O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Joel and Ethan Coen transport Homer's ODYSSEY to the depression-era South in the silly, fun comedy O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? George Clooney, John Turturro, and Tim Blake Nelson star as three escaped fugitives on the run in Mississippi. Their adventures through the barren landscape includes run-ins with a soothsayer, a trio of Sirens, a Bible-salesman Cyclops, as well as other archetypes from Southern folklore and pop-culture including a young blues musician, the Klan, and bank robber Baby Face Nelson. Soon they are caught up in a vicious gubernatorial campaign that would make Huey Long proud. <br> <br> The Coen brothers mix in a host of cinematic references in O BROTHER, including SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS, COOL HAND LUKE, I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG, and even dashes of the Three Stooges. The soundtrack of folk ballads, yodeling traditionals, Delta blues, and prison work songs is outstanding, playing in the background (or foreground) of nearly every scene. Clooney, as the ringleader, displays an efferve...

Key Information
Stars		Tim Blake Nelson
Available Formats		DVD: EZ-D (Disposable Rental)
Actors		Stephen Root
Directors		Joel Coen
UPC		786936144758
Genre		Comedies
Subgenre		Mythology • Crime • Essential Cinema • Theatrical Release
MPAA Rating		PG-13 (MPAA)
Release Date		2000
Running Time		1hr 43min
Languages
Original Language		English
DVD Editions
		DVD: Widescreen1hr 43minBuena Vista Home EntertainmentJune 12, 2001PG-13 (MPAA)786936144758
VHS Editions
		VHS1hr 43minBuena Vista Home EntertainmentNovember 06, 2001PG-13 (MPAA)786936166781Sound Features: HiFi, Digital, Stereo
Credits
Screenwriter		Ethan Coen
Professional Reviews
		(12/22/2000, p.C12, Kenneth Turan): "...O BROTHER is rife with the kinds of genial madness only writer-director Joel and writer-producer Ethan can come up with....By enlivening things to an unprecedented extent, the songs turn O BROTHER into perhaps the warmest production in the Coens' repertoire..."