The Ballad of Buster Scruggs segment details & poster revealed
The Playlist has reported new The Ballad of Buster Scruggs segment details behind the Coen brothers anthology, along with a new poster which you can check out in the gallery below. What was once a six-part series will now be a two-plus-hour movie. Ahead of its premiere at the Venice Film Festival, here’s a breakdown of the six individual segments, which are expected to revolve around the film’s title character, played by Tim Blake Nelson.
“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
Tim Blake Nelson (Buster Scruggs)
Willie Watson (The Kid)
This first segment finds Tim Blake Nelson playing a sharp-shooting songster.
“Near Algodones”
James Franco (Cowboy)
James Franco’s wannabe bank robber gets his due and then some. And just a little bit more for good measure.
“Meal Ticket”
Liam Neeson (Impresario)
Harry Melling (Artist)
Lugubrious dark humour pervades the Liam Neeson starrer Meal Ticket, a gothic tale about two weary travelling performers.
“All Gold Canyon”
Tom Waits (Prospector)
Tom Waits mines a rich seam of humour.
“The Gal Who Got Rattled”
Bill Heck (Billy Knapp)
Zoe Kazan (Alice Longabaugh)
Grainger Hines (Mr. Arthur)
Zoe Kazan finds an unexpected promise of love, along with a dose of life’s cruel irony, on a wagon train across the prairies.
“The Mortal Remains”
Brendan Gleeson (Irishman)
Tyne Daly (Lady)
Jonjo O’Neill (Englishman)
Saul Rubinek (Frenchman)
Chelcie Ross (Trapper)
Ghostly laughs haunt this segment as Tyne Daly rains judgment upon a motley crew of strangers undertaking a final carriage ride.
Academy Award winners Joel and Ethan Coen will write and direct each of the six segments. Megan Ellison and Sue Naegle from Annapurna Television will also serve as executive producers, along with longtime Coen Brothers collaborator Robert Graf. Cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel (Inside Llewyn Davis, Darkest Hour) shot the film with the Arri Alexa camera, making The Ballad of Buster Scruggs the Coens’ first-ever digital photography production.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is slated for a November 16 release on the streaming service and in select theaters.
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