Alison Krauss, Chris Thomas King, David Rawlings
Label executives and soundtrack producers so loved the music of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" that they brought it to life as a benefit concert for the Country Music Hall of Fame. Filmmakers Joel and E...( read more
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Directed by: Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker, Nick Doob
Release Date: December 31, 2000
DVD Release Date: October 23, 2001
Stats: 36 reviews
Thoroughly enjoyable, well produced. Amazing lineup. Perhaps even better than the soundtrack. Love the behind-the-scenes bits...especially Emmy Lou keeping tab on the baseball scores....and Gillian Welch needing to get dressed up. Shows the agelessness of American roots music. A ...( read more)
This was very cool. Of course, I loved the music of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" I think that movie really introduced me to bluegrass.
Actually saw this live! Ralph Stanley singing "O Death"! 10 rows back-outdoors. Beats the dvd and cd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But if you missed it-this is a great DVD showing the premier performance before the film was released. What amazing American icons of talent.
Good music. Not major film- just music, buy the CD if you like this stuff rather than watching it.
If you have any affection at all for traditional American music, the movie itself ... is pretty close to heaven. full review
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