Brothers
- Director: Jim Sheridan
- Writer: David Benioff; Susanne Bier
- Producer: Matt Battaglia; Michael De Luca
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Re-make of the 2004 Danish film...
Adequate...but, it is an inferior re-make that needn't have been re-made - the usual from Hollywood.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
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?
Cast & Characters
Jake Gyllenhaal as Tommy Cahill;
Natalie Portman as Grace Cahill;
Tobey Maguire as Capt. Sam Cahill;
Clifton Collins Jr. as Major Cavazos;
Bailee Madison as Isabelle Cahill;
Sam Shepard as Hank Cahill;
Mare Winningham as Elsie Cahill;
Taylor Geare as Maggie Cahill;
Patrick Flueger as Private Joe Willis;
Jenny Wade as Tina;
Carey Mulligan as Cassie Willis;
Omid Abtahi as Yusuf;
Navid Negahban as Murad;
Ethan Suplee as Sweeney;
Arron Shiver as A.J.