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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.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 21654 | Touchstone Home VideoLanguage: English Summary language: engspa Publication details: Burbank, CA : Touchstone Home Video : distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2001], c2000.Description: 1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0788826883
  • 786936144758
Subject(s): Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Roger Deakins ; film editors, Roderick Jaynes, Tricia Cooke ; music, T. Bone Burnett.
  • Golden Globe, 2001, Best performance by an actor in a motion picture, Comedy/Musical (George Clooney)
  • Sierra Award, 2000, Best Cinematography (Roger Deakins)
Cast: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, Charles Durning, John Goodman, Michael Badalucco, Holly Hunter, Stephen Root, Chris Thomas King, Wayne Duvall, Daniel Von Bargen, J.R. Horne, Brian Reddy, Frank Collison.Summary: 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.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Three escaped convicts from the 1920s are led on an odyssey through the Old South in search of loot stashed at one of their homes. The house is scheduled to be flooded out by a new dam, so time is of the essence.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2000.

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

Widescreen format (aspect ratio 2.35:1).

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, Wayne Duvall, Daniel Von Bargen, J.R. Horne, Brian Reddy, Frank Collison.

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.

DVD.

English language soundtrack (5.1 surround) with optional Spanish subtitles ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.

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

Sierra Award, 2000, Best Cinematography (Roger Deakins)

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