O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Coming Out at 30 August 2000 in theaters.
Adventure, Comedy, Crime
O Brother, Where Art Thou? is crime comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, and starring George Clooney, John Turturro, and Tim Blake Nelson, with 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 poem The Odyssey that incorporates mythology from 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 fictional book about the Great Depression.
Much of the music used in the film is period folk music, including that of Virginia bluegrass singer Ralph Stanley. The movie was one of the first to extensively use digital color correction to give the film an autumnal, sepia-tinted look. The film received positive reviews, and the soundtrack won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2001 using American folk music. The country and folk musicians who were dubbed into the film included John Hartford, Alison Krauss, Dan Tyminski, Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, Chris Sharp, Patty Loveless, and others. They joined together to perform the music from the film in a Down from the Mountain concert tour which was filmed for TV and DVD.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Writers: Homer (The Odyssey), Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Stars: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, Holly Hunter, Chris Thomas King, Charles Durning
Cast:
| George Clooney | … | Everett |
| John Turturro | … | Pete Hogwallop |
| Tim Blake Nelson | … | Delmar O’Donnell |
| John Goodman | … | Big Dan Teague |
| Holly Hunter | … | Penny |
| Chris Thomas King | … | Tommy Johnson |
| Charles Durning | … | Pappy O’Daniel |
| Del Pentecost | … | Junior O’Daniel |
| Michael Badalucco | … | George Nelson |
| J.R. Horne | … | Pappy’s Staff |
| Brian Reddy | … | Pappy’s Staff |
| Wayne Duvall | … | Homer Stokes |
| Ed Gale | … | The Little Man |
| Ray McKinnon | … | Vernon T. Waldrip |
| Daniel von Bargen | … | Sheriff Cooley |
| Royce D. Applegate | … | Man with Bullhorn |
| Frank Collison | … | Wash Hogwallop |
| Quinn Gasaway | … | Boy Hogwallop |
| Lee Weaver | … | Blind Seer |
| Millford Fortenberry | … | Pomade Vendor |
| Stephen Root | … | Radio Station Man |
| John Locke | … | Mr. French |
| Gillian Welch | … | Soggy Bottom Customer |
| A. Ray Ratliff | … | Record Store Clerk |
| Mia Tate | … | Siren |
| Musetta Vander | … | Siren |
| Christy Taylor | … | Siren |
| April Hardcastle | … | Waitress |
| Michael W. Finnell | … | Interrogator |
| Georgia Rae Rainer | … | Wharvey Gal |
| Marianna Breland | … | Wharvey Gal |
| Lindsey Miller | … | Wharvey Gal |
| Natalie Shedd | … | Wharvey Gal |
| John McConnell | … | Woolworths Manager |
| Issac Freeman | … | Gravedigger |
| Wilson Waters Jr. | … | Gravedigger |
| Robert Hamlett | … | Gravedigger |
| Willard Cox | … | Cox Family |
| Evelyn Cox | … | Cox Family |
| Suzanne Cox | … | Cox Family |
| Sidney Cox | … | Cox Family |
| Buck White | … | The Whites |
| Sharon White | … | The Whites |
| Cheryl White | … | The Whites |
| Ed Snodderly | … | Village Idiot |
| David Holt | … | Village Idiot |
| Dan Andreiu | … | KKK Member |
| Seth Bailey | … | Cigar-Smoking Banquet Patron |
| Billy W. Blackwell | … | Rallygoer / Banquet Patron |
| Ron Block | … | Banjoist |
| Dan Braun | … | Klansman |
| Ryder Davis | … | Klansman |
| Jerry Douglas | … | Dobro Player |
| Christopher Francis | … | Klansman |
| Gloria Gonnillini | … | Rallygoer |
| Geoffrey Gould | … | Mob Head |
| Stuart Greenwell | … | Rail Man |
| Emily D. Haley | … | Partygoer |
| R.C. Keene | … | Rallygoer |
| Nathan Kornelis | … | Klansman |
| Nathaniel Lee Jr. | … | Ice Boy with Straw Hat |
| Lamar Lott | … | Rallygoer |
| Mark Munson | … | Klansman |
| Andy Sims | … | Rallygoer |
| Christa Sparks | … | Wharvey Gal |
| Shayne Tingle | … | Rail Man |
| Dan Tyminski | … | Mandolinist on Stage |
| Leon Walls | … | Guitarist |
| John Wilkie | … | Klansman / Choreographer |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia