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- BFI identifierN-3616724
- Date2018
- Production countryUSA
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- SynopsisAn anthology film of six stories set in the American West: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs about a musician/gunfighter; Near Algodones about an unlucky bank robber; Meal Ticket about a travelling impresario and his act; All Gold Canyon about a gold prospector, The Gal Who Got Rattled about a young woman travelling west on a wagon train; The Mortal Remains about a motley group of characters making a stagecoach journey. (Synopsis)
- Work historyFilmed on location in the States of New Mexico, Colorado and Nebraska. In the opening credits the title of the film 'The Ballad of Buster Scruggs' appears as the title on front of a book, later the book is opened revealing the book's title page which reads: 'The Ballad of Buster Scruggs and Other Tales of the American Frontier'. The film consists of six stories: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Near Algodones, Meal Ticket, All Gold Canyon, The Gal Who Got Rattled, The Mortal Remains
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- Credits
- CastTim Blake Nelson (Buster Scruggs) The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Willie Watson ('The Kid') The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Clancy Brown (Curly Joe) The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
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Title
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/7083-A947-6BBD-466F-4752-ACategory
Fiction- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Work - N-3616724 - 2018 ()
USA - Film - Fiction
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