2018 · 132 min · R

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Name: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Genre: Western, Comedy, Drama
Released: 2018
Duration: 132 min
Cast: Tim Blake Nelson, Willie Watson, Clancy Brown, Danny McCarthy, David Krumholtz

Directed by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen · Western, Comedy, Drama

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) is a Western film, directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen set during the 1800s. It runs 132 minutes and is rated R.

A western, with a darkly comic and bleak tone. Themes of fate & destiny and greed & ambition play out through anthology and multiple perspectives.

Composer

Carter Burwell

Cinematography

Bruno Delbonnel

Cast

Tim Blake NelsonWillie WatsonClancy BrownDanny McCarthyDavid KrumholtzThomas WingateTim DeZarnE.E. Bell

The world of this film

Setting

Wilderness Rural

When

1800s

Premise & themes

Premise

Western

Themes

Fate & Destiny Greed & Ambition

Structure

Anthology Multiple Perspectives

Tone

Darkly ComicBleakSatirical

Shape

Protagonist

Ensemble

Pacing

Measured

Dialogue

Balanced

Based on

Pure Fiction

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2007
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2000
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

The world of this film

Setting

Premise & themes

Shape

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