Homer wrote it. The Coens barely read it. Nolan is spending $200 million on it. Start here!
This July, Christopher Nolan releases his follow-up to Oppenheimer: an old-school Hollywood epic adaptation of The Odyssey, one of the most anticipated films of 2026. The biggest movie of the summer is a 3,000-year-old Greek myth. And the last time The Odyssey broke this hard into American monoculture? The Coen Brothers' 2000 comedy O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU??
Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen and adapted — very loosely, and mostly after the fact — from Homer's The Odyssey, O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? follows Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney) and his two hapless companions (John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson) as they escape a Mississippi chain gang in pursuit of buried treasure.
What follows is part picaresque, part fairy tale, part Depression-era fever dream. T-Bone Burnett's landmark soundtrack (recorded before filming even began) introduced a generation to old-time American folk and gospel, moving 8 million copies and winning Album of the Year.
And what better day to see a quintessentially American film as a chaser to the country's 250th birthday – and Comedy 101's 20th screening at the Hollywood Theatre! We're celebrating FIVE YEARS of this series, this room, this incredible Portland film community!
Limited run posters — including O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? and all 19 past Comedy 101 screenings — will be for sale in the lobby before and after the show, with some up for grabs in the raffle. Sign up before the movie!?
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