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Notable Works “Barton Fink” • “Bridge of Spies” • “Burn After Reading” • “Fargo” • “No Country for Old Men” • “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” • “Raising Arizona” • “The Big Lebowski” • “The Hudsucker Proxy” • “The Man Who Wasn’t There” • “True Grit” • “Unbroken”

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Ethan and Joel Coen, both in dark suits and glasses, stand together on a red carpet with photographers in the background at the True Grit premiere during the Berlin Film Festival.
Joel and Ethan Coen stand together in tuxedos, each holding an Academy Award trophy, in front of a blue backdrop with Oscar and ABC logos.
Jeff Bridges as The Dude, Steve Buscemi as Donny, and John Goodman as Walter Sobchak sit together in a bowling alley scene from The Big Lebowski.
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Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men walks beside a police car, holding a captive bolt pistol and air tank, wearing a black jacket and brown shirt.
Josh Brolin as Llewelyn Moss in No Country for Old Men, wearing a cowboy hat and plaid shirt, crouches by a tree in a dry landscape with an open case of money.
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Jeff Bridges as The Dude, Steve Buscemi as Donny, and John Goodman as Walter Sobchak in The Big Lebowski, 1998. Directed by the Coen Brothers.
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