The Brothers Bloom (2008)

Director:

Rian Johnson

Writer (WGA):

Rian Johnson (written by)

Release Date:

May 2009 (Romania)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

They'd never let the truth come between them

Plot:

The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they've decided to take on one last job - showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world.

Plot Keywords:

Eccentric | Heiress | Revenge | New Jersey | Love

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Rachel Weisz	...	Penelope
Adrien Brody	...	Bloom
Mark Ruffalo	...	Stephen
Rinko Kikuchi	...	Bang Bang
Robbie Coltrane	...	Curator
Maximilian Schell	...	Diamond Dog
Ricky Jay	...	Narrator (voice)
Zachary Gordon	...	Young Bloom
Max Records	...	Young Stephen
Andy Nyman	...	Charleston
Noah Segan	...	The Duke
Nora Zehetner	...	Rose
Ram Bergman	...	Himself
Craig Johnson	...	Apple Cart Vendor
Dubravko Jovanovic	...	Albino
Esme Tyler	...	Young Girl
Jovan Vitas	...	Young Boy
Ana Sofrenovic	...	Charleston's Wife
Vladimír Kulhavý	...	Chief of Police
Alek Rodic	...	Snack Car Attendant
Josif Tatic	...	Oafish Foster Father
Slobodan Custic	...	Foster Dad
Branka Pujic	...	Foster Mom
George Bocchetti	...	Excited Boy
Ellis Derham	...	Excited Boy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Didier Dell Benjamin	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt	...	Bar Patron (uncredited)
Lukas Haas	...	Bar Patron (uncredited)
Stefan Kapicic	...	German Bar Owner (uncredited)

Directed by
Rian Johnson

Writing credits (WGA)
Rian Johnson		(written by)

Produced by
Ram Bergman	....	producer
Matthew J. Birch	....	co-producer
Douglas Hansen	....	executive producer (as Douglas E. Hansen)
Wendy Japhet	....	executive producer
Tom Karnowski	....	co-producer
James D. Stern	....	producer

Original Music by
Nathan Johnson

Cinematography by
Steve Yedlin		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Gabriel Wrye

Casting by
Shannon Makhanian
Mary Vernieu

Production Design by
Jim Clay

Art Direction by
Jasna Dragovic
Paul Kirby		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Sophie Newman

Costume Design by
Beatrix Aruna Pasztor

Makeup Department
Ljiljana Andjelkovic	....	hair assistant
Ljiljana Andjelkovic	....	makeup assistant
Vidosava Biro	....	hair stylist (as Vida Jaksic Biro)
Vidosava Biro	....	hairdresser: Serbia (as Vida Jaksis Biro)
Sarka Hanzalova	....	hair stylist: extras, Czech Republic
Sarka Hanzalova	....	makeup artist: extras, Czech Republic
Graham Johnston	....	hair designer
Graham Johnston	....	makeup designer
Dana Kohoutova	....	hair stylist: extras, Czech Republic
Dana Kohoutova	....	makeup artist: extras, Czech Republic
Natasa Krstic	....	make-up and hair assistant: Serbia
Lorna McGowan	....	hair stylist
Lorna McGowan	....	hair stylist: Serbia
Lorna McGowan	....	makeup artist
Lorna McGowan	....	makeup artist: Serbia
Nijaz Memisi	....	hair assistant (as Nijaz Memis)
Nijaz Memisi	....	makeup assistant (as Nijaz Memis)
Simona Merlusca	....	assistant makeup artist: Romania (as Simona Merusca)
Miljana Pakic	....	hair assistant
Miljana Pakic	....	makeup assistant
Mihaela Radu	....	assistant hair stylist: Romania
Vesela Sabljic	....	hair assistant
Vesela Sabljic	....	makeup assistant
Alena Sedova	....	hair stylist: extras, Czech Republic
Alena Sedova	....	makeup artist: extras, Czech Republic
Lidija Skorucak	....	hair assistant (as Lidija Skocruak)
Lidija Skorucak	....	makeup assistant (as Lidija Skocruak)
Martina Subic-Dodocic	....	hair stylist (as Tina Subic)
Martina Subic-Dodocic	....	makeup artist (as Tina Subic)
Cristina Urma	....	assistant hair stylist: Romania
Dusica Vuksanovic	....	hair assistant
Dusica Vuksanovic	....	makeup assistant
Neill Gorton	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Graham Johnston	....	makeup artist: Rachael Weisz (uncredited)
Charlotte Scovill	....	special makeup effects artist: United States (uncredited)

