O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Preston Sturges' Sullivan's Travels and Homer's The Odyssey are the starting points for this 30s-set screwball comedy.

Smooth-talking Everett Ulysees McGill (Clooney), simpleton Delmar (Nelson) and maladjusted Pete (Turturro) are members of a chain gang on the run looking for buried loot.

Their journey up and down the state of Mississippi brings them into contact with assorted eccentrics based on Homer's mythological figures.

A lighter work for the Coens, more Raising Arizona than Fargo, but it's still a rare treat.

A truly captivating confederacy of dunces.