O Brother, Where Art Thou?

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

UPC: 786936144758

Studio: Walt Disney Video

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: Exclusive behind-the-scenes featurette
"Painting With Pixels": the groundbreaking digital post-production process
Script to storyboard to final scene comparisons
"I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" music video
Animated menus
Theatrical trailer
DTS 5.1 Digital Surround Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
Widescreen [2.35:1] enhanced for 16x9 televisions
Spanish subtitles

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Format: DVD

Release Date: 06/12/2001

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Cinemascope

Audio: 5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS Digital Theater Systems

Runtime: 103 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
0. Chapter Selection
1. Opening Titles [4:40]
2. A Blind Man's Prophecy [4:29]
3. Betrayed By A Hogwallop [5:58]
4. Redemption [5:04]
5. Crossroads Minstrel [7:26]
6. Dreams And Plans [3:28]
7. "Oh George, Not The Livestock!" [6:29]
8. Blind Bard [1:56]
9. Wandering Homeward [2:57]
10. Song Of The Sirens [3:06]
11. Awakening [3:08]
12. Lesson Of The Cyclops [5:56]
13. Losing Pete [2:59]
14. Homecoming [4:08]
15. Bona Fide Suitor [2:47]
16. "Do Not Seek The Treasure" [3:13]
17. Pappy's Dilemma [1:10]
18. True Friends [4:07]
19. Defeating The Cyclops [5:45]
20. Disquised And Pardoned [8:19]
21. Back On Top? [4:23]
22. Eluding Fate [2:13]
23. Adventuring Days Are Over [7:02]
24. End Credits [1:39]

Cast and Crew: Tim Bevan  Executive Producer 
T-Bone Burnett  Composer (Music Score) 
Carter Burwell  Composer (Music Score) 
Ethan Coen  Producer 
Ethan Coen  Screenwriter 
Joel Coen  Director 
Joel Coen  Screenwriter 
Eric Fellner  Executive Producer 
John Cameron  Producer 
George Clooney  Actor 
John Turturro  Actor 
Tim Blake Nelson  Actor 
Charles Durning  Actor 
John Goodman  Actor 
Michael Badalucco  Actor 
Holly Hunter  Actor 
Stephen Root  Actor 
Chris Thomas King  Actor 
Wayne Duvall  Actor 
Daniel Von Bargen  Actor 
J.R. Horne  Actor 
Brian Reddy  Actor 
Frank Collison  Actor 
Ray McKinnon  Actor 
Del Pentecost  Actor 
Musetta Vander  Actor 

Country: USA