Brothers Bloom
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Brothers Bloom |
| Original title | The Brothers Bloom |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2008 |
| length | 114 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Rian Johnson |
| script | Rian Johnson |
| production |
Ram Bergman , James D. Stern |
| music | Nathan Johnson |
| camera | Steve Yedlin |
| cut | Gabriel Wrye |
| occupation | |
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Brothers Bloom (Original title: The Brothers Bloom ) is an American adventure comedy from 2008 . Directed by Rian Johnson , who also wrote the script.
action
Orphan brothers Stephen and Bloom, who were orphaned at a young age, begin to practice self-confidence as young children. Stephen comes up with elaborate scenarios and creates his first scam to encourage his brother to talk to girls.
25 years later, the brothers are the most successful scammers in the world. They even have a regular accomplice: Bang Bang, a Japanese explosives expert who rarely speaks. However, Bloom is unhappy with being nothing more than an actor in Stephen's schemes. Tired of being nothing more than the characters his brother made up, he wants an "unwritten life". He gives up and moves to Montenegro. Three months later, Stephen finds Bloom and persuades him to hold a final con. Bloom reluctantly agrees. The brothers will disguise themselves as antique dealers and target Penelope Stamp, a wealthy, socially isolated heiress who lives alone in a mansion in New Jersey. Bloom and Penelope meet when Bloom intentionally rides his bike on Penelope's sports car. Penelope reveals that she has been alone most of her life and learned a number of strange hobbies like juggling and playing kung fu. Bloom senses Penelope's thirst for adventure and suggests that he is sailing to Europe tomorrow. The next morning Penelope arrives at the port to sail to Greece with the brothers.
On the ship, Melville, a Belgian hired by Stephen, starts the cheat and tells Penelope that the Bloom brothers are indeed antique smugglers and that he wants their help with a smuggling job in Prague. Penelope is excited about the idea of becoming a smuggler and convinces the brothers to take the job without knowing that this is part of the scam. Meanwhile, Bloom and Penelope attract more and more, but Stephen warns Bloom that if he actually falls in love with Penelope, the cheat will fail. In the hotel bar in Prague, Bloom is visited by the brothers' former mentor and current enemy, Diamond Dog. He warns Bloom that Stephen won't be there forever and tells Bloom to join him. Stephen comes and stabs Diamond Dog in the hand with a broken glass bottle.
In Prague, Melville cheats on Penelope a million dollars and escapes as planned. Penelope still wants to become an antique smuggler and steal the rare book Melville told her about. The brothers ask Bang Bang to fire a small explosive at Prague Castle that sets off the fire alarm and allows Penelope to sneak into the book and steal it. But Penelope accidentally swaps the backpacks with the explosives and they blow up the entire tower, causing panic in Prague. Even so, Penelope enters the museum and steals the book. She is caught but convinces the police chief to let her go. The team goes to Mexico to complete the con. Bloom, who fell in love with Penelope, reveals to her that they are a cheat and the whole adventure was a cheat. Stephen anticipated his brother's change of heart and wrote it in his plan. The brothers fight and a gun accidentally fires, injuring Stephen. Penelope examines the wound, determines it is fake blood, and leaves heartbroken. Bloom beats Stephen and goes to Montenegro again.
Three months later, Penelope finds Bloom, who wants to be with him and become a cheater. Unable to deny his love for her but not wanting her to be like him, Bloom meets with Stephen to form a final con in which they fake their own death. The team goes to St. Petersburg, where they have to sell the rare book to Diamond Dog. They are ambushed by Diamond Dogs gang while they go to exchange. Stephen is kidnapped and held for $ 1.75 million. Bloom suspects this is just another trick by Stephen. Penelope transfers the money from her bank account to the gangsters, just in case. Bang Bang takes this opportunity to stop working for the Bloom brothers. As soon as she pulls away, her car explodes and Penelope and Bloom are unsure if she was involved in the explosion or if she was faking her death. Bloom goes to an abandoned theater to do the exchange and finds Stephen tied up and beaten. Bloom asks Stephen to tell him if this is real or if it's a scam. A killer throws a cell phone to Bloom, and Diamond Dog confirms it's real. The assassin attacks her, and Stephen takes a bullet for Bloom and collapses on the floor. Bloom asks again if this was real or just the "perfect scam". Stephen gets up and assures Bloom that he is fine. Stephen asks Bloom to leave St. Petersburg with Penelope and they will meet again.
