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'''''O Brother, Where Art Thou?''''' is a 2000 [[satirical]] [[comedy-drama]] film written, produced, co-edited, and directed by [[Coen brothers|Joel and Ethan Coen]]. It stars [[George Clooney]], [[John Turturro]], and [[Tim Blake Nelson]], with [[Chris Thomas King]], [[John Goodman]], [[Holly Hunter]], and [[Charles Durning]] in supporting roles.
The film is set in rural [[Mississippi]] in 1937, and it follows three escaped convicts searching for hidden treasure while a sheriff relentlessly pursues them. Its story is a modern [[satire]] which, while incorporating social features of the [[Southern United States|American South]], is loosely based on [[Homer]]'s epic [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] poem ''[[Odyssey|The Odyssey]]''.<ref>{{cite book| title=A companion to the literature and culture of the American south| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sjc-tYYLXM0C&q=oh+brother+where+art+thou| publisher=John Wiley & Sons| date=April 15, 2008| isbn=978-0470756690| first1=Richard J.| last1=Gray| first2=Owen| last2=Robinson| url-access=subscription| access-date=November 18, 2020| archive-date=March 15, 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315194400/https://books.google.com/books?id=sjc-tYYLXM0C&q=oh+brother+where+art+thou| url-status=live}}</ref> Some examples of this include [[Siren (mythology)|Sirens]], a [[Cyclopes|Cyclops]], and the main character's name, "Ulysses", which is the Roman name for "[[Odysseus]]".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garner |first=Bianca |date=2018-05-25 |title=O' Brother, Where Art Thou? A Coen Brothers Odyssey |url=https://filmotomy.com/o-brother-where-art-thou-a-coen-brothers-odyssey/ |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=Filmotomy |language=en-GB |archive-date=December 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202185925/https://filmotomy.com/o-brother-where-art-thou-a-coen-brothers-odyssey/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The title of the film is a reference to the 1941 [[Preston Sturges]]
Much of the music used in the film is period [[American folk music|folk music]].<ref name="Score">{{cite web| last=Menaker| first=Daniel| title=A Film Score Odyssey Down a Quirky Country Road| newspaper=The New York Times| date=November 30, 2000| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/30/movies/arts-in-america-a-film-score-odyssey-down-a-quirky-country-road.html| access-date=February 4, 2010| archive-date=November 14, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114142848/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/30/movies/arts-in-america-a-film-score-odyssey-down-a-quirky-country-road.html| url-status=live}}</ref> The movie was one of the first to extensively use digital [[color correction]] to give the film an autumnal [[Sepia tone|sepia-tinted]] look.<ref name="CGS"/> It was released by [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Buena Vista Pictures]] in North America, while [[Universal Pictures]], through [[United International Pictures]], released it in other countries. The film was met with a positive critical reception, and the soundtrack won a [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year]] in 2002.<ref name="Grammy01">{{cite news| title=The 2002 Grammy Winners| newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]| date=February 28, 2002| url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/The-2002-Grammy-winners-2868670.php| access-date=September 9, 2018| archive-date=August 1, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801024649/https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/The-2002-Grammy-winners-2868670.php| url-status=live}}</ref> The country and folk musicians who were [[Dubbing (filmmaking)|dubbed]] into the film include [[John Hartford]], [[Alison Krauss]], [[Dan Tyminski]], [[Emmylou Harris]], [[Gillian Welch]], [[Ralph Stanley]], [[Chris Sharp]], and [[Patty Loveless]]. They joined to perform the music from the film on the ''[[Down from the Mountain]]'' concert tour. One of the performances was filmed and released as a documentary.<ref name="Score" /><ref name="NPR1">{{cite episode| series=[[Fresh Air]]| network=[[NPR]]| title=Pioneering Bluegrass Musician Ralph Stanley| air-date=December 27, 1992| url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=892951| access-date=September 9, 2018| archive-date=November 16, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116060228/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=892951| url-status=live}}</ref>
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