Joel Coen

Speaks on the shows. Their sketches and lines as a speaker.

Wikidata Q13595311: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as writer. The films the hosts said they wrote, which the two lists below run through too: Fargo (1996); No Country for Old Men (2007). Count them as director (5 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Cormac McCarthy: 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through No Country for Old Men (2007), which they wrote: Cormac McCarthy ⇒ No Country for Old Men (the host's read). The film adapts McCarthy's 2005 novel and the Coens refused to water it down.
    “You can tell the cones were determined not to water down McCarthy's book.”
    The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:07:47 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Fargo (unaired NBC pilot with Edie Falco): 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through Fargo (1996), which they wrote: Fargo ⇒ Fargo (unaired NBC pilot with Edie Falco) (the host's read). An NBC pilot directed by Kathy Bates with Edie Falco as Marge aired years later; the Coens were not involved.
    “There was like an NBC pilot directed by Kathy Bates with Edie Falco playing Marge Gunderson.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 0:10:45 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014): 1 line

  1. unmapped (false true story) · through Fargo (1996), which they wrote: Fargo ⇒ Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (the host's read). Kumiko is a movie about someone who believed Fargo's 'based on a true story' card and went looking for the money.
    “is a movie based on an Irvin legend about someone believing that Fargo was true and looking for the bag of money.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 0:46:41 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Panic Room (2002): 1 line

  1. unmapped (model for the villains) · through Fargo (1996), which they wrote: Fargo ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). A host feels Panic Room's funny villain and scary villain pair uses the Buscemi and Stormare model from Fargo.
    “But I'm realizing how much wisely it does feel like they're sort of using the model of Bushemi and Stoneman.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 2:20:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (6) everyone in directing

Writing (2) everyone in writing

What was said about them, by kind

craft (1)

  1. craft (direction style): Gene Jones → Joel Coen. Jones says the Coens gave little direction and listened to the gas-station scene rather than watching it.
    “Neither Joel nor Ethan watched it while we shot it.”
    The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:13:41 · Gene Jones (0.90 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (married): Frances McDormand → Joel Coen. McDormand being married to Joel meant she could ask for an extra Marge scene.
    “Francis McDormand is married to Joel Cohen and is more involved in the development of these movies”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 0:28:29 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.