Production Management
Luka Dejanovic	....	assistant unit manager
Vaclav Eisenhamer	....	unit production manager: Czech Republic
Maja Gardinovacki	....	unit manager
Philip Harrelson	....	post-production supervisor
Ales Komárek	....	production supervisor: Czech Republic
Uri Mossinsohn	....	unit production manager: Romania
Richard Sharkey	....	unit production manager
Andjelija Vlaisavljevic	....	production manager: Serbia & Montenegro
Elena Zokas	....	unit production manager
Marko Crnogorac	....	assistant unit manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Marko Crnogorac	....	second assistant director: second unit
Sean Guest	....	first assistant director
James Andrew Haven	....	second assistant director
Sandrine Loisy	....	third assistant director: prep, UK
Iulia Macavei	....	third assistant director: Romania
Vesna Milic	....	second second assistant director
Biljana Mirkovic	....	first assistant director: second unit
Petr Nemecek	....	second assistant director: Czech Republic
Srdjan Simeonovich	....	third assistant director (as Srdjan Simeonovic)

Art Department
Milan Aleksic	....	carpenter
Dejan Andjelkovic	....	assistant set decorator
Milija Andjelkovic	....	construction buyer
Slavisa Andjelkovic	....	carpenter
Uros Andjelkovic	....	carpenter
Zlatko Andjelkovic	....	carpenter
Daniel Auber	....	storyboard artist
Zivorad Balaban	....	laborer (as Zika Balaban)
Rodoljub Biocanin	....	carpenter
Dora Boariu	....	set decorating greenery: Romania
Miodrag Bogosavljevic	....	assistant prop buyer
Roger Bowles	....	senior draughtsman
Radomir Brajevic	....	carpenter
Mina Buric	....	assistant set decorating coordinator
Slobodan Cadjo	....	stand-by carpenter
Branka Cetina	....	set decorating coordinator
Novica Cvetkovic	....	carpenter
Oliver Cvetkovic	....	carpenter
Bosko Delic	....	storeman
Jovica Dimov	....	set dresser
Zoran Dimov	....	set dresser
Vesna Dinic	....	assistant property master
Miroljub Djokic	....	carpenter
Stamenko Djokic	....	carpenter
Dragan Djordjevic	....	carpenter
Gojko Dragas	....	carpenter
Veronica Falzon	....	assistant to production designer
Fabio Fioretti	....	plaster foreperson
Dave Fisher	....	property master
Idriz Hodzic	....	laborer
Vladimir Ivanovic	....	sculpturer
Dragic Jancic	....	carpenter
Zach Johnson	....	illustrator/notebook artist
Bojan Jovanovic	....	carpenter
Dejan Jovanovic	....	carpenter
Dragan Kaplarevic	....	props storeman
Naeim Khavari	....	storyboard artist
Nebojsa Krainovic	....	carpenter
Luke Krnjaja	....	laborer
Uros Lalicki	....	graphic artist
Mladen Lisavac	....	assistant art director
Vladimir Ljubic	....	on-set assistant property master
Svetislav Madic	....	chargehand set dresser
Tonci Maglica	....	carpenter
Vladimir Maric	....	painter
Vlasto Maric	....	painter
Jevgenije Markovic	....	carpenter
Radoslav Mihajlovic	....	construction manager (as Rade Mihajlovic)
Vladimir Milanovic	....	lead person
Vladimir Milanovic	....	prop buyer
Dobrica Milosevic	....	carpenter
Goran Milosevic	....	chargehand set dresser
Vladan Milosevic	....	carpenter gang boss
Uros Milovanovic	....	storeman
Steve Mitchell	....	scenic artist
Miroslav Mraz	....	construction: Czech Republic
Ljubomir Mrsovic	....	carpenter
Srdjan Nedeljkovic	....	storeman
Bosko Nikolic	....	painter
Negovan Nikolic	....	carpenter
Vojta Oulicky	....	prop buyer: Czech Republic
Zeljko Pasic	....	carpenter
Milan Perisic	....	carpenter gang boss
Dragan Petkoski	....	carpenter
Sveta Petkovic	....	carpenter
Boza Petrovic	....	carpenter
Dragovan Petrovic	....	draper
Gligorije Petrovic	....	carpenter
Zoran Petrovic	....	lead person
Milica Popovic	....	art department runner
Justin Quinnell	....	pinhole photography
Jovan Radomirovic	....	carpenter
Miodrag Sasa	....	carpenter
Bozidar Savic	....	carpenter
Stanisa Savic	....	painter
Slavoljub Spasic	....	carpenter
Branko Stankovic	....	carpenter
Ivana Stefanovic	....	construction coordinator
Ivana Stefanovic	....	storyboard artist
Branislav Bane Stevanovic	....	assistant art director (as Branislav Stevanovic)
Caslav Tesic	....	carpenter
Dan Toma	....	on-set propman: Romania
Aleksandar Tosic	....	carpenter
Milos Vitas	....	laborer
Matija Vucicevic	....	paint foreperson
Matija Vucicevic	....	paint gangboss
Velisa Vukojcic	....	sculpturer
Mija Vuksanovic	....	laborer
Bojan Vulovic	....	painter
Ivan Vulovic	....	stand-by painter
Sasa Vulovic	....	painter
Spaso Vulovic	....	painter
Stephen Hoeger	....	assistant property master (uncredited)
Dragan Kaplarevic	....	buyer (uncredited)
Scott Nifong	....	property master (uncredited)

