O Brother, Where Art Thou?
O Brother, Where Art Thou? film poster
Directed by	Joel Coen Ethan Coen (uncredited)
Produced by	Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Ethan Coen
Written by	Joel Coen Ethan Coen
Starring	George Clooney John Turturro Tim Blake Nelson
Music by	T-Bone Burnett
Cinematography	Roger Deakins
Editing by	Joel Coen Ethan Coen Tricia Cooke
Distributed by	Touchstone Pictures (USA) Bac Films (France) Momentum Pictures (UK) Universal Pictures (International)
Release date(s)	May 13, 2000 (2000-05-13) (Cannes Film Festival)
Running time	106 mins
Country	United States United Kingdom France
Language	English
Budget	$26,000,000 (approx.)[citation needed]
Gross revenue	$71,868,327 (worldwide)[1]
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O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a comedy film made by the Coen Brothers. Released in 2000, the film is set in Mississippi during the Great Depression (specifically, 1937). O Brother, Where Art Thou? is the soundtrack of music from the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? an American film starring George Clooney. ... Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? is the fifteenth episode of The Simpsons second season. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... German Three sheet Movie poster for Metropolis. ... Joel and Ethan Coen, commonly called The Coen Brothers in the film business, are United States directors best known for their quirky comedies like Fargo and Raising Arizona; the brothers write their own scripts and alternate top billing for the screenplay. ... Joel and Ethan Coen, commonly called The Coen Brothers in the film business, are United States directors best known for their quirky comedies like Fargo and Raising Arizona; the brothers write their own scripts and alternate top billing for the screenplay. ... Tim Bevan is a succesful movie producer for Universal Studios. ... Eric Fellner (b. ... Joel and Ethan Coen, commonly called The Coen Brothers in the film business, are United States directors best known for their quirky comedies like Fargo and Raising Arizona; the brothers write their own scripts and alternate top billing for the screenplay. ... George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter who gained fame as one of the lead doctors in the long-running television drama, ER (1994–99), as Anthony Edwardss best friend and partner, Dr. Douglas Doug Ross, but is best known for... John Michael Turturro (born February 28, 1957) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor noted for his performances in To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), The Color of Money (1986), Five Corners (1987), Men of Respect (1991), Quiz Show (1994), Monday Night Mayhem (1999), Secret Window (2004), The... Tim Blake Nelson (born November 5, 1964) is an American character actor, film director, and singer. ... [[]] The True False Identity, 2006. ... Roger Deakins (born May 24, 1949 in Torquay, Devon, England) has established himself as a successful cinematographer in America and Britain. ... Touchstone Pictures (also known as Touchstone Films in its early years) is one of several alternate film labels of The Walt Disney Company, established in 1984. ... Alliance Atlantis Alliance Atlantis is a Toronto-based media company. ... Universal Pictures is the main motion picture production/distribution arm of Universal Studios, a subsidiary of NBC Universal. ... is the 133rd day of the year (134th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... The Cannes Film Festival (French: le Festival de Cannes), founded in 1939, is one of the worlds oldest, most influential and prestigious film festivals. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... USD redirects here. ... A comedy is a dramatic performance of a light and amusing character, usually with a happy conclusion to its plot. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... Joel and Ethan Coen, known as The Coen Brothers, are Oscar-winning American filmmakers. ... The year 2000 in film involved some significant events. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... For other uses, see The Great Depression (disambiguation). ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The film is loosely based on the story of Homer’s Odyssey^[2] and the 1989 novella A Dozen Tough Jobs by Howard Waldrop, which sets the labors of Hercules in July 1937 in Mississippi.^[3] For other uses, see Homer (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Odyssey (disambiguation). ... Novella by Howard Waldrop (published by Mark V. Ziesing in 1989) which retells the 12 Labors of Hercules in the Depression-era American South. ... Howard Waldrop (born September 15, 1946) in Houston, Mississippi, and got his degree from the University of Texas. ... For other uses, see Hercules (disambiguation). ...

By its very title, the film displays a sly reference to another type of mythmaking: filmmaking, specifically the 1941 satire Sullivan's Travels by Preston Sturges, in which the title character sets out to make a grim, socially conscious film to be called O Brother, Where Art Thou? After the privileged director experiences hardships of his own, he decides that comedic films are of more value than self-important dramas. Similarly, the Coen brothers' movie also has the tone and imagery of Depression-era realism interlarded with the comedic element. Sullivans Travels is a 1941 American film written and directed by Preston Sturges. ... Preston Sturges (August 29, 1898 – August 6, 1959), originally Edmund Preston Biden, was a celebrated screenwriter and director born in Chicago. ...

