Sheridan, “Brothers” and height differences
Jim Sheridan‘s remake of Susanne Bier‘s Brothers, a first-rate, Danish-language 2004 drama, will costar Tobey Maguire as the older, responsible, married brother who goes off to Iraq, Natalie Portman (he said) as Maguire’s wife, and Jake Gyllenhaal as the younger fuck-up brother who begins to fill his brother’s familial duties when Maguire disappears during a skirmish and is presumed dead.
(l. to r.) Jim Sheridan, Tobey Maguire, Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal
A 9.17 Variety story by Tatiana Siegel didn’t mention Portman, but Sheridan himself told me she’s ot the part last night. I was inspecting a pair of non-prescription reading glasses at the CVS drug store at the corner of La Cienega and Santa Monica Blvds. last night when Sheridan — ruddy-faced, white-haired, wearing a white shirt and dark-gray blazer — tapped me on the shoulder and said “hey.”
Sheridan said he wants the trio to be younger than they were in Bier’s film. The only problem is that the 5 foot, 8-inch tall Maguire is 4 inches shorter than Gyllenhaal, who stands six feet. This violates the general biological rule that brothers are either roughly the same height or no more than two inches apart. My brother Tony and I are about an inch apart, if that, and my younger son Dylan is 6′ 4″ to Jett’s 6’2″ — you’ll rarely see brothers who are 3 or 4 inches apart.
The way to finagle this, of course, is to have Maguire walk around with those special shoes that Humphrey Bogart wore when he stood next to Ingrid Bergman during scenes in Casablanca.
I loved the original “Brothers”, which I had never heard of before catching it by chance on cable. Incredible acting throughout, and definitely worth putting on your netflix queue.
Charlie Sheen 5′ 10”
Emilio Estevez 5′ 4”
It’s not common but height differences happen.
Did you ask if he was going to do the Ikiru remake after this?
A bit off topic, but that picture of Portman is ripe for worshipping. Good God, she’s gorgeous.
And the picture of Gyllenhaal is hillarious
Magga, the Gyllenhaal picture looks gorgeous to me. He is beatiful, imo.
I hope they do more work on this script
I hope they do more work on this script
Only in the movies does Natalie Portman end up with the likes of Jason Schwartzman and Tobey Maguire. And Jean Reno.
I’m 6 even, and my oldest brother is 6’4″. For that matter, my old roommate is 6’1″ and his brother is 6’6″. Anecdotal evidence, certainly, but still…
And I cant tell you how much I hope the Ikiru remake is dead in the water.
I wonder why Jeff failed to mention his own height and his brother’s.
Don’t be embarassed that your kids are taller than you, man.
My brother is a lot shorter than me. Maybe four inches or more.
Did Jeff email any directors for that Portman shot?
The idea of a Tony Wells walking the earth somewhere out there both pleases and scares me greatly.
I’m 6’3″. My brother is 5’10″.
I know quite a lot of brothers who don’t conform to this so-called “rule”.
>Did you ask if he was going to do the Ikiru remake after this?
At the risk of sounding like a fuddy-duddy, I hope nobody ever remakes “Ikiru.” I can’t conceive of anyone but Takashi Shimura in that role.
I don’t care if I sound like a fuddy-duddy, I have had nightmares of Tom Hanks sitting on a parkbench looking sad and singing badly. It’s a film best left alone.
Brothers was a good film, but I don’t mind it being remade since it felt like it could be improved upon. And a soldier lost at war and how families deal with this is much more topical right now in America, than it was then or is now in Denmark.
Tobey is 5’8? More like 5’3. I can’t see him and Jake as brothers.
Come to think of it, Shimura sits on a swing. Forrest Gump sits on a park bench.
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At the risk of sounding like a fuddy-duddy, I hope nobody ever remakes “Ikiru.” I can’t conceive of anyone but Takashi Shimura in that role.Lunettes