Sound Department
Joshua Adeniji	....	foley editor
Alex Brazan	....	sound effects editor
John B. Cormier	....	foley mixer (as John Cormier)
Robert Dehn	....	assistant sound editor
Jason Dotts	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Jason Dotts	....	sound effects editor
Levent Erdogan	....	foley editor
J. Alex Faucheux	....	foley artist
Cameron O. Galloway	....	adr editor
Cameron O. Galloway	....	adr mixer
Jason Gaya	....	sound recordist (as Jason 'Frenchie' Gaya)
Judah Getz	....	adr mixer
Jerry Gilbert	....	sound mixer
Corey J. Grasso	....	assistant sound editor (as Corey Grasso)
Jonathan Harnsongkram	....	assistant sound editor
Scott Hinkley	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Jesse Kees	....	assistant sound editor
Cody King	....	sound effects editor
Richard Kitting	....	additional sound re-recording mixer (as Richard 'Tricky' Kitting)
Tiffany Lentz	....	assistant sound editor
Zach Michaelis	....	foley mixer
Jonathan Miller	....	sound designer
Jonathan Miller	....	sound mixer
Jonathan Miller	....	supervising sound editor
Andrew Morgado	....	adr mixer
Stuart Provine	....	sound effects editor
Dean Treloar	....	sound effects editor
Vicki Vandegrift	....	foley artist (as Vicki O'Reilly Vandegrift)
Jonathan Wales	....	sound mixer
James Wright	....	sound consultant: Dolby
Philip Young	....	assistant sound editor
Howard Carle	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Robert Dehn	....	sound studio manager (uncredited)
Judah Getz	....	foley mixer (uncredited)
Angela Hemingway	....	additional adr editor (uncredited)
Kahl Henderson	....	adr recordist (uncredited)
Novica Jankov	....	boom operator (uncredited)
Jared Seidman	....	adr recordist (uncredited)
Daniel Tripoli	....	dialogue editor (uncredited)
Pawel Wdowczak	....	sound (uncredited)
Lyudmyla A. Wolfe	....	boom operator: second unit (uncredited)
Aleksandar Zivanovic	....	boom operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Iulian Florian	....	assistant special effects coordinator: Romania (as Florian Iulian)
Milica Popovic	....	model maker
Mihai Reti	....	special effects coordinator: Romania
Rudolf Tudzaroff	....	special effects technician: Czech Republic
Kevin Draycott	....	special effects foreman (uncredited)
Muhamed M'Barek	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Mark Meddings	....	special effects supervisor (uncredited)
Grant Rogan	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Renee Aldredge	....	drs operator: Modern VideoFilm
Hunter Athey	....	animator: Stingray VFX
Johnathan R. Banta	....	model/texture artist: Stingray VFX (as Jonathan Banta)
Roger Ames Berger	....	additional visual effects: Modern VideoFilm
Roger Ames Berger	....	iq artist: Modern VideofFlm
Derek Bourque	....	visual effects compositor
Chadd B. Cole	....	iq artist: Modern VideoFilm (as Chad Cole)
Steve Cummings	....	cg supervisor: Stingray VFX
Thomas Dadras	....	technical director: Stingray VFX
Enid Dalkoff	....	compositor: Stingray VFX
Charles Ellison	....	model/texture artist: Stingray VFX
Kent Estep	....	digital effects supervisor: Stingray VFX
Kristopher Gregg	....	digital imaging: Modern Videofilm (as Kris Gregg)
Nancy Hyland	....	compositor: Stingray VFX
Alex Jackson	....	model/texture artist: Stingray VFX
Pency Kinnard	....	compositor: Stingray VFX
Casey Leming	....	electronic graphics: Modern Videofilm (as Casey C. Leming)
Michael Maker	....	tracking/integration: Stingray VFX
Shira Mandel	....	compositor: Stingray VFX
Charlene Mason	....	tracking/integration: Stingray VFX
Dave McCarthy	....	drs operator: Modern VideoFilm
Nicole Montemayor	....	visual effects coordinator: Stingray VFX
Kevin Moseley	....	compositing supervisor: Stingray VFX
Andrew Mumford	....	compositor: Stingray VFX
Gerald Reed	....	visual effects compositor
Gerald Reid	....	visual effects compositor
Jonathan Robinson	....	compositor: Stingray VFX
Ira Shain	....	animator: Stingray VFX
Ron Simonson	....	visual effects supervisor
Ed Thompson	....	digital imaging: Modern VideoFilm
Sarma Vanguri	....	technical director: Stingray VFX
Steve Yedlin	....	additional visual effects: Modern VideoFilm
Pouya Zadrafiei	....	model/texture artist: Stingray VFX
Veronika Lerchová	....	digital dailies: UPP (uncredited)

Stunts
Milan Alavanja	....	stunts
Milkica Bozic	....	stunts
Marius Camilieri	....	stunts
Ciprian Dumitrascu	....	stunt coordinator: Romania
Luminita Filimon	....	stunts: Romania
Branislav Fistric	....	stunts
Marius Florian	....	stunts: Romania (as Silviu Marius Florian)
Mihai Iliescu	....	stunts: Romania
Slavisa Ivanovic	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Slavisa Ivanovic	....	stunt player
Ladislav Lahoda	....	stunt coordinator: Czech Republic
Nevena Manojlovic	....	stunts
Glenn Marks	....	stunt coordinator
Dusan Savcic	....	stunts
Claudiu Marian Sebastian	....	stunts: Romania
Nebojsa Simic	....	stunts
Nicolae Stoica	....	stunts: Romania (as Nicu Stoica)
Zeljka Vaseljevic	....	stunts
Miroslav Vuckovic	....	stunts
Gabi Burlacu	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Vladan Banovic	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Milos Bugarcic	....	electrician
Ondrej Bylok	....	dimmer board operator
Ivan Colovic	....	electrician
Dragan Djordjevic	....	assistant camera
Sasa Djordjevic	....	key grip: second unit
Mihailo Dobric	....	video assist
Srdjan Gojkovic	....	electrician
Milos Jeftenic	....	electrician
Gez Josip	....	first assistant camera: second unit (as Josip Gez)
Dragan Josovic	....	electrician
Zoran Jovanovic	....	rigging electrician
Marko Stamatovic Kempi	....	rigging electrician (as Marko Sramatovic)
Greg Lomas	....	dolly grip operator
Vladimir Markovic	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Sascha Mieke	....	underwater camera operator: second unit
Zoran Miletic	....	electrician
Djurica Nikolic	....	chief rigging electrician
Drasko Pejanovic	....	focus puller
Slobodan Pikula	....	still photographer
Jaron Presant	....	camera operator: second unit
Jaron Presant	....	director of photography: second unit
Aleksandar Simic	....	second company grip
Dragan Stefanovic	....	grip
Carsten Thoms	....	balloon light technician
Nenad Vasic	....	first company grip
Trajche Velichkovski	....	grip (as Trajce Velickovski)
Amy Ecklund	....	additional second assistant camera (uncredited)
Chris Heinrich	....	additional first assistant camera (uncredited)
Ivan Kostic	....	second assistant camera (uncredited)
Svetomir Pajic	....	steadicam operator (uncredited)
David Smith	....	gaffer (uncredited)
Branko Sujic	....	camera loader (uncredited)
Wade Whitley	....	first assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Jessica Horáthová	....	extras casting: Czech Republic
Mirka Hyzíková	....	casting: Czech Republic (as Mirka Hysikova)
Slobodan Ivetic	....	extras casting
Florin Kevorkian	....	casting: Romania
Dasa Loncarevic	....	assistant casting director: Serbia
Angelina Marinkovic	....	casting director: Serbia
Zorana Popovic	....	assistant casting director: Serbia
Andrei Rusu	....	extras casting coordinator: Romania
Slava Vulanovic	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Momirka Bailovic	....	set costumer: Mr. Brody
Marie Charvatova	....	wardrobe assistant: Czech Republic
Katarina Ciglic	....	set costumer: Ms. Kikuchi
Krisztina Ignjatovic	....	wardrobe assistant (as Kristina Ignjatovic)
Marija Maslakovic	....	set costumer: Ms. Weisz
Mira Milovanovic	....	wardrobe assistant
Vera Mirová	....	wardrobe supervisor: Czech Republic
Jasmina Peric	....	wardrobe assistant
Stefan Savkovic	....	set costumer: Mr. Ruffalo
Alexis Scott	....	assistant costume designer
Vesna Tasic	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Joe Aliberto	....	digital intermediate scanner
Cameron Arguelles	....	positive assembler
Lawles Bourque	....	on-line editor
Elona Culwell	....	digital intermediate coordinator
Tyler Dixon	....	on-line editor
Ashley Fabre	....	post-production coordinator (as Ashley Wilks Day)
Janó Fekete	....	colorist: dailies
Bob Fredrickson	....	color timer
Skip Kimball	....	digital intermediate colorist
Zara Park	....	digital intermediate post supervisor (as Zara Roberts)
Pat Repola	....	vice president feature post: Modern VideoFilm
Enrique Rodriguez	....	assistant editor
Kevin Shaw	....	colorist: preview
Bryan Park	....	digital intermediate film editorial (uncredited)

