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Jim Sheridan's long-delayed Brothers, initially regarded as a 12.4.08 release before being bumped into '09, finally has a trailer up and running. Once upon a time the expectations for this domestic drama were very high, at least for the Sheridan fans among us. I couldn't wait to see it, but the stalls and duck-outs have persuaded most of us that something must be wrong.

As noted several times before on HE, Brothers is a remake of Susanne Bier's 2004 Danish-language original about a younger "bad" brother (Jake Gyllenhaal in Sheridan's version) stepping into the familial shoes of his older "good" brother (Tobwet Maguire) after the latter disappears during an enemy skirmish in Afghanistan.

Natalie Portman plays the wife-mother whose loyalties shift, or at least adapt to new realities. Sam Shepard plays the gruff and disapproving pater familias, the father of Gyllenhaal and Maguire. David Benioff (The Kite Runner, The 25th Hour) adapted the screenplay.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on July 3, 2009 at 1:56 PM

comment #1

Rod32303 says ...

Or, maybe they fine tuned it so that it will be brilliant? Looks fuckin awesome to me.

Posted by Rod32303 at July 3, 2009 2:21 PM

comment #2

BurmaShave says ...

The last 30 seconds or so of that trailer are a disaster, reminds me of RESERVATION ROAD, but besides that I have some reserved hopes. The use of U2's Bad is hackneyed but never unwelcome. Always gets chills from that song for some reason.

Also it's amazing we've been fighting that war so long that a remake of a Danish film from 2004 could be based around the same conflict.

Posted by BurmaShave at July 3, 2009 2:23 PM

comment #3

George Prager says ...

Sheridan is a hack.

Posted by George Prager at July 3, 2009 2:26 PM

comment #4

BurmaShave says ...

Sorry George, but that's you at your most ridiculous. The direction his career has taken since IN AMERICA is certainly troubling, but the man who directed MY LEFT FOOT and IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER is certainly not a hack.

Why do I feel like you've tried to get a rise out of people with that statement before?

Posted by BurmaShave at July 3, 2009 2:44 PM

comment #5

Rod32303 says ...

Fuck the Haters, Prager.

Posted by Rod32303 at July 3, 2009 2:47 PM

comment #6

Asokan says ...

Uhm, is Maguire doing the Christian Bale-method-thing here? And why is probably about 2/3 of the freakin' movie already in the trailer?! Didn't see the original, but doubt it was this melodramatic.

Posted by Asokan at July 3, 2009 2:53 PM

comment #7

George Prager says ...

He got some good material and struck lightning twice. Sixteen years later, he's doing 50Cent movies. He once was a workmanlike director of good material, now he's a hack trying to make a buck. Maybe he can direct SPECIES VI or a remake of PROPHECY.

Posted by George Prager at July 3, 2009 2:55 PM

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vansmith says ...

You try to scream and terror takes your voice before you make it...GIRL, you close your eyes and hear a creature creeping up behind your'e terrified, cause its a THRILLER, THRILLER NIGHT

i was in a rauckus sports bar on sunset last night they were rocking out all night, van halen, ac dc, etc all of a sudden they threw on Thriller the place went crazy, grown drunk men were singing it word for word like Vikings on a ship..right up to the first chorus...it was awesome...

Posted by vansmith at July 3, 2009 3:04 PM

comment #9

George Prager says ...

Maybe Jim Sheridan can make a movie out of that.

Posted by George Prager at July 3, 2009 3:06 PM

comment #10

VoiceOfReason says ...

That looks a lot better than I expected. Crazy Tobey going all Jack Torrance could be interesting.

Posted by VoiceOfReason at July 3, 2009 3:27 PM

comment #11

COCO says ...

Tobey yes.....Portman....yes.
I will see this....on a Sunday...afternoon show....
no popcorn....so I can listen to the pain.

Posted by COCO at July 3, 2009 3:48 PM

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Cde. says ...

Having seen the Danish original, I can confirm that this looks exactly like it, minus the dogme-influenced shaky-cam aesthetics.
I can also confirm that this trailer gives away almost the entire film.

And why is probably about 2/3 of the freakin' movie already in the trailer?! Didn't see the original, but doubt it was this melodramatic.
The original was a melodrama, unashamedly. That's what Susanne Bier does.

Posted by Cde. at July 3, 2009 5:18 PM

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dogcatcher says ...

What's "wrong" is that Relativity (which financed and owns the film) was holding out for that distribution deal (this is the first film to come from that agreement) with Lionsgate.

I think they're going to give the film a big time awards-season release. After all, would they release the film on December 5th if they thought something was "wrong" with the picture.

It looks good, but I do agree that the trailer gives way too much away.

Posted by dogcatcher at July 3, 2009 7:43 PM

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Mark B says ...

I saw the original Danish film a couple of months ago and was thoroughly entranced by it. If Sheridan has resisted the urge to mess with a good thing by not watering down the plot, the characters or the tone of the piece then I'm all for that, of course. However, I have no great desire to see a shot-by-shot remake of a film I already admire, either.

Posted by Mark B at July 4, 2009 12:23 PM