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  1. 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.

    • It Is Based On An Epic Poem. According to J.D. Lafrance, who wrote in his article titled The Coen Brothers FAQ, O Brother, Where Art Thou? was inspired by a much older tale…Homer’s epic poem the Odyssey.
    • George Clooney’s Uncle Helped Him With His O Brother, Where Art Thou? Role. Writer, director, and producer of O Brother, Where Art Thou? Joel Coen knew he wanted to offer the lead role in the film to Clooney.
    • One Of The Lead Actors Actually Sang In The Film. While the main characters formed the group The Soggy Bottom Boys in the film, the lead actors did not actually sing their parts on “Man of Constant Sorrow.”
    • There Was A Snake Catcher On The Set Of O Brother, Where Art Thou? Since the movie was filmed in the South, everyone on set had to be on high alert for any sort of creepy crawlies.
  2. Feb 2, 2001 · 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
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  4. November 29, 1955, St. Louis Park, Minnesota, U.S.) was usually solely credited as the director, and Ethan Coen (b. September 21, 1958, St. Louis Park) was nominally the producer, with the brothers sharing screenwriting credit and using the pseudonym “Roderick Jaynes” for editing.

  5. Mar 22, 2020 · O Brother helped make Tyminski, Krauss, Welch and Burnett the highly respected (and marketable) artists they are today, and spawned a fantastic music tour and the live concert film Down From The ...

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  6. Dec 5, 2020 · The Coen Brothers' 2000 tragicomedy O Brother, Where Art Thou?, set in Mississippi during the Great Depression, pulls deeply from the early-20th century American songbook to drive the film's Homeric storyline, which entangles the lives of escaped convicts Delmar O'Donnell (Tim Blake Nelson), Pete Hogwallop (John Turturro) and Ulysses Everett ...

  7. Dec 29, 2000 · Quite possibly no one before Homer saw the developing work as a whole. In the same spirit, "O Brother" contains sequences that are wonderful in themselves--lovely short films--but the movie never really shapes itself into a whole. The opening shot shows three prisoners escaping from a chain gang.

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