Music Department
Ben Dean	....	musician: violin
Drew DeAscentis	....	music editor
Brendan Dekora	....	assistant engineer
Greg DiCrosta	....	assistant engineer
Paul Dugre	....	music recordist: strings (as Paul du Gre)
Shannon Erbe	....	music editor: temp
Aaron Esposito	....	musician: trumpets
Jared Gellar	....	musician: bar accordion
Joseph Gordon-Levitt	....	musician: bar singer
Matthew Guza	....	musician: drums, washboard
Marla Hansen	....	musician: viola
Max Heath	....	musician: melodica
Junius Johnson	....	musician: french horn
Nathan Johnson	....	music producer
Nathan Johnson	....	musician: electric guitar, bass, marxophone, pripared piano, glockenspill
Nathan Johnson	....	score arranger
Nathan Johnson	....	score editor
Zachary Johnson	....	musician: drums
China Kent	....	musician: upright & grand pianos, werlitzer
Seth Kent	....	assistant engineer
Kristina Kovac	....	additional music recordist: Serbia
Abbie Lister	....	additional music clearances: Hothouse
Nick Lloyd	....	musician: hammond, mellotron, piano
Nick Lloyd	....	score recordist
Michael Maloney	....	additional music recordist
Chris Mears	....	musician: jazzmaster, drums, percussion, wine-o phone, pripared piano
Jill Meyers	....	music clearance
Roger Neill	....	music arranger: strings
Roger Neill	....	orchestrator
Brian Reitzell	....	music supervisor
Jonny Rogers	....	musician: acoustic, electric & classical guitar
Julie Sessing	....	additional music clearance: Sessing Music Services
Alex Spiegelman	....	musician: clarinet, flute
Eric Stephenson	....	musician: cellos
Tim Sway	....	musician: basses
Carl Testa	....	musician: bass clarinet
Frank Wolf	....	score mixer

