In 1937, Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney), Pete Hogwallop (John Turturro), and Delmar O'Donnell (Tim Blake Nelson) escape from a chain gang at Parchman Farm and set out to retrieve the $1.2 million in treasure that Everett claims to have stolen from an armored car and buried before his incarceration. They have only four days to find it before the valley in which it is hidden will be flooded to create Arkabutla Lake as part of a new hydroelectric project. Early on in their escape, while still chained together, they try to jump onto a moving train with some hobos, but fall off due to Pete's inability to get on. They then encounter a blind man (Lee Weaver) traveling on a manual railroad car. They hitch a ride, and he foretells their futures.

• John Goodman
• Charles Durning
• John Turturro
• Holly Hunter
• George Clooney
• Tim Blake Nelson
• Daniel von Bargen
• Ray McKinnon
• Michael Badalucco
• Musetta Vander
• Wayne Duvall
• Lee Weaver
• Chris Thomas King
• Del Pentecost
• J.R. Horne
• Brian Reddy
• Ed Gale
• Mia Tate
• Christy Taylor
• Millford Fortenberry
• Frank Collison
• Quinn Gasaway

Genres:

Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Road Movie, Biography, History, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Family, Musical

Release date:

2000-12-22

External links:

O Brother, Where Art Thou? at IMDB O Brother, Where Art Thou? at Wikipedia