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O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Loosely based on Homer's Odyssey, Ulysses Everett McGill engages in picaresque adventures with his companions Delmar and Pete in 1930s Mississippi. Sprung from a chain gang and trying to reach Everett's home to recover the buried loot of a bank heist, they are confronted by a series of strange characters--among them sirens, a cyclops, bank robber George "Baby Face" Nelson (who is very annoyed by that nickname), a campaigning governor and his opponent, a KKK lynch mob, and a blind prophet who warns the trio that "the treasure you seek shall not be the treasure you find."

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Cast & Crew See All

George Clooney
Everett
John Turturro
Pete Hogwallop
Tim Blake Nelson
Delmar O'Donnell

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Awards

  • 2001 - Oscar - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published - nominated
  • 2001 - Oscar - Best Cinematography - nominated
  • 2001 - Golden Globe - Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical - nominated
  • 2001 - Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical - winner

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