O Brother, Where Art Thou?

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adventure film comedy film film road movie

O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a 2000 Coen brothers comedy film loosely based on Homer's Odyssey, known for its stylized depiction of the Depression-era American South and its influential bluegrass and folk soundtrack.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf adventure film ⓘ
comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
road movie ⓘ
award Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography ⓘ
Academy Award nomination for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published ⓘ
Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award nomination for George Clooney ⓘ
basedOn Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
surface form: Odyssey
basedOnAuthor Homer ⓘ
cinematographyBy Roger Deakins ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Ethan Coen ⓘ
Joel Coen ⓘ
distributedBy Buena Vista Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ
Touchstone Pictures ⓘ
distributorRegion North America ⓘ
editedBy Roderick Jaynes ⓘ
genre adventure ⓘ
comedy ⓘ
crime ⓘ
hasSoundtrack O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack) ⓘ
mainCharacter Delmar O’Donnell ⓘ
Penny Wharvey-McGill ⓘ
Pete Hogwallop ⓘ
Ulysses Everett McGill ⓘ
musicBy T Bone Burnett ⓘ
notableSong Man of Constant Sorrow ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrayedBy Charles Durning ⓘ
Chris Thomas King ⓘ
George Clooney ⓘ
Holly Hunter ⓘ
John Goodman ⓘ
John Turturro ⓘ
Stephen Root ⓘ
Tim Blake Nelson ⓘ
producer Ethan Coen ⓘ
productionCompany StudioCanal ⓘ
Working Title Films ⓘ
releaseDateUS 2000-12-22 ⓘ
releaseYear 2000 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 106 ⓘ
settingPeriod Great Depression ⓘ
settingPlace Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: American South

Mississippi ⓘ
soundtrackGenre bluegrass ⓘ
country ⓘ
folk ⓘ
writer Ethan Coen ⓘ
Joel Coen ⓘ

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Canton, Mississippi, United States → filmLocationFor → O Brother, Where Art Thou? ⓘ
subject surface form: Canton, Mississippi
Ethan Coen → notableWork → O Brother, Where Art Thou? ⓘ
George Clooney → notableWork → O Brother, Where Art Thou? ⓘ
Joel Coen → notableWork → O Brother, Where Art Thou? ⓘ
John Goodman → notableWork → O Brother, Where Art Thou? ⓘ
Roger Deakins → notableWork → O Brother, Where Art Thou? ⓘ
Working Title Films → notableWork → O Brother, Where Art Thou? ⓘ