The Trailer For The Coen Brothers' New Film INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS Now Online

I don't normally post trailers for upcoming movies, but when it's Film Babble Blog favorites the Coen brothers, I had to make an exception. The trailer, for INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, came to my attention when it was shared on Facebook, from the A.V. Club's Coming Distractions department, by William Fonvielle of the new blog Filmvielle who wrote “The Coen Bros have a new movie. That is what you need to know.” So here it is:

It reminds me of HARRY AND TONTO - another movie where a man carries an orange cat across country. Hey, it won Art Carney an Oscar, so maybe that's a good sign for Oscar Isaac. Here's that trailer too:

INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS is scheduled for release in February.

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Obligatory Road-Trip Vegas Scene #2: HARRY & TONTO

It’s now time for #2 in my 5-part series focusing on those scenes in cross-country road-trip movies in which Las Vegas makes a brief cameo appearance. This series was inspired by my wife Jill’s trip to the Nevade gambling mecca over the last week for the NAB Show.

Obligatory Road Trip Scene #2: HARRY & TONTO (Dir. Paul Mazursky, 1974)

Art Carney won an Oscar for his part as a retired widowed schoolteacher who takes a trip across country when he's evicted from his Upper West Side apartment in New York City. Carney's best friend in the world is an orange tabby cat named Tonto, who he walks on a leash.

In this charming road-trip movie's Vegas scene, Carney visits a casino (one that's not identified) has a few drinks and is accused of being a “cooler” by a guy at a Blackjack table who loses everything. After exiting the establishment a drunk Carney gets arrested for urinating on the casino's wall.

It's a good thing this will stay in Vegas because it's hardly anything to write home about.

The highly recommended HARRY & TONTO is currently available on Netflix Instant.

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