Oscar(R) Winners Joel and Ethan Coen Shine in This Critically Acclaimed Dark Comedy A Serious Man

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ --

OVERVIEW: Loaded with originality and dark humor, A Serious Man is the new comedy from the brilliant minds of the Coen brothers, the Academy Award®-winning filmmakers responsible for The Big Lebowski, Fargo, No Country for Old Men and Burn After Reading. Praised as "Seriously awesome!" by Michael Hogan of Vanity Fair, this film imaginatively explores questions of faith, familial responsibility, delinquent behavior and mortality in one ordinary man's quest to become a serious man. Starring Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick, Adam Arkin, Aaron Wolff and Jessica McManus.

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SYNOPSIS: Academy Award®-winning directors Joel and Ethan Coen return to their comedy roots with this original and darkly humorous story about one ordinary man's quest to become a serious man. Physics professor Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg) can't believe his life: His wife is leaving him for his best friend, his unemployed brother won't move off the couch, someone is threatening his career, his kids are a mystery and his neighbor is tormenting him by sunbathing nude. Struggling to make sense of it all, Larry consults three different rabbis and their answers lead him on a twisted journey of faith, family, delinquent behavior and mortality in the film critics rave is "seriously awesome!" (Michael Hogan, Vanity Fair)

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    TECHNICAL INFORMATION (BLU-RAY(TM) HI-DEF):
    Street Date: February 9, 2010
    Copyright: 2010 Universal Studios Home Entertainment
    Selection Number: 62106375
    Running time: 1 Hour, 46 Minutes
    Layers: BD-50
    Picture Format: Widescreen
    Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
    Rating: R (for language, some sexuality/nudity and brief violence)
    Languages/Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French
    Sound: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Spanish DTS Surround 5.1,
     French DTS Surround 5.1

    TECHNICAL INFORMATION (DVD):
    Street Date: February 9, 2010
    Copyright: 2010 Universal Studios Home Entertainment
    Selection Number: 62106191
    Running time: 1 Hour, 46 Minutes
    Layers: Dual layer
    Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
    Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
    Rating: R (for language, some sexuality/nudity and brief violence)
    Languages/Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French
    Sound: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, French
     Dolby Digital 5.1

    CAST AND FILMMAKERS:
    Cast: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick,
     Adam Arkin, Aaron Wolff, Jessica McManus
    Directed By: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
    Written By: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
    Executive Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robert Graf
    Produced By: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
    Director of Photography: Roger Deakins
    Production Designer: Jess Gonchor
    Editor: Roderick Jaynes
    Music By: Carter Burwell
    Costume Design By: Mary Zophres
    Casting By: Ellen Chenoweth, Rachel Tanner

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