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Brothers
When 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.
2009 · Directed by Jim Sheridan · 105 min · Drama · Thriller · War · 13 frames
Tagline
There are two sides to every family.
Crew
- Screenplay: David Benioff
- Written by: Susanne Bier, Anders Thomas Jensen
- Cinematography: Frederick Elmes
- Edited by: Jay Cassidy
- Music: Thomas Newman
- Production design: Tony Fanning
- Produced by: Mark Fischer, Sigurjón Sighvatsson, Ryan Kavanaugh, Ken Halsband
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
- Taylor Geare as Maggie Cahill
- Patrick John Flueger as Private Joe Willis
- Clifton Collins Jr. as Major Cavazos
- Carey Mulligan as Cassie Willis
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Lionsgate, Relativity Media, Sighvatsson Films, Michael De Luca Productions
- Budget: $26,000,000
- Box office: $43,500,000
- Themes: sibling relationship, loss of loved one, brother-in-law, afghanistan war (2001-2021), remake, sister-in-law, wistful
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