The film stars George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, Holly Hunter, and Charles Durning. The American roots soundtrack won a Grammy for Album of the Year in 2001.^[4] George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter who gained fame as one of the lead doctors in the long-running television drama, ER (1994–99), as Anthony Edwardss best friend and partner, Dr. Douglas Doug Ross, but is best known for... John Michael Turturro (born February 28, 1957) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor noted for his performances in To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), The Color of Money (1986), Five Corners (1987), Men of Respect (1991), Quiz Show (1994), Monday Night Mayhem (1999), Secret Window (2004), The... Tim Blake Nelson (born November 5, 1964) is an American character actor, film director, and singer. ... Not to be confused with Johnny Goodman (TV producer), Johnny Goodman, or John C. Goodman. ... Holly Hunter (born March 20, 1958) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... Charles Durning Charles Durning (born February 28, 1923 in Highland Falls, New York) is an American actor of stage and screen, born to an impoverished Irish American Catholic family, which he left as soon as possible to ease the financial pressure on his mother. ... It is proposed that this article be deleted, because of the following concern: Article doesnt appear to meet notability according to WP:NOTFILM and makes no assertions that it does. ... In film formats, the soundtrack is the physical area of the film which records the synchronized sound. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music...

Plot

O Brother, Where Art Thou? tells the story of a trio of escaped convicts. Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney), known as Everett, Pete Hogwallop (John Turturro) and Delmar O’Donnel (Tim Blake Nelson) escape from a chain gang and set out to retrieve the $1.2 million in treasure that Everett claims to have stolen and buried before his incarceration. Early on in their escape they encounter a blind man on a manual rail road car. They hitch a ride and he foretells their futures similar to the oracle of Homer's The Odyssey. 1894 illustration of chain gang performing manual labour. ...

The group sets out for the treasure, and when they pass a congregation on the banks of a river, Pete and Delmar are enticed by the idea of baptism. As the journey continues, they travel briefly with a young guitarist (real-life blues musician Chris Thomas King). He introduces himself as Tommy Johnson and, when asked, reveals that he sold his soul to the devil in exchange for being able to play guitar. Tommy describes the devil as being 'White, white as you ol boys...with empty eyes and a big hollow voice. He loves to travel around with a mean old hound.', a description which also matches the policeman who is pursuing the trio. This episode has been noted to be similar to real life bluesman Robert Johnson who purportedly sold his soul for his musical ability.^[5] Chris Thomas King (born October 14, 1964 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an New Orleans Louisiana based blues musician and actor. ... Tommy Johnson (1896 – November 1, 1956) was an influential delta blues musician. ... For other uses, see Soul (disambiguation). ... This is an overview of the Devil. ... Robert Johnson, born Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938) is among the most famous of Delta blues musicians. ...

The sirens seduce Everett, Pete and Delmar.

The four of them record "Man of Constant Sorrow" at a radio broadcast station, calling themselves the Soggy Bottom Boys. While they initially record the song for some easy money, it later becomes famous around the state. The trio parts ways with Tommy after their car is discovered by police, and they continue their adventures on their own. Among the many encounters they have, the most notable are a car trip and bank robbery with one George Nelson (who hates being called Baby Face Nelson), a run-in with three sirens who seduce the group and lull them to sleep (using a similar technique to those in the Odyssey^[6]) before turning Pete in for the bounty and a mugging by a cyclopean Bible salesman named Big Dan. After all this, Everett and Delmar arrive in Everett’s home town only to find that his wife, Penny, is engaged to Vernon T. Waldrip, and refuses to take Everett back. When in a cinema, they discover that Pete is still alive, and when they later rescue him he tells them that he gave up the location of the treasure. Everett reveals that there was never any treasure. He only mentioned it to persuade the other men (to whom he was chained) to escape so he could reconcile with his estranged wife. Pete is outraged at this news, not least because he only had 12 days of his sentence left to serve when he escaped. Instead, he has now been given a sentence which will keep him behind bars until 1987. Although he's escaped a second time, he'll be forced to live as a fugitive for the rest of his life - with no treasure to compensate for it. Pete is so angry with Everett that the two men get into a fight. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Man of Constant Sorrow is a traditional American folk song written originally by Dick Burnett, a blind fiddler from Kentucky. ... A broadcast station may be: a radio station a television station It does not include television networks or radio networks. ... Lester Joseph Gillis (December 6, 1908 – November 27, 1934), aka George Nelson but better known as Baby Face Nelson, due to his youthful appearance, was a diminutive (5 4 tall) bank robber in the 1930s. ... In Greek mythology, the Sirens or Seirenes (Greek Σειρῆνας) were sea nymphs who lived on an island called Sirenum scopuli which was surrounded by cliffs and rocks. ...

The main characters come across a lynch mob.

