O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000 · TMDB 7.3
Directed by Joel Coen
In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.
Why it matters
The Coen Brothers explicitly map Ulysses Everett McGill’s escape across 1930s Mississippi to Homer’s monster-filled seas. It covers the iconic episodic encounters: the Siren song in the river, Big Dan Teague as the one-eyed Cyclops, and a blind prophet predicting their fate.
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Released
- 2000-08-30
- Studio
- Touchstone Pictures
- Country
- France
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 7.3
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