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O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a comedy film made by the Coen Brothers. Released in 2000, the film is set in Mississippi during the Great Depression (specifically, 1937). The film is loosely based on the story of Homer’s Odyssey and the 1989 novella A Dozen Tough Jobs by Howard Waldrop, which sets the labors of Hercules in July 1937 in Mississippi. By its very title, the film displays a sly reference to another type of mythmaking: filmmaking, specifically the 1941 satire Sullivan's Travels by... full article at wikipedia

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Initial release date
  • May 13, 2000
Tagline
  • They have a plan, but not a clue.
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Runtime
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  • 106.0min
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amount
  • 26,000,000.0
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Netflix ID
  • 60002991
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Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
Last edited by gmackenz Aug 4, 2008