During the scuffle they stumble upon a Ku Klux Klan lynch mob that is about to hang Tommy. They disguise themselves and attempt a rescue. Big Dan, a Klansman, reveals their identities and chaos ensues. The 'Grand Wizard' reveals himself as Homer Stokes, a candidate in the upcoming election. The trio flees the scene with Tommy and they cut the supports of a large burning cross, which falls on a group of Klansmen, including Big Dan. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally during the 1920s. ... Lynching is murder (mostly by hanging) conceived by its perpetrators as extra-legal execution. ... Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally in 1922. ... Grand Wizard was the title used by the overall leader of earliest form of the Ku Klux Klan, during Reconstruction in the South. ... This article is about the political process. ... A reliquary in the form of an ornate Christian Cross Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope...

Everett convinces Pete, Delmar, and Tommy to help him win his wife back. They sneak into a dinner that she is attending, disguised as musicians. Everett tries to convince his wife that he is 'bona fide', but she brushes him off. The group begins a performance of "Man of Constant Sorrow." The crowd recognizes them as the Soggy Bottom Boys and goes wild. Homer Stokes, on the other hand, recognizes them as the group who disgraced his mob. He shouts for the music to stop, angering the crowd. After he reveals his white supremacist views, the crowd runs him out of town on a rail. Pappy O’Daniel, the incumbent candidate, seizes the opportunity and endorses the Soggy Bottom Boys. He then asks the men if it is trouble with the law that inspires their music, and when Everett answers yes, Pappy awards them all full pardons, while the entire event is being recorded and played on the radio. Penny accepts Everett back, but she demands that he find her original ring if they are to be married. This series of events is similar to the return of Odysseus to Ithaca and his task of winning his wife Penelope from her suitors.^[7] White supremacy is the variety of white nationalism that believes the white race should rule over other races. ... Riding the rail was a punishment of Colonial America in which a man was made to straddle a fence rail held on the shoulders of two men, with other men on either side to keep him upright on the rail. ... Open seat redirects here. ...

The group sets out to retrieve the ring, which is at a cabin in the valley that Everett originally claimed to have hidden the treasure in. When they arrive the police order their arrest and hanging. Everett protests that they had been pardoned on the radio, but the leader of the police force tells them that it is of no consequence. He claims that whether or not they've been pardoned, their actions are now above the law, which is a human creation. Suddenly, the valley is flooded and they are saved from hanging. Tommy finds the ring in a desk that is floating on the new lake, and they return to town. However, when Everett presents the ring to his wife she tells him it’s the wrong one, and demands that he get her ring back. The film closes with a shot of the blind prophet the trio met at the beginning of the film, still on the railway handcar.

Cast

• George Clooney as Ulysses Everett McGill. A dapper, fast-talking man, Everett was imprisoned for practicing law without a license. He escapes from prison so that he can stop his wife from marrying another man and preventing him from seeing his children. Ulysses is the Latin language form of the name of Odysseus,^[8] the hero of Homer's Odyssey.
• Tim Blake Nelson as Delmar O'Donnell. Delmar is good-natured but simple-minded. He was imprisoned for robbing a Piggly Wiggly supermarket in Yazoo City; he claims at first that he is innocent, but later admits to the crime. Delmar says that he will spend his share of Everett's non-existent $1.2 million buying back his family farm, believing that "you ain't no kind of man if you ain't got land."
• John Turturro as Pete Hogwallop. A crude, brutish criminal, Pete reveals little about his past. He believes in being true to your "kin", even when his cousin Wash betrays the group. He dreams of moving out west and opening a fine restaurant, where he will be the maître d'. He agreed to go along with the break out even though it is revealed that he only had 2 weeks left on his sentence.
• John Goodman as Daniel 'Big Dan' Teague. Big Dan is one of the main enemies of the trio in the film. Masquerading as a Bible salesman, he cons Everett, then robs him. Later, he reveals the true identity of the trio when they are in disguise at a Ku Klux Klan rally. Big Dan has one eye, just as Polyphemus the Cyclops does in the Odyssey. It has been suggested that the character is based on the itinerant bible salesman who exploits a naive woman in the short story Good Country People by Flannery O'Connor.^[9]
• Holly Hunter as Penny McGill née Wharvey. A demanding woman, Penny Wharvey is fed up with Everett's previous behavior and divorces him while he is in prison, telling their children that he was hit by a train. She is engaged to Vernon T. Waldrip until Everett wins her back. Her name is believed to be taken from Odyseus's wife, Penelope.
• Charles Durning as Governor Menelaus "Pappy" O'Daniel. Pappy O'Daniel is the incumbent Governor of Mississippi. He is frequently seen berating his son and his campaign managers, who are depicted as simpletons. Pappy O'Daniel's first name, Menelaus, is the name of the king of Sparta who fought alongside Odysseus in the Trojan War.
• Chris Thomas King as Tommy Johnson. Tommy Johnson is a very skilled blues musician. He is the accompanying guitarist in the band that Everett unwittingly forms, the Soggy Bottom Boys. He claims that he sold his soul to the devil in exchange for his skill on guitar. He seems to be based on the actual blues guitarist of the same name.
• Daniel von Bargen as Sheriff Cooley. The sheriff pursues the trio for the duration of the film. He eventually captures them after they have been pardoned on the radio; he proposes to hang them regardless of this. He fits Tommy Johnson's description of the devil in that his sunglasses look like "big empty eyes" and he travels with a bloodhound. He further indicates his otherwordliness when, advised that it would be illegal to hang the pardoned fugitives, he sneeringly opines that "the law is a human institution."
• Wayne Duvall as Homer Stokes. Homer Stokes is the reform candidate in the upcoming election for the position of Governor of Mississippi. His travels the countryside with a midget mascot, who depicts the "little man," and with a broom, with which he promises to "sweep this state clean." He is also the Grand Wizard in the Ku Klux Klan.
• Ray McKinnon as Vernon T. Waldrip. Vernon T. Waldrip is Penny Wharvey's 'bona fide' suitor. He is a weaselly campaign manager, working for Homer Stokes in his campaign against Pappy O'Daniel. It has been suggested that the character's name is a subtle nod to novelist Howard Waldrop whose novella A Dozen Tough Jobs is one of the inspirations behind the film.^[10] The character's name can also be taken as an allusion to William Faulkner's If I Forget Thee Jerusalem, which includes a character named Vernon Waldrip.
• Michael Badalucco as George Nelson. He dislikes being called Baby Face Nelson (a real-life bank robber in the 1930s.) His character is depicted as being manic-depressive.
• Stephen Root as Radio Station Man. He is the blind radio station manager that originally records the Soggy Bottom Boys' hit, "Man of Constant Sorrow".
• Lee Weaver as the Blind Seer. An important character in the film, the Blind Seer accurately predicts the outcome of the trio's adventure, as well as several other happenings. In the Odyssey, a similar role in the story is played by the shade of Tiresias.^[11]

