- Two Brothers
Infobox Film | name = Two Brothers
caption = Poster for "Two Brothers".
director =Jean-Jacques Annaud
producer = Jean-Jacques Annaud,
Jake Eberts
writer =Alain Godard ,
Jean-Jacques Annaud,
starring =Guy Pearce ,Freddie Highmore ,Jean-Claude Dreyfus
music =Stephen Warbeck
cinematography =Jean-Marie Dreujou
editing =Noëlle Boisson
distributor =Universal Pictures Pathé
released =April 7 ,2004 (France)June 25 ,2004 (United States)
runtime = 109 min
language = English,
Thai,
French
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
imdb_id = 0338512"Two Brothers" is a
2004 France /United Kingdom adventure/family film directed byJean-Jacques Annaud about two tigers who are separated at birth and then reunited. Many tigers were used for the film, mostly from French zoos with others from Thailand. [ [http://www.twobrothersmovie.net/main_site/main.php?size=large Universal's Two Brothers ] ]Plot summary
Set in 1930s
Cambodia , twotiger s were separated ascub s after the ancient temple in which they were living was disturbed by Aidan McRory.McRory, an unscrupulous explorer, big-game hunter. and temple looter, kills the cubs' father. One of the cubs, Kumal, is immediately recovered by McRory who befriends it, but he is arrested for stealing from an ancient temple and Kumal is sold to a circus.
The other, Sangha, remains in the jungle with his mother, but both are eventually stalked by McRory as game for a vain Khmer prince to hunt. The mother is shot in the ear and thought to be dead for a moment before running away. Her cub Sangha is caught and ends up as a pet to young Raoul, son of the French administrator, Normandin.
Kumal, meanwhile, is being trained by the cruel circus ringmaster Zerbino to do tricks, such as jumping through a flaming hoop. Sangha becomes too wild to remain in the French household, and he is made a part of the prince's palace menagerie.
Then the prince decides to hold a big festival in which a battle between two great beasts - the brother tigers - is to be the centerpiece.
When placed in the cage together before the audience, the two brothers do not immediately recognise each other, and Kumal is afraid to fight. However, when the brothers do finally recognise each other, instead of fighting they begin to play together, much to the annoyance of the audience and the owners. The trainer attempts to antagonise the tigers into fighting, but as he opens the cage, the tigers escape, managing to frighten the trainers and the audience into the cage themselves.
The two brothers escape, but are hunted by McRory. After escaping through a fire, McRory and Raoul find them. However, as McRory takes aim at one tiger, the other stands over McRory, who remembers the kindness McRory showed him. McRory puts down his gun and vows never to hunt again.
The two brothers make their way back to their temple home for a happy reunion.
Main cast
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Guy Pearce as Aidan McRory
*Freddie Highmore as Young Raoul
*Jean-Claude Dreyfus as Administrator Normandin
*Oanh Nguyen as His Excellency
*Vincent Scarito as ZerbinoReferences
*Annaud, Jean-Jacques, commentary, "Two Brothers" DVD.
External links
* [http://twobrothersmovie.net/ Official site]
*imdb title|id=0338512|title=Two Brothers
*rotten-tomatoes|id=two_brothers|title=Two Brothers
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