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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Name: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Director: Joel Coen
Genre: Western, Comedy, Drama
Released: 2018-11-09
Duration: 132 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Tim Blake Nelson, Willie Watson, Clancy Brown, Danny McCarthy, David Krumholtz

2018 · 2h 12m · Western, Comedy, Drama

IMDb 7.2 Metacritic 79 RT 90%

This is a Coen Brothers anthology that drips with style, dark humor, and the kind of character-driven storytelling that makes their work essential viewing. If you appreciate westerns with brains and a twisted sense of humor, absolutely watch it tonight—it's the kind of inventive, beautifully crafted cinema that rewards your attention.

Plot

Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman traveling the West to an uncertain future, and a motley crew of strangers undertaking a carriage ride.

Director: Joel Coen

Cast: Tim Blake Nelson, Willie Watson, Clancy Brown, Danny McCarthy, David Krumholtz

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