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Husband Wife Relationship | Texas
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Dramatic | 1985 | Joel
1986 | Joel
Top Ten Films | 1985
Best Newcomer | 1984 | Frances
Best Screenplay | 1986 | Ethan
Best Cinematography | 1986 | Barry
Best Feature | 1986 | Ethan
Best Motion Picture | 1986 | Joel
Best Film | 1986 | Joel
Best Foreign Film | 1985
Best Film | 1984 | Joel
Best Feature | 1984 | Ethan
Budget 1,500,000 USD
Box Office Collection 4,229,114 USD
On the advice of Sam Raimi, the Coens went door-to-door showing potential investors a two minute 'trailer' of the film they planned to make. They ultimately raised $750,000 in a little over a year, enough to begin production of the movie.
Film debut of Frances McDormand.
The original video version of Blood Simple couldn't get the rights to use The Four Tops song "It's the Same Old Song" (which essentially became the theme for the film). It was instead replaced with the Neil Diamond cover song of "I'm a Believer." Later DVD and Blu-ray releases restore the Four Tops song.
The Directors' Cut is actually 3 minutes shorter than the feature release.
Though M. Emmet Walsh's character is never called by name in the film, he is named Loren Visser in the script. In the film, the name "Loren" can be seen engraved on his Zippo lighter. Also engraved on the edge of the lighter is "Elks Man of the Year".
"[first lines] Private Detective Visser: [narrating] The world is full o' complainers. An' the fact is, nothin' comes with a guarantee. Now I don't care if you're the pope of Rome, President of the United States or Man of the Year; somethin' can all go wrong. Now go on ahead, y'know, complain, tell your problems to your neighbor, ask for help, 'n watch him fly. Now, in Russia, they got it mapped out so that everyone pulls for everyone else... that's the theory, anyway. But what I know about is Texas, an' down here... you're on your own."
"Marty: I got a job for you. Private Detective Visser: Uh, well, if the pay's right, and it's legal, I'll do it. Marty: It's not strictly legal. Private Detective Visser: [Thinks for a second] Well, if the pay's right, I'll do it."
