O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Everett: Jesus! Can't I count on you people?! Delmar: Sorry, Everett. Everett: Well, all right. If we take off through that bayou, then... Pete: Wait a minute. Who elected you leader of this outfit? Everett: Well, Pete, I figured it should be the one with the capacity for abstract thought. But if that ain't the consensus view, then hell, let's put it to a vote. Pete: Suits me. I'm voting for yours truly. Everett: Well, I'm voting for yours truly, too. Delmar: Okay... I'm with you fellas.

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Everett: Mind if we join you, old timer? Blind Seer: Join me, my son. Join. Delmar: You work for the railroad, Grandpa? Blind Seer: I work for no man. Delmar: Got a name, do you? Blind Seer: I have no name. Everett: Well, that right there may be why you've had difficulty finding gainful employment. You see, in the mart of competitive commerce– Blind Seer: You seek a great fortune, you three who are now enchained. You will find a fortune, though it will not be the fortune you seek. But first... First you must travel a long and difficult road, a road fraught with peril. Mm-hmm. You shall see thangs, wonderful to tell. You shall see a... a cow on the roof of a... cotton house. Ha. And, oh, so many startles. I cannot tell you how long this road shall be, but fear not the obstacles in your path, for fate has vouchsafed your reward. Though the road may wind, yea, your hearts grow weary, still shall ye follow that way, even unto your salvation.

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Everett: No, the treasure's still there boys, believe me. Delmar: [about the Blind Seer] But how'd he know about the treasure? Everett: I don't know Delmar. The blind are reputed to possess sensitivities compensating for their lack of sight, even to the point of developing paranormal psychic powers. Now, clearly seeing into the future would fall neatly into that category; it's not so surprising then that an organism deprived of its earthly vision... Pete: He said we wouldn't get it. He said we wouldn't get the treasure we seek on account of our obstacles. Everett: What the hell does he know? He's an ignorant old man.

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Lawman: All right, boys! [dog barks] Everett: [wakes up] How's my hair? Lawman: It's the authorities! We've got you surrounded! Everett: Damn. We're in a tight spot. Lawman: Just come on out and grabbin' air! And don't try nothing fancy! Your situation is pretty nigh hopeless! Everett: Damn! We're in a tight spot! Delmar: What in the Sam Hill? Everett: Pete's cousin turned us in for the bounty! Pete: What the hell are you saying?! Wash is kin! Wash: Sorry, Pete! I know we're kin, but they got this depression on, and I got to do for me and mine! Pete: I'm gonna kill you! Judas Iscariot Hogwallop! You miserable, horse-eating son of a... [machine gun fire] Everett: Damn! We're in a tight spot! Pete: Damn his eyes! Pa always said, "Never trust a Hogwallop!" COME AND GET US, COPPERS!!! [the police begin dousing the entrance to the barn with gasoline] Lawman: You boys is leaving us no choice but to smoke you out! Everett: Damn. We're in a tight spot. Lawman: Light her up! [the police set the

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Everett: Well, it didn't look like a one-horse town, but try finding a decent hair jelly. Delmar: Gopher, Everett? Everett: And no transmission belt for two weeks, either. Pete: They dam that river on the 21st. Today's the 17th. Everett: Don't I know it. Pete: We got but four days to get to that treasure. After that, it'll be at the bottom of a lake. We ain't gonna make it walkin'. Everett: That's right. Delmar: Gopher, Everett? Everett: But the old tactician's got a plan. For the transportation that is. I don't know how I'm gonna keep my coiffure in order. Pete: How's this a plan? How we gonna get a car? Everett: [producing a pocket watch] Sell that. I figure it can only have painful association for Wash. Pete: [reading] "To Washington Bartholomew Hogwallop, from his loving Cora. Amor Fidel... is." Everett: It was in his bureau. I reckon it'll fetch us enough cash for a good used auto-voiture, and a little left over besides. Delmar: Whoo! You got some light fingers, Everett. Gopher? P

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Everett: Well, I guess hard times flush the chumps. Everybody's lookin' for answers... Where the hell's he goin'? Pete: Well I'll be a son of a bitch. Delmar's been saved. Delmar: Well that's it, boys. I've been redeemed! The preacher done washed away all my sins and transgressions. It's the straight and narrow from here on out. And heaven everlasting's my reward! Everett: Delmar, what are you talking about? We've got bigger fish to fry. Delmar: The preacher said all my sins is washed away, including that Piggly Wiggly I knocked over in Yazoo. Everett: I thought you said you was innocent of those charges. Delmar: Well I was lyin'. And the preacher said that that sin's been washed away, too. Neither God nor man's got nothin' on me now! C'mon in boys, the water is fine.

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