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However, when Everett presents the ring to Penny, it turns out it was her aunt's ring. She declares that she will not marry him with that ring, but only her wedding ring, which is still lost. Cast. George Clooney as Ulysses Everett McGill. He corresponds to Odysseus (Ulysses) in the Odyssey. His singing voice is dubbed by Dan Tyminski.
Ulysses Everett McGill : Maybe your friends think I'm just a stranger, my face you never will see no more. But there is one promise that is given, I'll meet you on God's golden shore.
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.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
- 2001-02-02
Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney), a suave, fast-taking convict, escapes from incarceration at a chain gang in rural Mississippi in 1937 during the Great Depression. He is chained to two other prisoners, slow-witted Delmar (Tim Blake Neslon) and hot-tempered Pete (John Turturro), so the three must escape together.
- Opening Quote. The film forgoes the typical narration you might usually find in a Coen Brothers movie but does start with a quote that reads, "O Muse! Sing in me, and through me tell the story of that man skilled in the ways of contending, a wanderer, harried for years on end …"
- The Title. While Homer's Odyssey served as the basis for the overall story structure of the film, the title was taken from another source. The 1941 film Sullivan's Travels follows a director who wants to make a movie that explores the suffering of real-life and attempts to live like the less-fortunate to gain experience.
- Chain Gang Chant. The film is filled with all kinds of brilliant music from different eras of America, which helps bring the film to life. The first song we hear over the opening credits is a chant from a chain gang as they work on the roads.
- Characters From The Odyssey. Though the Coen Brothers might be having a little fun by saying the film is based on Homer's Odyssey, they do include a number of references to the original story.
Dec 16, 2021 · George Clooney plays Ulysses Everett McGill – a charming con artist with the gift of the gab who acts as the de facto leader of the movie’s jailbird protagonists. Clooney has starred in three more Coen Brothers outings since O Brother, Where Art Thou? including Burn After Reading and Hail, Caesar! .
Dec 29, 2000 · They are Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney), Pete (John Turturro) and Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson). 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.
