Four Brothers

11 August 2005109 min,

They came home to bury mom... and her killer

Plot:

Four adopted brothers return to their Detroit hometown when their mother is murdered and vow to exact revenge on the killers.

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Cast & Crew

Directing

Sound

David Arnold

Original Music Composer

Ed Shearmur

Additional Music

Richard Adrian

Sound Effects Editor

Editing

Costume & Make-Up

Ruth E. Carter

Costume Design

Production

Ric Kidney

Unit Production Manager

Camera

Peter Menzies Jr.

Director of Photography

Art

Andrew M. Stearn

Art Direction

Keith Brian Burns

Production Design

Clive Thomasson

Set Decoration

Fun Facts of Movie

  • Many of Mark Wahlberg‘s lines were improvised. Garrett Hedlund had difficulty improvising his lines, so director John Singleton and Mark Wahlberg helped him through it.
    Most of the teasing with Jack was improvised by Mark Wahlberg and Garrett Hedlund.
  • During the Thanksgiving dinner, only Bobby does not “see” Evelyn. This is due to Bobby refusing to accept her death.
  • Mark Wahlberg liked this script so much, he signed on before a director was hired.
  • The bathroom scene took two days to shoot. For twelve hours a day, Mark Wahlberg rested his bare bottom on a cold toilet, Garrett Hedlund stood in a hot shower, and Tyrese Gibson wore nothing but a robe. Mark Wahlberg had to be helped off the toilet at the end of each day, and Garrett Hedlund’s skin peeled and pruned.
  • All of the snow seen in the movie, including the falling snow, is real.
  • Three of the brothers are played by musicians turned actors: Mark Wahlberg (Marky Mark), Tyrese Gibson (Tyrese) and André 3000 (Outkast). Ironically, Garrett Hedlund is an actor turned musician.
  • Based on the Henry Hathaway western The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) starring John Wayne and Dean Martin.
  • The shot of the mother being killed was altered. Originally, a big cloud of blood flew out of Evelyn. John Singleton thought that this would be too much for the audience to handle.
  • Ethan Hawke, Matt Damon, and Ben Affleck all turned down the part of Bobby. Ethan Hawke loved the script, but could not commit to it, because of scheduling conflicts. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck both said no, because they found the script to be “ultra-violent”.
  • Pre-production for the film included teaching the four actors how to ice skate for the hockey scenes. Mark Wahlberg and Garrett Hedlund were the only leads that already knew how to skate.
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