174: O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

After an unexpectedly long odyssey that delayed the Watchcast's scheduled arrival, we're finally back to our movie watching ways, and launching into our month of Coen Brothers comedies, starting with the duo's southern-fried take on one of the great Homeric works in O Brother, Where Art Thou?!

CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 174: O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
(00:01:04) - Intro
(00:02:53) - It took us longer than we expected to get back, but we're finally here. Now, on a totally unrelated subject, let's talk about The Odyssey.
(00:09:17) - The music, and some chatter about our main cast.
(00:16:46) - Some last production notes.
(00:23:32) - What was our familiarity with this one prior to this watch?
(00:27:01) - Break!
(00:30:01) - The blind seer's prophecy, and a night on the farm.
(00:40:41) - A genuine geographical oddity, and the dreamiest Baptism you ever did see.
(00:43:43) - Meeting Tommy at the Crossroads, and singin' into a can.
(00:54:19) - Money talk around the campfire, and the introduction of Babyface.
(01:04:55) - The sirens, a toad, and Big Dan.
(01:13:17) - Homer Stokes, the Wharvey gals, and the pater familias.
(01:21:59) - Reuniting with Pete, and rescuing Tommy from the klan.
(01:30:11) - Everything converges at the music hall.
(01:37:34) - Babyface's fate, and one last challenge to overcome.
(01:44:41) - The McGills reunited.
(01:46:10) - Final thoughts.
(01:49:45) - Next week's movie: The Hudsucker Proxy!
(01:51:57) - Outro.