Intolerable Cruelty
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Joel Coen Ethan Coen (uncredited) |
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| Music by | Carter Burwell |
| Cinematography | Roger Deakins |
| Edited by | Joel Coen Ethan Coen (as Roderick Jaynes) |
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| Distributed by | Universal Studios |
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100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $60 million |
| Box office | $120.2 million |
| Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Intolerable Cruelty | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by Carter Burwell and various artists | ||||
| Released | October 7, 2003 | |||
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Film score pop, blues |
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| Length | 50:50 | |||
| Label | Hip-O | |||
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Intolerable Cruelty is a 2003 American romantic comedy film directed and co-written by Joel and Ethan Coen, and produced by Brian Grazer and the Coens. The script was written by Robert Ramsey and Matthew Stone & Ethan and Joel Coen, with the latter writing the last draft of the screenplay, about divorce and lawyers in Los Angeles. The film stars George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Geoffrey Rush, Cedric the Entertainer, Edward Herrmann, Paul Adelstein, Richard Jenkins and Billy Bob Thornton.
Donovan Donaly (Geoffrey Rush) a TV soap opera producer, surprises his wife Bonnie (Stacey Travis) being intimate with an ex-boyfriend. He files for divorce, and Bonnie hires Miles Massey (George Clooney), a top divorce attorney and the inventor of the "Massey pre-nup", a completely foolproof prenuptial agreement. Miles wins a large property settlement against Donaly, leaving him broke.
Private investigator Gus Petch (Cedric the Entertainer) tails the wealthy and married Rex Rexroth (Edward Herrmann) on a drunken night out with a blonde. When they stop at a motel, Gus catches their tryst on video. He takes the video to Rex's wife, Marylin Rexroth (Catherine Zeta-Jones), a marriage-for-money predator. She files for divorce, demanding a large property settlement. Unable to afford a divorce settlement, Rex hires Miles to represent him. Marylin's friend, serial divorcée Sarah Sorkin (Julia Duffy), warns Marilyn that Miles will be a dangerous opponent.
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