aaron Wolff, Jessica McManusDirected By: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Written By: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Executive Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robert Graf
Produced By: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Director of Photography: Roger Deakins
Production Designer: Jess Gonchor
Editor: Roderick Jaynes
Music By: Carter Burwell
Costume Design By: Mary Zophres
Casting By: Ellen Chenoweth, Rachel Tanner
BONUS FEATURES (BLU-RAY™ HI-DEF AND DVD):
BECOMING SERIOUS: Explore the creative vision behind A Serious Man and see why it’s the Coen brothers’ most personal film.
CREATING 1967: Take a tour of the Minneapolis neighborhoods and set pieces used in the film.
HEBREW AND YIDDISH FOR GOYS: Unravel the mysteries of the Hebrew and Yiddish language.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION (BLU-RAY™ HI-DEF):
Street Date: February 9, 2010
Copyright: 2010 Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Selection Number: 62106375
Running time: 1 Hour, 46 Minutes
Layers: BD-50
Picture Format: WidescreenAspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Rating: R (for language, some sexuality/nudity and brief violence)Languages/Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French
Sound: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Spanish DTS Surround 5.1, French DTS Surround 5.1
TECHNICAL INFORMATION (DVD):
Street Date: February 9, 2010
Copyright: 2010 Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Selection Number: 62106191
Running time: 1 Hour, 46 Minutes
Layers: Dual layer
Picture Format: Anamorphic WidescreenAspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Rating: R (for language, some sexuality/nudity and brief violence)Languages/Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French
Sound: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1
CAST AND FILMMAKERS:
Cast: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick, Adam Arkin, Aaron Wolff, Jessica McManusDirected By: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Written By: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Executive Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robert Graf
Produced By: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Director of Photography: Roger Deakins
Production Designer: Jess Gonchor
Editor: Roderick Jaynes
Music By: Carter Burwell
Costume Design By: Mary Zophres
Casting By: Ellen Chenoweth, Rachel Tanner
“A Serious Man” is the story of an ordinary man’s search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and “F-Troop” is on TV. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg), a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith (Sari Lennick) that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous colleagues, Sy Ableman (Fred Melamed), who seems to her a more substantial person than the feckless Larry. Larry’s unemployable brother Arthur (Richard Kind) is sleeping on the couch, his son Danny (Aaron Wolf) is a discipline problem and a shirker at Hebrew school, and his daughter Sarah (Jessica McManus) is filching money from his wallet in order to save up for a nose job. While his wife and Sy Ableman blithely make new domestic arrangements, and his brother becomes more and more of a burden, an anonymous hostile letter-writer is trying to sabotage Larry’s chances for tenure at the university. Also, a graduate student seems to be trying to bribe him for a passing grade while at the same time threatening to sue him for defamation. Plus, the beautiful woman next door torments him by sunbathing nude. Struggling for equilibrium, Larry seeks advice from three different rabbis. Can anyone help him cope with his afflictions and become a righteous person – a mensch – a serious man?
