Buy used: $50.00
FREE delivery August 14 - 26. Details
Or fastest delivery August 8 - 13. Details
Used: Acceptable | Details
Sold by Retro-Canada
Condition: Used: Acceptable
Only 1 left in stock.

Inside Llewyn Davis (2-Disc Special Edition) (Bilingual)

Oscar Isaac (Actor), Carey Mulligan (Actor), Ethan Coen (Director, Writer), Format: DVD
4.4 out of 5 stars 1,034 ratings
$50.00
Additional DVD options Edition Discs
Â鶹Çø Price
New from Used from
DVD
March 11 2014 		—
1
$29.87
$14.88 $4.05
DVD —
1
$25.71
$23.48 $4.05
DVD
March 11 2014 		—
2
$50.00
— $50.00

Product description

Product Description

Inside Llewyn Davis follows a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Guitar in tow, huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles ¨C some of them of his own making.

Etre Llewyn Davis raconte une semaine de la vie d'un jeune chanteur de folk dans l'univers musical de Greenwich Village en 1961. Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac) est ¨¤ la crois¨¦e des chemins. Alors qu'un hiver rigoureux s¨¦vit sur New York, le jeune homme, sa guitare ¨¤ la main, lutte pour gagner sa vie comme musicien, et affronte des obstacles qui semblent insurmontables - ¨¤ commencer par ceux qu'il se cr¨¦e lui-m¨ºme. Il ne survit que gr?ce ¨¤ l'aide que lui apportent des amis ou des inconnus, en acceptant n'importe quel petit boulot. Des caf¨¦s du village ¨¤ un club d¨¦sert de Chicago, ses m¨¦saventures le conduisent jusqu'¨¤ une audition pour le g¨¦ant de la musique Bud Grossman - avant de retourner l¨¤ d'o¨´ il vient...

Special Features

"Making of," and concert film Another Day Another Time: Celebrating the Music of Inside Llewyn Davis

Product details

  • Is discontinued by manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English, French
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19 x 13.59 x 1.4 cm; 117.93 g
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ March 11 2014
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, Ethan Phillips, Robin Bartlett
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Mongrel Media
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00HDTE3HC
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
  • Â鶹Çø Rank: #79,722 in Movies & TV Shows (See Top 100 in Movies & TV Shows)
    • #53,446 in DVD
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 out of 5 stars 1,034 ratings

Customer reviews

4.4 out of 5 stars
1,034 global ratings

Review this product

Share your thoughts with other customers
Write a customer review

Customers say

Customers find the movie great and very good. They say it succeeds as a musical and is the most interesting and amusing part of the movie. However, some customers have different opinions on the story.

Select to learn more

QualityStory
5 customers mention "Quality"5 positive0 negative

Customers find the movie great and very good. They say it succeeds as a musical and is the most interesting and amusing part of the movie.

"Great movie!" Read more

"...It succeeds as a musical, provided you like folk music, 1961 style but the Coens themselves acknowledged its problem to be the lack of a plot...." Read more

"very very good" Read more

"Great film!" Read more

7 customers mention "Story"3 positive4 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the story. Some find the storyline excellent and the music built for everyone in T Bone style. However, others say it's boring, poorly executed, and disappointing.

"...Other than an incredibly tedious, boring and ultimately pointless road trip with John Goodman not much happens...." Read more

"This is a classic Coen/T Bone Walker get together. The story line is a bit dreary and hard to follow yet somehow extremely satisfying...." Read more

"...The music is built for everyone in T Bone style and the follow up concert is unbelievable...." Read more

"triste comme film, a oublier" Read more

Product was used. but not like new. case was warped, scratches. disappointed
2 out of 5 stars
Product was used. but not like new. case was warped, scratches. disappointed
Hide
Thank you for your feedback
Sorry, there was an error
Sorry we couldn't load the review