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Southern politics

Governor Menelaus "Pappy" O'Daniel, with a bust of Homer behind him.

A major theme of the film is the connection between old-time music and political campaigning in the southern U.S. It makes reference to the traditions, institutions and campaign practices of Bossism and political reform that defined Southern politics in the first half of the twentieth century. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... West Virginia fiddler Edden Hammons, accompanied by his son James on the banjo Old-time music is a form of North American folk music, with roots in the folk musics of many countries, including England, Scotland and Ireland, as well as the continent of Africa. ... The U.S. Southern states or the South, also known colloquially as Dixie, constitute a distinctive region covering a large portion of the United States, with its own unique heritage, historical perspective, customs, musical styles, and cuisine. ... Bossism, in the history of the United States, is a system of political control centering about a single powerful figure (the boss) and a complex organization of lesser figures (the machine) bound together by reciprocity in promoting financial and social self-interest. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

The Ku Klux Klan, at the time a political force of white populism, is depicted burning crosses and engaging in ceremonial dance. The character of Menelaus "Pappy" O'Daniel, the Governor of Mississippi and host of the radio show 'The Flour Hour', is similar in name and demeanor to W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel,^[12] one-time Governor of Texas and later U.S. Senator from that state.^[13] W. Lee O'Daniel was in the flour business, and used a backing band called the Light Crust Doughboys on his radio show.^[14] In one campaign, W. Lee O'Daniel carried a broom,^{[citation needed]} an oft used campaign device in the reform era, promising to sweep away patronage and corruption.^[15] His theme song had the hook, "Please pass the biscuits, Pappy", emphasizing his connection with flour.^[14] In a scene reminiscent of the film, during his 2003 campaign to win the Governorship of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger held up a broom and promised to sweep insiders and special-interest manipulators out of office.^[16] Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally during the 1920s. ... Governors of Mississippi Territory, 1801–1817 Winthorp Sargent (Federalist) (7 May 1798–25 May 1801) William C. C. Claiborne (Democrat) (25 May 1801–1 March 1805) Robert Williams (Democrat) (1 March 1805–7 March 1809) David Holmes (Democrat) (7 March 1809–10 December 1817) Governors of the State of Mississippi... Wilbert Lee Pappy ODaniel (March 11, 1890 - May 11, 1969) was a radio personality and a politician from Texas. ... In politics, Governor of Texas is the title given to the chief executive of the state of Texas. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... For other uses, see Flour (disambiguation). ... The Light Crust Doughboys were a legendary Texas western swing band formed in 1931 by Bob Wills, Milton Brown and W. Lee (Pappy) ODaniel. ... ... Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (left) and Governor Gray Davis (right) with President George W. Bush in 2003 The Governor of California is the highest executive authority in the state government, whose responsibilities include making yearly State of the State addresses to the California State Legislature, submitting the budget, and ensuring that... Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German IPA: ; born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian-American bodybuilder, Golden Globe-winning actor, businessman and politician currently serving as the 38th Governor of the U.S. state of California. ...

