O Brother, Where Art Thou?

UK-FR-US 2000 colour 106 min.
dir: Joel Coen
pro: Ethan Coen,  Touchstone Pictures, Universal Pictures
sc: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
ph: Roger Deakins
mus: T-Bone Burnett
ed: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Tricia Cooke
cast: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, Holly Hunter
dis: Kino Świat

 

Everrett Ullysus McGill, sick of breaking rocks in the heat of a Mississippi summer, escapes with his two dim accomplices, Delmar and Pete. Trying to reclaim a buried treasure before its lost forever underneath a lake, the three make their way to Everett’s homestead. Along the way, they meet a conniving one-eyed Bible salesman, a blind prophet, a trio of sexy sirens, and a man who sold his soul to the devil. In their race to reach the treasure before it’s flooded, they end up crashing a Ku Klux Klan lynch mob, help a sensitive Baby-Face Nelson rob three banks in two hours, and even have enough time to put out a bestselling record as “The Soggy Bottom Boys”.

 

Grammy Awards 2002 – Grammy for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album
Golden Globes 2001 – Golden Globe for George Clooney
British Society of Cinematographers 2001 – Best Cinematography Award