O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Rotten Tomatoes (2024)

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Brotherhood is a key theme within the film, hence the title O Brother, Where Art Thou? Tommy, being that he is African American and that the trio go out of their way to help him when his life is at stake, shows that true brotherhood surpasses things like race and religion, which often divide people.

George Clooney as Ulysses Everett McGill. He corresponds to Odysseus (Ulysses) in the Odyssey. His singing voice is dubbed by Dan Tyminski. John Turturro as Pete.

Because O Brother, Where Art Thou? is based on Homer's Odyssey, and in the film, Sheriff Cooley (played by Daniel Von Bargen) corresponds to Poseidon in the poem.

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However, despite their penchant for privacy, that's not to say they shy away from gushing about their kids and their roles as parents publicly, and have given the public plenty of sweet anecdotes about them, who are now six years old.

Clooney has an older sister named Adelia (known as Ada). Cabaret singer and actress Rosemary Clooney was an aunt. Through Rosemary, his cousins include actors Miguel Ferrer, Rafael Ferrer, and Gabriel Ferrer, who is married to singer Debby Boone.

The Soggy Bottom Boys are a fictional band invented for a movie, the Coen Brothers' 2000 "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" The band was so fictional that the faces on the screen didn't even make the music: Dan Tyminski sang actor George Clooney's vocals, and the instrumental picking was provided by Tyminski and his ...

Sheriff Cooley, alluding to his satanic nature. Sheriff Cooley is the main antagonist of the 2000 crime comedy-drama film O Brother, Where Art Thou? He was portrayed by the late Daniel von Bargen.

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5. Tim Blake Nelson did a bit of his own singing, though. Nelson plays Delmar O'Donnell, another of the escapees, and sings his own parts in "In the Jailhouse Now."

I'm not sure why they referred to them as a "colony of gophers", maybe they meant "gofer" as an insult to religion. 3. Tommy Johnson represents Athena who secretly helps Odysseus on his journey. If you notice, every time they encounter him in the movie, thing always end up going their way.

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