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I'll tell you what I amI am the paterfamilias and you can't marry him
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O Brother, Where Art Thou?

I'll tell you what I am - I'm the damn paterfamilias! You can't marry him!

Ulysses Everett McGill:
I'll tell you what I am - I'm the damn paterfamilias! You can't marry him!

Full Transcript

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I'll tell you what I am
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I am the paterfamilias and you can't marry him
Available in 6 languages
Duration
7 seconds
Views
3,898
Timestamp in Movie
01:03:31
Uploaded
Feb 28, 2026
Genres
adventure, comedy, crime
Production
Touchstone Pictures,Universal Pictures,StudioCanal,Working Title Films,Mike Zoss Productions

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Movie Summary

In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.

Actors

George Clooney
Ulysses Everett Mcgill
George Clooney
Holly Hunter
Penny
Holly Hunter
I can I am and I will tomorrow - O Brother, Where Art Thou? 00:05
I can I am and I will tomorrow
I got to think about the little Wharvey galsThey look to me for answersVernon can support 'emand buy 'em lessons on the clarinet - O Brother, Where Art Thou? 00:08
I got to think about the little Wharvey galsThey look to me...
The only good thing you ever did for the galswas get hit by that train - O Brother, Where Art Thou? 00:05
The only good thing you ever did for the galswas get hit by...
Why you lying unconstant succubusVernon Whoa whoa whoaYou can't swear at my fianceeOh yeahWell you can't marry my wife - O Brother, Where Art Thou? 00:15
Why you lying unconstant succubusVernon Whoa whoa whoaYou...
Who is that man? - O Brother, Where Art Thou? 00:25
Who is that man?
Who is that manYellingHe's not my husbandJust a drifter I guessJust some no account drifter - O Brother, Where Art Thou? 00:12
Who is that manYellingHe's not my husbandJust a drifter...
And stay out of Woolworth's - O Brother, Where Art Thou? 00:04
And stay out of Woolworth's
Woman: I'll bet she does imitations, too. - O Brother, Where Art Thou? 00:58
Woman: I'll bet she does imitations, too.
Everett I never figured you for a paterfamiliasOhh yes I have spread my seed - O Brother, Where Art Thou? 00:10
Everett I never figured you for a paterfamiliasOhh yes I...
Guard: Okay, boys. - O Brother, Where Art Thou? 00:09
Guard: Okay, boys.
Pete: Do... - O Brother, Where Art Thou? 00:37
Pete: Do...
Do notseek the treasure - O Brother, Where Art Thou? 00:07
Do notseek the treasure
We thought you wasa toadSoftly We thoughtyou was a toad - O Brother, Where Art Thou? 00:20
We thought you wasa toadSoftly We thoughtyou was a toad
We... thought... you... was... a toad. - O Brother, Where Art Thou? 00:19
We... thought... you... was... a toad.
We can hire us a little fellaeven smaller than Stokes'sYou slump shouldered sack of nutsWhy we'd look like a bunch of Johnny come latelysbreakin' out our own midgetDon't matter how stumpy - O Brother, Where Art Thou? 00:15
We can hire us a little fellaeven smaller than...
People think Stokes has got fresh ideasHe's au courant and we're the past - O Brother, Where Art Thou? 00:07
People think Stokes has got fresh ideasHe's au courant...
Reason why he's pulling our pants downGonna paddle a little behindAin't gonna paddle it Gonna kick it Real hardMan No I believe he's gonna paddle itI don't believe that's a proper descriptionWell that's how I'd characterize itI believe it's more of a - O Brother, Where Art Thou? 00:17
Reason why he's pulling our pants downGonna paddle a...
We didn't abandon you PeteWe just thought you was a toadNo they never did turn me into a toadWell that was our mistake then - O Brother, Where Art Thou? 00:12
We didn't abandon you PeteWe just thought you was a...
And we was beat up by a bible salesmanand banished from WoolworthsI don't know EverettWas it the one branch or all of them - O Brother, Where Art Thou? 00:10
And we was beat up by a bible salesmanand banished from...
You ruined my lifeChoking I do apologize about that Pete - O Brother, Where Art Thou? 00:07
You ruined my lifeChoking I do apologize about that Pete