O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) (original) (raw)
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Original title
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Year
2000
Running time
93 min.
Country
United States
Director
Screenwriter
Cast
Music
Cinematography
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Genre
Comedy. Adventure | Crime. 1930s. Road Movie. The Great Depression
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Synopsis
Loosely based on Homer's 'Odyssey' the movie deals with the grotesque adventures of Everett Ulysses McGill and his companions Delmar and Pete in 1930s Mississipi. Sprung from a chain gang and trying to reach Everetts home to recover the buried loot of a bank heist they are confronted by a series of strange characters. Among them sirens, a cyclops, bankrobber George 'Babyface' Nelson (very annoyed by that nickname), a campaigning Governor, his opponent, a KKK lynch mob, and a blind prophet, who warns the trio that "the treasure you seek shall not be the treasure you find."
Awards
2000: 2 Nominations for Oscar: Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography
2000: Golden Globe: Best Actor Comedy or Musical (George Clooney). 2 Nominations
2000: 5 Nominations BAFTA, including Best Costume Design, Cinematography and Screenplay
2000: Cannes Film Festival: Nominated for Palme d'Or (Best Film)
2000: Chicago Film Critics Awards: 2 Nominations, including Best Cinematography
2000: Satellite Awards: 5 nominations
Critics' reviews
- "It's a wild, whacked-out wonder. Coenheads rejoice"
- "A wildly original movie with astonishingly varied moods and influences."
- "'O Brother' contains sequences that are wonderful in themselves--lovely short films--but the movie never really shapes itself into a whole"
- "This is the Coen brothers' most emotionally felt movie, and that's not meant as faint praise."
- "A charming, if lightweight, Coen brothers escapade flecked by plenty of visual and performance grace notes"
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Ranking Lists Position
- 20 My Top 10 Movies from 2000 (167)
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