Transportation Department
Zoran Aleksic	....	driver
Bogdan Alexandru	....	driver: Romania
Visan Ionut Alkexandru	....	driver: Romania
Miroljub Anicic	....	driver
Dragos Arnautu	....	driver: Romania
Dorel Badea	....	driver: Romania
Ionel Badea	....	driver: Romania
Alex Balanica	....	driver: Romania
Gabi Balanica	....	driver: Romania
Bobby Barbacioru	....	transport coordinator: Romania
Mihailo Beckei	....	driver
Veljko Beric	....	driver
Mane Boric	....	driver
Mitar Bozic	....	driver
Horatiu Breza	....	driver: Romania
Zoran Bubnjevic	....	driver
Dalibor Bugaric	....	driver
Adrian Burtea	....	driver: Romania
Petr Chocholaty	....	driver (as Peter Chocholaty)
Tudorache Constantin	....	driver: Romania
Stelian Constantinescu	....	driver: Romania
Zeljko Corak	....	driver
Predrag Dabovic	....	driver
Carabet Danut	....	driver: Romania
Alexandru Dinca	....	driver: Romania
Dejan Djenadic	....	driver
Vladimir Duben	....	driver
Eugen Dumitru	....	driver: Romania
Ilija Dzikic	....	driver
David Eisenhamer	....	transportation coordinator: Czech Republic
Nebojsa Eremija	....	driver
Radisav Filipovic	....	driver
Jiri Fleischer	....	picture vehicles coordinator
Zamfir George	....	driver: Romania
Dan Gnevnoi	....	driver: Romania
Slobodan Gugleta	....	driver
Laurentiu Hoidrag	....	driver: Romania
Ionut Hotescu	....	driver: Romania
Andrei Iacob	....	driver: Romania
Aleksandar Ilic	....	driver
Vladimir Jovanovic	....	driver
Stanislav Kabat	....	driver
Igor Kokot	....	driver
Nenad Kokot	....	transportation coordinator
Jordan Korac	....	driver
Muscat Lucian	....	driver: Romania
Vladimir Lukic	....	driver
Ionut Lupu	....	transportation captain: Romania
Dicu Marinel	....	driver: Romania
Butoi Matei	....	driver: Romania
Vladislav Matus	....	driver
Nikola Medarevic	....	driver
Dalibor Milanovic	....	driver
Mihai Militaru	....	driver: Romania
Rade Mirkovic	....	driver
Alexandru Miu	....	driver: Romania
Dragan Mudrinic	....	driver
Goran Naskovic	....	driver
Ognjen Nonkovic	....	driver
Marko Obradovic	....	driver
Vlada Ostojic	....	driver
Justin Radu Petcu	....	driver: Romania
Safta Petre	....	driver: Romania
Dejan Petrikic	....	driver
Nikola Popovic	....	driver
Milan Prodanovic	....	driver
Aleksandar Rajkovic	....	driver
Vasile Rentea	....	driver: Romania
Stepan Rogl	....	driver
Alex Sararu	....	driver: Romania
Nicu Sararu	....	driver: Romania
Vincentije Savic	....	driver
Nikola Simic	....	picture vehicle coordinator
George-Stefan Simion	....	driver: Romania (as George Simion)
Vladimir Stamenov	....	driver
Marian Stan	....	driver: Romania
Dimitrije Stanojevic	....	driver
Marko Stanojevic	....	driver
Zeljko Stupin	....	driver
Miroslav Sysel	....	driver
Slobodan Todorovic	....	driver
Antonije Tosic	....	driver
Cornel Vasile	....	driver: Romania
Mileta Vlajkovic	....	driver
Radovan Vlajkovic	....	driver
Radu Voicu	....	driver: Romania
Novica Vukosav	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Jelena Beatovic	....	production assistant
Aleksandar Blagojevic	....	radios
Milica Bolbodjevski	....	personal assistant: Mr. Brody
Alin Bonciog	....	key caterer: Romania
Debra Boyd	....	travel coordinator
Milica Bregovic	....	cashier
Alisa Buckley	....	unit publicist
Peter J. Chaffey	....	stand-in: Mr. Brody (as Peter Chaffey)
Eugen Constantinescu	....	assistant location manager: Romania
Simina Cosma	....	production coordinator: Romania
Doru Cosmulescu	....	set production assistant: Romania
Milos Cvetkovic	....	interpreter
Luka Dejanovic	....	set production assistant
Vladimir Dimitrjevic	....	caterer
Zoja Djordjevic	....	stand-in: Rachel Weisz
Sandra Djurickovic	....	production coordinator
Milena Dzambasovic	....	production secretary
Katherin Eichen	....	personal assistant: Mr. Schell
Johanna A. Factor	....	assistant: Gregory R. Schenz & Cindy Kirvan, Serbia
