In conclusion, Ulysses Everett McGill stands up to Odysseus as a hero. Ulysses Everett McGill: Oh, yeah? Delmar O'Donnell: The preacher says all my sins is warshed away, including that Piggly Wiggly I knocked over in Yazoo. Der Sträfling schuftet im Straßenbau, gekettet an den naiven Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson) und den knurrigen Pete (Turturro). Delmar O'Donnell, Pete: The place where he was born and raised. I'm surprised at you, Pete, I gave you credit for more brains than Delmar. For his portrayal of Ulysses Everett McGill, George Clooney received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Ulysses Everett McGill: No, wait, honey! [21], The title of the film is a reference to the 1941 Preston Sturges film Sullivan's Travels, in which the protagonist (a director) wants to direct a film about the Great Depression called O Brother, Where Art Thou? [44] After the film's release, the fictitious band became so popular that the country and folk musicians who were dubbed into the film got together and performed the music from the film in a Down from the Mountain concert tour, which was filmed for TV and DVD. The famous Coen brothers who produced, edited, and directed the movie decided to base the plot of the movie compared to the story the Odyssey. The band's hit single is Dick Burnett's "Man of Constant Sorrow", a song that had enjoyed much success prior to the movie's release. Ulysses Everett McGill: Well, Pete, I thought the leader should be the one with the capacity for abstract thought, but if that doesn't seem to be the case, hell, we'll put it to a vote. He corresponds to Odysseus (Ulysses) in Homer's Odyssey. We gotta find some kind of wizard to change him back. Out with old spiritual mumbo-jumbo, the superstition and the backward ways. 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Everett convinces Pete, Delmar and Tommy to help him win his wife back. Ulysses Everett McGill: You can't display a toad in a fine restaurant like this! The women drug them into unconsciousness with moonshine; when they wake, Delmar finds Pete's clothes spread on the ground and empty except for a toad. They wanted it to look like an old hand-tinted picture, with the intensity of colors dictated by the scene and natural skin tones that were all shades of the rainbow. It's me - Delmar. [37] Though the song received little significant radio airplay, it reached #35 on the U.S. (2000) No copyright intended. George Timothy Clooney was born on May 6, 1961, in Lexington, Kentucky, to Nina Bruce (née Warren), a former beauty pageant queen, and Nick Clooney, a former anchorman and television host (who was also the brother … The film has some similarity in tone to Sturges's film, including scenes with prison gangs and a black church choir. Lund: Woooooooo-wee. Ulysses Everett McGill: I'll tell you what I am - I'm the damn paterfamilias! is.". Although neither man’s personality is profoundly altered as a result of their journey, certain aspects of their characters show development as their stories progress. Take at look at Delmar here as your paradigm of hope. [10] The movie was one of the first to extensively use digital color correction to give the film an autumnal, sepia-tinted look. Ulysses Everett McGill: I like the smell of my hair treatment; the pleasing odor is half the point. Pete! #ulysses everett mcgill #joel coen #ethan coen #hphq. The opening shot shows three prisoners escaping from a chain gang. How Kelly Loeffler's firm facilitated an Enron-like scandal. It's obviously some kinda judgment on his character. He corresponds to Odysseus (Ulysses) in Homer's Odyssey. Pappy O'Daniel: Son... you're gonna go far. [33][38] The version of "I'll Fly Away" heard in the film is performed not by Krauss and Welch (as it is on the CD and concert tour), but by the Kossoy Sisters with Erik Darling accompanying on long-neck five-string banjo, recorded in 1956 for the album Bowling Green on Tradition Records. O Brother, Where Art Thou? [10] The musical selection also includes religious music, including Primitive Baptist and traditional African American gospel, most notably the Fairfield Four, an a cappella quartet with a career extending back to 1921 who appear in the soundtrack and as gravediggers towards the film's end. Chaos ensues, and the Grand Wizard reveals himself as Homer Stokes, a candidate in the upcoming gubernatorial election. is a great movie; it’s hilarious. For a … Ulysses Everett McGill: Well, ain't this place a geographical oddity. I'm surprised at you, Pete, I gave you credit for more brains than Delmar. Secret