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O Brother, Where Art Thou?Coming after two of the Coens' best films (The Big Lebowski and Fargo), O Brother had a lot to live up to. But with its bluegrass music, a story loosely based on 'The Odyssey' and the three-way buddy act of George Clooney, John Turturro and Tim Blake Nelson as 1930s escaped convicts attempting to reclaim a fortune in treasure, it's another winner. It's not just a fun film, it's a smart fun film, packed with in-jokes (the title is a nod to Preston Sturges' 1941 satire Sullivan's Travels). The casting of Clooney - an actor then better known as a suave man of action - as a hair-product obsessed buffoon was particularly inspired. And you've got to love the vintage American folk song 'Man Of Constant Sorrow', so memorably performed by Clooney and The Soggy Bottom Boys.
Daniel Etherington
