Blood Simple (1984)
When Marty, the owner of a Texas backwoods bar, hires a man to kill his cheating wife and her boyfriend, he opens a door into the criminal world that he'll never be able to shut. The sleazy hit man decides instead to shoot Marty, thereby collecting his unearned fee and eliminating the only person who could implicate him—or so he thinks.
Primary Title
- Blood Simple
Date Broadcast
- Sunday 5 June 2016
Release Year
- 1984
Start Time
- 20 : 30
Finish Time
- 22 : 15
Duration
- 105:00
Channel
- Maori Television
Broadcaster
- Maori Television Service
Programme Description
- When Marty, the owner of a Texas backwoods bar, hires a man to kill his cheating wife and her boyfriend, he opens a door into the criminal world that he'll never be able to shut. The sleazy hit man decides instead to shoot Marty, thereby collecting his unearned fee and eliminating the only person who could implicate him—or so he thinks.
Classification
- AO
Owning Collection
- TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Murder for hire--Texas--Drama
- Adultery--Texas--Drama
- Private investigators--Texas--Drama
- Deception--Texas--Drama
- Murderers--Texas--Drama
- Feature films--United States
- Film noir
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Genres
- Crime drama
- Thriller
Contributors
- Joel Coen (Director)
- Joel Coen (Writer)
- Ethan Coen (Writer)
- Ethan Coen (Producer)
- John Getz (Actor)
- Frances McDormand (Actor)
- Dan Hedaya (Actor)
- Samm-Art Williams (Actor)
- M. Emmet Walsh (Actor)
- Barry Sonnenfeld (Cinematographer)
- Carter Burwell (Composer)
- River Road Productions (Production Unit)
- Foxton Entertainment (Production Unit)
- 99194643414002091 (MMS ID)
Subjects
- Murder for hire--Texas--Drama
- Adultery--Texas--Drama
- Private investigators--Texas--Drama
- Deception--Texas--Drama
- Murderers--Texas--Drama
- Feature films--United States
- Film noir
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)