singing sensation. About Ulysses. Is that how it is boys? [24] Cinematographer Roger Deakins stated, "Ethan and Joel favored a dry, dusty Delta look with golden sunsets. ", [Applause. Pete: Crazy! Two weeks from everywhere! O Brother, Where Art Thou? [4], The film also received two Academy Award nominations at the 73rd Academy Awards: Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Cinematography. No, sir. Unbeknownst to them, the recording becomes a major hit. Washington Hogwallop: . [42], The film was selected into the main competition of the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. Ulysses Everett McGill: Uh, yes sir, it is. Ain't nobody gonna pick up three filthy, unshaved hitch-hikers, and one of them a know-it-all that can't keep his trap shut. Ulysses Everett McGill: Pete's cousin turned us in for the bounty. Joined Aug 26, 2011 Messages 44,654. Just as Everett prays to God, the valley is flooded and they are saved. But there is one promise that is given, I'll meet you on God's golden shore. Ulysses Everett McGill. Ulysses Everett McGill: Baptism! 504 notes. As it turns out, the women had turned Pete over to the authorities in order to collect a reward. He stated that he liked even the Coens' least successful films. Pete: Well, I'll be a son of a bitch. Believe me Delmar, woman is the most fiendish instrument of torture ever devised to bedevil the days of man. High School. Share your thoughts on this O Brother, Where Art Thou? Ulysses Everett McGill: Heat must be getting to me. East Barnet School. Ulysses Everett McGill Gender: Male Race: Caucasian (White) Nationality: American Born United States Died Status: Alive Portrayed by: George Clooney Browse more character quotes from O Brother, Where Art Thou? Delmar O'Donnell: Well I was lyin'. Lund: Woooooooo-wee. (2000) is named Ulysses Everett McGill, and is played by Ferrer's cousin George Clooney. Ulysses Everett McGill. The Soggy Bottom Boys are the (fictional) musical group that the main characters form to serve as accompaniment for the film. [24] Unknown to Clooney, in his recording, Jack, a devout Baptist, omitted all instances of the words "damn" and "hell" from the Coens' script, which only became known to Clooney after the directors pointed this out to him during shooting.[24]. [7] The title of the film is a reference to the Preston Sturges 1941 film Sullivan's Travels, in which the protagonist is a director who wants to film O Brother, Where Art Thou?, a fictitious book about the Great Depression. For the transportation that is, I don't know how I'm gonna keep my coiffure in order. Log in Sign up. Selected songs in the film reflect the possible spectrum of musical styles typical of the old culture of the American South: gospel, delta blues, country, swing and bluegrass.[21][34]. Even if that did put you square with the Lord, the State of Mississippi's a little more hard-nosed. is a 2000 crime comedy-drama film written, produced, co-edited and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, and starring George Clooney, John Turturro, and Tim Blake Nelson, with Chris Thomas King, John Goodman, Holly Hunter, and Charles Durning in supporting roles. They sneak into a Stokes campaign gala dinner she is attending, disguised as musicians. Senator from that state. Rate this quote: (4.56 / 9 votes) 2,913 Views. Ulysses Everett McGill: Well, I don't want Fop, goddamn it! In need of money, the four stop at a radio broadcast tower where they record a song as The Soggy Bottom Boys. Yessir, a veritable age of reason - like they had in France. Now, clearly seeing into the future would fall into neatly into that category; its not so surprising then that an organism deprived of its earthly vision... Pete: He said we wouldn't get get it. Wayne Duvall as Homer Stokes, a candidate for governor. I'm a man of large appetite, and even with lunch under my belt, I was feelin' a mite peckish. is a 2000 crime comedy-drama film written, produced, co-edited and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, and starring George Clooney, John Turturro, and Tim Blake Nelson, with Chris Thomas King, John Goodman, Holly Hunter, and Charles Durning in supporting roles. Delmar O'Donnell: Can't you see it, Everett? Publish × Close Report Comment. Delmar is convinced the women were Sirens and transformed Pete into the toad. Everett McGill chats top secret 'Twin Peaks' limited series on premiere red carpet with Gold Derby'sr Zach Laws. I gotta get the family farm back before I can start thinking about that. On their way to Everett's hometown, Everett and Delmar see Pete working on a chain gang. 6 minutes ago #2,342 buka001 said: It is just a gripe I have with the revolving door at … Truth means nothing to a woman, Delmar. George Clooney, Actor: Michael Clayton. Ulysses Everett McGill: Deceitful, two-faced she-woman. It brings history in to the movie, history as in Homer’s epic poems. A major theme of the film is the connection between old-time music and political campaigning in the Southern U.S. Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney), Tommy Johnson (Chris Thomas King), Pete (John Turturro). It is happening again. Ulysses Everett McGill: Well I'm voting for yours truly too. [12] Tim Blake Nelson sang the lead vocal on "In the Jailhouse Now". Ulysses Everett McGill : Pete, the personal rancor reflected in that remark I don't intend to dignify with comment. arose spontaneously. [29] W. Lee O'Daniel was in the flour business, and used a backing band called the Light Crust Doughboys on his radio show. Delmar's been saved! Well, you can't marry my wife! Joined Aug 26, 2011 Messages 44,654. Notify me of new comments via email. Never trust a female Delmar, remember that one simple precept and your time with me will not have been ill spent. Joined Aug 26, 2011 Messages 44,593. Ulysses Everett McGill: Well what the hell does he know, he's just an ignorant old man? He gets into a fight with Vernon T. Waldrip, her new "suitor." Ulysses Everett McGill: Jesus! Pappy turns away from the mike, towards Everett, turns away from the mike, towards Everett, riding past a chain gang, Everett and Delmar see Pete. At the beginning of both men's journeys they are very proud and snobbish. Ulysses Everett McGill: Well, you lying... unconstant... succubus! who had worked previously with the Coens include John Goodman (three films), Holly Hunter (two), Charles Durning (two) and Michael Badalucco (one). Ulysses Everett McGill: Woo! [41], Roger Ebert gave two and a half out of four stars to the film, saying all the scenes in the film were "wonderful in their different ways, and yet I left the movie uncertain and unsatisfied". Under torture, Pete gave away the treasure's location to the police. Meanwhile, in the epic The Odyssey, Odysseus is doing the same as well, trying to make it back from the war, returning to his homeland to reunite with his child and wife. Delmar's been saved. So, in conclusion, Everett stands up to Odysseus as a hero. You can't marry him! He gets word that his wife is soon re-marrying, but can only make it in time to stop the wedding if he convinces the two men chained to him to agree to help him escape. Judge Hobbie over in Cookville was hit by a train. Ulysses Everett McGill: Deceitful, two-faced she-woman. Pete: Well hell, it ain't square one! Look at him. The preacher's done warshed away all my sins and transgressions. What the... Ulysses Everett McGill: I'm not sure that's Pete. The famous Coen brothers who produced, edited, and directed the movie decided to base the plot of the movie compared to the story the Odyssey. Joined Aug 26, 2011 Messages 44,644. That don't do me no good. Sheriff Cooley: The law? Ulysses Everett McGill. It's the straight and narrow from here on out, and heaven everlasting's my reward. Or, if not smithies per se, were you otherwise trained in the metallurgic arts before straitened circumstances forced you into a life of aimless wanderin'? He scams his way off the chain gang with Pete and Delmar, a clumsy duo of losers. Ulysses Everett McGill: Say, any of you boys smithies? Ulysses Everett McGill: For him, not for the law. Producer and musician T Bone Burnett worked with the Coens while the script was still in its working phases and the soundtrack was recorded before filming commenced. He tells his companions that he escaped from prison so that they could find the money he stashed away, but he really escaped so that he could get home to his family before his wife remarries. Everett then confesses that there is no treasure; he made it up in order to persuade Pete and Delmar to escape with him so he could stop Penny from marrying again. Pomade Vendor: I can get the part from Bristol. You ever been with a woman? I figure it'll fetch us enough cash for a good used auto-voiture, and a little left over besides. Other actors in O Brother, Where Art Thou? Upon arriving Everett confronts his wife Penny, who changed her last name and told his daughters he was dead. Ulysses Everett McGill: Say, any of you boys smithies? Ulysses Everett McGill is one of the leads in O Brother, Where Art Thou?. Ulysses Everett McGill • 118 Pins. The idea of O Brother, Where Art Thou? Washington