Intolerable Cruelty, 2003, George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones
Intolerable Cruelty is a 2003 dark comedy/romance directed by Joel and Ethan Coen and starring George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Cedric the Entertainer, and Billy Bob Thornton. It was released by Universal Pictures and received mixed reviews from critics.
Intolerable Cruelty is scored by Carter Burwell, in his tenth collaboration with the Coen Brothers.
The soundtrack album features a variety pop songs and cues from Burwell's score.
"The Boxer", first by Simon and Garfunkel and then by Colin Linden, opens and closes the album. A Canadian blues musician, Linden had previously participated in Down from the Mountain, a live performance of music from the Coens' O Brother, Where Art Thou?, and he performs several songs in the film.
Other songs include "Suspicious Minds" by Elvis Presley, "Non Je Ne Regret Rein" by Édith Piaf and "Glory of Love" by Big Bill Broonzy.
The judge (Marva Munson) shares the same name as the lead female protagonist in the subsequent Coen Brothers film The Ladykillers.
The house of Rex Rexroth (played by Edward Herrmann) displays the monogram ßR, as in another movie starring Herrmann, Ri¢hie Ri¢h.
Massey's ancient superior, Herb Meyerson, is aided by several medical life support machines, one of which makes the same sound as the tracking radar in the rescue pod from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. When Massey and Meyerson shake hands, the pod radar's 'lock-on' sound can be heard.Wikipedia