Top reviews from Canada

  • French Canadian Girl
    5.0 out of 5 stars J¡¯adore les films musicaux
    Reviewed in Canada on June 29, 2023
    Verified Purchase
    Je suis fan de ce film l¡¯histoire et la musique est excellent en plus Oscar Isaac a une magnifique voix.
    Je le recommande vivement.
    Si je pouvais donner plus de 5 ¨¦toiles ¨¤ ce film je le ferais sans h¨¦sitation.
    Helpful
     Report
  • Ken A.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good
    Reviewed in Canada on March 28, 2022
    Verified Purchase
    You can¡¯t lose buying and watching a Coen Brothers movie. They¡¯re all great.
    One person found this helpful
    Helpful
     Report
  • Cam
    5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional Film and Concert Video
    Reviewed in Canada on May 16, 2014
    Verified Purchase
    This is a classic Coen/T Bone Walker get together. The story line is a bit dreary and hard to follow yet somehow extremely satisfying. The music is built for everyone in T Bone style and the follow up concert is unbelievable. The hair stood up on the back of my neck with every performance.
    Â鶹Çø did a great job of delivery making everything about this purchase enjoyable.
    One person found this helpful
    Helpful
     Report
  • Roger Fitch
    4.0 out of 5 stars A cat, some music, a road trip
    Reviewed in Canada on May 9, 2014
    Verified Purchase
    Its a Cohen Brothers film so it's a bit weird but the title sums up that its almost 3 different films about a cat, some music, and a road trip. It fits together somehow and while entertaining it kinda made me go wha? At the end, so I watched it again :O)
    One person found this helpful
    Helpful
     Report
  • Jenny
    5.0 out of 5 stars Movie lover
    Reviewed in Canada on February 25, 2020
    Verified Purchase
    Great movie!
    Helpful
     Report
  • Mark Doherty
    1.0 out of 5 stars Pay attention, or get screwed like me.
    Reviewed in Canada on July 18, 2020
    Verified Purchase
    Mistakenly bought a German version. From Germany. Strongly recommend you pay attention to the details.... especially when purchases don¡¯t come directly from Â鶹Çø. Was a gift, and can¡¯t return without a 50% restocking fee. Not my best purchase, by a landslide.
    Helpful
     Report
  • Trim Vis 44
    3.0 out of 5 stars Some fine folk music and a wandering cat almost salvage a Coen mishit
    Reviewed in Canada on July 6, 2021
    Verified Purchase
    It's a mystery to me why so many critics rated this film so highly. It succeeds as a musical, provided you like folk music, 1961 style but the Coens themselves acknowledged its problem to be the lack of a plot. To counter this they added a running story about a wandering cat, which proves to be, music excepted, the most interesting and amusing part of the movie. Set in New York's Village in 1961, it follows a week in the life of an unsuccessful folk singer (Issac, who proves a most pleasant singer), an unpleasant man who simultaneously sponges off and abuses friends and acquaintances with total disgregard for their feelings. He's such a jerk it's hard to care for him and other characters are so underdeveloped they never engage your interest. Other than an incredibly tedious, boring and ultimately pointless road trip with John Goodman not much happens. No matter how fine a director, if he makes many movies he's bound to have one or two that don't quite work. For me, this is one of the Coens' misses.
    One person found this helpful
    Helpful
     Report
  • World renowned studio guitarist and deep sea photography
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in Canada on November 21, 2017
    Verified Purchase
    very very good
    Helpful
     Report

