O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a movie directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen in 2000 and inspired by the book The Odyssey by Homer, first published in -700. The movie features George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, Holly Hunter, Chris Thomas King, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
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Storyline
Three convicts, Ulysses Everett McGill, Pete Hogwallop, and Delmar O’Donnell, escape from a chain gang and set out to retrieve a supposed treasure Everett buried before the area is flooded to make a lake. They pick up Tommy Johnson, a young black man, who claims he sold his soul to the devil in exchange for the ability to play guitar.
Movie vs Book
Year
2000
Minutes
107
Movie Rate
7.70
Source: IMDb
Movie
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Country: UK
Year: 2000
Length: 1h47m
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Year
-700
Pages
541
Book Rate
7.54
S: Goodreads
Book
The Odyssey
Author: Homer
Country: Greece
First published in: -700
Length: 541 pages
Genre: Poem
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Robert Wise
TV Mini-Series by Andrei Konchalovsky
User polls & recommendations
“The movie will never be as good as the book, both because the book goes on longer and because books are internal.”
SCOTT TUROW (Writer)
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