History Film / HailCaesar

* CampGay: Director Laurence [[ItsPronouncedTropay Laurentz]]

* BigDamnHeroes: Hobie follows [[spoiler: TheMole Gurney]] to where Whitlock is being held and rescues him.

* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: Mannix pays the $100,000 ransom using his own briefcase held shut by Hobie's belt. Doubles as a ChekhovsGun.

* BigDamnHeroes: Hobie follows [[spoiler: Gurney TheMole]] to where Whitlock is being held and rescues him.

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: The Southern-born actor Tobey has to put on a British accent for one of his films. He can't pull it off in the slightest. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMUUKtF_BF0 The second trailer]] basically consisted entirely of him and the film's British director Laurence Lorenz practicing how to say his lines with a British accent, while his co-star and the crew look on with exasperation.
* ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud: A version with Tobey and Lorenz.

-->'''Tobey:''' Would that it were so simple trippingly.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Both Eddie Mannix and Hedda Hopper. Mannix was previously portrayed by Bob Hoskins in ''Film/{{Hollywoodland}}'' and, more recently, Hopper was portrayed by Helen Mirren in ''Film/{{Trumbo}}''.
* IntrepidReporter: Possibly inverted for gossip columnist Hedda Hopper (who was also a real person).

* CaptainErsatz: Creator/ScarlettJohansson's character [=DeeAnna=] Moran, who is introduced filming in an extravagant swimming picture, is a clear parody of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Williams Esther Williams.]]

* CaptainErsatz: Creator/ScarlettJohansson's character DeeAnna Moran, who is introduced filming in an extravagant swimming picture, is a clear parody of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Williams Esther Williams.]]

* CaptainErsatz: Creator/ScarlettJohansson's character, who is introduced filming in an extravagant swimming picture, is a clear parody of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Williams Esther Williams.]]

Eddie Mannix (Creator/JoshBrolin) is a fixer for the Hollywood studio [[Film/BartonFink Capitol Pictures]] in the 1950's. He's helping the production of the upcoming film ''[[TitleDrop Hail, Caesar!]]'' which is to star famous actor Braid Whitlock (Creator/GeorgeClooney). However, things get complicated when a hungover Whitlock gets kidnapped by an unusual group who demands that they are given $100,000. Mannix now must get the dough and the star before the entire production goes belly up. But given that this is a Coen Brothers movie, things may not be all what they seem to be. After all, just how do you deal with a society that calls itself "The Future"?

* IntrepidReporter: Possibly inverted for gossip columnist Hedda Hopper (who was also a real person).

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Both Eddie Mannix and Hedda Hopper. Mannix was previously portrayed by Bob Hoskins in ''Film/{{Hollywoodland}}''.

* CaptainErsatz: Creator/ScarlettJohansson's character, who is introduced filming in an extravagant swimming film, is a clear parody of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Williams Esther Williams.]]

->''We have your movie star. Gather \\

[[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness The Future]].''

'''Hail, Caesar!''' is an upcoming film from Creator/TheCoenBrothers and Creator/UniversalPictures.

Eddie Mannix (Creator/JoshBrolin) is a fixer for the Hollywood studio [[Film/BartonFink Capitol Pictures]] in the 1950's. He's helping the production of the upcoming film ''[[TitleDrop Hail, Caesar!]]'' which is to star famous actor Braid Whitlock (Creator/GeorgeClooney). However, things get complicated when a hungover Whitlock gets kidnapped by an unusual group who demands that they are given $100,000. Mannix now must get the dough and star the star before the entire production goes belly up. But given that this is a Coen Brothers movie, things may not be all what they seem to be. After all, just how do you deal with a society that calls itself "The Future"?

'''Eddie:''' 27 hours ago.\\

[[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness The Future]].'' \\
--'''Ransom letter for the release of Braid Whitlock'''

-->''We have your movie star. Gather \\

Eddie Mannix is a fixer for the Hollywood studio [[Film/BartonFink Capitol Pictures]] in the 1950's. He's helping the production of the upcoming film ''[[TitleDrop Hail, Caesar!]]'' which is to star famous actor Braid Whitlock. However, things get complicated when a hungover Whitlock gets kidnapped by an unusual group who demands that they are given $100,000. Mannix now must get the dough and star the star before the entire production goes belly up. But given that this is a Coen Brothers movie, things may not be all what they seem to be. After all, just how do you deal with a society that calls itself "The Future"?

* CaptainErsatz: Creator/ScarlettJohansson's character, who is introduced filming in an extravagant swimming film, is a clear parody of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Williams Esther Williams]].

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: WordOfGod has said this film is loosely based on the lifestyle of actual Hollywood fixer [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Mannix Eddie Mannix]].

* CallBack:
** Eddie Mannix is a fixer for Capitol Pictures, the studio from ''Film/BartonFink''.

-->'''Eddie:''' Bless me father, for I have sinned.
-->'''Father:''' How long since your last confession, my son?
-->'''Eddie:''' 27 hours ago.
-->'''Father:''' It's really too often. You're not that bad.

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: WordOfGod has said this film is loosely based on the lifestyle of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Mannix actual Hollywood fixer Eddie Mannix.]]

The Future.'' \\

Eddie Mannix is a fixer for the Hollywood studio, [[Film/BartonFink Capitol Pictures]], in the 1950's. He's helping the production of the upcoming film, ''[[TitleDrop Hail, Caesar!]]'', which is to star famous actor Braid Whitlock. However, things get complicated when a hungover Whitlock gets kidnapped by an unusual group who demands that they are given $100,000. Mannix now must get the dough and get back the star before the entire production goes belly up. But given that this is a Coen Brothers movie, things may not be all what they seem to be. After all, just how do you deal with a society that calls itself "The Future"?

!!We have your movie. Gather 100,000 tropes and await instructions. Who are we? The Tropers:

* TheFixer: Eddie Mannix. But he seems to have issues with it.