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Jennifer Lamb
Stunts -
Will Ralston
Foley Editor -
Joel Coen
Screenplay -
Ritchie Kremer
Property Master -
John Cameron
Co-Producer -
Ethan Coen
Editor -
Eric Fellner
Executive Producer -
Skip Lievsay
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
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Wuchak 7/22/2021 5:36:18 PM
_**Amusing rural Mississippi odyssey in the 30s**_ During the Depression, three guys escape a chain gang in Mississippi (George Clooney, Tim Blake Nelson and John Turturro) to experience many misadventures with a blind prophet, a gifted musician (Chris Thomas King), a radio station, baby-face Nelson (Michael Badalucco), baptism in a river, “sirens,” a one-eyed Bible salesmen (John Goodman), an ex-wife (Holly Hunter), the KKK, corrupt politicians and an area with hidden treasure about to be flooded. A Coen brothers film, "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (2000) is a farcical odyssey taking place in the Deep South of the 1930s. The cast is entertaining, which also includes the likes of Daniel von Bargen. It’s quirky and amusing augmented by its setting and locations, not to mention one of my wife’s favorite movies (possibly because Clooney was in his prime). In ways, it’s like “Deliverance” (1972) if it were a comedy, just mixed with “Cool Hand Luke” (1967) and a dash of Homer’s Odyssey. I like it, but don’t love it; it’s fun, no doubt, but also kinda forgettable. Yet the song “I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow” is well done and catchy. The film runs 1 hour, 47 minutes, and was shot mostly in Mississippi, plus some stuff done at Universal Studios. GRADE: B-
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Andre Gonzales 7/21/2023 12:37:06 PM
Weird convicts that escape. With no money they try to find treasure. Has some weird comedy as well. Good cast though.
George Clooney
EverettJohn Goodman
Big Dan TeagueStephen Root
Radio Station ManJohn Turturro
Pete HogwallopHolly Hunter
PennyTim Blake Nelson
Delmar O'DonnellRay McKinnon
Vernon T. WaldripCharles Durning
Pappy O'Daniel