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Ballad of Buster Scruggs and Other Tales of the American Frontier, The An engaging, highly entertaining, Oscar-winning adapted screenplay, well-acted, uneven, violent, well-written, unpredictable, star-studded (David Krumholtz, Clancy Brown, Ralph Ineson, Willie Nelson, Tommy Proctor, Danny McCarthy, Matthew Willig, and Brian Brown), 133-minute, 2018 Coen Brother satirical spoof composed of six vignettes: 1) In the absolutely hilarious, quirky, 17-minute The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, a legendary, singing, golden-voiced, wanted-dead-or-alive gunslinger (Tim Blake Nelson) rides into town and the townsfolk begin falling like flies until a black-clothed cowboy (Willie Watson) riding a black stallion challenges him to a showdown; 2) In wacky, 11-minute Near Algodones, after a bold, unlucky robber (James Franco) tries to empty a bank from an aging teller (Stephen Root) in New Mexico, he is caught, tried, convicted, and sentenced to hang while partially unconscious only to have the hanging interrupted by a Comanche raid and then saved by a cattle rustler (Jesse Luken) only to be caught, tried, convicted, and sentenced to the gallows again when a posse mistakenly identifies him as a cattle rustler himself; 3) In poetic, 18-minute Meal Ticket, a talented, limbless thespian orator (Harry Melling) travels with an exploitive, spirit-imbibing impresario/handler (Liam Neeson) to perform and recite from classic works in small towns but when their audience dwindles and already meager income varies, the organizer considers changing his foul meal ticket to a chicken; 4) In 21-minute All Gold Canyon highlighted by stunning photography and lush, green valley scenery and based on Jack London's story, after an aging prospector (Tom Waits) finds enough gold to last a lifetime, he is unexpectedly confronted by a greedy, gun-toting rival (Sam Dillon); 5) In the dark, 38-minute The Gal Who Got Rattled, a young woman (Zoe Kazan), who is traveling with her brother (Jefferson Mays), wanders off from the protection of a wagon train lead by a trail boss (Grainger Hines) to watch adorable prairie dogs scamper in their underground burrows and quickly finds herself and a the other trail boss (Bill Heck) being threatened by attacking Indians; and 6) In the dark and gloomy, 25-minute The Mortal Remains, an Irish bounty hunter (Brendan Gleeson) and his English partner (Saul Rubenik) carry a corpse on the roof of a stagecoach while a lady (Tyne Daly) who is separated from her husband, a Frenchman (Jonjo O'Neill), and a fur trapper (Chelcie Ross) carry on philosophical conversations as the travel companions head to an ominous Colorado hotel.   Redhead: Year: 2020 Rating:  R View Ballad of Buster Scruggs and Other Tales of the American Frontier, The on the Internet Movie Database