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 own chain-mates from the chain gang - bad-tempered Pete (John Turturro SUMMER OF SAM) and sweet dimwitted Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson HAMLET). with nothing to lose and buried loot to regain - before it s lost 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.