Talk:The Ladykillers (2004 film)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 11:24, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Tom Hanks role
Having seen this film and the original version The Ladykillers (not easily available in the US I presume?) its seems to me that the character and mannerisms of Tom Hanks' part is closely based on that of Alec Guiness in the original, which was in turn said to be based on Alastair Sim.

The article says that the Coen brothers "wrote" the screenplay, but would it not be more accurate to say that they adapted it from the original script? 92.29.112.188 (talk) 17:08, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

I also was struck by the total absense of any mention of the original film, a classic Ealing comedy, by the same name in this description. Usually when Americans do this [seem to do it a lot, including TV shows] it is acknowledged as a copy. Did the Coen brothers pay Ealing Studios for this direct crib? If the original isn't easily available in the US, you're missing a treat, and nothing could compare to it, so I have no desire to see this. Could the description be altered to acknowledge this? PetePassword (talk) 14:17, 25 January 2014 (UTC)


 * In the second sentence it states that it's based on the original Ealing film.yorkshiresky (talk) 19:26, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

Bob Jones University
I must confess to being ignorant of the status Bob Jones University holds within the African-American baptist community, however it did strike me as being especially strange that a black lady was so adamant that her money go towards supporting an institution which practiced segregation until the 70s and had segregationist policies regarding dating into the 2000s. Was this a joke, a goof or is there genuinely a cross-section of the African-American Community who support BJU? 94.193.220.27 (talk) 01:17, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Who Is Pickles?
At the end of the Plot section, it mentions a character called "Pickles" but no previous nor further mention on who or what that is.

24.39.192.122 (talk) 18:10, 4 March 2016 (UTC)


 * I don't know if it was added in the meantime, but in the second paragraph, at its first mention, Pickles is identified as Mrs. Munson's cat. 162.196.161.203 (talk) 08:32, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

The Bandit Queen and Diane Delano connection.
I wanted to add some trivia about Diane Delano, who plays Mountain Girl in this movie. Her grandfather was John Merton, who was also a movie actor. He appeared in a movie in 1950 called "The Bandit Queen". The floating casino in this movie is called The Bandit Queen. It seems more than a coincidence that Mountain Girl could be identified as the Bandit Queen by virtue of her being the only female involved in the heist. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.196.161.203 (talk) 08:56, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

Digital Intermediates
The Production section should explain some of the technical details, found an article talking about the use of digital intermediate technology on this film. Will try and include it in the article later. -- 109.78.201.245 (talk) 12:05, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

Review from the Quad City Times
http://web.archive.org/web/20040503211749/http://www.qctimes.com/internal.php?story_id=1026372&t=Art,+Movies,+Theatre&c=4,1026372

This review may help develop the article. WhisperToMe (talk) 14:54, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

Is the film really set in 1996?
One of the categories is "Films set in 1996". While the Coens have set films in the then-recent past before, I cannot find a source that confirms the film is indeed set in 1996. Dominicmgm (talk) 23:14, 15 September 2023 (UTC)