O Brother, Where Art Thou? -- the Essay

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O Brother, Where Art Thou? -- The Film

Famed filmmaking brothers Joel and Ethan Coen wrote and directed O Brother, Where Art Thou? The film was released shortly before Christmas of the year 2000. The film is a sort of remix and remake. The premise of the film was a take on the epic poem "The Odyssey" by Homer and set the narrative in the deep American south during the 1930s. The primary characters are played by George Clooney, John Tuturro, and Tim Blake Nelson. The film is dramatic, comedic, musical, political, and adventurous. The film was additionally nominated for two Academy Awards. The film further stars several other well-known and respected actors of theater, television and film such as John Goodman, Holly Hunter, and Michael Baladucco.

Everett, Pete, and Delmar are friends. Everett is a married man with several daughter and a spitfire wife. Upon his arrest and imprisonment, his soul goal is to rejoin his family and return as the patriarch of the family. Everett's wife, Penny, is fed up with Everett's schemes and criminal activities and is ready to move on and remarry a man who is "bonafide.

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" The three jailbirds bust out of jail because Everett claims to know where treasure is -- treasure in the form of hard currency. He convinces his friends to endure an epic journey to find this money and along the way they have many dangerous and fun escapades.

For example, one similarity to the Homeric poem involves the sirens. While on the run from the very mean police department, the men come across three beautiful women singing in a river washing their clothes. The women never speak to them; they only continue to sing their hypnotic song in three part harmony. Each man is seduced by a woman who is very different, but beautiful in a unique way. The women seduce them with their deep south, Mississippi, siren song, coaxing them to drink large quantities of alcohol, likely moonshine. When the men awake, they have been robbed and Pete is gone. In his place is a toad. Delmar believes the women were witches that turned him into a horny toad (he was not). Everett….....

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