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Will Jim Sheridan's 'Brothers' movie command 2009 Oscar nods?
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Poster for Brothers to be released on
December 4, 2009 (from Wikipedia).
According to pop-culture pundit Pete Hammond, Jim Sheridan, the director of the movie Brothers which is due in theaters December 4, 2009:
...received a tremendous ovation Sunday afternoon when he was introduced for a Q&A after a very well-received Directors Guild of America screening. The free-wheeling director engaged in a refreshingly honest and thoughtful conversation about the film's bumpy journey to being remade.
The original upon which Brothers is based is the 2004 Danish film Brødre written by Susanne Bier and Anders Thomas Jensen which was directed by Bier. Brødre tells the story of a heroic older brother who serves in Afghanistan, his polar opposite younger brother and the woman who loves them both. Whereas Brødre was shot in Copenhagen with Spain standing in for Afghanistan, the bulk of Brothers was shot in New Mexico.
A six-time Academy Award nominee, Sheridan is best known for his work directing In America and In the Name of the Father. Brothers has a first-rate cast, as well: Toby Maguire as the soldier, Jake Gyllenhaal as his sibling and Natalie Portman as the wife and sister-in-law.
Brothers looks incredibly compelling and powerful, especially so given the recent tragedy at Fort Hood. After viewing the trailer below, it is quite easy to understand why Maguire recently told the LA Times the role took a toll on him:
I lost a lot of my joy while doing the movie. I wasn't even aware of it. I don't mean it to sound goofy or artsy or something, but two days before we wrapped, I started telling some jokes and laughing, whatever, and it was like a release for me. I hadn't done that in, like, two months.
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