Down From The Mountain [2001] | ![Down From The Mountain [2001]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41RMTJJ6QHL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Directors: Chris Hegedus, D.a. Pennebaker, Nick Doob
Actors: Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, Evelyn Cox, Sidney Cox, Suzanne Cox
Studio: Momentum Pictures
Category: Video
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 10815
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Parental Guidance
Media: VHS Tape
Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 98 Minutes
EAN: 5060021176226
ASIN: B00005QX9T
Theatrical Release Date: 2000
Release Date: November 5, 2001
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Amazon.co.uk Review
IDown from the Mountain/I is a treasurable record of a unique event: a live concert from Nashville featuring the artists and songs from the Coen Brothers' film IO Brother, Where Art Thou?/I. Anyone who was delighted by that enchanting film and its traditional Americana soundtrack will find this concert an irresistible delight. It's not just a rehashing of the songs from the film, however, but an opportunity for some of the finest names in Bluegrass to perform a variety of traditional songs. Here we have Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch and Emmylou Harris playing separately before coming together for an Ia cappella/I rendition of "(Didn't Leave) Nobody but the Baby". Bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley chills the spine with his lonesome "O Death", while bluesman Chris Thomas King wails "John Law Burned Down the Liquor Sto'". There are other marvellous performances from old-timey stalwarts The Cox Family and The Whites, more Gospel-infused singing from the Fairfield Four, and impressively authentic fiddling from John Hartford. Oddly, the only song not to be heard is the original film's standout item, "Man of Constant Sorrow". The concert is also available on CD.p BOn the DVD:/B The disc's packaging is misleading, as it only lists 12 songs when there are several more in the concert, all of which are listed and can be accessed from the menu. There's a good 25-minute backstage documentary also included, plus some liner notes from the Coens. --IMark Walker/I
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 Some beautiful music. October 31, 2007
K. Bakker (The Netherlands)
This is a wonderful DVD with well known artists like Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch, good performances as always, but also some less known and well hidden gems: artists like The Cox Family and the Peasall Sisters. I hadn't seen the movie, a friend recommended to listen to the music. Thanks to him, I now own another beautiful piece of very good music. br / br /Worth buying! You won't regret it! br / br /Ciao, Klaas
Delightful February 7, 2005
Joe (London Uk)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I bought this, along with the CD, after hearing some of the recordings on a now disbanded (more's the pity) country radio station in London; of particular interest was Dan Tyminski's 'Man of Constant Sorrow'. It was the music that introduced me to the film 'Oh Brother!' and not the other way around, which seems to be the consensus. The performances by Alison Krauss, Emmylou and Gillian Welch are mesmerising - I don't know which one I'm in love with most! Suzanne Cox has one of the sweetest voices I've ever heard (it's a close run thing with Alison) and is liable to bring a tear to the eye (for the sentimental among us). pJohn Hartford makes for a composed, dry humoured compere: "How many of yo'll DO NOT know who Ralph Stanley is?". I'm sure the 'guilty' were shrinking into their seats (here's your hat, what's your hurry?). It is evident from the audience how enjoyable this performance was. I must agree, to a large extent, with an earlier commentator about backstage flashes during performances being a cause of irritation. While they are insightful, Chris Thomas King's 'John Law' (a fantastic blues track) was ruined by them. A word of warning for Oh Brother fans: the film, somewhat surprisingly, doesn't contain Soggy Bottom Boys' Man of Constant Sorrow; it's on the CD. Nevertheless, this remains a very entertaining DVD and, from my point of view, a worthwhile purchase. The music is timeless and can be enjoyed over and over again. pKeep on the sunny side!
Spellbinding February 5, 2005
Joe (London Uk)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this along with the CD after hearing some of the recordings on a now disbanded country radio station in London (there are now none at all that I know of, more's the pity); of particular interest was Dan Tyminski's 'Man of Constant Sorrow'. It was the music that introduced me to the film 'Oh Brother!' and not the other way around, which seems to be the consensus. The performances by Alison Krauss, Emmylou and Gillian Welch are mesmerising - I don't know which one I'm in love with most! Suzanne Cox has, probably, the sweetest voice I think I've ever heard (it's a close run thing with Alison) and is liable to bring a tear to the eye (for the sentimental among us). pJohn Hartford was the composed, dry humoured compere of a performance I would very much have liked to attend; it is evident from the audience how enjoyable it was. I must agree to some extent with an earlier commentator about backstage flashes during performances causing irritation. While they are insightful, Chris Thomas King's 'John Law' (a fantastic blues track) was ruined by them. Nevertheless, this remains a thoruoughly entertaining DVD and, from my point of view, a worthwhile purchase. The music is timeless and can be enjoyed over and over again. pKeep on the sunnyside!
 Big joys, big frustrations January 31, 2002
35 out of 36 found this review helpful
The inaccuracies (in content and order) on the packaging are irritating, but not as irritating as discovering from the end titles all the other songs that mysteriously failed to appear in the film itself. Presumably this is an edited-for-cinema version of the documentary/concert film, but it's also a huge missed opportunity, specially since the running time is comparatively short (the concert section runs only about an hour) and there are no other added features on the DVD. I wouldn't bother to make these points if the music that's actually here weren't so wonderful. There's nothing here that isn't joyful and treasurable, but the Fairfield Four's Po' Lazarus will make the back of your head prickle. It's all just about enough to stop me taking my complaint further. Five stars for actual content, averaged out with zero for all other aspects.
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