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dammit! we're in a tight spot!
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You seek a great fortune, you three who are now in chains. You will find a fortune, though it will not be the one you seek. But first... first you must travel a long and difficult road, a road fraught with peril. Mm-hmm. You shall see thangs, wonderful to tell. You shall see a... a cow... on the roof of a cotton house, ha. And, oh, so many startlements. I cannot tell you how long this road shall be, but fear not the obstacles in your path, for fate has vouchsafed your reward. Though the road may wind, yea, your hearts grow weary, still shall ye follow them, even unto your salvation.
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* References to Homer's Odyssey:
+ The names of George Clooney and Holly Hunter's characters (Ulysses & Penelope)
+ one-eyed Big Dan as the Cyclops (blinded with a burning pole)
+ the three girls by the river as the Sirens
+ Ulysses' wife marrying someone else when he comes home
+ the old-man disguise
+ the changing of one of Ulysses' companions into an animal
+ the Baptists as the Lotus-eaters
+ the Ku Klux Klan has a rank of Grand (or Exalted) Cyclops
+ they catch a ride on a hand-pumped railcar that is being operated by a blind prophet, who tells them that they will not find the treasure they seek. The prophet character in the Odyssey was Teiresias, whom Odysseus consulted in the underworld when he needed information on how to get home again
+ Odysseus' first encounter upon reaching his home country is with seven sisters (though not his daughters).
+ the Ku Klux Klan rally as the trip through the Underworld.
+ Odysseus nearly drowned, but clings to a piece of wood.
+ Odysseus and Everett both reveal themselves by performing an act no one else could: Odysseus strings a special bow and fires it through seven rings; Everett sings "Man of Constant Sorrow" as only the leader of the Soggy Bottom Boys can.
+ "Pappy's" given name, Menelaus, is the same as the king who declared war on Troy in the first place.
+ the Latin equivalent of the Greek name Odysseus is Ulysses.
+ "Sing in me O Muse...", the line at the beginning of the film, is the first line of the Odyssey.
+ the killing of the cattle of Helios by the "fools" in the Odyssey is mirrored by Baby Face Nelson shooting the cows.
+ every time Ulysses falls asleep something bad happens.
+ the song which plays throughout the movie is called "Man of Constant Sorrow", Odysseus means "man who is in constant pain and sorrow".
+ a man of constant sorrow is also a description of Odysseus.
+ Pappy's opposition for Governor's has the first name Homer.
+ when Ulysses first meets Big Dan in the restaurant there is a statue of Homer in the background.
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sweetheart of the song tra bong
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He's a suitor. Momma says he's bona fide.
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birdmad
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I didn't get hit by no train.
(o_death)
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i didnt get hit by no train
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well i don't want fop godammit
i'm a dapper dan man
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User24
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this is a really good film, I suggest you go and watch it; I would right now, but it's half past midnight.
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karl the weed
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"we-thought-you-was-a-TOAD"
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mon
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i_am_a_man_of_constant_sorrow
in another embodiment
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celestias shadow
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gopher?
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Bespeckled
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One of my favorites
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endless desire
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mmmm mmmm mmmm
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misstree
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captures well the essence of storytelling, the progression of strangeness, the goals (shifting at appropriate points), the Adversary, the Love, the Difficulties to pass, the Oracle... such a wonderful renovation...
it also created a renewed interest in true bluegrass, the musical history of this so-young country, the music of the people rather than the producers.
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I HATE COWS
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jane
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i have no friends to help me now
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nomatter
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tim blake nelson creeped me out for awhile, but now... after o, the_good_girl, minority report and all that jazz, im infatuated with him in a very sick way.
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Special K
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Indeed, nomatter, there's a very fine line between repulsion and attraction.
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