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MONEY
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Earned back only 11% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
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Leaves of Grass
"Drugs, Murder, and Brotherly Love."
2009 1h 44m EN
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MID
★6.0TMDB · 483
ComedyCrimeThriller
Synopsis
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An Ivy League professor returns home, where his pot-growing twin brother has concocted a plan to take down a local drug lord.
“Drugs, Murder, and Brotherly Love.”
Cast
Edward Norton
Bill Kincaid / Brady Kincaid
Susan Sarandon
Daisy Kincaid
Richard Dreyfuss
Pug Rothbaum
Keri Russell
Janet
Melanie Lynskey
Colleen
Lucy DeVito
Anne Greenstein
Kent Jude Bernard
Philosophy Student
Amelia Campbell
Maggie Harmon
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Tim Blake Nelson
- Writers
- Tim Blake Nelson, Phil Langone
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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ERA
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Released 17 years ago.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Tim Blake Nelson, shot by Roberto Schaefer. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Jeff Danna. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Michelle Botticelli shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Edward Norton and Susan Sarandon and Richard Dreyfuss carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "Drugs, Murder, and Brotherly Love.".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt1151359 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Tim Blake Nelson directs. Roberto Schaefer behind the camera. Jeff Danna scores. Michelle Botticelli cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Earned back only 11% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
- 2Released 17 years ago.
- 3Directed by Tim Blake Nelson, shot by Roberto Schaefer. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Original score by Jeff Danna. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 5Editor Michelle Botticelli shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Edward Norton and Susan Sarandon and Richard Dreyfuss carry the top of the cast.
- 7Marketing tagline: "Drugs, Murder, and Brotherly Love.".
- 8IMDB entry: tt1151359 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Roberto Schaefer
- Original score
- Jeff Danna
- Editing
- Michelle Botticelli
- Production design
- Max Biscoe
- Costume design
- Caroline Eselin
- Makeup / hair
- Randy Westgate
- VFX supervisor
- Gray Marshall
- Sound
- Lora Hirschberg
- Stunt coordinator
- Steven Ritzi
- Runtime
- 104 min · 1h 44m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $9,000,000
- Box office
- $1,034,214
- Return
- 11% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
Also by
Tim Blake Nelson
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Selected frames
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Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
- LE
Leaves Productions
Nu Image
US
- GR
Grand Army Entertainment
- CL
Class 5 Films
US
- LA
Langley Films
Millennium Media
US
Key crew
- ProducerBill Migliore
- Executive ProducerAvi Lerner
- Executive ProducerDanny Dimbort
- Executive ProducerTrevor Short
- Executive ProducerBoaz Davidson
- Executive ProducerDavid Koplan
- Executive ProducerStuart Blumberg
- Executive ProducerEric Gitter
- Production DesignMax Biscoe
- Costume DesignCaroline Eselin
- Music SupervisorRandall Poster
- Visual Effects SupervisorGray Marshall
- Unit Production ManagerMatthew F. Leonetti Jr.
- Stunt CoordinatorSteven Ritzi
- Still PhotographerGlen Wilson
- Sound MixerSteve C. Aaron
- Boom OperatorDirk Stout
- Art DirectionRob Simons
- Art Department CoordinatorJed Pendergrass
- Set DecorationMaria Nay
- LeadmanJohn Millard
- Makeup Department HeadRandy Westgate
- Key Makeup ArtistCalvin Scott
- Hair Department HeadBonnie Clevering
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- sibling relationship
- restart
- mentor
- road trip
- twin brother
- hospital
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2010-09-17R
Also known as
International titles
- Fratelli in erbaIT
- Irmãos de SanguePT
- Escrocs en herbeCA
- Hojas de hierbaES
- Gefährliches GrasDE
- Double TroubleNL
- Hermanos de sangreAR