Hogwallop: Got a bunch in yon bureau, Mrs. Hogwallop's as a matter of fact. Ulysses Everett McGill: I was not hit by a train. The prisoners at the picture show scene is also a direct homage to a nearly identical scene in Sturges's film. Cows. But Murt and Aloysius will have to sign Xes as only four of us can write. [39], The film premiered at the AFI Film Festival on October 19, 2000. Appearances/Actors Edit (1 film) O Brother, Where Art Thou? Dann gibt es Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson), immer freundlich zwar, geistig aber eher schwerfällig. at 15th Anniversary Reunion", "O Brother, Where Art Thou: Box office / business", "Pass the Biscuits – We're living in Pappy O'Daniel's world". Ulysses Everett McGill: No thank you, Delmar. How's my hair? Odysseus—Ulysses Everett McGill • Leader • Proud (Dapper Dan & hair obsession) • On a quest (the treasure, then getting his wife back) • Quick-witted (gets extra $ for singing) Pete—Odysseus’ crew (mutiny) Delmar—Odysseus’ crew (foolishness) George Nelson—Cattle of the Sun God • … Three convicts, Ulysses Everett McGill, Pete, and Delmar O'Donnell, escape from a chain gang and set out to retrieve a supposed treasure Everett buried before the area is flooded to make a lake. Despite the fact that Ethan Coen described the Odyssey as "one of my favorite storyline schemes", neither of the brothers had read the epic, and they were only familiar with its content through adaptations and numerous references to the Odyssey in popular culture. Ulysses Everett McGill: Uh, okay sir. Ulysses Everett McGill: Of course not honey... Penny Wharvey McGill: I counted to three, honey. Pomade Vendor: Watch your language, young feller, this is a public market. We ran across a whole... gopher village. Delmar O'Donnell: But how'd he know about the treasure? - O Brother Where Art Thou 2000 Clooney agreed to do the role immediately, without reading the script. DIY stuff # ideas. Friends: Photos: Videos: Photos. Ulysses Everett McGill: Well, as soon as we get ourselves cleaned up and we get a little smellum in our hair, why, we're gonna feel 100% better about ourselves and about life in general. Ulysses Everett McGill • 234 Pins. They are Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney), Pete (John Turturro) and Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson). [11] The film received positive reviews, and the soundtrack won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2002 using American folk music. Pete! We're in a tight spot! Penny abandons Waldrip, who had been Stokes' campaign manager, and agrees to marry Everett with the condition that he find her original ring. Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney) is having difficulty adjusting to his hard-labor sentence in Mississippi. Pride in Odysseus and Ulysses Everett McGill O Brother, Where Art Thou and The Odyssey share numerous similarities. I got to do for me and mine. [Everett and Pete look at Delmar for the deciding vote]. Neither God nor man's got nothin' on me now. Delmar O'Donnell: Oh, you can have the whole thing. Delmar O'Donnell, Pete: He has no friends to help him out. Ulysses Everett McGill: Uh, I take your point. Ulysses Everett McGill: I am the only daddy you got! They joined together to perform the music from the film in a Down from the Mountain concert tour which was filmed for consumer consumption via TV and DVD.[9]. Ulysses Everett McGill: A 9,000 hectare lake. Pete is enraged at Everett, because he had two weeks left on his original sentence, and must serve fifty more years for the escape. [23] Clooney did not immediately understand his character and sent the script to his uncle Jack, who lived in Kentucky, asking him to read the entire script into a tape recorder. Triumph of the subjective. A great memorable quote from the O Brother, Where Art Thou? [9] This included Ralph Stanley, John Hartford, Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, Chris Sharp, and others. You can't swear at my fiancé! [2] It grossed $71,868,327 worldwide off its $26 million budget. A third of a gopher would only arouse my appetite without beddin' 'er back down. The film is set in 1937 rural Mississippi during the Great Depression. Delmar O'Donnell: Everett, I never figured you for a paterfamilias. She insists that he find the right one, even though she cannot remember exactly where she left it and the family home is now at the bottom of the new lake. That night, the trio part ways with Tommy after their car is discovered by the police. Delmar O'Donnell: Of course it's Pete! The producers, Joel and