O Brother Where Art Thou is a comedy-action film directed by the Coen Brothers which is based off of the story of Homer’s Odyssey. The Coen Brothers tied both of the plots together better then expected.
Instead of the story revolving around a boat full of people the film revolves around three escaped prisons which could be a parallel to Odysseus and his crew leaving from war. In the film on in their escape, they encounter a blind man traveling on a manual railroad car. They hitch a ride, and he foretells their futures, similar to the oracle of Homer's Odyssey. They also use the parallel in the name of the main character being the same. Both groups of travelers are on a hero's journey where the treasure in pursuit is for the protagonist to return home to their family. With an antagonist Poseidon and the sheriff who wont stop in the attempt to keep the protagonist from reaching home.
Some other similarities are:
- The Sirens
- The threatening cyclopes
- Lotus eaters and the congregation walking trance-like to be baptized
- Suitor(s)
- The myth that the protagonist died
- Disguised return
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