Loosely based on Homer's 'Odyssey' the movie deals with the grotesque adventures of Everett Ulysses McGill and his companions Delmar and Pete in 1930s Mississipi. Sprung from a chain gang and trying to reach Everetts home to recover the buried loot of a bank heist they are confronted by a series of strange characters. Among them sirens, a cyclops, bankrobber George 'Babyface' Nelson (very annoyed by that nickname), a campaigning Governor, his opponent, a KKK lynch mob, and a blind prophet, who warns the trio that "the treasure you seek shall not be the treasure you find."
| Release Date: | May 2000 |
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| Genre: | Music / Crime / Adventure / Comedy |
| Awards: | Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 29 nominations |
| Cast: | George Clooney (Everett), John Turturro (Pete), Tim Blake Nelson (Delmar), John Goodman (Big Dan Teague), Holly Hunter (Penny), Chris Thomas King (Tommy Johnson), Charles Durning (Pappy O'Daniel), Del Pentecost (Junior O'Daniel), Michael Badalucco (George Nelson), J.R. Horne (Pappy's Staff), Brian Reddy (Pappy's Staff), Wayne Duvall (Homer Stokes), Ed Gale (The Little Man), Ray McKinnon (Vernon T. Waldrip), Daniel von Bargen (Sheriff Cooley), Royce D. Applegate (Man with Bullhorn), Frank Collison (Wash Hogwallop), Quinn Gasaway (Boy Hogwallop), Lee Weaver (Blind Seer), Millford Fortenberry (Pomade Vendor), Stephen Root (Radio Station Man), John Locke (Mr. French), Gillian Welch (Soggy Bottom Customer), A. Ray Ratliff (Record Store Clerk), Mia Tate (Siren), Musetta Vander (Siren), Christy Taylor (Siren), April Hardcastle (Waitress), Michael W. Finnell (Interrogator), Georgia Rae Rainer (Wharvey Gal), Marianna Breland (Wharvey Gal), Lindsey Miller (Wharvey Gal), Natalie Shedd (Wharvey Gal), John McConnell (Woolworths Manager), Issac Freeman (Gravedigger), Wilson Waters Jr. (Gravedigger), Robert Hamlett (Gravedigger), Willard Cox (Cox Family), Evelyn Cox (Cox Family), Suzanne Cox (Cox Family), Sidney Cox (Cox Family), Buck White (The Whites), Sharon White (The Whites), Cheryl White (The Whites), Ed Snodderly (Village Idiot), David Holt (Village Idiot), Ron Block (Banjo Player (uncredited)), Jerry Douglas (Dobro Player (uncredited)), Christopher Francis (KKK Member), Geoffrey Gould (Head of Mob (uncredited)), Nathaniel Lee Jr. (Ice Boy on the Right with Straw Hat...), Mark Munson (KKK Member), Shayne Tingle (Rail Man (uncredited)), Dan Tyminski (Mandolin Player on Stage at the...) |