DIRECTORS: Joel Coen,
Ethan Coen STARRING: Josh
Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich, Ralph Fiennes, Jonah Hill, Scarlett
Johansson, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and Channing Tatum PRODUCERS: Joel Coen,
Ethan Coen,
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner WRITERS:
Joel Coen,
Ethan Coen FILM EDITORS: Joel Coen,
Ethan Coen MUSIC: Carter Burwell NARRATED BY: Michael
Gambon GENRE: Comedy, Drama, Music, Mystery CINEMATOGRAPHY: Roger
Deakins PRODUCTION
DESIGN: Jess
Gonchor PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Working Title Films, Mike Zoss Productions DISTRIBUTORS: Universal Pictures COUNTRY:
United States LANGUAGE: English RUNNING TIME: 1hr.
46 minutes
Technical assessment: 3.5
Moral assessment: 3
CINEMA rating: V14
In Hail, Caesar! 1951 Hollywood fixer Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin) is the head of property
protection at Capitol Pictures. He
shields the studio's stars from any scandal and ensures that their public
persona is what the studio wants. He is pressed into action when superstar
actor Baird Whitlock (George Clooney) is kidnapped and held for
ransom by a mysterious group called “The Future”. Mannix races to quietly
collect the ransom money without gossip columnists Thessaly and Thora Thacker (Tilda Swinton in a dual role) catching
wind of the scandal. Check out the
review of Hail, Caesar! By the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
(USCCB) here: http://www.catholicnews.com/services/englishnews/2016/hail-caesar.cfm