Ethan Coen, did a wonderful job in making actor Ulysses Everett McGill represent Odysseus. The three encounter a trio of women singing and washing clothes in a river. All rights belong to the owners. Goddamit! Tommy Johnson: Oh, no. Join Facebook to connect with Ulysses Everett McGill and others you may know. Ulysses Everett McGill: No, it's gonna work. Die Südstaaten der USA, mitten in der Weltwirtschaftskrise: Die drei Ganoven Everett Ulysses McGill (George Clooney); Peter (John Turturro) und Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson) brechen aus dem Gefängnis aus, um sich die Beute von Everetts letztem Raubzug zu sichern. Ulysses Everett McGill: Well, that right there may be the reason you've had difficulty findin' gainful employment. Gillian Welch, who contributed to the soundtrack, appears as a record store customer asking for a copy of the Soggy Bottom Boys' record. [24], This was the fifth film collaboration between the Coen Brothers and Deakins, and it was slated to be shot in Mississippi at a time of year when the foliage, grass, trees, and bushes would be a lush green. Ulysses Everett McGill: Say, uh, Cousin Wash, I suppose it'd be the acme of foolishness to inquire if you had a hair net. When he demands the group be arrested and reveals his white supremacist views, the crowd runs him out of town on a rail. Ulysses Everett McGill 's best boards "I feel the need..." Ulysses Everett McGill • 224 Pins. But it does put me in a damn awkward position, vis-a-vis my progeny. Although the movies main character, Ulysses Everett McGill… O Brother Where Art Thou follows the adventures of Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney), Pete Hogwallop (John Turturro), and Delmar O’Donnell (Tim Blake Nelson) as they journey across depression era Mississippi to find a stash of money that Ulysses has supposedly hidden from the robbery that landed him in prison. Or, if not smithies per se, were you otherwise trained in the metallurgic arts before straitened circumstances forced you into a life of aimless wanderin'? I figure it can only have painful association for Wash. Pete: [reading] "To Washington Bartholomew Hogwallop, from his loving Cora. Everett... Ulysses Everett McGill: Delmar. Pete: I'm gonna kill you, Judas Iscariot Hogwallop! O Brother, Where Art Thou? Read More. [11] Joel stated this was because the actual set was "greener than Ireland". Pete! However, when Everett presents the ring to Penny, it turns out not to be hers. Favorite Quotes 'Evolution as a process that has always gone on in the history of the earth can be doubted only by those who are ignorant of the evidence or are resistant to evidence, owing to emotional blocks or to plain bigotry.' Ulysses Everett McGill: [riding past a chain gang, Everett and Delmar see Pete] Pete got a brother? One of the most striking is the fact that Odysseus and Ulysses Everett McGill undergo very related heroic journeys. You stole from my kin! The whole world, God almighty, and now you. Ulysses Everett McGill: I don't get it, Big Dan. No one's ever gonna believe we're a real band. Ulysses Everett McGill: It's our pleasure, Big Dan. [33], Much of the music used in the film is period-specific folk music,[9] including that of Virginia bluegrass singer Ralph Stanley. I'm afraid she's startin' to turn. (First appearance) - George Clooney These things don't happen for no reason, Delmar. However, Big Dan, a Klan member, reveals their identities. For in this world I'm bound to ramble, I have no friends to help me out. Both characters share many personality traits and events that make the movie a modern adaption of the epic poem Everett and Odysseus . Pete: How's this a plan? Pete: Wait a minute. Delmar O'Donnell: Oh son, for that you sold your everlasting soul? Ulysses Everett McGill: I am a man of constant sorrow, I've seen trouble all my days. Ulysses Everett McGill: Well that ring is at the bottom of a pretty durn big lake. Masquerading as a Bible salesman, he approaches them and begins a friendly conversation, proposing to bring them into his business. Biography Edit Behind the scenes Edit. I guess I'm the only one that remains unaffiliated. Later, one-eyed Bible salesman Big Dan Teague invites them for a picnic lunch, then mugs them and kills the toad. Ulysses Everett McGill was imprisoned for practicing law without having the proper license. Both versions tell of a man, Odysseus in the written work and Ulysses Everett McGill (called Everett in the film), who finds himself in dire straits for an extended period of time, fighting to return to his wife and child(ren). Ulysses