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O brother, where art thou? (Motion picture)

O brother, where art thou? [videorecording] / Touchstone Pictures and Universal Pictures present in association with Studio Canal, a Working Title production ; produced by Ethan Coen ; written by Ethan Coen & Joel Coen ; directed by Joel Coen.

Burbank, CA : Touchstone Home Video : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2001]

1 videodisc (103 min.)

Loosely based on Homer's "Odyssey", this is the story of three convicts--escapees from a prison farm in Mississippi--and their adventure as they travel home in hopes of recovering buried loot before it's lost forever in a flood.

MPAA rating: PG-13; for some vilence and language.

Homer -- Film adaptations.

1929

Escapes -- Drama.

Depressions -- 1929 -- United States -- Drama.

Evasiones -- Teatro.

Escapes -- Drama.

Great Depression,1929-1939 -- Drama.

Depressions.

Escapes.

United States.

Feature films -- United States.

Drama.

Film adaptations.

Comedy films.

Feature films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Coen, Joel.

Coen, Ethan.

Clooney, George.

Turturro, John, 1957-

Nelson, Tim Blake.

Durning, Charles, 1923-2012.

Goodman, John, 1952-

Badalucco, Michael, 1954-

Hunter, Holly, 1958-

Root, Stephen.

King, Chris Thomas.

Deakins, Roger A., 1949-

Jaynes, Roderick.

Cooke, Tricia, 1965-

Burnett, T-Bone.

Homer. Odyssey.

Touchstone Pictures.

Universal Pictures (Firm)

Studio Canal+.

Working Title Films.

Touchstone Home Video (Firm)

Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)

Special features include: Behind-the-scenes featurette; Painting with pixels, the groundbreaking digital production process; script to storyboard to final scene comparisons; I am a man of constant sorrow music video; theatrical trailer.

Director of photography, Roger Deakins ; film editors, Roderick Jaynes, Tricia Cooke ; music, T. Bone Burnett.

George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, Charles Durning, John Goodman, Michael Badalucco, Holly Hunter, Stephen Root, Chris Thomas King.

DVD, region 1, NTSC, dual layer, widescreen presentation (2.35:1); DTS 5.1 digital surround sound, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound.

English dialogue; Spanish subtitles; Closed-captioned.

Golden Globe, 2001, Best performance by an actor in a motion picture, Comedy/Musical (George Clooney)

Sierra Award, 2000, Best Cinematography (Roger Deakins)

Sountrack music - Title / Composer (Performer): Po Lazarus / arr. Alan Lomax (James Carter & the Prisoners) -- Big rock candy mountain / (Harry McClintock) -- You are my sunshine / Jimmie Davis\Charlie Mitchell (Norman Blake) -- Down to the river to pray / Traditional (Alisoun Krauss) -- I am a man of constant sorrow / arr. Carter Stanley\Dan Tyminski (Soggy Bottom Boys) -- Hard time killing floor blues / Nehemiah "Skip" James (Chris Thomas King) -- Keep on the sunny side / A.P. Carter (The Whites) -- I'll fly away / Albert E. Brumley (Alison Krauss\Gillian Welch) -- Didn't leave nobody but the baby / arr. Alan Lomas\Mrs. Sidney Carter\Gillian Welch\T Bone Burnett (Emmylou Harris\Alison Krauss\Gillian Welch) -- In the highways / Maybelle Carter (Sarah, Hannah and Leah Peasall) -- I am weary (let me rest) / Pete Roberts (The Cox Family) -- I am a man of constant sorrow / arr. Ed Haley (John Hartford) -- O death / Traditional (Ralph Stanley) -- In the jailhouse now / Jimmie Rodgers (The Soggy Bottom Boys) -- I am a man of constant sorrow / arr. Carter Stanley (The Soggy Bottom Boys) -- Indian war whoop / Hoyt Ming (John Hartford) -- Lonesome valley / Traditional (The Fairfield Four) -- Angel band / arr. Ralph Stanley (The Stanley Brothers).

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