O Brother Where Art Thou

[Bee Gees Fan]

Has anyone seen this film?

I've never watched it, but my parents have it and have watched it several times. It's set in Mississippi during the Great Depression, and three friends escape from jail and search for fortune and love (according to Wikipedia.)

One of the songs from the soundtrack, Big Rock Candy Mountain, which I've heard several times, just popped into my head. Again, according to Wikipedia, it's a song about "a hobo's idea of paradise." I like the song, and I like the lyrics.


Big Rock Candy Mountain

One evening as the sun went down and the jungle fire was burning
Down the track came a hobo hiking and he said boys I'm not turning
I'm headin for a land that's far away beside the crystal fountains
So come with me we'll go and see the Big Rock Candy Mountains

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains there's a land that's fair and bright
Where the handouts grow on bushes and you sleep out every night
Where the boxcars are all empty and the sun shines every day
On the birds and the bees and the cigarette trees
Where the lemonade springs where the bluebird sings
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains all the cops have wooden legs
And the bulldogs all have rubber teeth and the hens lay soft boiled eggs
The farmer's trees are full of fruit and the barns are full of hay
Oh, I'm bound to go where there ain't no snow
Where the rain don't fall and the wind don't blow
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains you never change your socks
And the little streams of alcohol come a-trickling down the rocks
The brakemen have to tip their hats and the railroad bulls are blind
There's a lake of stew and of whiskey too
You can paddle all around 'em in a big canoe
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains the jails are made of tin
And you can walk right out again as soon as you are in
There ain't no short handled shovels, no axes saws or picks
I'm a goin to stay where you sleep all day
Where they hung the jerk that invented work
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

I'll see you all this coming fall in the Big Rock Candy Mountains

[DHP]

It's a great film, and there really isn't anything else like it. It's definitely worth a watch if you're open to different kinds of films. Like your parents, I've watched it quite a few times too, and like yourself, I think the songs are pretty cool too. "Man of Constant Sorrow" is INCREDIBLY catchy. I think I first saw this film 6 years ago, and I still find myself singing that song!

[Cake for Brains]

I saw it on holiday in Ireland a few years ago, and I enjoyed it. My parents have the soundtrack CD, so I'm familar with all the songs too. I think it's the kind of film you'd quite enjoy BGF, and the bit with the Ku Klux Klan is actually rather scary.

[Bee Gees Fan]

the bit with the Ku Klux Klan is actually rather scary.

Those guys look terrifying, dressed up in those white cloaks and masks. Like some awful ghostly spectres.

[DHP]

the bit with the Ku Klux Klan is actually rather scary.

Those guys look terrifying, dressed up in those white cloaks and masks. Like some awful ghostly spectres.

I thought it was a great comedy moment actually. Only near the second part of that scene though. The first part where they almost execute that guitarist is genuinely a bit scary.

[Nervosa]

I've seen it a good few times. Have been meaning to buy it on DVD for quite while. It's a nice film.

[CatNamedRudy]

I saw it in the movie theatre when it first came out. I've seen it a few times since then as well.

Personally, I think it's George Clooney's finest work.

[Bee Gees Fan]

Personally, I think it's George Clooney's finest work.

George Clooney made a few appearances in the first season of Roseanne, didn't he? He was a guy who worked with Roseanne and Jackie, called Booker.

[CatNamedRudy]

Personally, I think it's George Clooney's finest work.

George Clooney made a few appearances in the first season of Roseanne, didn't he? He was a guy who worked with Roseanne and Jackie, called Booker.

I think Booker was around for the first two seasons of Roseanne. Also George Clooney was in the later seasons of The Facts of Life.

[Wezzo]

Personally, I think it's George Clooney's finest work.

George Clooney made a few appearances in the first season of Roseanne, didn't he? He was a guy who worked with Roseanne and Jackie, called Booker.

Yeah, he was probably my favourite secondary character.

[DHP]

I saw it in the movie theatre when it first came out. I've seen it a few times since then as well.

Personally, I think it's George Clooney's finest work.

Hmmmmmmmmm, tough to decide whether I like that or Ocean's 11 more. I'll just take the cop-out attitude and say they're both great films.

I wish awards ceremonies wouldn't be so snooty and would start recognising comedy performances like Clooney's in O Brother, Where Art Thou? All he got for his troubles was a golden globe. If there was any justice, he'd have been nominated for an Oscar, and Johnny Depp would have won his nomination for his comedy performance in 2003 instead of the inferior performance from Sean Penn that year. Was a good performance, but didn't create the masterpiece that was Jack Sparrow!

[tenpercenter]

Where they hung the jerk that invented work

one of the best lyrics ever~

[barnaclelapse]

It's one of my top-three favorite Coen Brothers films. The soundtrack is great, but it's the movie itself that I love even more. I've always thought the dialog was some of the Coen's best from any of their films.

[tenpercenter]

" are any of you fellas smittys?"