Director:		Joel Coen
Year:		2000
Language:		English
Time:		106 minutes

Loosely based on Homer's 'Odyssey' the movie deals with the grotesque adventures of Everett Ulysses McGill and his companions Delmar and Pete in 1930s Mississippi. Sprung from a chain gang and trying to reach Everett's home to recover the buried loot of a bank heist they are confronted by a series of strange characters. Among them sirens, a cyclops, bankrobber George 'Babyface' Nelson (very annoyed by that nickname), a campaigning Governor, his opponent, a KKK lynch mob, and a blind prophet, who warns the trio that "the treasure you seek shall not be the treasure you find."

This film won awards for best cinematography and best score/soundtrack. George Clooney won a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical.

Rated PG-13 for some violence and language.

Links

Review of the film.

Site about the film's director and writer, the Coen brothers.

About Homer's Odyssey.