The coen brothers own unique take on homer's odyssey sets the action in 1930s mississippi, where three clueless convicts escape a chain gang and go in search of buried treasure'. '.strtoupper('t')his leads to a series of unlikely adventures involving one eyed con men, seductive sirens and ku klux klan lynchings which culminate with the boys inadvertently discovering fame as hit recording artists the soggy bottom boys'. '.strtoupper('s')tarring george clooney, john turturro and tim blake nelson as the hapless heroes, and featuring a soundtrack jam packed with american folk standards, 'o brother, where art thou?' takes its title from the film within a film in preston sturges' 1941 classic 'sullivan's travels''. '.strtoupper('r')unning time 101 minutes region region 2 subtitles english german arabic bulgarian czech dutch hungarian portuguese turkish release date 12 aug'. '.strtoupper('2')013