O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Comedy, Crime

John Turturro	Pete
George Clooney	Everett McGill
Tim Blake Nelson	Delmar O'Donnell
Michael Badalucco	George Nelson
Holly Hunter	Penny
John Goodman	Big Dan Teague
Charles Durning	Pappy O'Daniel
Wayne Duvall	Homer Stokes
Ray McKinnon	Vernon T. Waldrip
Daniel Von Bargen	Sheriff Cooley
Chris Thomas King	Tommy Johnson
Del Pentecost	Junior O'Daniel
J.R. Horne	Pappy's Staff

Director	Joel Coen; Ethan Coen
Producer	Tim Bevan; Eric Fellner; John Cameron
Writer	Homer; Joel Coen; Ethan Coen
Cinematography	Roger Lanser
Musician	T-Bone Burnett

"O Brother, Where Art Thou?" is about Everett (George Clooney), an imprisoned husband and father in the early 20th century Deep South. He escapes along with two friends, Pete (John Turturro) and Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson), and travels to find his wife and daughters. He goes through several adventures with unscrupulous businessmen, religious fanatics and radio promoters, a soul-selling blues singer and others, all in an allegorical retelling of Homer's "The Odyssey". Along the way, he becomes a well-known musical and radio figure, while leading the somewhat stupid Pete and Delmar through their trials and tribulations.