Tal Fiala	....	account executive
Tal Fiala	....	account executive: Modern VideoFilm
Kevin Ford	....	epk director
Becky Frank	....	additional accountant
Aja Fukuda	....	stand-in: Ms. Kikuchi
Iulian Garban	....	medic: Romania (as Dr. Julian Garban)
Milan Garncarz	....	medic: Czech Republic
Susan Hegarty	....	dialogue coach
Peter Hutchinson	....	shipping coordinator
Andrei Iacob	....	set production assistant: Romania
Takako Imai	....	translator: Japanese
Reina Ionekura	....	translator: Japanese
Tijana Ivanovic	....	personal assistant: Mr. Ruffalo
Raymond Izaac	....	production executive: Gordonstreet
Jess Jaworski	....	assistant: Gregory R. Schenz & Cindy Kirven
Lauren Johnson	....	key set production assistant
Teodor Jovanovic	....	caterer
Tatjana Katanic	....	production secretary
Svetlana Kljajic	....	assistant accountant
Ljiljana Kovacevic	....	accountant: Serbia
Jovica Krstic	....	caterer
Srdjan Kruscic	....	accountant: VAT
Seka Ljubic	....	chef
Marija Markovic	....	assistant accountant
Vera Matousova	....	production coordinator: Czech Republic
Maggie Means	....	production accountant
Eleanor Mendes	....	production coordinator
Nemanja Milic	....	set production assistant
Ana Milinkovic	....	set production assistant
Dusan Mirkovic	....	assistant accountant
Jared P. Morell	....	assistant: James D. Stern, Serbia
Vuk Mrenovic	....	key assistant location manager: Serbia and Montenegro
Milos Mutavdzic	....	set production assistant
Vladimir Nemecek	....	production assistant: Czech Republic
Eleanor Nett	....	endgame production and post-production executive
Danijela Nikic	....	assistant accountant
Ilija Svetac Nikolic	....	assistant location manager (as Ilija Nikolic)
Aleksandar Obradovic	....	caterer
Dragan Obrenovic	....	caterer
Viktor Ognjenovic	....	medic: second unit (as Dr. Viktor Ognjenovic)
Tino Paduraru	....	assistant location manager: Romania
Marius Paraschiv	....	set production assistant: Romania (as Marius 'Piticu' Paraschiv)
Vladimir Paunovic	....	stand-in: Mr. Ruffalo
Neda Pavlovic	....	interpreter
Petr Petovsky	....	production assistant: Czech Republic
Peter Petrik	....	assistant location manager: Czech Republic
Natasa Petrovic	....	assistant production coordinator
Veljko Petrovic	....	craft service assistant
Smiljka Pilipovic	....	production secretary
Nada Pinter	....	script supervisor
Radka Richterova	....	accounting assistant: Czech Republic
Helena Safarikova	....	production assistant: Czech Republic
Gregory R. Schenz	....	business and legal affairs executive
Aleksandar Sirkovic	....	animal wrangler
Mirko Sirkovic	....	animal wrangler
Jonathan Smart	....	clearance administrator (as Jkhn W. Smart)
Jessica Solce	....	personal assistant: Ms. Weisz
Marius Stanciu	....	location manager: Romania
Ana Stankovic	....	craft service assistant
Marko Stojanovic	....	medic (as Dr. Marko Stojanovic)
Marija Subotic	....	craft service assistant
Petar Subotic	....	craft service
Leo Sumlea	....	wrangler: Romania
Nikola Svetozarevic	....	set production assistant
Aleksandar Tadic	....	location manager
Anne Teixeira	....	production executive: Endgame
Mila Turajlic	....	assistant: Mr. Johnson
Daniela Urosevic-Olear	....	assistant production coordinator
Martin Vitous	....	location manager: Czech Republic
Cindy Wilkinson Kirven	....	endgame finance executive
Alexander Witt	....	consultant: second unit
Alysia Woog	....	continuity: second unit
Vaclav Zunt	....	caterer: Czech Republic
Winston Azzopardi	....	location scout (uncredited)
James Freedman	....	magic advisor (uncredited)
Hristina Popovic	....	assistant choreographer: comedy song (uncredited)
Benjamin R. Reder	....	production legal counsel (uncredited)
Michael Schaefer	....	production executive (uncredited)
Sonja Vukicevic	....	choreographer: musical number (uncredited)