Everett McGill: For him, not for the law. Ulysses Everett McGill, or Everett, was the main character of the movie who was trying to get back home. Odysseus was a king and warrior who spent 20 years away from home due to obstacles and distractions. Ulysses Everett McGill: A woman is the most fiendish instrument of torture ever devised to bedevil the days of man. "Talking with Joel and Ethan Coen about 'O Brother, Where Art Thou? They loved him up and turned him into a... horny toad. Never trust a female Delmar, remember that one simple precept and your time with me will not have been ill spent. "[40] The film holds an average score of 69/100 on Metacritic based on 30 reviews. Hot Damn, son I believe you did sell your soul to the devil. Washington Hogwallop: Mrs. Hogwallop up and R-U-N-N-O-F-T. Ulysses Everett McGill: She musta been lookin' for answers. Set in 1937 rural Mississippi during the Great Depression, the film 's story is a modern satire loosely based on Homer 's epic poem, Odyssey. Its story is a modern satire loosely based on Homer's epic Greek poem The Odyssey that incorporates social features of the American South. It'll take two weeks, here's your pomade. I bid farewell to old Kentucky, the place where I was born and raised. Find and follow posts tagged ulysses everett mcgill on Tumblr. Finding one little ring in the middle of all that water is one hell of a heroic task! Ulysses Everett McGill and his friend Delmar O'Donnell first meet Big Dan in a restaurant. Ulysses Everett McGill: Hit by a train! [36] The three won a CMA Award for Single of the Year[36] and a Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals, both for the song "Man of Constant Sorrow". Delmar O'Donnell: You work for the railroad, Grampa? The film's reputation lingered, however, and over the next seven months O Brother eventually grossed a significant $45.5 million (imdb.com). Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 2002. Endowed with the gift of gab. Ulysses Everett McGill: Well, if it is Pete, I am ashamed of him! Delmar O'Donnell, Pete: The place where he was born and raised. Loosely adapted from Homer’s The Odyssey, the film focuses on Ulysses Everett McGill’s (George Clooney’s) journey The three get a lift from a blind man driving a handcar on a railway. [18] According to the brothers, Nelson (who has a degree in classics from Brown University)[19][20] was the only person on the set who had read the Odyssey. Ulysses Everett McGill: I do apologize about that Pete. I seen 'em first! He wins them over with his blustery way of talking and his easygoing manner. Cinematographer Roger Deakins was recognized with both Academy Award and ASC Outstanding Achievement Award nominations for his work on the film.[25]. Ulysses Everett McGill: I am a man of constant sorrow, I've seen trouble all my days. Ulysses Everett McGill: That's not the issue Delmar. But if that ain't the consensus view, then hell, let's put it to a vote. [8] that will be a "commentary on modern conditions, stark realism, and the problems that confront the average man". Ulysses Everett McGill: So you're against me now too? See All Photos. Teague, only slightly taller than George Clooney's Ulysses Everett McGill, seems to tower over his victims, thanks to careful camera angles. Ulysses Everett McGill: Hit by a train! Und schließlich noch Pete (John Turturro), der zeitweise zu einem ziemlichen Hitzkopf werden kann. But I would like to address your general attitude of hopeless negativism. He tells them, among other prophecies, that they will find a fortune but not the one they seek. Pappy turns away from the mike, towards Everett]. Disenchanted with the daily drudge of crushing rocks on a prison farm in Mississippi, the dapper, silver-tongued Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney) busts loose. The next morning, the group sets out to retrieve the ring, which is at a cabin in the valley which Everett had earlier claimed was the location of his treasure. The police, having learned of the place from Pete, arrest the group, and Cooley orders them hanged despite their pardons. Tommy Johnson: I had to be up at that there crossroads last midnight, to sell my soul to the devil. - Eine Mississippi-Odyssee Im tiefsten Süden der USA der 1930er Jahre überredet der Häftling Everett Ulysses McGill (George Clooney) seine beiden Mitstreiter Pete (John Turturro) und Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson) zur Flucht. Ulysses Everett McGill: She counted to three. Who elected you leader of this outfit? 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