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A young man comforts his older brother's wife and children after he goes missing in Afghanistan.  
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Before leaving on his second tour in Afghanistan, Marine Captain Sam Cahill, a leader, an athlete, a good husband and father, welcomes his screw-up brother Tommy home from prison. He'd robbed a bank. In country, Sam's helicopter is shot down and all are presumed dead. Back home, while Sam wastes away as a prisoner in a remote encampment, Tommy tries to take care of the widow and her two children. While imprisoned, Sam experiences horrors unbearable, so when he's rescued and returns home, he's silent, detached, without affect, and he's convinced his wife and brother have slept together. Demons of war possess him; what will silence them?
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director = [[Jim Sheridan]]
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writer = [[David Benioff]] (screenplay), [[Susanne Bier]] (motion picture "Brødre") and [[Anders Thomas Jensen]] (motion picture "Brødre")
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time = 1h 45min
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composer = [[Thomas Newman]]
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* [[Tobey Maguire]] as Capt. Sam Cahill
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* [[Jake Gyllenhaal]] as Tommy Cahill
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* [[Natalie Portman]] as Grace Cahill
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* [[Sam Shepard]] as Hank Cahill
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* [[Mare Winningham]] as Elsie Cahill
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* [[Bailee Madison]] as Isabelle Cahill
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* [[Taylor Geare]] as Maggie Cahill
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* [[Patrick John Flueger]] as Private Joe Willis (as Patrick Flueger)
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* [[Clifton Collins Jr.]] as Major Cavazos
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* [[Carey Mulligan]] as Cassie Willis
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* [[Omid Abtahi]] as Yusuf
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* [[Navid Negahban]] as Murad
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* [[Ethan Suplee]] as Sweeney
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* [[Arron Shiver]] as A.J.
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* [[Ray Prewitt]] as Owen
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* [[Jenny Wade]] as Tina
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* [[Southpaw (2015)]]
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* [[End of Watch (2012)]]
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* [[Source Code (2011)]]
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* [[Love & Other Drugs (2010)]]
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* [[Rendition (2007)]]
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* [[Jake Gyllenhaal]] learned of the death of his close friend [[Heath Ledger]] while he was in the middle of shooting a scene for this film. Gyllenhaal immediately walked off set, and returned to finish the scene two days later. He then took a longer bereavement leave before he was ready to continue with the rest of his scenes.
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* During one intense early prison scene, Gyllenhaal jokingly reached into his pocket and took out a picture of Ledger to stick on the prison wall. "Like those prisoners put [loved ones] on the wall, but Jake's was Heath Ledger," one set source recalls. "That was hilarious. It was a nice moment." (This was before Ledger's death).
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Latest revision as of 12:26, 3 February 2023

Brothers (2009)

About

Before leaving on his second tour in Afghanistan, Marine Captain Sam Cahill, a leader, an athlete, a good husband and father, welcomes his screw-up brother Tommy home from prison. He'd robbed a bank. In country, Sam's helicopter is shot down and all are presumed dead. Back home, while Sam wastes away as a prisoner in a remote encampment, Tommy tries to take care of the widow and her two children. While imprisoned, Sam experiences horrors unbearable, so when he's rescued and returns home, he's silent, detached, without affect, and he's convinced his wife and brother have slept together. Demons of war possess him; what will silence them?

Details

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Director: Jim Sheridan

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Writer/Screenplay: David Benioff (screenplay), Susanne Bier (motion picture "Brødre") and Anders Thomas Jensen (motion picture "Brødre")

Running time: 1h 45min

Certificate: R

Budget: $26,000,000 (estimated)

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Genre:

Released: 4 December 2009 (USA)

Music Composer: Thomas Newman

Cast

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Franchise

  • Brothers (2009)

Related

Trivia

  • Jake Gyllenhaal learned of the death of his close friend Heath Ledger while he was in the middle of shooting a scene for this film. Gyllenhaal immediately walked off set, and returned to finish the scene two days later. He then took a longer bereavement leave before he was ready to continue with the rest of his scenes.
  • Originally, Jake Gyllenhaal wanted to play Sam and Tobey Maguire wanted to play Tommy. Jim Sheridan did not feel Maguire was convincing enough to play the "bad" brother, so they switched roles.
  • During one intense early prison scene, Gyllenhaal jokingly reached into his pocket and took out a picture of Ledger to stick on the prison wall. "Like those prisoners put [loved ones] on the wall, but Jake's was Heath Ledger," one set source recalls. "That was hilarious. It was a nice moment." (This was before Ledger's death).

Critical Reception

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Reviews

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Links

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Imagine being able to sit down at a piano and just PLAY – Ballads, Pop, Blues, Jazz, Ragtime, even amazing Classical pieces? Now you can… and you can do it in months not years without wasting money, time and effort on traditional Piano Lessons.