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Sam Cahill (Tobey Maguire) and Tommy Cahill (Jake Gyllenhaal) are brothers. A Marine captain about to embark on his fourth tour of duty, Sam is a steadfast family man married to his high school sweetheart, Grace (Natalie Portman), with whom he has two young daughters, Isabelle and Maggie (Bailee Madison, Taylor Grace Geare).
Based on the Danish film, Brødre, Tobey Maguire plays Sam Cahill, a marine who goes off to Afghanistan and allegedly is killed in action. His brother Tommy, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, an ex-con, winds up looking after Sam's wife, Grace (Natalie Portman) and her daughters.
Dec 4, 2009 · Brothers: Directed by Jim Sheridan. With Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Sam Shepard. While on tour in Afghanistan, Sam's helicopter is shot down and he is presumed dead. Back home, it is his screw-up brother who looks after the family.
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- Drama, Thriller, War
- Jim Sheridan
- 2009-12-04
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Dec 3, 2009 · The brothers in “Brothers” are Tommy and Sam Cahill, a reckless ne’er-do-well and a solid citizen who swap temperaments in the middle of the film. At the beginning, a twitchy, sullen Tommy...
- Jim Sheridan
Dec 2, 2009 · "Brothers” is the new film by Jim Sheridan, a director who has a sure hand with stories about families (“ In America ” “In the Name of the Father,” “ The Boxer ”). This one is about a family twisted from its natural form when the father leaves for service in Afghanistan just after his brother comes home from prison.
Bailee Madison as Isabelle Cahill, Sam & Grace's older daughter and Tommy's niece; Taylor Geare as Margaret "Maggie" Cahill, Sam & Grace's younger daughter and Tommy's niece; Patrick Flueger as Pvt. Joseph "Joe" Willis; Clifton Collins Jr. as Maj. Cavazos; Carey Mulligan as Cassie Willis, Joe's wife; Omid Abtahi as Yusuf; Ethan Suplee as Sweeney
Dec 4, 2009 · 'The Truth' Media no longer available. In Brothers, a remake of a 2004 film by the Danish director Susanne Bier, Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal are Sam and Tommy Cahill. Sam is a Marine...
