New Release: O Brother, Where Art Thou? Blu-ray

John Turturro (l.), Tim Blake Nelson (ctr.) and George Clooney are on the lam in O Brother Where Art Thou?

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment debuted the Blu-ray disc of the Coen Brothers’ 2000 period comedy-adventure O Brother, Where Art Thou? on Sept. 13, 2011, for the list price of $26.50.

The release came less than a month after Universal issued the Coen Brothers film The Big Lebowski on Blu-ray for the first time.

O Brother, Where Art Thou? playfully updates Homer’s famous epic poem The Odyssey to Depression-era Mississippi. The movie stars George Clooney (The Men Who Stare At Goats), John Turturro (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen) and Tim Blake Nelson (Saint John of Las Vegas) as three escaped prisoners who embark on a wild adventure while shackled to each other. During their “odyssey,” they encounter such strange characters as a blind prophet (Lee Weaver, Donnie Darko) a trio of sexy sirens and a one-eyed Bible salesman (John Goodman, TV’s Treme).

The Blu-ray edition imports most of the bonus materials that were featured on Touchstone/Universal’s 2001 DVD version of the film, including the following:

• exclusive behind-the-scenes featurette
• two storyboard-to-scene comparisons
• “I am a Man of Constant Sorrow” music video
• theatrical trailer

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