The Ladykillers (2004)

Name: The Ladykillers (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 104 min
Cast: Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall, Marlon Wayans, J.K. Simmons, Tzi Ma

The Ladykillers (2004)

Comedy

Crime

Thriller

Release Date: March 25, 2004
Director: Ethan Coen , Joel Coen
Cast: Tom Hanks , Irma P. Hall , Marlon Wayans , J.K. Simmons , Tzi Ma , Ryan Hurst
Runtime: 104
Main Genre: Comedy
Writers: Joel Coen , Ethan Coen , William Rose
Tagline: The greatest criminal minds of all time have finally met their match.
Website: http://ladykillers.movies.com/

Summary

Academy Award winner Tom Hanks returns to his comedic roots and teams up for the first time with Academy Award-winning filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen (“Fargo,” “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”) for his first laugh-out-loud comedy in more than a decade, Touchstone Pictures’ retelling of the critically acclaimed 1955 comedy, “The Ladykillers.” Hanks stars as Goldthwait Higginson Dorr, Ph.D., a charlatan professor who’s assembled a gang of so-called “experts” for the heist of the century. The thieves: experts in explosions, tunneling, and muscle, and the critical “inside man.” The base of operations: the root cellar of an unsuspecting, church-going little old lady named Mrs. Munson (IRMA P. HALL). The ruse: the five need a place to practice their church music. The problem: it quickly becomes evident that Dorr’s thieves lack the mental capacity to do the job. The bigger problem: they have all seriously underestimated their upstairs host. When Mrs. Munson stumbles onto their plot and threatens to notify the authorities, the felonious five decide to do her in. After all, how hard can it be to knock off one old lady?