Bloom and Penelope drive away. After a few hours, Bloom discovers that Stephen's blood stain on his shirt has turned from red to brown, indicating that it is not fake blood. Realizing that Stephen is certain to have died, Bloom collapses on the side of the road while Penelope tries to comfort him. As they leave, Bloom recalls what Stephen had said earlier, "The perfect trick scam is where anyone involved gets exactly what they wanted."
backgrounds
Rachel Weisz said in an interview that the plot was original, which she - like the characters - got involved in. The character she plays can free himself from various restrictions.
The film was shot in Prague , Romania , Serbia and Montenegro . Its production amounted to an estimated 20 million US dollars . The world premiere took place on September 9, 2008 at the Toronto International Film Festival . The film was released in US cinemas on May 15, 2009.
Penelope's Castle is the Peleș Castle in Sinaia in Romania . Other locations were Belgrade (Serbia) as well as the casino and the port of Constanța (Romania). The exterior scenes of the book theft were filmed in and around Prague Castle and Charles Bridge .
Reviews
Wesley Lovell wrote on www.oscarguy.com that the film looked like a cross between Ocean's Eleven and a Wes Anderson film , which, although not himself, could appeal to a large audience.
Kai Mihm from Epd Film noted in his review of Brothers Bloom that “... the film went wrong in pretty much every respect.” And: “... especially the emphatically“ eccentric ”characters and the comic-like imagery seem like one bad Wes Anderson imitation. "
“Is it possible, with the means of cinema, to tell a perfect story in which everyone, including the audience, gets what they want? Rian Johnson has dared to try it, and with Brothers Bloom, who combines adventure, romance and thinking about the conditions of his own storytelling and knows how to get around the worst of the mess and emotions, at least comes close to his ideal. "
synchronization
at Hermes Synchron GmbH in Potsdam .
| role | actor | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Penelope Stamp | Rachel Weisz | Britta Steffenhagen |
| Bloom Bloom | Adrien Brody | Markus Pfeiffer |
| Stephen Bloom | Mark Ruffalo | Norman Matt |
| Bang bang | Rinko Kikuchi | Anja Rybiczka |
| curator | Robbie Coltrane | Jürgen Kluckert |
| Diamond Dog | Maximilian Schell | Helmut Krauss |
| Bloom as a child | Zachary Gordon | Sebastian Fitzner |
| Stephen as a child | Max Records | David Wittmann |
| Charleston | Andy Nyman | Tim Moeseritz |
| The Duke | Noah Segan | Jan Kurbjuweit |
| rose | Nora Zehetner | Sarah Riedel |
| teller | Ricky Jay (voice) | Reinhard Kuhnert |
Web links
- Brothers Bloom in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website (English)
- Brothers Bloom at rotten tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for Brothers Bloom . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , August 2009 (PDF; test number: 119 157 K).
- ↑ Interview with Rachel Weisz in The Times, May 24, 2007, accessed August 31, 2008
- ^ Filming locations for The Brothers Bloom , accessed August 31, 2008
- ↑ Box office / business for The Brothers Bloom , accessed August 31, 2008
- ↑ Wesley Lovell: Preview: The Brothers Bloom (2009). oscarguy.com, archived from the original on June 1, 2009 ; Retrieved September 20, 2012 .
- ^ Review of Brothers Bloom on epd Film online from September 1, 2009, accessed on December 1, 2018
- ^ Rochus Wolff: Brothers Bloom. critic.de, accessed on August 23, 2013 .
- ^ Brothers Bloom. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing index , accessed on January 14, 2020 .