O Brother Where Art Thou
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| O Brother, Where Art Thou? | |
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 O Brother, Where Art Thou? film poster | |
| Directed by | Joel Coen Ethan Coen (uncredited) |
| Produced by | Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Ethan Coen Joel Coen (uncredited) |
| Written by | Joel Coen Ethan Coen |
| Starring | George Clooney John Turturro Tim Blake Nelson |
| Music by | T-Bone Burnett |
| Cinematography | Roger Deakins |
| Editing by | Joel Coen Ethan Coen Tricia Cooke |
| Distributed by | Touchstone Pictures (USA) Bac Films (France) Momentum Pictures (UK) Universal Pictures (International) |
| Release date(s) | May 13, 2000 (Cannes Film Festival) |
| Running time | 106 mins |
| Country | United States United Kingdom France |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $26,000,000 (approx.) |
| Gross revenue | $71,868,327 (worldwide) |
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O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a comedy film made by the Coen Brothers. Released in 2000, the film is set in Mississippi during the Great Depression (specifically, 1937).
The film is loosely based on the story of Homer’s Odyssey and the 1989 novella A Dozen Tough Jobs by Howard Waldrop, which sets the labors of Hercules in July 1937 in Mississippi.
By its very title, the film displays a sly reference to another type of mythmaking: filmmaking, specifically the 1941 satire Sullivan's Travels by Preston Sturges, in which the title character sets out to make a grim, socially conscious film to be called O Brother, Where Art Thou? After the privileged director experiences hardships of his own, he decides that comedic films are of more value than self-important dramas. Similarly, the Coen brothers' movie also has the tone and imagery of Depression-era realism interlarded with the comedic element.
The film stars George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, Holly Hunter, and Charles Durning. The American roots soundtrack won a Grammy for Album of the Year in 2001.
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O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a comedy film made by the Coen Brothers. Released in 2000, the film is set in Mississippi during the Great Depression (specifically, 1937).
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