O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a 2000 crime comedy-drama film written, produced, co-edited and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, and starring George Clooney, John Turturro, and Tim Blake Nelson, with Chris Thomas King, John Goodman, Holly Hunter, and Charles Durning in supporting roles. The film is set in 1937 rural Mississippi during the Great Depression. Its story is a modern satire loosely based on Homer's epic Greek poem The Odyssey that incorporates social features of the American South. The title of the film is a reference to the Preston Sturges 1941 film Sullivan's Travels, in which the protagonist is a director who wants to film O Brother, Where Art Thou?, a fictitious book about the Great Depression. Much of the music used in the film is period folk music. The movie was one of the first to extensively use digital color correction to give the film an autumnal, sepia-tinted look.
| Director | Joel Coen |
| Produced by | Ethan Coen |
| Writer(s) | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen |
| Starring | George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, Charles Durning, Michael Badalucco, John Goodman, Holly Hunter |
| Music | T Bone Burnett |
| Cinematography | Roger Deakins |
| Edited by | Roderick Jaynes, Tricia Cooke |
| Production, company | Touchstone Pictures, Universal Pictures, StudioCanal, Working Title Films, Blind Bard Pictures |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution (North America, Germany, Italy and Spain), Alliance Atlantis (United Kingdom), BAC Films (France), Universal Pictures (International) |
| Released | May Cannes, 2000 (2000), AFI Film Festival, 10 (2000), United States, 12 |
| Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | United States, United Kingdom, France |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $26 million |
| Box office | $72 million |
| Netflix ID | 60002991 |
About O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Three escaped convicts on the run from the law search for hidden treasure in this Coen Brothers crime comedy set during the 1930s. The film is based on the poem The Odyssey.
Achievement of O Brother, Where Art Thou?
The soundtrack by T Bone Burnett won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2001. The film was shot by Roger Deakins.
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Latest information about O Brother, Where Art Thou? updated on July 28 2021.
