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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Joel Coen |
| Stars: |
Tim Blake Nelson |
| Actors: |
John McConnell |
| Genre: |
Comedies |
| Subgenre: |
Mythology · Crime · Essential Cinema · Theatrical Release |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
VHS |
| UPC: |
786936166781 |
| Release Date: |
2000 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 43min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Widescreen, 1hr 43min
Release Company: Buena Vista Home Entertainment (June 12, 2001)
UPC: 786936144758 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 43min
Release Company: Buena Vista Home Entertainment (June 12, 2001)
UPC: 786936145960 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Joel Coen |
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Professional Reviews
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(12/22/2000, p.C12, Kenneth Turan): "...O BROTHER is rife with the kinds of genial madness only writer-director Joel and writer-producer Ethan can come up with....By enlivening things to an unprecedented extent, the songs turn O BROTHER into perhaps the warmest production in the Coens' repertoire..." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
Joel and Ethan Coen transport Homer's ODYSSEY to the depression-era South in the silly, fun comedy O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? George Clooney, John Turturro, and Tim Blake Nelson star as three escaped fugitives on the run in Mississippi. Their adventures through the barren landscape includes run-ins with a soothsayer, a trio of Sirens, a Bible-salesman Cyclops, as well as other archetypes from Southern folklore and pop-culture including a young blues musician, the Klan, and bank robber Baby Face Nelson. Soon they are caught up in a vicious gubernatorial campaign that would make Huey Long proud. <br> <br> The Coen brothers mix in a host of cinematic references in O BROTHER, including SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS, COOL HAND LUKE, I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG, and even dashes of the Three Stooges. The soundtrack of folk ballads, yodeling traditionals, Delta blues, and prison work songs is outstanding, playing in the background (or foreground) of nearly every scene. Clooney, as the ringleader, displays an efferve... |
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