what is o brother where art thou based off of?
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The opening titles inform us that the Coen Brothers' "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" is based on Homer's The Odyssey . The Coens claimed their "Fargo" was based on a true story, but later confided it wasn't; this time they confess they haven't actually read The Odyssey .
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That's how Scout Finch describes the steadfastly Southern setting of Harper Lee's beloved novel, “To Kill A Mockingbird.” Maycomb is a fictional city, but it's based on Lee's birthplace and childhood home of Monroeville, in Monroe County, Alabama, where Lee died on Friday.
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['1: “We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal.” – Declaration of Independence.', "2: “Five score years ago”- allusion to Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg address when he said “Four score…”", '3: “Exile in his own land”- Allusion to the Bible.']
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The title of the film is a reference to the 1941 Preston Sturges film Sullivan's Travels, in which the protagonist (a director) wants to direct a film about the Great Depression called O Brother, Where Art Thou? that will be a "commentary on modern conditions, stark realism, and the problems that confront the average ...
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While To Kill A Mockingbird is not autobiographical, there are similarities between the novel and Lee's life. The book is set in Maycomb, Alabama, the fictional name for Monroeville, where Lee grew up.
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(Mercury) The music to the new Coen Brothers movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? is so integral to the story, the film could almost be called a musical. ... That's because this same musical blend is, for the most part, what country music was before Nashville got ahold of it.
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The primary theme of the novel is the conflict between civilization and "natural life." Huck represents natural life through his freedom of spirit, uncivilized ways, and desire to escape from civilization.
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It is hilarious ! No, they were definitely from the Ozarks; Granny was a Moses from Tennessee, however. I don't believe they ever specified the state; they would from time to time reference Joplin and Eureka Springs as being the nearest cities of any size. They were from Arkansas.
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Adam grew up in one of the family dynasties of Southern Gospel music, the Crabb Family. Hailing from Beaver Dam, Ky., Adam and his father Gerald, brother Jason, twin brother Aaron and two sisters Terah and Kelly traveled, sang and recorded together very successfully as the Crabb Family for more than 10 years.
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Huckleberry Finn may be based on Mark Twain's childhood friend. ... In 1885, when the Minneapolis Tribune asked who Huck was based on, Twain said it was no single person: “I could not point you out the youngster all in a lump; but still his story is what I call a true story.”
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['IT WAS ORIGINALLY INSPIRED BY THE WIZARD OF OZ. Joel Coen revealed as much at the 15th anniversary reunion. ... ', 'THE COEN BROTHERS NEVER ACTUALLY READ THE ODYSSEY. ... ', 'THE TITLE IS FROM A PRESTON STURGES CLASSIC. ... ', 'CLOONEY SIGNED ON BEFORE READING THE SCRIPT. ... ', 'CLOONEY RELIED ON HIS UNCLE JACK FOR HIS ACCENT.']
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Fargo- Lorne Malvo is an anagram for Moral Novel i.e. The Bible..God is real...the plague..
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The title of the film is a reference to the Preston Sturges 1941 film Sullivan's Travels, in which the protagonist is a director who wants to film O Brother, Where Art Thou?, a fictional book about the Great Depression.
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The setting in “A Rose for Emily” is Faulkner's fictitious post-civil war Jefferson, a small town in the deep south of the United States. Faulkner's use of this particular time-period or genre, is successful in giving the reader an understanding or background to the values and beliefs of the characters in the story.
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His novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) is set in Missouri along the Mississippi River. Twain captures the essence of everyday midwest American English on almost every page, largely because the story is narrated by Huck Finn himself.
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According to Eggers, the plot of the film is very loosely based on an old Welsh story about a pair of lighthouse keepers. Certain key details can be traced between the two. The Welsh tale featured two keepers called Thomas, the same as the characters in the film.
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Latimore, who moved from Milwaukee to Atlanta when he was 11, was raised around music: His father and uncle formed the gospel quartet The Latimore Brothers, his mother worked at a record company and his cousin is R&B singer Kenny Lattimore (who spells the family name differently).