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Only Joel and Ethan Coen, masters of quirky and ultra-stylish genre subversion, would dare nick the plotline of Homer's Odyssey for O Brother, Where Art Thou?, their comic picaresque saga about three cons on the run in 1930s Mississippi. Our wandering hero in this case is one Ulysses Everett McGill, a slick-tongued wise guy with a thing for hair pomade (George Clooney, blithely sending up his own dapper image) who talks his chain-gang buddies (Coen-movie regular John Turturro and newcomer Tim Blake Nelson) to light out after some buried loot he claims to know of. En route they come up against a prophetic blind man on a railroad truck, a burly one-eyed baddie (the ever-magnificent John Goodman), a trio of sexy singing ladies, a blues guitarist who's sold his soul to the devil, a brace of crooked politicos on the stump, a manic-depressive bank robber, and--well, you get the idea. Into this, their most relaxed film yet, the Coens have tossed a beguiling ragbag of inconsequential situations, a wealth of looping, left-field dialogue and a whole stash of gags both verbal and visual. O Brother (the title's lifted from Preston Sturges' classic 1941 comedy Sullivan's Travels) is furthermore graced with glowing, burnished photography from Roger Deakins and a masterly soundtrack from T-Bone Burnett that pays loving homage to American 30s folk-styles: blues, gospel, bluegrass, jazz and more. And just to prove that the brothers haven't lost their knack for bad-taste humour, we get a Ku Klux Klan rally choreographed like something between a Nuremberg rally and a Busby Berkeley musical. --Philip Kemp
On the DVD: This two-disc set duplicates the original single-disc release of the film which included a handful of cast and crew interviews, and adds an additional disc with more interviews, two brief behind-the-scenes featurettes about the production design and the post-production digital colouring of the film, a couple of storyboard-to-scene comparisons and a music video of "Man of Constant Sorrow". There's also a 16-minute documentary to promote the companion Down from the Mountain concert. Frankly there's not a lot here to justify spreading it across two discs: a more pleasing not to say generous offering would have been to cram all these extras onto Disc 1 and give us Down from the Mountain as the second disc. --Mark Walker
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DVD Special Features:
Cast and Crew Interviews with George Clooney, Tim Blake Nelson, John Turturro, Holly Hunter, Michael Badalucco, Chris Thomas King and the Coen Brothers
Original Trailer
TV Spots
English subtitles
Dolby Digital 5.1
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By Jan
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is an excellent film, and an excellent blu-ray transfer. I will not belabor that point. However, others might be interested that despite Amazon's claims, this is a region-free blu-ray (plays in A, B, and C), so don't hesitate to buy it if you are in Europe and worried that it will not play. (The back cover also is marked A, B, C, but Amazon neglected to show that.)
28 of 30 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:DVD
I'm not film enthusiast, and had never even heard of this one until I saw it on the listing for my 9 hour flight home from India. Flipping through the channels, the music made me stop at this one. Usually I have a hard time staying awake for a whole film on a night flight, but I just loved this film - so much so that I watched it all again 4 hours later, in preference to any of the others on offer. I have never, ever watched a film twice in one day before! I definitely want the soundtrack.
34 of 37 people found the following review helpful
By David Welsh
Format:DVD
Loosely based on the Odyssey, O Brother, Where Art Thou tells the story of three petty criminals who have escaped prison in order to claim a haul of treasure before it ends up at the bottom of a lake which is about to be created by the building of a new dam, and the many sidetracks and adventures they encounter on the way. Clooney is brilliant as Ulysses Everett McGill and the film's soundtrack is wonderful - beautifully evoking the depression-era America in which the film is set. A hilarious, beautifully shot and mythical film.
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nice present
requested from my father in law for the music and he loved it....story as well. Very well made and easy to watch
Published 19 days ago by Droid
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Great film- I lost my original copy and picked this up at a good price. George C is so funny and the music is great
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one of the best films ever
All was as promised and I am very pleased with the product. Delivery was earlier than the guide so over all a very good service. It is now one of my top ten films
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Classic
I don't want a huge library of movies, but I have to have this one.
Fantastic music, best actors, best story.
Fantastic music, best actors, best story.
Published 2 months ago by Aki Rihu
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This US Import version was the best version of blu ray i have ever owned. The sound and picture was excellent. I was blown away by it. Read more
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O Brother Where Art Thou? (2000) George Clooney, John Turturro DVD
The reason I gave 4 stars and not 5 was because the cover is not in English. The film was a present but I had to open and play the movie to confirm it could be played in English... Read more
Published 3 months ago by P D Bendon
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Easily in my top 10
I could watch this film back to back for a week and never tire of it. This sits in my top 10. A genius retelling of Homer's "The Odyssey", every character hit's their mark... Read more
Published 3 months ago by IW1911
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Fabulous entertainment
You could sit down and watch this again and again and have a good laugh with your friends. Would recommend on a cold, wet wintry evening as you will be entertained.
Published 3 months ago by V. Matthews
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great blu ray
i bought this as a present, we found it really funny, and would recommend , it was good value for money, and posted quickly.
Published 3 months ago by Mr. Kenneth W. Jones
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Excellent film with wondeful sound track. Great condition, competitive...
A relative pittance for the Coen Bros epic take on the Odyssey transposed to the US and haunting accompanying sound track
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