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Brothers
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Brothers is an American thriller, drama and war film directed by Jim Sheridan and based on a work of the same name, with a screenplay by David Benioff, Anders Thomas Jensen and Susanne Bier. Its main subject is incest, and it starred Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman and Sam Shepard, with cinematography by Frederick Elmes, editing by Jay Cassidy and a score by Thomas Newman.
Set in Afghanistan and filmed in New Mexico, the film was produced by Michael De Luca and Ryan Kavanaugh for Relativity Media, released in 2009 with a budget of 26,000,000 dollars and revenue of 43,500,000 dollars. It was distributed by Starz Entertainment and Netflix on video on demand.
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Film · TMDB
7.3When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife, Grace, and two children. Sam’s surprise homecoming triggers domestic mayhem.
Cast
- Tobey Maguire as Capt. Sam Cahill
- Jake Gyllenhaal as Tommy Cahill
- Natalie Portman as Grace Cahill
- Sam Shepard as Hank Cahill
- Mare Winningham as Elsie Cahill
- Bailee Madison as Isabelle Cahill
Themes
- sibling relationship
- loss of loved one
- brother-in-law
- afghanistan war (2001-2021)
- remake
- sister-in-law
- wistful
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
170,197 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
63%
Metacritic
58/100
- Year
- 2009
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, War
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 4 wins & 16 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Jim Sheridan
- Screenplay by
- David Benioff
- Based on
- Brødre , by Susanne Bier and Anders Thomas Jensen
- Produced by
- Michael De Luca Sigurjón Sighvatsson Ryan Kavanaugh
- Starring
- Tobey Maguire Jake Gyllenhaal Natalie Portman Sam Shepard Clifton Collins Jr. Mare Winningham
- Cinematography
- Frederick Elmes
- Edited by
- Jay Cassidy
- Music by
- Thomas Newman
- Production companies
- Relativity Media Michael De Luca Productions Sighvatsson Films
- Distributed by
- Lionsgate
- Release date
- December 4, 2009 ( 2009-12-04 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 105 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- English Pashto
- Budget
- $26 million
- Box office
- $43.5 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Brothers
- Main subject
- incest
- Director
- Jim Sheridan
- Screenwriter
- Susanne Bier
- Cast member
- Omid Abtahi
- Composer
- Thomas Newman
- Producer
- Ryan Kavanaugh
- Cinematographer
- Frederick Elmes
- Narrative location
- Afghanistan
- Filming location
- New Mexico
- Duration
- 100
- FilmAffinity ID
- 939029
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.brothersfilm.com
Show 9 more facts
- publication date
- 2011-01-27
- title
- Brothers
- film editor
- Jay Cassidy
- distributed by
- Netflix
- translator
- Romania
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- different from
- Brothers
- review score
- 63%
- Commons category
- Brothers (2009 film)
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Encyclopedic overview
Brothers is a 2009 American psychological thriller war film directed by Jim Sheridan and written by David Benioff. The film is a remake of the 2004 Danish film by Susanne Bier, and both films take inspiration from the epic poem Odyssey by Homer. The film stars Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Sam Shepard, Clifton Collins Jr., and Mare Winningham. The film follows Captain Sam Cahill, a USMC officer who is captured by the Taliban after he is presumably killed in the war in Afghanistan. Upon being rescued and reunited with his brother Tommy and wife Grace, he has severe PTSD as he struggles to reintegrate into society.
Brothers was theatrically released in the United States on December 4, 2009, by Lionsgate, and received mixed reviews from critics, although Maguire's acting was praised. The film grossed $45 million against a $26 million budget. The film was nominated for Best Actor for Maguire and Best Original Song for "Winter", performed by U2, at the 67th Golden Globe Awards.
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