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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.
- (140K)
- Drama, Thriller, War
- Jim Sheridan
- 2009-12-04
Brothers is a 2009 American psychological thriller war film directed by Jim Sheridan and written by David Benioff. A remake of the 2004 Danish film , it follows Captain Sam Cahill (portrayed by Tobey Maguire ), a presumed-dead prisoner of the War in Afghanistan who deals with extreme PTSD while reintegrating into society following his release ...
- $26 million
- Thomas Newman
- December 4, 2009
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.
Brothers was released in 2009 and Dream House in 2011. His most recent feature film is The Secret Scripture. He directed the short film 11th Hour at the end of 2016 and produced the documentary Shelter Me. Jim Sheridan's films have achieved popular and critical acclaim throughout the world.
- January 1, 1
- 1.70 m
- Dublin, Ireland
Jim Sheridan (born 6 February 1949) is an Irish playwright and filmmaker. Between 1989 and 1993, Sheridan directed three critically acclaimed films set in Ireland, My Left Foot (1989), The Field (1990), and In the Name of the Father (1993), and later directed the films The Boxer (1997), In America (2003), and Brothers (2009).
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- 6 February 1949 (age 74), Dublin, Ireland
- 1989–present
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Dec 4, 2009 · It plays more like a traditional melodrama than the Susanne Bier film that inspired it, but Jim Sheridan's Brothers benefits from rock-solid performances by its three leads. Read Critics...
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- Drama, War, Mystery & Thriller
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Nov 27, 2009 · Nov. 27, 2009. THE director Jim Sheridan approached his new film, “Brothers,” with a Hippocratic attitude: “Do no harm,” he said with a laugh. “Like a doctor, you know?” Fitting enough, since...