While the film borrows from real-life politics, there are obvious differences between the characters in the film and historical political figures. The O'Daniel of the movie used "You Are My Sunshine" as his theme song (which was originally recorded by real-life Governor of Louisiana, James Houston "Jimmie" Davis^[17]) and Homer Stokes, as the challenger to the incumbent O'Daniel, portrays himself as the "reform candidate", using a broom as a prop. You Are My Sunshine is a popular song first recorded about 1940. ... For other uses, see Governor (disambiguation). ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... James Houston Davis (September 11, 1899 - November 5, 2000), better known as Jimmie Davis, was a noted singer of both sacred and popular songs who served two nonconsecutive terms as a Democratic governor of Louisiana (1944-1948 and 1960-1964). ...

Music

Much of the music used in the film is folk music from the period the film is set in or earlier,^[18] including that of Virginia folk/bluegrass singer Ralph Stanley.^[19] The music selection is drawn from spiritual music of this region^{[citation needed]} (including that of the Primitive Baptist Church) and other popular religious music.^[18] There is a notable use of dirges and other macabre songs, a theme which often recurs in Appalachian music^[20] ("Oh Death", "Lonesome Valley", "Angel Band") in contrast to bright or corrective songs ("Keep On the Sunnyside", "You Are My Sunshine") in other parts of the movie. Folk song redirects here. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Bluegrass has three principal meanings, the second two both deriving from the first listed. ... Ralph Stanley (born February 25, 1927) is an American bluegrass musician. ... Primitive Baptists are a group of Baptists that have a historical connection to the missionary / anti-missionary controversy that divided Baptists of America in the early part of the 19th century. ... Main Entry: dirge Pronunciation: d&rj Function: noun Etymology: Middle English dirige, the Office of the Dead, from the first word of a Late Latin antiphon, from Latin, imperative of dirigere to direct -- more at DRESS 1 : a song or hymn of grief or lamentation; especially : one intended to accompany...

The lead guitarist character of the Soggy Bottom Boys is an intended reference to the Delta Blues artist Robert Johnson,^[5] who is known to have claimed that he sold his soul to the devil in return for being able to play the guitar.^[21] To many viewers, Robert Johnson would be a more familiar name, and a similar soul-selling story has been attached to him^[21] (though not promulgated by himself), but T-Bone Burnett has explained that the character was not meant to represent Robert Johnson.^[2] Delta blues are named for the Mississippi Delta. ... Robert Johnson, born Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938) is among the most famous of Delta blues musicians. ... [[]] The True False Identity, 2006. ...

Soggy Bottom Boys

See also: O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack) and Down from the Mountain

The "Soggy Bottom Boys" singing Man of Constant Sorrow

The Soggy Bottom Boys are the fictitious Depression-era 'old-timey music' quartet and accompaniment from the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou?. The name Soggy Bottom Boys is possibly a reference to the famous Foggy Mountain Boys bluegrass band of the 1940s with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs^[22] but also a humorous name given the two backup singers who were wet from being baptized earlier in the film. The Soggy Bottom Boys’ hit single is Dick Burnett's "Man of Constant Sorrow", a song which had already enjoyed much success in real life.^[23] O Brother, Where Art Thou? is the soundtrack of music from the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? an American film starring George Clooney. ... Down from the Mountain is a 2000 documentary and concert film featuring a live performance by artists who participated in the Grammy-winning soundtrack for the Joel and Ethan Coen film, O Brother, Where Art Thou? The concert, held on May 24, 2000 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee... Image File history File links OBrotherWhereArtThou_ManOfConstantSorrow. ... Image File history File links OBrotherWhereArtThou_ManOfConstantSorrow. ... Man of Constant Sorrow is a traditional American folk song written originally by Dick Burnett, a blind fiddler from Kentucky. ... Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, and the Foggy Mountain Boys were an influential bluegrass band performing and recording the 1950s and 1960s. ... Lester Flatt (June 19, 1914 - May 11, 1979) was one of the pioneers of bluegrass music. ... Earl Scruggs performing at The Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on June 12th, 2005 Earl Eugene Scruggs (born January 6, 1924) is a musician noted for creating a banjo style (now called Scruggs style) that is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music. ... This article is about the Christian religious act of Baptism. ... People named Dick Burnett: Dick Burnett (musician), fiddler and composer Dick Burnett (baseball), former owner of the Dallas Rangers baseball team Category: ... Man of Constant Sorrow is a traditional American folk song written originally by Dick Burnett, a blind fiddler from Kentucky. ...

