O Brother, Where Art Thou?
They have a plan, but not a clue.
In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.
- Director
- Joel Coen
- Worldwide
- $72M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.
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The record
Awards
0 wins · 3 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 2 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Cinematography
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
European Film Award for Best Non-European Film
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerEuropean Film Award for Best Non-European Film
The numbers
Box Office & Release
O Brother, Where Art Thou? returned 2.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $26M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $72M
- Release date
- Aug 30, 2000
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- France, United Kingdom
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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