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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 2018

Movie · 133 min · English · August 31, 2018

Directed by Joel Coen, Ethan CoenWritten by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Starring The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Tim Blake Nelson, Willie Watson, David Krumholtz, E.E. Bell

A 2018 American Western black comedy anthology film, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (titled on-screen as The Ballad of Buster Scruggs and Other Tales of the American Frontier), was written, directed, produced, and edited by the Coen brothers. It features Tim Blake Nelson, Tyne Daly, James Franco, Brendan Gleeson, Bill Heck, Grainger Hines, Zoe Kazan, Harry Melling, Liam Neeson, Jonjo O'Neill, Chelcie Ross, Saul Rubinek, and Tom Waits. The movie contains six stories taking place in the post-Civil War frontier.

The film debuted at the 75th Venice International Film Festival on August 31, 2018, winning the Golden Osella Award for Best Screenplay. Following a limited theatrical release starting on November 9, 2018, it became available on Netflix on November 16. The National Board of Review included it among its top ten films of 2018. At the 91st Academy Awards, the film received three nominations: Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Costume Design, and Best Original Song ("When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings").