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STARRING: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman DIRECTOR: Joel Coen OPENS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Twelve Films Of Christmas | 12/25/2000 | See Source »

Three cons (Clooney, Turturro and Nelson) are on the lam in '30s Mississippi. A blind prophet intones, "You shall see a cow on top of a cotton bale, and many other startlements." Startlements are indeed in store: a one-eyed, toad-squishing salesman (Goodman); three maidens washing their laundry in a stream. These, and the name of the bombastic schemer Clooney plays--Everett Ulysses McGill--should be sufficient clues to identify the film's source: "Based on The Odyssey by Homer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Twelve Films Of Christmas | 12/25/2000 | See Source »

Congress should consider levying a 1[cent] tax on gasoline that could be used to support Amtrak and put it in the black. Just that penny could make Amtrak one of the finest systems in the world. E. BUD NELSON Racine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 25, 2000 | 12/25/2000 | See Source »

...Brother, Where Art Thou? Starring: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman Director: Joel Coen Opens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Christmas Movie Preview | 12/15/2000 | See Source »

Three cons (Clooney, Turturro and Nelson) are on the lam in '30s Mississippi. A blind prophet intones, "You shall see a cow on top of a cotton bale, and many other startlements." Startlements are indeed in store: a one-eyed, toad-squishing salesman (Goodman); three maidens washing their laundry in a stream. These, and the name of the bombastic schemer Clooney plays - Everett Ulysses McGill - should be sufficient clues to identify the film's source: "based on The Odyssey by Homer." While tout Hollywood purloins comic books for its scenarios, Joel and Ethan Coen raid noble antiquity: not just Homer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Christmas Movie Preview | 12/15/2000 | See Source »

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