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O Brother, Where Art Thou? | 
 enlarge | Actors: Michael Badalucco, George Clooney, Frank Collison, Charles Durning, Wayne Duvall
Studio: Touchstone
Category: DVD
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Rating:  617 reviews
Sales Rank: 396
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 103 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: DISD21654D
ISBN: 0788826883
UPC: 786936144758
EAN: 9780788826887
ASIN: B00003CXRM
Theatrical Release Date: 2000
Release Date: June 12, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: 66 includes original case and insert
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Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 08/15/2008 Run time: 102 minutes Rating: Pg13
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Only Joel and Ethan Coen, the fraternal director and producer team behind art-house hits such as The Big Lebowski and Fargo and masters of quirky and ultra-stylish genre subversion, would dare nick the plot line of Homer's Odyssey for a comic picaresque saga about three cons on the run in 1930s Mississippi. Our wandering hero in this case is one Ulysses Everett McGill, a slick-tongued wise guy with a thing about hair pomade (George Clooney, blithely sending up his own dapper image) who talks his chain-gang buddies (Coen-movie regular John Turturro and newcomer Tim Blake Nelson) into lighting out after some buried loot he claims to know of. En route they come up against a prophetic blind man on a railroad truck, a burly, one-eyed baddie (the ever-magnificent John Goodman), a trio of sexy singing ladies, a blues guitarist who's sold his soul to the devil, a brace of crooked politicos on the stump, a manic-depressive bank robber, and--well, you get the idea. Into this, their most relaxed film yet, the Coens have tossed a beguiling ragbag of inconsequential situations, a wealth of looping, left-field dialogue, and a whole stash of gags both verbal and visual. O Brother (the title's lifted from Preston Sturges's classic 1941 comedy Sullivan's Travels) is furthermore graced with glowing, burnished photography from Roger Deakins and a masterly soundtrack from T-Bone Burnett that pays loving homage to American '30s folk styles--blues, gospel, bluegrass, jazz, and more. And just to prove that the brothers haven't lost their knack for bad-taste humor, we get a Ku Klux Klan rally choreographed like a cross between a Nuremberg rally and a Busby Berkeley musical. --Philip Kemp
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 Depression-era Odyssey would do Homer proud October 18, 2008
Michael D. Kelley (Pascagoula, MS)
Excellent interpretation of Homer's Odyssey with a rare accurate portrayal of the South of the 1930s. Excellent character actors and outstanding music played in the period style.
One of the funniest movies of all time. October 13, 2008
fairmontGN (Fairmont, NE USA)
This Movie is great on so many levels. The writing is hillarious and casting is spot on. Clooney's character is great. The music is great. I just don't know how to praise it any more. I've watched the movie multiple times and still laugh out loud every time. Thats why I had to add it to my collection.
Excellent October 13, 2008
John DeRoos (Mammoth Spring, AR USA)
This is an excellent movie. The story was well presented & the singing was excellent. I guess George got that singing talent from Rosemary. I would recommend this movie to anybody. Very good film.
Best sound track and a good fun to boot! September 24, 2008
Daniel A. Joseph (Pittsford, NY USA)
O Brother... has one of the best sound tracks ever, if you like blue grass music. It's sound track is a classic. Not only that but the story line is a great one too. It's funny and entertaining. I highly recommend it!
Oh Brother! August 29, 2008
Jo S. McCracken (Windsor, VA USA)
I have viewed Oh Brother Where Art Thou several times. It is very funny, has great music, and keeps me laughing for hours, if not days. All the characters are great and believable. We love this video at my house.
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