Brothers Movie Sneak Peak Starring Natalie Portman THIS VIDEO AUTHORIZED TO US AND PROVIDED TO US COURTESY Lions Gate Films Inc
"By dramatizing Sam's ordeal, Sheridan robs it of the potency it would have if we were forced to imagine it. Instead, as Sam tries to return to normal life, he's a stereotypical time bomb on a short fuse, because we know his horrible secret. There's no question that he'll do something that potentially puts all of their lives in danger -- it's just a question of when. He's so twisted up that, having betrayed his own ideals under threat of death, he assumes everyone else is betraying him, too.The suspense of the scenes with him, Portman and Gyllenhaal is terrific. Though both Tommy and Grace deny it, Sam is convinced they have cheated on him -- if they aren't still. The three actors give genuinely thoughtful performances, as the script allows". Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
"Gyllenhaal admits that he was very challenged by the script (“Brothers” is a remake of the Danish language film “Brodre,” this time directed by an Irishman).“Just coming from Ireland it was interesting how Jim thought my character would act compared to my own American take,” Gyllenhaal says. “There’s a moment in the film when Natalie’s character tells mine that my brother is dead, and Jim suggested I fall on the ground and make snow angels. I said to him very quietly I don’t know if an American would react like that.”For Maguire, the decision to get involved in “Brothers” was down to the strength of the script and the talent involved.
“I wanted to do a film that shines a light on a subject that we don’t really talk enough about,” he says.“My character is all buttoned up and quiet about his war experiences. I think he doesn’t relate that well to his wife and children, and I think he’s living a facsimile of a life. He’s much more at home with his military family and much more comfortable at war. And it’s killing him.” Source: www.irishcentral.com
"It's there in one early scene, as the Cahill family sits down to a tense dinner. One brother — Gyllenhaal's Tommy — is just out of prison (and we don't find out for a long time why he was there). The other — Maguire's Sam, a Marine captain — is off to Afghanistan again, and eager for it. Once there, he ponders how it "almost feels like home." Portman, as Sam's wife Grace, is the anchor who keeps the family in place: her small daughters, Isabelle (Bailee Madison) and Maggie (Taylor Geare); her father-in-law Hank (Sam Shepard), an ex-Marine himself; and her mother-in-law Elsie (Mare Winningham). Source: www.charlestoncitypaper.com
Stills of Jake Gyllenhaal, Tobey Maguire and Natalie Portman in "Brothers". Source: www.epixhd.com
With whom of these two gentlemen would you prefer to go out/sleep? Jake Gyllenhaal or Tobey Maguire? Were the kissing scenes with Jake the best for Natalie Portman in "Brothers? Jake thought so!
"Natalie Portman is faced with a tough choice -- Jake Gyllenhaal or Tobey Maguire? Maguire plays her husband, a soldier who is believed killed in the war in the Middle East, and Gyllenhaal plays Maguire's brother, who comforts his sibling's wife and daughters. Gyllenhaal and Portman fall in love -- naturally, because, look at them -- but when Maguire is discovered alive, he returns home and finds that his family has moved on without him. Portman has kids with Maguire, and Maguire may have a little bit of post-traumatic something-something going on, which makes the decision a lot more complicated than a simple one-or-the-other choice, but seeing the two in romantic competition with each other got us thinking: Who would we choose, given the choice between all of the characters each actor has played? We paired up logical competitors from Tobey's and Jake's resumes and called out their pros and cons for a romantic, cinematic battle for the ages. Peter Parker (Spider-Man) vs. Sam Hall (The Day After Tomorrow) Peter: Spins a web any size; constantly late to the theater.Sam: Outraces cold weather; lives in frozen library. Winner: Peter! (Though if Gyllenhaal had taken over for Maguire in this role, like it was speculated, it would have been a tie, or much more complicated.) David (Pleasantville) vs. Donnie Darko (Donnie Darko) David: Can travel into old television shows, interested in art: watches a lot of television shows. Darko: Can travel through time and space, interested in philosophy; may be a sociopath. Winner: David! Homer Wells (The Cider House Rules) vs. Jimmy Livingston (Bubble Boy) Homer: Is trained to perform abortions if necessary; lives in an orphanage.Jimmy: Will pursue his true love to the ends of the earth; lives in a plastic bubble. Winner: Jimmy! Red Pollard (Seabiscuit) vs. Jack Twist (Brokeback Mountain)Red: Successfully jockey; prone to injury, partially blind in one eye.Jack: Successful rodeo rider; prone to infidelity, bi-curious. Winner: Red! James Leer (Wonder Boys) vs. Robert Graysmith (Zodiac)James: Talented writer; compulsive liar, killer of dogs.Robert: Talented cartoonist; compulsive investigator of serial killers. Winner: Robert! Source: www.teleisionwithoutpity.com
Reese Witherspoon at The Houses of Parliament (the London Eye and Westminster Bridge in the background), London, where she spoke out against "pandemic" domestic violence on 2nd December, 2009. Reese said there was an "inpenetrable wall of silence around violence" and she "cannot tell you a person that I've met on earth who hasn't had this experience". Is Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon's relationship on the rocks or are they just rumours?
"Although reps for Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal denied to People magazine that the couple split, a Sunday visit by Jake’s assistant to Reese’s place suggests otherwise. After arriving at 7 p.m., X17 reports, the lackey spent 15 minutes inside before emerging with two pieces of luggage, which she then schlepped to Jake’s.
“She looked like she had a job to do”, paparazzi who witnessed the stop-by said. “She was in and out very quickly, and she had two bags with her in the car when she left.” Caught red-handed with the smoking ... suitcases? Source: www.sfexaminer.com
A scene of "Brothers", featuring a meltdown by Tobey Maguire opposite Natalie Portman.
Natalie Portman, Jim Sheridan and Tobey Maguire attend the Cinema Society and DKNY Men screening of "Brothers" after party at Abe & Arthur's on November 22, 2009 in New York City.
"It was such a fantastic opportunity because so many parts written for females my age are just, like, the cute, girlish love interest. To get to play a real woman who's really strong and a good mother was really a great opportunity. It was not that challenging to be mother-ish because I have the most maternal mom in the world. So I've had a role model for my entire life.""I feel like I'm coming into my womanhood, and I'm less afraid or maybe I'm just getting old. I think about having kids, but I think you can't plan for that sort of thing. It's not like you can work at it."But she wouldn't send her kids to war. "I could not do it myself. But, I also think that in the world we live in, in certain countries, you can't not have an army. Obviously, I'm referring specifically to Israel. I think if Israel didn't have an army, it wouldn't exist. That's a hypothesis I really wouldn't want to test, like the Israelis going, 'OK, let's just try it out and not have an army and see what happens." Source: www.parade.com
"By dramatizing Sam's ordeal, Sheridan robs it of the potency it would have if we were forced to imagine it. Instead, as Sam tries to return to normal life, he's a stereotypical time bomb on a short fuse, because we know his horrible secret. There's no question that he'll do something that potentially puts all of their lives in danger -- it's just a question of when.
He's so twisted up that, having betrayed his own ideals under threat of death, he assumes everyone else is betraying him, too.
The suspense of the scenes with him, Portman and Gyllenhaal is terrific.
Though both Tommy and Grace deny it, Sam is convinced they have cheated on him -- if they aren't still. The three actors give genuinely thoughtful performances, as the script allows". Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
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