Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Inside Llewyn Davis
The visionary chroniclers of eccentric Americana Joel and Ethan Coen present one of their greatest creations in Llewyn Davis, a singer barely eking out a living on the peripheries of the flourishing Greenwich Village folk scene of the early sixties. As embodied by Oscar Isaac in a revelatory performance, Llewyn (loosely modeled on the Village folk legend Dave Van Ronk) is extraordinarily talented but also irascible, rude, and self-defeating. His circular odyssey through an unforgiving winter cityscape, evocatively captured by cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel, is realized with poignant humor and the occasional surreal touch. Featuring a folk soundtrack curated by T Bone Burnett, Inside Llewyn Davis reminds us that in the Coens’ world, history isn’t necessarily written by the winners.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- 4K digital transfer, approved by directors Joel and Ethan Coen, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New audio commentary featuring authors Robert Christgau, David Hajdu, and Sean Wilentz
- New conversation between filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and the Coen brothers about the evolution of their approach
- Inside “Inside Llewyn Davis” (2013), a forty-three-minute documentary
- Another Place, Another Time (2014), a 101-minute film documenting an Inside Llewyn Davis tribute concert, featuring Joan Baez, Marcus Mumford, Punch Brothers, Gillian Welch, Jack White, and others
- New conversation between music producer T Bone Burnett and the Coens about folk music, with illustrations by Drew Christie
- New piece about the early sixties Greenwich Village folk scene, featuring music writer and historian Elijah Wald
- Sunday, a short film by Dan Drasin documenting a 1961 clash between folk musicians and police in Washington Square Park
- Trailers
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Kent Jones
New cover by Telegramme
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- 4K digital transfer, approved by directors Joel and Ethan Coen, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New audio commentary featuring authors Robert Christgau, David Hajdu, and Sean Wilentz
- New conversation between filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and the Coen brothers about the evolution of their approach
- Inside “Inside Llewyn Davis” (2013), a forty-three-minute documentary
- Another Place, Another Time (2014), a 101-minute film documenting an Inside Llewyn Davis tribute concert, featuring Joan Baez, Marcus Mumford, Punch Brothers, Gillian Welch, Jack White, and others
- New conversation between music producer T Bone Burnett and the Coens about folk music, with illustrations by Drew Christie
- New piece about the early sixties Greenwich Village folk scene, featuring music writer and historian Elijah Wald
- Sunday, a short film by Dan Drasin documenting a 1961 clash between folk musicians and police in Washington Square Park
- Trailers
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Kent Jones
New cover by Telegramme
Cast
- Oscar Isaac
- Llewyn Davis
- Carey Mulligan
- Jean
- Justin Timberlake
- Jim
- Ethan Phillips
- Mitch Gorfein
- Robin Bartlett
- Lillian Gorfein
- Max Casella
- Pappi Corsicato
- Jerry Grayson
- Mel Novikoff
- Jeanine Seralles
- Joy
- Adam Driver
- Al Cody
- Stark Sands
- Troy Nelson
- John Goodman
- Roland Turner
- Garrett Hedlund
- Johnny Five
- Alex Karpovsky
- Marty Green
- Helen Hong
- Janet Fung
- Bradley Mott
- Joe Flom
- Michael Rosner
- Arlen Gamble
- Bonnie Rose
- Dodi Gamble
- Jack O'Connell
- Elevator attendant
- Diane Findlay
- Receptionist
- F. Murray Abraham
- Bud Grossman
- Jake Ryan
- Danny
Credits
- Director
- Joel Coen
- Director
- Ethan Coen
- Written by
- Joel Coen
- Written by
- Ethan Coen
- Producers
- Scott Rudin
- Producers
- Ethan Coen
- Producers
- Joel Coen
- Executive producers
- Robert Graf
- Executive producers
- Olivier Courson
- Executive producers
- Ron Halpern
- Director of photography
- Bruno Delbonnel
- Production designer
- Jess Gonchor
- Edited by
- Roderick Jaynes
- Costume designer
- Mary Zophres
- Executive music producer
- T Bone Burnett
- Supervising sound editor
- Skip Lievsay
- Casting
- Ellen Chenoweth
