The Brothers Bloom
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| The Brothers Bloom | |
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| Directed by | Rian Johnson |
| Produced by | Wendy Japhet Ram Bergman James D. Stern |
| Written by | Rian Johnson |
| Starring | Mark Ruffalo Adrien Brody Rachel Weisz Rinko Kikuchi Andy Nyman Maximillian Schell Nora Zehetner |
| Music by | Nathan Johnson |
| Cinematography | Steve Yedlin |
| Distributed by | The Weinstein Company |
| Release date(s) | October 28 2008 United States |
| Language | English |
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The Brothers Bloom is a 2008 crime drama written and directed by Rian Johnson and stars Mark Ruffalo, Adrien Brody, Rachel Weisz, Zachary Gordon, Nora Zehetner and Rinko Kikuchi. Shooting began in Belgrade, Serbia on March 19, 2007 and ended recently. The film is budgeted at $20 million USD.
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[edit] Plot summary
The world's greatest con men, the Brothers Bloom, have made a living off of swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Stephen (Ruffalo) and Bloom (Brody), and their silent partner and sidekick Bang-Bang (Kikuchi) team up for one last job, conning beautiful heiress Penelope (Weisz) by taking her on a tour of the world and relieving her of $1.75 million. On the way, Bloom falls for Penelope, which complicates the con severely.
[edit] Production
The original script was titled "Penelope" after Weisz's character. The film's narration begins with a short poem:
As far as con man stories go, I must have heard them all.
Of ropers, grifters, faro fixers, tales drawn long and tall...
but if one bears a bookmark in the confidence man's tome
twould be that of Penelope, and of the Brothers Bloom."—Rian Johnson[1]
Director Rian Johnson's cousin, musician Nathan Johnson, will be composing the score for the film as he did on Johnson's directorial debut, Brick (2005).
Starting in early May, Ain't It Cool News writer Quint has been providing set reports that detail the production of the film. The third and apparently final report was posted on May 25th.
