Release Date: January 18th, 1985
DVD Release Date: September 18th, 2001
R|1 hr 37 min
Plot Summary
"Blood Simple" was the first feature film from Joel and Ethan Coen. This is the newly restored and re-edited director's cut of the film, introduced by Mortimer Young. The stylish crime thriller premiered at film festivals in 1984. "Blood Simple" begins deep in the heart of Texas, where a jealous saloon owner hires a cheap divorce detective to kill the saloon owner's younger wife and her bartender lover. But the detective gets a better idea: he follows the two lovers, and...
Cast: John Getz, Frances McDormand, M. Emmet Walsh, Dan Hedaya, Samm-Art Williams, Deborah Neumann, Señor Marco, William Creamer
Director: Joel Coen
Genres: Crime drama, Thriller
Production Co: River Road
Distributors: USA Films
