O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
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O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a 2000 American adventure comedy directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, loosely based on Homer's Odyssey. George Clooney stars as Ulysses Everett McGill, a smooth-talking, pomade-obsessed escaped convict in Depression-era Mississippi who leads two fellow escapees — Pete, played by John Turturro, and Delmar, played by Tim Blake Nelson — on a picaresque journey across the rural South to find buried treasure before his wife Penny, played by Holly Hunter, remarries. The film was the first to use extensive digital color correction to create its distinctive sepia-toned, sun-bleached visual palette.
The bluegrass-heavy soundtrack, featuring "Man of Constant Sorrow" performed by Dan Tyminski, became a surprise phenomenon, earning the Grammy for Album of the Year and selling over eight million copies. O Brother earned $72 million worldwide on a $26 million budget.
