 Many of the actors in this film who were in previous Coen brothers  films have moments reminiscent of their earlier performances.  Examples: John Turturro (qv) begging for his life in a forest  (like in _Millers Crossing (1990)_ (qv)); John Goodman (I) (qv)  as an evil salesman (like in _Barton Fink (1991)_ (qv));  Charles Durning (qv) lecturing his employees (like in  _Hudsucker Proxy, The (1994)_ (qv)); Michael Badalucco (qv) as a  gangster bank robber (he drove the car in  _Millers Crossing (1990)_ (qv)); and Holly Hunter (qv) as a now  overly fertile mother of seven (she was infertile in  _Raising Arizona (1987)_ (qv)).