O brother, where art thou?
Loosely based on Homer's "Odyssey", three escaped chain gang convicts have to travel home to try and recover buried loot from a bank heist. Along the way they meet up with some strange characters.
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- ISBN: 9780788826887 :
- Physical Description 1 videodisc (103 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
- Publisher Burbank, CA : Touchstone Home Video, [2000]
- Distributor Burbank, CA : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2000]
- Copyright ©2000
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally released as a motion picture in 2000. For specific added features see container or interactive features menu while viewing disc. Inspired by Homer's "Odyssey". GMD: videodisc. |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director of photography, Roger Deakins ; film editors, Roderick Jaynes, Tricia Cooke ; music by T. Bone Burnett ; costume designer, Mary Zophres ; production designer, Dennis Gassner. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, Charles Durning, John Goodman, Michael Badalucco, Holly Hunter. |
| Target Audience Note: | Canadian Home Video Rating: PG. |
| System Details Note: | DVD ; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | For private home use only. |
| Language Note: | Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. Includes audio tracks in English with subtitles in Spanish. |
| Awards Note: | Golden Globe, Best performance by an actor in a motion picture, Comedy/Musical (2001) Sierra Award, Best Cinematography (2000) |
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Library Journal Review
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
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The Brothers Coen (of Fargo fame, among others) have an uncanny ability to up the quirky cinematic ante with each new project. This, their latest effort (featuring George Clooney in his Golden Globe Award-winning performance as Everett Ulysses McGill) is a Homerian epic meets Preston Sturges comedy. Three prison chain gang escapees are on the lam in Depression-era Mississippi. Throughout their odyssey, they encounter a cyclops (an ominous, eye-patch-wearing salesman), numerous sirens, and a rogue claiming to have compacted with the Devil to trade his soul for mastery of the Delta blues guitar. This edition emphasizes the text and offers very little in the way of camera shots, angles, and points of view. The Coens' ever-broadening fan base should make this popular in all film collections. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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