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Thread #29623   Message #375447
Posted By: Lepus Rex
16-Jan-01 - 01:29 PM
Thread Name: O Brother, where, etc.:Soundtrack/conc.
Subject: RE: O Brother, where, etc.:Soundtrack/conc.
Got this from the movie's soundtrack site. : "On May 24, 2000 the music of O Brother, Where Art Thou? was brought to life as a benefit concert for the new Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee. The historic Ryman Auditorium was booked to offer Nashvillians an evening of sublime beauty. Filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen hired famed documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker (Dylan's "Don't Look Back," "Monterey Pop," "The War Room") to record the show for posterity. Intertainer, the Broadband Entertainment Network, will offer the documentary on the internet on-demand, and via digital cable TV, and Artisan films has theatrical distribution rights. This highly anticipated film features Ralph Stanley, John Hartford as host, Holly Hunter to introduce the show, and virtually all of the soundtrack artists in a montage of rehearsal, backstage and performance clips. Check back here regularly, and we'll post as much information about this documentary as possible, including theatrical release dates and locations, links, and any news that comes our way."

And I got this on the Chicago Tribune site (from November), "That documentary, "Down From the Mountain," had a one-week Oscar-qualifying run in October, but its future release plans are still pending. Burnett is also formulating plans to reconvene the cast and repeat the show in some other cities, including Los Angeles, New York and Washington, D.C."

I'd like to see it, too. Haven't even seen the movie yet, damn me. :P Sort of half-planning to see it tonight.

---Lepus Rex