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George Clooney Everett as Everett. Holly Hunter Penny as Penny. Horne Pappy's Staff as Pappy's Staff. Ray McKinnon Vernon T. Waldrip as Vernon T. Royce D. Applegate Man with Bullhorn as Man with Bullhorn. Joel Coen Ethan Coen uncredited. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Sprung from a chain gang and trying to reach Everett's home to recover the buried loot of a bank heist they are confronted by a series of strange characters--among them sirens, a cyclops, bank robber George "Baby Face" Nelson very annoyed by that nickname , a campaigning governor and 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.

Sometimes, you have to lose your way to get back home. Adventure Comedy Crime Music. Rated PG for some violence and language. Did you know Edit. Trivia The film's soundtrack became an unlikely blockbuster, even surpassing the success of the film. By early , it had sold five million copies, spawned a documentary film, three follow-up albums "O Sister" and "O Sister 2" , two concert tours, and won Country Music Awards for Album of the Year and Single of the Year for "Man of Constant Sorrow". It also won five Grammys, including Album of the Year, and hit 1 on the Billboard album charts the week of March 15, , 63 weeks after its release and over a year after the release of the film.

However, the association of the KKK and racists in general with the "Rebel" flag grew out of the Civil Rights conflict of the s. Crazy credits The credit for Alan J. User reviews Review. Top review. I realize this movie came out 18 years ago, but I wasn't on IMDb then. Did IMDb even exist? I don't know. But as I'm sitting in the barbershop right now, this movie is being played on the tv right now, and I'm reminded how much I love this movie. In my opinion, one of the best comedies ever made.

I know it's not for everyone I have friends who hate it , but it's a classic to myself and some others I know. Excellent writing and acting. FAQ 2. Was the character Tommy Johnson meeting at the crossroads to sell himself to the devil, a story based on the story of Robert Johnson?

The film is filled with all kinds of brilliant music from different eras of America, which helps bring the film to life.

The first song we hear over the opening credits is a chant from a chain gang as they work on the roads. Remarkably, the chant heard is an actual recording of a chain gang singing the song, "Po Lazarus" in Though the Coen Brothers might be having a little fun by saying the film is based on Homer's Odyssey , they do include a number of references to the original story. Those who know the epic poem well will also likely see some characters they recognize. Ulysses Everett McGill obviously stands in for Odysseus, the hero who attempts to return to his wife who is being pursued by a suitor.

Other characters include Pappy O'Daniel who fills in for Zeus, the one-eyes Big Dan Teague who represents the cyclops, and the three singing girls who lure the heroes, representing the Sirens. O Brother Where Art Thou? And the most famous song from this soundtrack is "Man of Constant Sorrow", which is sung in the film by the three lead characters.

Clooney was given the chance to sing the lead vocals on the song and took lessons to improve his singing voice. In the end, he admits he was not the man for the job and was dubbed. One of the colorful characters that the trio of heroes run into is George Nelson, a deranged bank robber who is depressed at not being taken seriously and having the nickname Baby Face Nelson.

Baby Face Nelson was indeed a bank robber from this era who is responsible for a number of daring crimes. However, Nelson was killed in , two years before the events of this film. Also, he was killed in a shootout with police rather than executed while in custody, as is said in the film.

Though a fairly simple story, the film was praised for its use of visual effects and CGI. While not overly used in the film, the few cases are incorporated convincingly into the overall scene. In one instance, it might have been too convincing. The scenes in which a cop car hits a cow looked so convincing that the American Humane Association demanded proof that no real animal was harmed. This also led to a new disclaimer being added to the film that read, "Scenes which may appear to place an animal in jeopardy were simulated.

Another memorable character that the trio of escaped convicts meets up with is Tommy Johnson, played by Chris Thomas King. When the heroes meet Tommy, he is standing at a crossroads where he says he met the devil and traded his soul for the ability to play the guitar.