Top reviews from other countries

Translate all reviews to English
  • ¥ª¥¢¥·¥¹×Ó
    1.0 out of 5 stars ¼û¤ì¤Ê¤¤
    Reviewed in Japan on September 22, 2018
    Verified Purchase
    ¥ê©`¥¸¥ç¥óµþ¤Ê¤Î¤Ç¡¢ÆÕͨ¤Î¥×¥ì©`¥ä©`¤Ç¤Ï¤ß¤ì¤Ê¤¤¡£
    ×Է֤⡡¼û¤ì¤Ê¤¤¡£
    ʧ°Ü¤Ç¤·¤¿¡£
    Report
  • Elleppi
    3.0 out of 5 stars Ben fatto ma inutile
    Reviewed in Italy on June 1, 2014
    Verified Purchase
    ? da un po che i Cohen stanno rivelando i loro limiti, o forse una perdita di ispirazione.
    Fanno film ben fatti, ma anche troppo: sembra sempre che ci stiano per raccontare storie, personaggi e verita di livello, e invece finiscono per compiacersi della messa in scena, credendo che qualche tocco d'autore basti a renderli originali.
    Tutti bravi, attori scoperti bene e prima poco conosciuti (a partire dal protagonista), musiche piacevoli, ottima ricostruzione d'ambiente, fotografia di classe, ma in fondo non resta niente.
    Pur essendo il loro film meno facile, forse l'unicopa grande pellicola che hanno fatto dal 2000 in avanti, ( o comunque da dopo Fratello dove sei, e L'uomo che non c'era) ¨¦ il bellissimo A Serious man. Questo, e gli ultimi (incluso il pur ben fatto Non ¨¦ un paese per vecchi) restano delle operazioni di superficie.
    Blu ray eccellente, solo lingua e sottotitoli in inglese.
    Report
  • Ergie Weggedorn
    5.0 out of 5 stars Ungew?hnlich.....
    Reviewed in Germany on May 1, 2014
    Verified Purchase
    ....aber die Machart des Films (die mal ganz sicher nicht etwas f¨¹r 'jedermann' ist) ist m. E. genau die richtige f¨¹r's Thema.
    Ich hatte kurz zuvor die Dave vanRonk-Biographie "The Mayor of McDougal Street' gelesen, welche ja wohl (u.a.?) auch als Vorlage f¨¹r den Film diente und der Film setzt sehr gut die auch in der Biographie vorherrschende Stimmung um, ohne dabei an Selbstst?ndigkeit zu verlieren - trotz zahlreicher Parallelen entwickelt der Film seinen ganz eigenen Charme, wobei z. B. die politischen Ansichten und Aktivit?ten eines D.vR entfallen w?hrend der Seemannshintergrund erhalten bleibt. Au?erdem hatte vanRonk doch zumindest mittleren Erfolg, der bei Davis nun wirklich nicht in Sicht scheint.
    Bezeichnend daher auch die Schlu?szene, in der er zusammengeschlagen (nicht so ganz unverdient :-)) in der Hintergasse liegt, w?hrend im Gaslight der nachfolgende Auftritt l?uft - von einem, der mehr als Erfolg haben wird; der einschlagen wird wie eine Bombe - es l?uft eine sch?ne (bis dato unver?ffentichte?) Aufnahme von 'Farewell', die uns den entscheidenden Hinweis darauf gibt, wer das sein soll.
    Die Szenen, in denen gesungen wird, sind allesamt gut gelungen und die reine Freude, anzusehen. Auch ist die Auswahl gut getroffen, wer da alles so in der damaligen Folk-Szene und den hootenanny-Veranstaltungen aufgetreten ist - von den Iren mit den 'h¨¹bschen Sweatern' bis hin zur singenden Hinterw?ldlerin. Man (ich) w?r' gern dabeigewesen.
    Gut wie immer: John Goodman als Jazz-Kotzbrocken und nat¨¹rlich (sehr subjektiv) die Stra?en- und Autoszenen des Films - keine blitzblank polierten Karossen, die auch in diesem trostlosen Winter noch aussehen wie im showroom, sondern realistisch umgesetzt - ein f¨¹r mich nicht zu untersch?tzendes Detail.
    Ein eher ruhiger Film f¨¹r den die entsprechende Ruhe, ihn sich anzusehen vorhanden sein sollte, vielleicht auch ein bisschen die passende Stimmung und ein wenig Interesse am Grundthema, wobei die letzteren beiden nicht zwingend notwendig sind.
    Hab ich zwar gerade zum ersten Mal gesehen, aber bestimmt nicht zum letzten Mal.
    Report
  • Francisco
    5.0 out of 5 stars Blu-ray magnifique pour tendre chef d'oeuvre
    Reviewed in France on March 18, 2014
    Verified Purchase
    Un Blu-ray d'une qualit¨¦ technique renversante pour servir la ballade triste et po¨¦tique d'un folk-singer franchement talentueux mais r¨¦solument ¨¤ cot¨¦ de ses pompes. Tout entier vou¨¦ ¨¤ son Art mais alignant les mauvais choix. Encore un personnage de looser pour les fr¨¨res Coen mais celui-ci est magnifique et profond¨¦ment attachant.
    Le regard des cin¨¦astes s'est fait plus tendre depuis leurs f¨¦roces d¨¦buts. une tendance bienvenue depuis True Grit. Un regard apais¨¦ mais toujours amus¨¦ sur l'int¨¦grit¨¦ artistique dans ce qu'elle a de plus pure mais ¨¦galement de plus maladroite.
    La cruaut¨¦ est toujours au rendez-vous mais elle n'est pas le fait des auteurs. L'histoire est ainsi. Et la vie aussi.
    Portrait d'un artiste condamn¨¦ ¨¤ l'oubli, peinture fabuleuse de l'atmosph¨¨re des sixties ¨¤ Greenwich Village, Inside Llewyn est une p¨¦pite et son blu ray un tr¨¦sor. La photographie somptueuse de Bruno Delbonnel, du velours pour les yeux, offre une image d'une richesse fabuleuse dans son niveau de d¨¦tail et traitement des couleurs. Douce mais foisonnante. A l'image de son h¨¦ros. La perfection au service d'un nouveau sommet pour les Coen (apr¨¨s Fargo, No Country for Old Men, True Grit ...)

