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O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2 Disc Special Edition) [2000]
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2 Disc Special Edition) [2000]
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Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Actors: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, Holly Hunter
Studio: Momentum Pictures
Category: DVD

List Price: £19.99
Buy New: £4.86
You Save: £15.13 (76%)
Buy New/Used from £3.47

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars(52 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1017

Format: Anamorphic, Box Set, Pal, Special Edition, Widescreen
Languages: English (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Media: DVD
Running Time: 103 minutes
Number Of Items: 2
Discs: 2
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6

EAN: 5060035200146
ASIN: B00005QX8O

Release Date: November 5, 2001
Theatrical Release Date: December 22, 2000
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days

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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.co.uk Review
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


Customer Reviews:   Read 47 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars Where art thou Blues fans?   October 1, 2008
I've seen this movie several times now and I'm still fascinated by it - I'm no particular fan of George Clooney or the Coen brothers or Bluegrass music (or even of Homer), but this movie is so cleverly constructed and well acted, with multiple threads that hang and re-cross throughout the story, that each time I watch I see a connection I missed in previous viewings. Reading the other reviews I guess I must be the only ageing Blues fan out here - but Robert Johnson must be up there (sorry, down there) somewhere, smiling if he's seen it.


5 out of 5 stars Unbelievably funny with strangely addicting music   September 11, 2008
I didn't think I would like this film. For one, I normally do not like George Clooney. I cannot think of any other films he has been in that I liked. It was a big surprise that this has become one of my favourite films of all time. And, honestly, it is all down to the characterisation. The characters are acted so well that they are outlandish but believable, from the main four to Babyface Nelson, Big Dan and Hogwallop. The story holds you spellbound with both the antics that the Soggy Bottom Boys get into and then the music adds another dimension. The humour, whilst at times a bit slapstick, is not overdone. Overall, this film is great fun. I own the CD and the soundtrack.


5 out of 5 stars Best film I've seen for years   September 1, 2008
This is cinema of the highest calibre. Just like most Coen brothers films, it's not the millions spent on sets, or special effects (they're low to mid budget all the way) but the human touch that sets this apart. Homer was a good place to start, as it could be said that the Homeric poems laid the foundation for secular western literature. Add the genius of the Coen Brothers, and the old-fashioned "cinematic magic" qualities of Clooney, and you have a product that will not age. I've watched it only once so far, but I have half a dozen timeless quotes, for anyone willing to listen, including "I don't want Fop, goddammit. I'm a Dapper Dan man"
Se it for yourself. Five stars aren't enough.



1 out of 5 stars Waste of your time   July 25, 2008
  0 out of 5 found this review helpful

This film goes downhill which is a difficult feat because it starts off very badly anyway, boring , just not funny did not like anything about this film , tries to hard to be wacky but only succeeds to be backward and extremley tedious, just not my cup of tea ,


5 out of 5 stars Freakin Great!   April 7, 2008
  0 out of 1 found this review helpful

This is a great movie with unique wit and humor and great acting!

The story follows the jailbreak of three charcters the story sees them
get rich, team up with bankrobbers, join the clu clax clan, sees there
friend turned to a toad (supposedly) and the story is based on Homers' oddesy the themes are similar and with this unforgettable witty unique and
just damn funny movie.

Just BUY! BUY! BUY! BUY! NOWWWW!


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