Special Features:
DTS Soundtrack   �  Behind the Scenes Featurette  �  "Painting with Pixels" Featurette  �  Script to Storyboard to Final Scene Comparisons  �  Music Video   �  Theatrical Trailer 

As with most Coen Brother's films, you are either going to "get it" and love this movie or think it is one of the stupider things you have seen in a while. Loosely based on Homer's Odyssey, O Brother follows three chain gang escapees (George Clooney, John Turturro and Tim Blake) as they run from the law across the 1930's south. Along the way the convicts meet a trio of sexy sirens, a one-eyed bible salesman, a blind prophet, Babyface Nelson and they record a hit record. All while staying just one step ahead of the law. You can see why I said you are either going to "get it" and love it or hate it. The movie has an oddball plot with a bunch of oddball characters. (It is Coen Brothers movie so what do you expect)

Both the video and audio quality on this DVD are quite the good. The sepia tones used through out the film are wonderfully reproduced. Audio on both the Dolby Digital and DTS soundtrack puts you right where you need to be.

The Behind the Scenes featurette is fairly standard fare but the "Painting with Pixels" featurette is a real eye opener. It is amazing to see how the computer can be used to control the whole look of a film nowadays without ever seeming obvious. The Script to Storyboard to Film comparison looks in multi-angle detail at both "the flood" and "Klan rally" scenes.