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Intolerable Cruelty is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Frères Coen released in USA on 2 september 2003 with George Clooney
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
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Add to a movie listIntolerable Cruelty is a 2003 romantic comedy film directed by Joel Coen and produced by Ethan Coen and Brian Grazer. The Coen brothers also wrote the last draft of the screenplay about divorce and lawyers in Los Angeles. The film stars George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Geoffrey Rush, Cedric the Entertainer, Edward Herrmann, Paul Adelstein, Richard Jenkins and Billy Bob Thornton.
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Donovan Donaly (Geoffrey Rush) a TV soap opera producer, comes home early and finds his wife Bonnie (Stacey Travis) with her ex-boyfriend, Ollie (Jack Kyle). Bonnie hires Miles Massey (George Clooney), a top divorce attorney and the inventor of the "Massey pre-nup", a completely foolproof prenuptial agreement. Miles wins the divorce case, leaving Donaly with nothing.Actors
George Clooney
(Miles)
Catherine Zeta-Jones
(Marilyn)
Geoffrey Rush
(Donovan Donaly)
Edward Herrmann
(Rex Rexroth)
Cedric the Entertainer
(Gus Petch)
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