O Brother, Where Art Thou?

George Clooney Actor , John Turturro Actor , Tim Blake Nelson Actor , Charles Durning Actor , John Goodman Actor

MPAA Rating: PG13
Contains:Mild Violence,Questionable for Children,Adult Humor

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O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Theatrical Release Date: 2000 12 20 (USA - Limited) / 2001 01 12 (USA)

UPC: 786936761146

Studio: Touchstone/Disney

MPAA Rating: PG13 Contains:[Mild Violence, Questionable for Children, Adult Humor]

Summary: The writing, directing, and producing team of Joel Coen and Ethan Coen created this picaresque comedy (inspired in part by Homer's The Odyssey) set in the Deep South during the Depression. Suave and fancy-talking Everett Ulysses McGill (George Clooney), dim-witted Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson), and easily-excitable Pete (John Turturro) are serving time together on a prison chain gang. Everett knows where $1.2 million is hidden that's theirs for the taking, and the three manage to escape; however, a stranger soon warns them that they'll find treasure, but not the sort they're looking for. As Everett and his partners hit the road, they happen upon a gluttonous bible salesman, Big Dan Teague (John Goodman); meet up with Baby Face Nelson (Michael Badalucco) as he robs a bank; encounter three Sirens doing their washing; run into Everett's estranged wife Penny (Holly Hunter), who has told everyone her husband was killed in a train wreck; find themselves in the middle of a heated campaign between political boss Pappy O'Daniel (Charles Durning), and reformist candidate Homer Stokes (Wayne Duvall); and even find time to make a hit record as The Soggy Bottom Boys. Noted songwriter T-Bone Burnett helped compile the songs (combining vintage country blues tunes with originals in the same style), while Carter Burwell composed the background score. Incidentally, the title O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a reference to the classic Preston Sturges comedy Sullivan's Travels, in which a director plans to make a serious "message picture" with that name. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Comedy

Awards: Best Picture - Musical or Comedy – null Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama – null Best Original Screenplay – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Original Screenplay – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Music – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Music – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Cinematography – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Production Design – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Costume Design – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Adapted Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Adapted Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Cinematography – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Cinematography – American Society of Cinematographers Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Picture - Musical or Comedy – Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Features: The Making of O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Two Storyboard-To-Scene Comparisons
"I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow" Music Video
Theatrical Trailer