O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Eine Mississippi-Odyssee

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Original Titel: O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Übersetzter Titel: O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Eine Mississippi-Odyssee
Regie: Joel Coen / Ethan Coen 
Produzent(en): Ethan Coen 
IMDb-Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190590/
Land: UK / France / USA
Genre: Drama / Komödie
Jahr: 2000
Darsteller: 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 "Babyface" 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/The Devil (as Daniel Von Bargen)
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
Jerry Douglas .... Dobro Player (uncredited)
Christopher Francis .... KKK Member (uncredited)
Geoffrey Gould .... Head of Mob (uncredited)
Nathaniel Lee Jr. .... Ice Boy on The Right (Straw Hat) (uncredited)
 


Inhaltsangabe: Ulysses Everett McGill (G. Clooney) führt eine Dreierbande von geistig etwas schwerfälligen Kettensträflingen an, die in der Depressionszeit durch das ländliche Mississippi streunen und dabei eine Reihe haarsträubender Abenteuer erleben: Ulysses verspricht seinen Kameraden einen versteckten Goldschatz, die Beute eines Überfalls, doch der Weg dorthin ist weit und von zahlreichen Begegnungen bestimmt. Da ist der schwarze Gitarrist, der seine Seele dem Teufel verkauft hat und mit den drei Sträflingen eine Platte aufnimmt, die zum Überraschungshit wird. Da sind die verführerischen Sirenen am Flussufer, der brutale Zyklop (John Goodman als herrlicher hinterhältiger Gauner) und andere. Eine Szene führt zur nächsten, die Gefährten verlieren sich und finden sich wieder, kommen an Geld und werden darum betrogen. Irgendwann geht bei tauchenden Hunden, Propaganda-Zwergen und einer KuKluxKlan-Parade das eigentliche Ziel von Ulysses' Reise verloren.... 
Sprache(n): Deutsch (Dolby Digital 5.1) Englisch (Dolby Digital 5.1) Französisch (Dolby Digital 5.1) Spanisch (Dolby Digital 2.0)
Untertitel: Deutsch, Englisch, Portugiesisch, Arabisch, Hebräisch, Bulgarisch, Ungarisch, Tschechisch, Türkisch
Länge: 103 Minuten
Video Format: DVD -- 1 DVD(s)
Zusätzliche Informationen: Bildformat: 2.35:1
Dolby, Surround Sound
Laufzeit: 103 Minuten
DVD Erscheinungstermin: 9. September 2004
Produktion: 2000

$$ MUSIK &&
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T-Bone Burnett
Carter Burwell (additional music)


$$ Literatur-Vorlage / Drehbuch / Script &&
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Romanvorlage "The Odyssey" ("Die Odisse") von Homer


$$ SOUNDTRACK &&
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"Po Lazarus"
Arranged by Alan Lomax
Performed by James Carter & The Prisoners
Recorded by Alan Lomax
Courtesy of Rounder Records
by arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group

"Big Rock Candy Mountain"
Written by Harry McClintock
Performed by Harry McClintock
Courtesy of The RCA Records Label of BMG Entertainment

"You Are My Sunshine"
Written by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell
Performed by Alan O'Bryant

"Down to the River to Pray"
Traditional
Performed by Alison Krauss

"I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow"
Traditional
Arranged by Carter Stanley
Performed by Dan Tyminski
Solo Fiddle Version
Arranged by Ed Haley
Performed by John Hartford
Solo Guitar Version
Performed by Norman Blake

"Hard Time Killing Floor Blues"
Written by Skip James
Performed by Chris Thomas King
Instrumental Version
Performed by Colin Linden

"I'll Fly Away"
Written by Albert E. Brumley
Performed by The Kossoy Sisters
with Erik Darling
Courtesy of Tradition, A Rykodisc Label

"Keep on the Sunny Side"
Written by A.P. Carter
Performed by The Whites
End Title Version
Performed by The Cox Family

"Admiration"
Written by William Tyers
Performed by Pat Rebillo

"Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby"
Arranged by Alan Lomax, Mrs. Sidney Carter, Gillian Welch, and T-Bone Burnett
Additional Lyrics by Gillian Welch, and T-Bone Burnett
Performed by Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, and Gillian Welch

"Tom Devil"
Arranged by Alan Lomax
Performed by Ed Lewis & The Prisoners
Recorded by Alan Lomax
Courtesy of Rounder Records
by arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group

"In the Highways"
Written by Mother Maybelle Carter
Performed by Sarah Peasall, Hannah Peasall, and Leah Peasall

"O Death"
Traditional
Performed by Ralph Stanley

"What Is Sweeter"
Written by M.K. Jerome

"In the Jailhouse Now"
Written by Jimmie Rodgers
Performed by Tim Blake Nelson and Pat Enright

"I Am Weary (Let Me Rest)"
Written by Pete Roberts
Performed by The Cox Family

"Angel Band"
Arranged by Ralph Stanley
Performed by Sarah Peasall, Hannah Peasall, Leah Peasall and Robert Hamlett
End Title Version
Performed by The Stanley Brothers
Courtesy of Mercury Nashville Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

"Indian War Whoop"
Written by Hoyt Ming
Performed by John Hartford

"Lonesome Valley"
Traditional
Performed by The Fairfield Four