Loosely based on Homer's Odyssey with a title plucked in classic Coen Brothers hyper-allusive style, from Preston Sturges' 1941 film Sullivan's Travels, wonderfully written and slam-packed with unforgettable American roots gems exquisitely delivered by the best in the business circa 2000, O Brother, Where Art Thou? is perfect Coen Brothers and a beautifully hilarious film that more or less sticks in your brain forever.
Ulysses Everett McGill engages in picaresque adventures with his companions Delmar and Pete in 1930s Mississippi. Sprung from a chain gang and trying to reach Everett's home to recover the buried loot from a bank heist, they are confronted by a series of strange characters—among them sirens, a cyclops, bank robber George "Baby Face" Nelson (who is 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."
[1 hr 47 min]