Trailers for Sheridan's 'Brothers' and Almodovar's 'Broken Embraces'
Video from a pair of potential Oscar contenders
UPDATED: An official version of the trailer for Brothers is now available. Check it out below or in high definition at Apple.
I will never understand why movie studios allow for their trailers to debut on "Entertainment Tonight" with that shoddy logo slathered on the video and an ugly bootlegged version of it showing up online, but that's what we have here when it comes to our first look at Jim Sheridan's Brothers, which stars Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal and Natalie Portman and is set to be released by Lionsgate on December 4. The film was expected to be a potential Oscar contender last year, but didn't make it to theaters and will, instead, make an awards season run this year. The film is a remake of Susan Bier's Danish-language war drama centering on a man (Maguire) who is sent to fight in Afghanistan while his black-sheep brother (Gyllenhaal) cares for his wife and child.
Check out that trailer below and stay tuned as I will add an official version to the site once it becomes available.
Below that is a second international trailer (courtesy of The Guardian) for Pedro Almodovar's Broken Embraces starring Penelope Cruz. The film is described as a four-way tale of amour-fou, shot in the style of '50s American film noir at its most hard-boiled, and will mix references to works like Nicholas Ray's "In a Lonely Place" and Vincente Minnelli's "The Bad and the Beautiful," with signature Almodóvar themes such as Fate, the mystery of creation, guilt, unscrupulous power, the eternal search of fathers for sons, and sons for fathers.
Broken Embraces will be released by Sony Classics on November 6 and is also certain to be discussed in Oscar circles.
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Putting Jake and Tobey in the same movie is annoying as I struggle to tell the pair apart. Though the movie does remind me that Maguire can go beyond Spiderman occasionally.
Brothers feels like a mixed bag of genres…I dunno how it might do come Oscar season. I think Broken Embraces might be better, it certainly looks better.
I completely forgot that "Brothers" was due out this year. Gyllenhaal and Maquire really look their parts and could possibly turn out some great performances. I wasn't really impressed with the rest of this trailer, though…
Also, "Broken Embraces" looks to be another hit for Almodovar. Does anyone remember if there was any word from Cannes on this film?
Brothers looks great!!!
Broken Embraces looks amazing and really when has Penelope Cruz turned in a bad performance in a Almodovar film? (Hell I'm still slightly pissed that she lost that oscar for Volver.)
As for Brothers, still have hope but that trailer was awful (I had a good laugh with that little kid yelling though.) Hopefully I'm wrong and it turns out to be great considering all the talent involved.
"Brothers" looks very compelling despite the fact that this story is rather stereotypical in its plot line. (Soldier lost in battle, brother steps in to help, falls in love with sister-in-law, lost brother found alive, returns, heartache and conflict ensues.)
Jake Gyllenhaal and Tobey Maquire show their strength as actors, the personal authenticity that they are both so good at portraying, the beat for beat that matches the rythmn of real life. I'm not feeling Natalie Portman here because, for one, she seems too young for the role. She looks like a college kid, not the mother of two grade school age children. But this looks like a strong production. They should have rethought the title though, if you search "Brothers" on IMDb, you get a list the length of the screen.
Penelope Cruz is one of the finest actresses working today. But she seems to be specializing in campy, highly emotional roles that freeze frame on her beauty. I'm not feeling this one ("Broken Embraces") and doubt it will find a wide audience.
I love Gyllenhaal more for his looks than for his great acting and Toby lost some weight, that´s a good sign for a good performance. Kidding. Natalie is also a nice actress but she seems always the same to me. I really liked her in "Closer" and "Anywhere But Here".
"Broken Embraces" thats a magnificent titel, it´s worthy to watch, for sure.