After the film's release, the fictional band became so popular that the actual talents behind the music (who were dubbed into the movie) Ralph Stanley, John Hartford, Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, Dan Tyminski and others, performed music from O Brother, Where Art Thou? in a Down from the Mountain concert tour and film.^[18][24] In filmmaking, dubbing or looping is the process of recording or replacing voices for a motion picture. ... Ralph Stanley (born February 25, 1927) is an American bluegrass musician. ... John Cowan Hartford (December 30, 1937– June 4, 2001) was an American bluegrass composer and musician known for his mastery of the fiddle and banjo, as well as for his witty lyrics and unique vocal style. ... Alison Krauss (born July 23, 1971)[1] is an American bluegrass-country singer and fiddle player. ... Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947, Birmingham, Alabama) is a country, folk, alternative rock, and alternative country musician. ... Gillian Welch Gillian Welch (born October 2, 1967 in New York City) is a singer-songwriter whose musical style combines elements of bluegrass, neotraditional country, Americana, old time string band music and folk into a rustic style that she dubs American Primitive. All of her recordings feature the close-harmonies... Dan Tyminski is a bluegrass composer, vocalist, and instrumentalist. ... Down from the Mountain is a 2000 documentary and concert film featuring a live performance by artists who participated in the Grammy-winning soundtrack for the Joel and Ethan Coen film, O Brother, Where Art Thou? The concert, held on May 24, 2000 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee...

The voices behind the Soggy Bottom Boys are well-known bluegrass musicians: Union Station's Dan Tyminski (lead on "Man of Constant Sorrow"), Nashville songwriter Harley Allen, and the Nashville Bluegrass Band's Pat Enright^[25] The three won a CMA Award for Single of the Year^[25] and a Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals, both for the song "Man of Constant Sorrow."^[4] Tim Blake Nelson, playing Delmar O'Donnell in the movie (one of the Soggy Bottom Boys) sang the lead vocal himself for the song "In the Jailhouse Now."^[2] A union station or union terminal is a train station where tracks and facilities are shared by two or more railway companies, allowing passengers to connect conveniently between them. ... Harley Allen (born January 23, 1956) is a country singer and songwriter. ... The Country Music Association Awards also known as the CMA Awards, are voted on by business members of the Country Music Association. ... The Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals was first awarded in 1988. ...

"Man of Constant Sorrow" has five variations: two are used in the movie, one in the music video and two in the soundtrack.^[3] Two of the variations feature the verses being sung back-to-back, and the other three variations feature additional music between each verse.^[3] Despite its subsequent success "Man of Constant Sorrow" received little significant radio airplay,^[26] and only charted at #35 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts in 2002.^[27] A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... Hot Country Singles & Tracks is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. ...

In 2003, the band Skeewiff remixed "Man of Constant Sorrow."^[28] The song was so popular in Australia that it featured at number 96 on the Triple J Hottest 100 in 2003.^[29] The 2003 Triple J Hottest 100, announced on January 25, 2004, was the eleventh such countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. As in previous years, a CD featuring 40 (not necessarily the top 40) songs was released. ...

Similarities between the film and the Odyssey

The similarities between O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Homer's Odyssey are numerous, ranging from the obvious to the obscure. While the Coens did not originally intend to base the film on Homer's epic, Joel Coen has been quoted as saying: For other uses, see Odyssey (disambiguation). ...

While the overall plot is only vaguely similar to that of the Odyssey, there are certain "episodes" which closely mirror the film's classical influence.

References

The only direct reference is the line of text shown at the beginning of the film, "O Muse! Sing in me, and through me tell the story...", which is one translation of the first line of the Odyssey. In addition to this, there are a few characters in the film that share names with similar characters in the Odyssey:

• Ulysses, the Latin form of the Greek name Odysseus, is the first name of the film's protagonist, Ulysses Everett McGill.
• Menelaus 'Pappy' O'Daniel, who pardons the Soggy Bottom Boys at the end of the film, shares his first name with the King of Sparta who fought alongside Odysseus at Troy.
• Pappy O'Daniel's challenger in the election is Homer Stokes, who shares his first name with the author of the classical text.
• Odysseus' wife was named Penelope. Penny, a shortened version of Penelope, is the name of Everett’s wife.
• The soundtrack song of the Soggy Bottom Boys is named 'Man of Constant Sorrow.' Homer described Odysseus through epithets as the man of many sorrows.

For other uses, see Odysseus (disambiguation). ... Menelaus regains Helen, detail of an Attic red-figure crater, ca. ... For modern day Sparta, see Sparti (municipality). ... For other uses of Troy or Ilion, see Troy (disambiguation) and Ilion (disambiguation). ... The Vatican Penelope: a Roman marble copy of an Early Classical 6th-century Greek work (Vatican Museums) For other uses, see Penelope (disambiguation). ...

References to Homer

• When we see Pappy O'Daniel discussing the upcoming campaign in the restaurant, over his shoulder we can see a bust of Homer.

Many other characters are related without literal translation. The Sirens (washing women) that seduce the Heroes are the Sirens that attempt to seduce Odysseus and his crew. Vernon symbolizes the suitors waiting to marry Penelope. The Blind Seer (railroad hobo) is Tiresias, the blind ghost prophet. There are many other character relations. For other uses, see Homer (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Odysseus (disambiguation). ...

