O Brother Where Art Thou -2000 !new!

Next time you listen to "Man of Constant Sorrow," remember that you aren’t hearing the voice of a forgotten Appalachian miner. You’re hearing the voice of a fictional con man named Ulysses. And it’s more honest than the real thing ever could be.

The Coens’ thesis is radical:

The Coen brothers famously sold the film as "Homer’s The Odyssey set in the 1930s Deep South." And indeed, the parallels are deliberate: Everett is Odysseus, the Cyclops is a one-eyed Bible salesman, the Sirens are three river-washing temptresses who turn Pete into a toad (or so he claims), and an escaped convict’s journey becomes an epic poem of hubris, redemption, and the search for home. o brother where art thou -2000

For the uninitiated, the film follows Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney, in his breakout comedic role), a fast-talking, hair-obsessed convict who escapes from a Mississippi chain gang with his dim-witted but gentle companions, Pete (John Turturro) and Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson). Everett claims he needs to get home to recover $1.2 million in buried treasure before a dam floods the valley. In reality, he wants to stop his wife, Penny (Holly Hunter), from marrying another man—a "suitor" who happens to be a one-eyed Bible salesman. Next time you listen to "Man of Constant