Bibliograph

O brother, where art thou?, Touchstone Pictures and Universal Pictures present in association with Studio Canal, a Working Title production ; produced by Ethan Coen ; written by Ethan Coen & Joel Coen ; directed by Joel Coen

Type

Label

O brother, where art thou?, Touchstone Pictures and Universal Pictures present in association with Studio Canal, a Working Title production ; produced by Ethan Coen ; written by Ethan Coen & Joel Coen ; directed by Joel Coen

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13; for some violence and language

Main title

O brother, where art thou?

Oclc number

47146397

Responsibility statement

Touchstone Pictures and Universal Pictures present in association with Studio Canal, a Working Title production ; produced by Ethan Coen ; written by Ethan Coen & Joel Coen ; directed by Joel Coen

Runtime

103

Summary

Loosely based on Homer's "Odyssey", this is the story of three convicts--escapees from a prison farm in Mississippi--and their adventure as they travel home in hopes of recovering buried loot before it's lost forever in a flood

Table Of Contents

Sountrack music -- Title / Composer (Performer): Po Lazarus / arr. Alan Lomax (James Carter & the Prisoners) -- Big rock candy mountain / (Harry McClintock) -- You are my sunshine / Jimmie DavisCharlie Mitchell (Norman Blake) -- Down to the river to pray / Traditional (Alisoun Krauss) -- I am a man of constant sorrow / arr. Carter StanleyDan Tyminski (Soggy Bottom Boys) -- Hard time killing floor blues / Nehemiah "Skip" James (Chris Thomas King) -- Keep on the sunny side / A.P. Carter (The Whites) -- I'll fly away / Albert E. Brumley (Alison KraussGillian Welch) -- Didn't leave nobody but the baby / arr. Alan LomasMrs. Sidney CarterGillian WelchT Bone Burnett (Emmylou HarrisAlison KraussGillian Welch) -- In the highways / Maybelle Carter (Sarah, Hannah and Leah Peasall) -- I am weary (let me rest) / Pete Roberts (The Cox Family) -- I am a man of constant sorrow / arr. Ed Haley (John Hartford) -- O death / Traditional (Ralph Stanley) -- In the jailhouse now / Jimmie Rodgers (The Soggy Bottom Boys) -- I am a man of constant sorrow / arr. Carter Stanley (The Soggy Bottom Boys) -- Indian war whoop / Hoyt Ming (John Hartford) -- Lonesome valley / Traditional (The Fairfield Four) -- Angel band / arr. Ralph Stanley (The Stanley Brothers)

Technique

live action

Classification