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What is the movie based upon (literary)?
What is The Odyssey?
Loves their hair and is a smooth talker.
Who is Everett?
What kind of hair gel does Everett want?
Dapper Dan
What were Everett kids told that happened to him?
That he was hit by a train. Remember, lots of reputable people get hit by trains!
How many sirens were there?
Three
What does Teiresias and the black railroad car operator have in common with author, Homer?
They are all three blind
What store does Everett find Penny?
At the Woolworth (he's eventually told to stay out of the store.)
What kind of music does the blind man at the studio say he records.
Old timey music
How many daughters does Everett McGill have?
Seven
What does Everett go to the cabin to look for?
Penny's wedding ring
Who do they go to to have their shackles removed and eventually turn the trio in to the authorities?
Pete's cousin, Wash Hogwallop
He knocked off the Piggly Wiggly in Yazoo.
Who is Delmar O'Donnell?
What is going to take place in two days?
The TVA is going to flood the valley
Who got baptized?
Pete and Delmar, Everett was the only one unaffiliated.
Who is Big Dan a reference to in the Odyssey?
Polyphemus
How does Everett justify making himself the group leader?
He says he's the only one capable of abstract thought.
Who is the Grand Wizard conducting the Klan meeting and lynching of Tommy?
Homer Stokes
What kind of salesman was the man Everett and Delmar meet?
The bible salesman (Dan Teague).
How much money did Everett say he buried?
1.2 million
What was the purpose for the water that was flooding the valley?
For hydroelectric power
What does Everett claim Pete's cousin did to them?
Turned them in for the reward.
What catalogs is the boy, Wash's son, sitting on while driving the escape car?
Wards Catalogs
What are Everett, Pete, and Delmar in search of?
A treasure (that doesn't exist).
Who is the suiter in the story? Hint: He's bonafide!
Vernon T. Waldrip
What saved Everett, Pete, Delmar, and Tommy from being hanged near the end of the movie?
The flooding of the valley