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From their peculiar conviction that they are invisible as they duck and run across an open field, we know the movie's soul is in farce and satire, although it touches other notes, too--it's an anthology of moods.
O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a 2000 satirical comedy-drama film written, produced, co-edited, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. It stars George Clooney, John Turturro, and Tim Blake Nelson, with Chris Thomas King, John Goodman, Holly Hunter, and Charles Durning in supporting roles.
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney) is having difficulty adjusting to his hard-labor sentence in Mississippi. He scams his way off the chain gang with...
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O Brother, Where Art Thou is easily the best Coen film to date as well as Clooney's best effort. Clooney is good enough to warrant a best actor nomination as is Tim Blake Nelson's portrayal of the dimwitted friend Delmar, while the film itself is deserving of a Best film nod.
The Coen's O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a Coen odyssey reworked as a tall tale in the folk song idiom of superstition, magic realism and religious mysticism and delivered with a mix of...
Dec 22, 2019 · Trust the Coen brothers to mine comedic inspiration from Homer, but that they do in O Brother, Where Art Thou?, a wildly ambitious but ultimately unsatisfying goof on The Odyssey.
Teens might enjoy this offbeat Odyssey adaptation. Read Common Sense Media's O Brother, Where Art Thou? review, age rating, and parents guide.
Dec 22, 2000 · A trio of escaped prisoners (Clooney, Nelson, Turturro) embarks on the adventure of a lifetime as they set out to pursue their freedom and the promise of sharing in the division of a fortune in buried treasure. (Touchstone Pictures)
Feb 2, 2001 · O Brother, Where Art Thou?: Directed by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen. With George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman. In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.
May 15, 2000 · A musically tinged riff on “The Odyssey” set in the Depression-era Deep South, “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” is a charming, if lightweight, Coen brothers escapade flecked by plenty of...
