Disenchanted with the daily drudge of crushing rocks on a prison farm in Mississippi, the dapper, silver-tongued Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney, The Perfect Storm) busts loose. Except he's still shackled to his two chain-mates from the chain gang -- bad-tempered Pete (John Turturro, Summer Of Sam) and sweet, dimwitted Delmar (Time Blake Nelson, Hamlet). With nothing to lose and buried loot to regain -- before it's forever in a flood -- the three embark on the adventure of a lifetime in this hilarious offbeat road picture. Populated with strange characters, including a blind prophet, sexy sirens and a one-eyed Bible salesman (John Goodman, Coyote Ugly), it's an odyssey filled with chases, close calls, near misses and betrayal that will leave you laughing at every outrageous and surprising twist and turn.
Synopsis: Loosely based on Homer's Odyssey, this whimsical tale follows three escaped convicts in 1930s Mississippi. On a quest to reunite with their families, they have wild adventures and meet a bizarre cast of characters. Includes lots of toe-tapping hillbilly ditties.