AdventureComedyCrime

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

- They have a plan, but not a clue.

In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.

Release Date : 2000-08-30

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Touchstone PicturesUniversal PicturesStudioCanalWorking Title FilmsMike Zoss Productions

Production Country : FranceUnited KingdomUnited States of America

Alternative Titles : O Brother, Where Art Thou？

Cast

Character Name : Everett

Original Name : George Clooney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pete Hogwallop

Original Name : John Turturro

Gender : Male

Character Name : Delmar O'Donnell

Original Name : Tim Blake Nelson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Big Dan Teague

Original Name : John Goodman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Penny

Original Name : Holly Hunter

Gender : Female

Character Name : Tommy Johnson

Original Name : Chris Thomas King

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pappy O'Daniel

Original Name : Charles Durning

Gender : Male

Character Name : Junior O'Daniel

Original Name : Del Pentecost

Gender : Male

Character Name : George Nelson

Original Name : Michael Badalucco

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pappy's Staff

Original Name : J.R. Horne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pappy's Staff

Original Name : Brian Reddy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Homer Stokes

Original Name : Wayne Duvall

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Little Man

Original Name : Ed Gale

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vernon T. Waldrip

Original Name : Ray McKinnon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sheriff Cooley

Original Name : Daniel von Bargen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man with Bullhorn

Original Name : Royce D. Applegate

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wash Hogwallop

Original Name : Frank Collison

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boy Hogwallop

Original Name : Quinn Gasaway

Gender : Male

Character Name : Blind Seer

Original Name : Lee Weaver

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pomade Vendor

Original Name : Millford Fortenberry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Radio Station Man

Original Name : Stephen Root

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. French

Original Name : John Locke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soggy Bottom Customer

Original Name : Gillian Welch

Gender : Male

Character Name : Record Store Clerk

Original Name : A. Ray Ratliff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Siren

Original Name : Mia Tate

Gender : Female

Character Name : Siren

Original Name : Musetta Vander

Gender : Female

Character Name : Siren

Original Name : Christy Taylor

Gender : Female

Character Name : Waitress

Original Name : April Hardcastle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Interrogator

Original Name : Michael W. Finnell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wharvey Gal

Original Name : Georgia Rae Rainer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wharvey Gal

Original Name : Marianna Breland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wharvey Gal

Original Name : Lindsey Miller

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wharvey Gal

Original Name : Natalie Shedd

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woolworths Manager

Original Name : John McConnell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gravedigger

Original Name : Issac Freeman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gravedigger

Original Name : Wilson Waters Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gravedigger

Original Name : Robert Hamlett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cox Family

Original Name : Willard Cox

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cox Family

Original Name : Evelyn Cox

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cox Family

Original Name : Suzanne Cox

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cox Family

Original Name : Sidney Cox

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Whites

Original Name : Buck White

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Whites

Original Name : Sharon White

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Whites

Original Name : Cheryl White

Gender : Male

Character Name : Village Idiot

Original Name : Ed Snodderly

Gender : Male

Character Name : Village Idiot

Original Name : David Holt

Gender : Male

Reviews

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2021-07-22

_**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-

Andre Gonzales

@SoSmooth1982

2023-07-21

Weird convicts that escape. With no money they try to find treasure. Has some weird comedy as well. Good cast though.

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2025-03-19

Having just escaped from a chain gang, the eloquent “Everett” (George Clooney) and the two men who share his chain - “Pete” (John Turturro) and the not so bright “Delmar” (Tim Blake Nelson) set off on a journey to find his $1.2 millions in treasure buried in the ground in an area designated to be flooded to generate hydro-electric power. First things first, they have to get the chains off and that’s just the start of their escapades as they meet some of the eccentric folks that live in 1930s Mississippi. Along the way they encounter the mad-as-cheese bank robber “Babyface” Nelson (Michael Badalucco), distinctly dodgy bible salesman “Big Dan” (John Goodman); they meet travelling minstrel “Tommy” (Chris Thomas King) and he helps them to make a record for a blind radio host and they even manage to meet with some very tempting ladies doing their laundry on ricks in a stream! The whole thing is very, and I mean very, loosely based on Homer’s post Trojan war “Odyssey” and if you’re familiar with that text, then you can just about see the narrative as the story proceeds and certainly when you look back on it. If you don’t, well it doesn’t matter at all - this is still a comedy-laden and sharply written take on three people motivated by money in the first instance, but who come to realise that there is more to life than a dollar bill. It also transfers the ancient scenario quite entertainingly, politically, too - taking a fun pop at the gubernatorial race between an hopeless but exuberant incumbent flour merchant and the red-robed leader of the local branch of the KKK, and it also presents us with some toe-tappers from three men who work well together on a road-trip with a difference. This is probably my favourite outing for Clooney as he delivers some of his almost Homerian dialogue with charming sarcastic wit and skill. It’s enjoyable, this, and well worth a cinema viewing if you can.