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O brother, where art thou? Cover Image DVD

O brother, where art thou? [videorecording] / Touchstone Pictures and Universal Pictures present in association with Studio Canal ; a Working Title production ; produced by Ethan Coen ; written by Ethan Coen & Joel Coen ; directed by Joel Coen.

Homer. Odyssey. (Added Author). Badalucco, Michael, 1954- (actor.). Burnett, T-Bone, (composer.). Clooney, George, (actor.). Coen, Ethan, (film producer,, screenwriter.). Coen, Joel, (film director,, screenwriter.). Cooke, Tricia, 1965- (editor of moving image work.). Deakins, Roger A., 1949- (cinematographer.). Durning, Charles, 1923-2012 (actor.). Goodman, John, 1952- (actor.). Hunter, Holly, 1958- (actor.). Jaynes, Roderick, (editor of moving image work.). King, Chris Thomas, (actor.). Nelson, Tim Blake, (actor.). Root, Stephen, (actor.). Turturro, John, 1957- (actor.). Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm), (distributor.). Studio Canal, (presenter.). Touchstone Home Video (Firm), (publisher.). Touchstone Pictures, (presenter.). Universal Pictures (Firm), (presenter.). Working Title Films, (production company.). George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, Charles Durning, John Goodman, Michael Badalucco, Holly Hunter, Stephen Root, Chris Thomas King. (Cast).

Summary:

Loosely based on Homer's "Odyssey", this is the story of three convicts-- escapees from a prison farm in Mississippi-- and their adventure as they travel home in hopes of recovering buried loot before it's lost forever in a flood.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0788826883
  • ISBN: 9780788826887
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 103 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [Burbank, CA] : Touchstone Home Video, [2001]
  • Distributor: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Special features include: Behind-the-scenes featurette; Painting with pixels, the groundbreaking digital post-production process; script to storyboard to final scene comparisons; I am a man of constant sorrow (music video); animated menus; theatrical trailer.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2000.
Restrictions on Access Note:
Educational and home use only.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Roger Deakins ; film editors, Roderick Jaynes, Tricia Cooke ; music, T. Bone Burnett.
Participant or Performer Note:
George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, Charles Durning, John Goodman, Michael Badalucco, Holly Hunter, Stephen Root, Chris Thomas King.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG-13.
System Details Note:
DVD; wide screen presentation (2.35:1); 5.1 surround.
Language Note:
English dialogue, Spanish subtitles; Closed-captioned.

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  • 45 of 51 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
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