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O Brother, Where Art Thou? [Blu-ray]
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Genre | Comedy |
Format | Widescreen, Subtitled, NTSC, Blu-ray |
Contributor | Wayne Duvall, Ed Gale, Daniel Von Bargen, Ray McKinnon, Brian Reddy, Del Pentecost, Joel Coen, Chris Thomas King, Michael Badalucco, J.R. Horne, Tim Blake Nelson, Charles Durning, Ethan Coen, George Clooney, John Turturro, John Goodman, Holly Hunter, Roger Deakins See more |
Language | English, Spanish |
Runtime | 1 hour and 47 minutes |
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Product Description
Product Description
George Clooney (The Perfect Storm) and John Turturro (Cars 2)embark on the adventure of a lifetime in this hilarious, offbeat road picture. And now, for the first time, this quirky gem shines more brightly than ever in Blu-ray High Definition! Fed up with crushing rocks on a prison farm in Mississippi, the dapper, silver-tongued Ulysses Everett McGill (Clooney) busts loose...except he's still shackled to two misfits from his chain gang: bad-tempered Pete (Turturro), and sweet, dimwitted Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson). With nothing to lose and buried loot to regain, the three embark on a riotous odyssey filled with chases, close calls, near misses and betrayal. Experience every unpredictable moment as it plays out in the crystal-clear sound and breathtaking picture quality of Blu-ray. Populated with strange characters, including a blind prophet, sexy sirens, and a one-eyed Bible salesman (John Goodman), O Brother, Where Art Thou? will leave you laughing at every outrageous and surprising twist and turn
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Only Joel and Ethan Coen, the fraternal director and producer team behind art-house hits such as The Big Lebowski and Fargo and masters of quirky and ultra-stylish genre subversion, would dare nick the plot line of Homer's Odyssey for a 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 about 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) into lighting 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's 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 humor, we get a Ku Klux Klan rally choreographed like a cross between a Nuremberg rally and a Busby Berkeley musical. --Philip Kemp
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 2.35:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.4 ounces
- Audio Description: : French
- Item model number : Relay time: 107min
- Director : Joel Coen, Roger Deakins
- Media Format : Widescreen, Subtitled, NTSC, Blu-ray
- Run time : 1 hour and 47 minutes
- Release date : September 13, 2011
- Actors : George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, Holly Hunter
- Subtitles: : English, Spanish, French
- Language : Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0), English (DTS-HD High Res Audio)
- Studio : TOUCHSTONE PICTURES
- ASIN : B0054PSY2W
- Writers : Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,866 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #172 in Comedy (Movies & TV)
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Like all of their other films, this one contains an ensemble cast of characters unique and compelling. First, we have Ulysses Everett Mcgill (played to the hilt by George Clooney), a smooth talking man with a streak of vanity a mile wide. He has a tendency to repeat things (as most Coen characters do) and has a thing for his hair and hair pomade. George's performance shows he is an actor capable of true greatness. Why he wasn't nominated for an Oscar for this performance is beyond me. The good thing is it garnered a Golden Globe for him, and was well earned.
John Turturro makes an appearance in this film as well (seems like he is in almost every Coen film). Here he plays the serious side kick named Pete and delivers a great performance in this role. The best part is his reaction to The Sirens. Not quite as good as his performance in The Big Lebowski (that was the best!) but nonetheless, quite good.
All of this is set against a backdrop of beautiful scenery and wonderful cinematography thanks to longtime Coen Brother's collaborator Roger Deakins. Once again the technical aspect of the film is right on the money, the film is stylish without being campy. The musical score, supplied by T Bone Burnett, is a wonderful amalgamation of blues, bluegrass, gospel and more.
I can highly recommend this film if you wish to add a bit of Coen brother quirkiness to your collection. Rating: 4 1/2 Stars
If you watch it twice....all the way through, you will be hooked forever.