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Collection Number: 20535

Collection Title: O Brother Where Art Thou? Ephemera, 2000

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Size 23 items
Abstract Promotional materials relating to the motion picture film O Brother, Where Art Thou?, including lobby cards, photographs, poster, and production notes.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
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Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the O Brother Where Art Thou? Ephemera #20535, Southern Folklife Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Steve Weiss in November 2016 (Acc. 102683).
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Processed by: Nancy Kaiser, January 2017

Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, January 2017

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O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), a film based loosely on Homer's Odyssey, follows three escaped convicts in 1930s rural Mississippi. The Coen brothers wrote and directed the film, which stars George Clooney, John Turturro, and Tim Blake Nelson, with John Goodman, Holly Hunter, and Charles Durning in supporting roles.

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Promotional materials relating to the motion picture film O Brother, Where Art Thou?, including lobby cards, photographs, poster, and production notes.

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23 items.

Promotional materials relating to the motion picture film O Brother, Where Art Thou?, including lobby cards, photographs, poster, and production notes.

Oversize Paper Folder OPF-20535/1

Lobby cards, 2000

8 items
Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-20535/1

Poster, 2000

Image Folder PF-20535/1

Promotional photographs, 2000

13 items
Folder 1

Production notes, 2000

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