Character parallels

Parallels between Odysseus and Everett

Besides the obvious reference from Everett's name being Ulysses (the Roman name of Odysseus). Odysseus is an expert dissembler and loquacious talker, as is Everett. Everett uses his cleverness to escape situations, similar to Odysseus. Odysseus is sometimes translated as "the man of many turns" or "the tactician"^{[citation needed]}. Everett once mentions the importance of tactics, and another time refers to himself as a tactician. Odysseus frequently suffers misfortune when he falls asleep on his journeys, as does Everett, often awaking quickly and murmuring, "My Hair!"

Parallels between Penelope and Penny

• Odysseus tested Penelope’s faith by first appearing before her in disguise, and Penelope does not recognize him, until he later reveals himself. Everett appears in disguise on stage when they sing "Man of Constant Sorrow." Penny likewise does not recognize him until he reveals himself to her. Also, suitors come to try to marry Penelope and a "suitor" comes to try and marry Penny.

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Parallels with monsters and others met by Odysseus

• Big Dan Teague (with an eye patch) corresponds to Polyphemus the Cyclops. In the Odyssey, the cyclops falls asleep and has his eye put out by Odysseus and his crew with a sharpened smoldering log. In the film, Big Dan is almost blinded by the sharpened stake of the Confederate flag but catches it, only to be crushed underneath the flaming cross that Everett cuts loose. It appears that falling burning cross then drives the pointed stake into Teague’s only good eye, thus completing the parallel to the Cyclops.
• Sirens lure Odysseus and his men with their singing. In the film, they do the same, and hypnotize Everett, Delmar and Pete, and compel them to drink corn liquor until they pass out. They also correspond to the witch Circe, who turned some of Odysseus's men into animals; Delmar thinks the women are witches who have turned Pete into a toad after he sees a toad emerge from Pete's abandoned clothes.
• The blind radio station owner who records "Man of Constant Sorrow" corresponds to Aeolus. He also could correspond to the blind greek poet Homer, as he too, is blind, and to a certain extent, spreads the story of Everett, through their song, "Man of Constant Sorrow"

For the collection of short stories by Michael Shea, see Polyphemus (book). ... This page is about the mythical creature. ... For other uses, see Odyssey (disambiguation). ... This article is about the bird-women of Greek myth. ... For other uses, see Odysseus (disambiguation). ... Circe, a painting by John William Waterhouse. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Homer (disambiguation). ...

Plot parallels

Parallels with the journey of Odysseus

• The black man on the railroad handcar may be a parallel to Nestor, oldest of the Trojan War heroes, who is consulted by Odysseus' son Telemachus. He is repeatedly and formally described by Homer as the 'Gerenian charioteer': the railroad handcar may represent Nestor’s chariot. As another parallel Homer himself was according to tradition blind and bearded. However, it is more likely an allusion to Tiresias, who prophesied the trials and tribulations of Odysseus' route home when Odysseus visited him in the underworld.
• The merciless sheriff is perhaps analogous to Hades and his hound echoes Cerberus. A link between Satan and Poseidon may be being made when Everett mentions that Satan carries "a giant hay fork" (a trident); both figures are often depicted with just such an instrument.
• The travelers' siege in the Hogwallop barn parallels Odysseus's dangerous course between Scylla and Charybdis when Everett helplessly cries "Damn! We're in a tight spot!" several times. This also could have paralleled Odysseus's peril in Polyphemus's cave.
• There is a trance-like progression of worshippers seeking to be baptised. Their glassy eyed placidity draws a parallel with the Lotus-Eaters of the Odyssey.
• At one point George Nelson shoots at a herd of cattle. Odysseus and his fellow travelers slaughter the cows of the sun god Helios. Odysseus warns his men against killing the sacred oxen. Delmar warns Nelson, "Oh, George, not the livestock!" In addition to this, in the Odyssey, Odysseus' ship is struck by a thunderbolt — killing all but him. In the film, George is sent to be executed in the electric chair. During the parade to the execution, someone leading a cow behind the mob yells, "Cow killer!!!"
• Everett has to enter the dinner party in a disguise to avoid detection. This parallels when Odysseus had to enter his own palace disguised as a beggar.

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Parallels with the underworld

• The scene in the theater, when Pete tries to warn Everett and Delmar, parallels Odysseus' descent into the underworld, Hades. Delmar, believing that Pete had died, mistakes him (and thus also the other people in the theater) for a ghost. In this scene Pete parallels Tiresias in the underworld.
• Following Everett's beating by Waldrip, Everett warns Delmar of the treachery of women. This is much like how Agamemnon, who had been betrayed by his wife and killed by her new husband, warns Odysseus not to trust women.

