Also set in the 1930's, this deep-southern musical is the most inventive retelling of Homer's Odyssey. Cheeky and hilarious, the film featured a brilliant cast headlined by George Clooney as the irrepressible Ulysses Everett McGill.

Ulysses: What'd the devil give you for your soul, Tommy?
Tommy: Well, he taught me to play this guitar real good.
Delmar: Oh son, for that you sold your everlastin' soul?
Tommy: Well, I wasn't usin' it

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