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Coen Brothers' Next Film Brings Them Home Again

The Tampa Tribune

Published: September 30, 2007

Will the Coen brothers ever return to their native Minnesota to film another movie?

Yeah, sure, you betcha!

Joel and Ethan Coen haven't made a movie in Minnesota since their 1996 Oscar-winning 'Fargo,' but come March they plan to roll cameras for 'A Serious Man,' set in their hometown of St. Louis Park, a Minneapolis suburb.

The film is about a Jewish college professor during the 1960s. According to the online entertainment journal FilmJerk .com, the main character is bedeviled by children who lift his wallet, a wife who wants a divorce, an intense graduate student and a hot neighbor who sunbathes in the nude. With all of that, 'he starts to question the value of life.'

It's not autobiographical, but is based on the Coen brothers' experiences here, said Bob Graf, one of the film's executive producers and also a native Minnesotan.

Scars On Broadway Recording 1st Album

Scars On Broadway may sound like the name of an avant-garde theater production, but it's really a new band featuring members of Grammy-winning rock group System of a Down.

Guitarist Daron Malakian, 32, and drummer John Dolmayan, 35, have begun recording the new group's debut album, Dolmayan announced Friday on the band's official MySpace site.

System of a Down is on hiatus, according to its own official Web site. Known for hard-driving, politically charged tunes, System of a Down snagged a best rock performance Grammy award in 2006 for 'B.Y.O.B.' off 2005's 'Mezmerize.'

Today's Birthdays

Author Elie Wiesel is 79. Singer Johnny Mathis is 72. Actor Vondie Curtis-Hall is 51. Actress Fran Drescher is 50. Rock musician Bill Rieflin is 47. Country singer Eddie Montgomery is 44. Actress Jenna Elfman is 36. Tennis player Martina Hingis is 27. Olympic gold medal gymnast Dominique Moceanu is 26. Actor Kieran Culkin is 25. Singer-rapper T-Pain is 23.