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Miscellaneous parallels

• The dialogue in a scene between Everett and his daughters also gives a nod to its ancient influence. Using Latin terms, one of the girls says that Waldrip is bona fide, and Everett responds that he is the pater familias. The girls also use the word "suitor" at least twice.
• In the scene where the trio and George Nelson are sitting around the fire after the robbery at Itta Bena, there are Greek columns in the background. (The columns could possibly be meant to be Windsor Ruins, located outside of Port Gibson, MS.)
• Everett also comes back to stop the marriage and fight Vernon, much as Odysseus comes back to kill the suitors. Everett, however, is badly beaten by Vernon.

The Windsor Ruins are located in Claiborne County in the U.S. state of Mississippi, about 10 miles southwest of Port Gibson near Alcorn State University. ... For other uses, see Odysseus (disambiguation). ...

Other allusions

The title of the film is a reference to the 1941 Preston Sturges film, Sullivan's Travels, in which the protagonist (a director) wants to direct a film about the Great Depression called O Brother, Where Art Thou?^[2] that will be a "commentary on modern conditions, stark realism, the problems that confront the average man." Lacking any experience in this area, the director sets out on a journey to experience the human suffering of the average man but is sabotaged by his anxious studio. The film has some similarity in tone to Sturges' film, including scenes with prison gangs and a black church choir.^[30] The year 1941 in film involved some significant events. ... Preston Sturges (August 29, 1898 – August 6, 1959), originally Edmund Preston Biden, was a celebrated screenwriter and director born in Chicago. ... Sullivans Travels is a 1941 American film written and directed by Preston Sturges. ...

The sheriff who pursues the Everett, Pete and Delmar, wearing a particular style of sunglasses even at night, is similar to the sheriff seen in Cool Hand Luke. Cool Hand Luke is a 1967 American film starring Paul Newman and directed by Stuart Rosenberg. ...

The scene in which Everett, Pete and Delmar have to infiltrate a Ku Klux Klan rally to save Tommy is strongly reminiscent of the scene in The Wizard of Oz in which the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion and the Scarecrow arrive at the Wicked Witch of the West's castle and have to infiltrate the Winkie Army in order to enter the castle and save Dorothy. The KKK members march in the same formation as the Winkies and chant the same "oh-we-oh" battle chant, while Everett, Pete and Delmar infiltrate the group in the same manner as the Wizard of Oz scene, namely by luring three members out of the formation, knocking them out and donning their uniforms. Pappy O'Daniel's speech in which he pardons the trio also contains allusions to the Wizard's farewell speech to Oz. Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally during the 1920s. ... The Wizard of Oz (film) redirects here. ... The Winkie Country is a division of the fictional Land of Oz. ...

The film also draws on and alludes to the Southern Gothic literary tradition of writers such as William Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor and Eudora Welty. Southern Gothic is a subgenre of the Gothic writing style, unique to American literature. ... William Cuthbert Faulkner (born William Falkner), (September 25, 1897–July 6, 1962) was an American author. ... Mary Flannery OConnor (March 25, 1925 – August 3, 1964) was an American novelist, short-story writer and essayist. ... Eudora Welty (b. ...

Look of the film

The use of color correction in the film gives it a distinctive sepia tone.

One of the notable features of the film is its use of digital color correction to give the film a sepia tinted look.^[31] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Colour Correction by using Colour Gels, is a process used in Stage Lighting, Photography, Television, Cinematography to name a few disciplines, the intention of which is to alter the overall quality of the light, measured on a scale known as Colour Temperature. ...

This was the fifth film on which the Coen Brothers had worked that was slated to be shot in Mississippi at a time of year when the foliage, grass, trees and bushes would be lush green.^[32] Filmed near locations in Canton, MS, Florence, SC and Wardville, LA. After shooting tests, including film by-pack and bleach bypass techniques, Deakins suggested digital mastering be used.^[32] The cinematographer subsequently spent eight weeks fine tuning the look, mainly de-saturating green and timing the digital files.^[31] This made it the first feature film to be entirely color corrected by digital means, narrowly beating Nick Park's Chicken Run.^[31] This article is about the U.S. state. ... A scene from the film 1984 which shows the bleach bypass effect. ... Color grading is the process of altering and enhancing the color of a motion picture or television image, either electronically, photo-chemically or digitally. ... Nicholas Wulstan Park, CBE (b. ... This article is about the movie. ...

Deakins was recognized with both Oscar and ASC Outstanding Achievement Award nominations for his work on the film.^[32] Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) is not a labor union or guild, but rather an educational, cultural and professional organization. ...

References in popular culture

• One episode of the Cartoon Network TV show Baby Looney Tunes is named, "O Brother, Warehouse Art Thou?"
• One episode of the sitcom Scrubs is named, "My Brother, Where Art Thou?"
• Southern Rapper Bubba Sparxxx released his music video for Deliverance which mimics the movie throughout its major plot arcs, including the escape and the encounter with sirens.
• The March 1, 2007 episode of Jeopardy! had three categories in the Double Jeopardy! round called "O" (each correct response beginning with "O"), BROTHER (about famous brothers) and WHERE ART THOU? (about Biblical geography).

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