Rent O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
3.9 of 5 from 281 ratings
1h 43min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
Disenchanted with the daily drudge of crushing rocks on a prison farm in Mississippi, the-dapper, silver-tongued Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney) busts loose. Except he's still shackled to his two chain-mates from the chain gang - bad-tempered Pete (John Turturro) and sweet, dimwitted Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson). With nothing to lose and buried loot to regain — before it's lost forever in a flood - the three embark on the adventure of a lifetime in this hilarious offbeat road picture. Populated with strange characters, including a blind prophet, sexy sirens and a one-eyed Bible salesman (John Goodman), it's an odyssey filled with chases, close calls, near misses and betrayal that will leave you laughing at every outrageous and surprising twist and turn. - Actors:
- George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, Holly Hunter, Chris Thomas King, Charles Durning, Del Pentecost, Michael Badalucco, J.R. Horne, Brian Reddy, Wayne Duvall, Ed Gale, Ray McKinnon, Daniel Von Bargen
- Directors:
- Joel Coen
- Producers:
- Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
- Writers:
- Homer, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
- Others:
- T-Bone Burnett, Roger Deakins, Dennis Gassner, Carter Burwell
- Studio:
- E1 Entertainment
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Comedy
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- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 12/08/2013
- Run Time:
- 107 minutes
- Languages:
- Brazilian Portuguese DTS 5.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French DTS 5.1, German DTS 5.1, Italian DTS 5.1, Spanish DTS 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Brazilian, Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, Flemish, German, Italian, Spanish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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Reviews (5) of O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Brilliant - O Brother, Where Art Thou? review by AH
This is an ingenious and very funny film. I've watched it three times now and it is definitely one of my all time favourites, though I feel it goes a little soggy towards the end. The narrative is supposedly inspired by Homer's Odyssey. It begins as a tale of three amigos who are joined midway by a fourth, but at the end of the film it seems to have morphed into a story about just one of the amigos – what's happened to the others? Arguably, the last few minutes are supposed to be some sort of tangential coda but I suspect that the concept hadn't been fully thought through. Nevertheless, it's very amusing: classic lines, memorable images, typically wacky Coen brothers' characters and a wonderfully earthy traditional country music soundtrack.
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Man of Constant Rewatching - O Brother, Where Art Thou? review by griggs
Twenty-six years on, and I’m still finding things in this.
Homer supplies the route, American folklore the passengers. A Robert Johnson stand-in sells his soul at a crossroads, Michael Badalucco’s manic bank robber is Baby Face Nelson, and Charles Durning’s Pappy O’Daniel borrows from a real Texas governor who already sounds invented.
Roger Deakins drains the Mississippi to the colour of tobacco and dust, so Odysseus and a Depression gangster can plausibly share a road. George Clooney plays Everett’s vanity with absolute Dapper Dan conviction.
What I love now is how lightly the Coens wear all this. First time round, it’s a funny adventure with a great soundtrack. On later viewings, you start noticing the two mythologies rubbing together underneath.
It’s episodic, and Holly Hunter’s Penny is mostly a destination. Still, the Coens found The Odyssey under Mississippi mud and gave it better music.
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Answers on a postcard! - O Brother, Where Art Thou? review by TB
Answers on a postcard if anyone knows what the film is about or meant to be. I’ve seen some fairly odd films down the years but that can only be described as three escapees on a road trip, on acid.
What and why?
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