    Blog Les Chroniques cin¨¦ de Francisco
    Report
  • technoguy
    5.0 out of 5 stars "There's no success like failure...and failure's no success at all"
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 6, 2014
    Verified Purchase
    Inside Llewyn Davis is both about the early 60s folk movement set in Greenwich Village,loosely based upon features in the life of David Van Ronk,a folksinger who had established his music,moving from jazz/blues in New Orleans to singing folk music in the Village.But it is fiction(just like Fargo was,though prefaced by `based on a true story') and it is a well made film,which looks beautiful (based upon the LP cover of `Freewheelin' Bob Dylan') with a great attention to detail.And it is a Coen Brother's film,who have hired T Bone Burnett to produce the live music to breathe life into the live performances of their fictional folk legend.He did this previously on O Brother,Where Art Thou? with its soundtrack of blues,bluegrass and gospel songs performed by Krauss and Welch and veteran country stars.That was country music but this is urban folk with its shift from communities to its role as a carrier of internalised individual narratives.The story in ILD lives and dies by the music,where whole songs(`Hang me,Oh hang me','Fare thee Well','The Death of Queen Jane'et al) are performed ,employed as plot points and emotional markers.

    The Coens have done an impressive piece of archaeology.They've also unearthed an impressive new actor,OscarIsaac, who can also sing and play a guitar.This is an acted film with impressive performances.The plot is kick-started by him getting beaten up outside Guerde's Folk City and it comes back full circle at the end,but on a more hopeful note.There's also the use of a ginger cat,which is used as a plot device and a way of staying close to the character's humanity.The cat escapes,then he finds what he thinks is the cat,then he knocks a cat over on the way back from Chicago,then the real one comes back.This reinforces the story's circularity,sealing the insularity of the film as the Greenwich Village part drops away and we get this individual's story.Set in a bleak,wintery landscape of overcast skies and subdued colour-tones.

    Isaac imbues the part with warmth,humanity and a desultory pathos.He is a Coen loser,who is not ambitious,doesn't know what he wants,is going nowhere,sleeping on various friend's sofas for the night,waiting for a break,having lost a singing partner to suicide (but refusing to join a Peter, Paul & Mary set up when it's offered him by Bud Grossman). The songs he sings are mostly all traditional,done to earn a living not done for friends.He often sings on other people's songs as he is humorously shown to on a song written by Jim(Timberlake),but gets no royalties,only a one-off paycheck.Jean(Mulligan) his ex is pregnant,she castigates him as an a**hole(which he is) but you sympathise with his plight. Jean is always screaming at him.He's homeless,penniless,only human,struggling with commercial pressures to express his art,pondering whether to give it up and go to sea.

    The trip to Chicago to meet a new manager(his old one doesn't pay) is a masterstroke.Jazzman Roland Turner(John Goodman) and his silent driver sidekick accompany him.Goodman chews the sceney as a sleepy,drug-addicted, head-banger, putting a hex on his life(as if needed).There are depressing scenes in the Gaslight Caf¨¦.Strugglingto make it as a musician,against insurmountable obstacles,some of his own making.His sister's thrown his belongings out,so he can't go back to sea.He arranges an abortion for Jean.His music combines innocence and old age,he will miss the boat as his talent is not quite good enough,he's half in love with failure. At the end, he sings his song with the line "fare thee well" and then Dylan comes up and does his own "fare thee well" number that is a work of genius.But that's another story, and this is no documentary.Just quality Coen's product.
    .
    Report