Sullivans travels
Director Sullivan, played by Joel Mcrae decides he wants to make the 'worthy' adaptation of O'brother where art thou. As he's from a wealthy background and has no experience of poverty he decides to dress up as a tramp and hit the streets (accompanied by the lovely Veronica lake) he discovers the reality is far grimmer than he had imagined, but it may be to late to escape!
Sullivans travels is a genuinely funny and humane film that manages to squeeze in some truley dark moments as well. As per usual with Preston Sturges films the dialogue is fired off at a brisk pace and there are plenty of solid performances to reccomend.
The film itself is still relevant today, what with the growing gap between rich and poor, and the trend with some directors to continually need to deliver 'oscar bait' rather than actually entertain its audience.
The Arrow Blu-ray is loaded with great extras as well and comes highly reccomended.
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