O Brother, Where Art Thou?

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Original title: O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Year: 2000
Running time: 93 min.
Country: United States
Director: Joel Coen
Screenwriter: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (Poem: Homero)
Music: T-Bone Burnett
Cinematography: Roger Deakins
Cast: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, Charles Durning, John Goodman, Holly Hunter, Michael Badalucco, Daniel Von Bargen, Wayne Duvall, Del Pentecost, Frank Collison, Brian Reddy, J.R. Horne, Ray McKinnon, Stephen Root, Lee Weaver
Producer: Touchstone Pictures / Universal Pictures / Studiocanal / Working Title Films
Genre: Comedy. Adventure | Crime. 1930s. Road Movie. The Great Depression
Movie Groups: Homer Adaptations
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Synopsis / Plot: Loosely based on Homer's 'Odyssey' the movie deals with the grotesque adventures of Everett Ulysses McGill and his companions Delmar and Pete in 1930s Mississipi. Sprung from a chain gang and trying to reach Everetts home to recover the buried loot of a bank heist they are confronted by a series of strange characters. Among them sirens, a cyclops, bankrobber George 'Babyface' Nelson (very annoyed by that nickname), a campaigning Governor, 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."

Awards: 2000: 2 Nominations for Oscar: Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography

2000: Golden Globe: Best Actor Comedy or Musical (George Clooney). 2 Nominations

2000: 5 Nominations BAFTA, including Best Costume Design, Cinematography and Screenplay

2000: Cannes Film Festival: Nominated for Palme d'Or (Best Film)

2000: Chicago Film Critics Awards: 2 Nominations, including Best Cinematography

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