Lionsgate Releases a Dream of Brothers Clips by Reg Seeton
Ahead
of the December 4 release of Brothers, starring
Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Natalie Portman,
Lionsgate has released a slew of new clips for
the upcoming war drama about two brothers whose
life roles are reversed when one of the brothers
is presumed dead in Afghanistan. Directed by six
time Academy Award nominee, Jim Sheridan (My Left
Foot, In the Name of the Father), and penned by
David Benioff (The Kite Runner, X-Men Origins:
Wolverine), Brothers offers fans one of the more
dramatically complex and emotionally powerful
war stories to come down the pike centered around
the fallout of a brother who finally accepts responsibility
in life as he steps in to take care of his brother's
family only to see his brother return to a life
he now assumes.
With buzz ramping up around Brothers, Lionsgate has recently release three
new Brothers clips in the form of "I'm No Hero",
"Kiss", and "The Dream".
Brothers - "The Dream"
BROTHERS tells the powerful story of two siblings,
thirty-something Captain Sam Cahill (Tobey Maguire)
and younger brother Tommy Cahill (Jake Gyllenhaal),
who are polar opposites. A Marine about to embark
on his fourth tour of duty, Sam is a steadfast
family man married to his high school sweetheart,
the aptly named Grace (Natalie Portman), with
whom he has two young daughters (Bailee Madison,
Taylor Grace Geare). Tommy, his charismatic
younger brother, is a drifter just out of jail
who’s always gotten by on wit and charm. He
slides easily into his role as family provocateur
on his first night out of prison, at Sam’s farewell
dinner with their parents, Elsie (Mare Winningham)
and Hank Cahill (Sam Shepard), a retired Marine.
Shipped
out to Afghanistan, Sam is presumed dead when
his Black Hawk helicopter is shot down in the
mountains. At home in suburbia, the Cahill family
suddenly faces a shocking void, and Tommy tries
to fill in for his brother by assuming newfound
responsibility for himself, Grace, and the children.
But Sam is not dead; he and a fellow soldier
have been captured by Taliban fighters. In Afghanistan’s
harsh, remote Pamir Mountains, Sam is subjected
to traumas that threaten to rob him of his very
humanity. At the same time that Sam’s sense
of self is being destroyed overseas, Tommy’s
self-image is strengthening at home. And in
the grief and strangeness of their new lives,
Grace and Tommy are naturally drawn together.
Their longstanding frostiness dissolves, but
both are frightened and ashamed of the mutual
attraction that has replaced it.
When Sam unexpectedly returns to the States,
a nervous mood settles over the family. Sam,
uncharacteristically withdrawn and volatile,
grows suspicious of his brother and his wife.
Their familiar roles now nearly reversed, Sam
and Tommy end up facing the ultimate physical
and mental challenge when they confront each
other. In the shifting family dynamics, who
will dominate? And how will the brothers come
to terms with issues of love, loyalty, and manhood—and
with the woman caught between them?
Ahead
of the December 4 release of Brothers, starring
Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Natalie Portman,
Lionsgate has released a slew of new clips for
the upcoming war drama about two brothers whose
life roles are reversed when one of the brothers
is presumed dead in Afghanistan. Directed by six
time Academy Award nominee, Jim Sheridan (My Left
Foot, In the Name of the Father), and penned by
David Benioff (The Kite Runner, X-Men Origins:
Wolverine), Brothers offers fans one of the more
dramatically complex and emotionally powerful
war stories to come down the pike centered around
the fallout of a brother who finally accepts responsibility
in life as he steps in to take care of his brother's
family only to see his brother return to a life
he now assumes.
Shipped
out to Afghanistan, Sam is presumed dead when
his Black Hawk helicopter is shot down in the
mountains. At home in suburbia, the Cahill family
suddenly faces a shocking void, and Tommy tries
to fill in for his brother by assuming newfound
responsibility for himself, Grace, and the children.