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Tom Hanks, Tzi Ma, Marlon Wayans, Irma P. Hall, Ryan Hurst, and J.K. Simmons in The Ladykillers (2004)

Connections

The Ladykillers

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Edited into

    • The Clock (2010)

      syncronizing watches.

Featured in

    • "Siskel & Ebert" The Ladykillers/Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed/Hellboy/Ned Kelly/Dogville (TV Episode 2004)

      Reviewed.
    • "At the Movies" Episode #1.8 (TV Episode 2004)

      Clips shown when this film is reviewed.
    • "Los 10 magníficos" Hermanos Coen (TV Episode 2008)

      Features clips from the film and talks about it
    • "WatchMojo" Top 10 Embarrassing Movies by Critically Acclaimed Directors (TV Episode 2014)

      The Ladykillers, directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, is #7.
    • "WatchMojo" Top 10 Coen Brothers Movies (TV Episode 2014)

      The Ladykillers gets a dishonorable mention.

Features

    • The Jeffersons (TV Series 1975–1985)

      seen on TV in a flashback.

Referenced in

    • Comic Relief Does University Challenge (TV Special 2005)

      Reference to the Coen Brothers remake.
    • Danika (2005)

      DVD seen in The Good Guys store.
    • The Benchwarmers (2006)

      Video case is shown in a video store.
    • Burn After Reading (2008)

      Linda Litzke tells her doctor "My mother had an ass that could pull a bus." In The Ladykillers (2004), also directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen , Gawain tells his boss almost the exact same thing; describing a customer: "Mr. Gudge, she had a ass that could pull a bus."
    • "Pretty Little Liars" The Lady Killer (TV Episode 2012)

      Title reference.

References

    • Sullivan's Travels (1941)

      The portrait over the fireplace changes expressions through the movie just like in Sullivan's Travels.
    • Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

      Othar's portrait is modeled after Alec Guinness in this movie.
    • The Night of the Hunter (1955)

      Mrs. Munson hums 'Leaning On The Everlasting Arms' as she writes the check to Bob Jones University.
    • The Ladykillers (1955)

      The same Luigi Boccherini musical piece is used in the same context, as is a portrait of "Othar" (Alec Guinness).
    • The Comedy of Terrors (1963)

      Pickles the cat, accompanying and watching Professor Dorr's "ensemble" in "The Ladykillers", like the cat in "The Comedy of Terrors" the undertakers (Vincent Price & Peter Lorre).

Remake of

    • The Ladykillers (1955)

Spoofs

    • Barry Lyndon (1975)

      The ongoing "duel" between Garth and Gawain reflects Barry's recurring duelling in "Barry Lyndon". After his duel with Captain Quin Barry is lead to believe that his opponent is dead: Quin's radial artery is checked by a second deceptively stating that he is "quite dead". In "The Ladykillers" the "duelist" himself (Garth) with much emphasis checks his opponent's (Gawain's) more easily palpable carotid artery to obtain assurance of his death, Professor G.H. Dorr subsequently stating: "This is most irregular."
    • O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

      Homer Stokes speaks of "all those smart-ass folks say we come descended from monkeys." Professor G.H. Dorr: "I was a positive lemur."

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