Mistakes

In the scene near the beginning where the three main characters are running across the field to catch the train, in the shot where the train is in the foreground you clearly see the engine and the front carriage pass by the convicts while they're still quite a long way from the train. In the next shot though which is taken from behind the men with the train in the background they reach the train pretty much as soon as the engine passes them by. See more...

Trivia

In the opening credits it says that this movie is based on Homer's Odyssey. This is meant to be a joke, but you can actually find some references to the Odyssey. For instance, Big Dan Teague has only one good eye. In the Odyssey, Odysseus (the hero of the Odyssey) kills a cyclops. Another tribute to the Odyssey is the three women that are singing and washing clothes. These characters are based on the Sirens, women who live underwater and sing a song that enchants men. Also, in this movie Everett is trying to get back to Ithaca, Mississippi. In the Odyssey, Odysseus is trying to get back to Ithaca, Greece. Even Homer(the writer of the Odyssey) makes an "appearance" during the film. You can see a statue of Homer in the background when the candidate running for Governor is in that nice restaurant that Everett and Delmar just left. See more...

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