O Brother, Where Art Thou?

2000 film directed by Ethan and Joel Coen
Movie film Q501874
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O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a film that blends multiple genres, including buddy film, comedy film, treasure hunt film, crime film, musical film, and road movie[1][2].

Key Facts

  • Creator: Joel Coen[3]
  • Director: Joel Coen[4], Ethan Coen[5]
  • Screenwriter: Joel Coen[6], Ethan Coen[7]
  • Composer: T Bone Burnett[8]
  • Genre: buddy film[9], comedy film[10], treasure hunt film[11], crime film[12], musical film[13], road movie[14], crime comedy film[15], crime thriller film[16], thriller film[17], crime drama film[18], drama film[19]
  • Based on: Odyssey[20]
  • Cast member: George Clooney[21], John Goodman[22], John Turturro[23], Tim Blake Nelson[24], Holly Hunter[25], Charles Durning[26], Michael Badalucco[27], Wayne Duvall[28], Ed Gale[29], Ray McKinnon[30], Daniel von Bargen[31], Chris Thomas King[32], Stephen Root[33], Frank Collison[34]
  • Producer: Joel Coen[35], Ethan Coen[36]
  • Collection: Museum of Modern Art[37]
  • Production company: Mike Zoss Productions[38], Touchstone Pictures[39], Working Title Films[40], StudioCanal[41], Universal Pictures[42]
  • Director of photography: Roger Deakins[43]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[44]
  • Soundtrack release: O Brother, Where Art Thou? – Music From the Motion Picture[45]
  • Distribution format: digital download[46], video on demand[47]
  • Review score: 7.2/10[48], 78%[49], 69/100[50]
  • Color: color[51]
  • Country of origin: France[52], United States[53], United Kingdom[54]
  • Publication date: May 13, 2000[55], October 19, 2000[56], October 20, 2000[57], December 22, 2000[58]
  • Characters: Odysseus[59], Tommy Johnson[60], Robert Johnson[61], Polyphemus[62], Penelope[63], W. Lee O'Daniel[64], Zeus[65], Poseidon[66], Baby Face Nelson[67], Homer[68], Tiresias[69]
  • Distributed by: Universal Pictures[70]

Why It Matters

O Brother, Where Art Thou? has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[71] O Brother, Where Art Thou? is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[72]

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  19. [22] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  24. [27] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  26. [29] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  28. [31] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  30. [33] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  31. [34] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  32. [35] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  33. [36] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [3] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
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  66. [68] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  67. [69] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  68. [70] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [71] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [72] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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