Thanks
Angela Bettis	....	thanks
Dan Chariton	....	we are especially grateful to
Stacy Chariton	....	we are especially grateful to
Tom Cruise	....	thanks
Tara Holland	....	thanks
Daniel Lewis	....	special thanks
Lucky McKee	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Endgame Entertainment
• Ram Bergman Productions
• Weinstein Company, The

Distributors

• A-Film Distribution (2009) (Benelux) (theatrical)
• Alfa Films (2009) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Pictures (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Noble Entertainment (2009) (Sweden) (theatrical) (16 mm)
• Optimum Releasing (2010) (UK) (theatrical)
• Senator Film (2009) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Summit Entertainment (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (20??) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Culture Publishers (CP) (2010) (Japan) (DVD)
• Deltamac Entertainment (2009) (Hong Kong) (all media)
• Film1 (2011) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Future Film (2009) (Finland) (all media)
• IPA Asia Pacific (2009) (Thailand) (all media)
• Media Pro Film Distribution (2009) (Romania) (all media)
• Midget Entertainment (2009) (Denmark) (all media)
• Noble Entertainment (2009) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Noble Entertainment (2009) (Sweden) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Odeon (2009) (Greece) (all media)
• Palace Pictures (2009) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• Palace Pictures (2009) (Slovakia) (all media)
• Paris Filmes (2009) (Brazil) (all media)
• Prisvídeo - Edições Videográficas (2009) (Portugal) (all media)
• SND (2008) (France) (all media)
• Seville Pictures (2008) (Canada) (all media)
• Summit Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2010) (Argentina) (DVD)
• West Video (2009) (Russia) (all media)

Special Effects

• Vulcan Effects (special effects: Czech Republic)
• Stingray VFX (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Behind the Scenes Freight  shipping by
• CE VideoAssist Rental  VideoAssist equipment provided by
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Cine Finance  completion guarantor
• Cine Jessy  extras casting: Czech Republic
• Cinecitta Cucena Italiana  catering
• De Moss Productions  production services: Romania
• Eurocargo  shipping services
• Film Makers  location services
• Filmka Stunt Film  stunts: Czech Republic
• Firehouse 12 Studios  score recorded at
• Fluid  additional music recording
• Gastrom International  catering: Romania (as Gastrom)
• Glenwood Place Studios  score mixed at
• Hollydan Works  location services
• Hollydan Works  studio production
• Hothouse Music  additional music clearance (as Hot House Music)
• ID Public Relations  publicity
• Intersped-B  shipping by
• Kentauros Media  production services: Romania
• Littlebox Studios  strings recorded at
• Louisiana Media Services  post production services
• Modern VideoFilm  digital intermediate
• Panavision  camera equipment serviced by
• Partnership Pictures  production services: Czech Republic
• Reder & Feig  production legal services
• Ripsped, Montenegro  shipping by
• Sessing Music Services  additional music clearance
• Sonic Magic  sound post-production
• Soundtrack  ADR Facility (as Soundtrack Boston)
• Studio Areta  additional music recording: Serbia
• Studios  production consulting
• Technicolor  release printing
• Tenas Group  international production services
• Tenon Group  international production services
• Work in Progress  production services: Serbia and Montenegro
• Zet Catering  catering: Czech Republic

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence, some sensuality and brief strong language

Runtime:

114 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French | Czech | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44635) | Canada:14A (Toronto International Film Festival) | Australia:M | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:12 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Sweden:11 | Hong Kong:IIA | Finland:K-13 | Singapore:PG | Germany:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:13 | Mexico:B | UK:12A

Filming Locations:

Bar, Montenegro

Company:

Endgame Entertainment

Trivia:

The card trick performed by Rachel Weisz took her a month to learn, practicing every day. The shot itself took 11 takes.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When the Brothers Bloom first visit Penelope's castle, they are driving a Cadillac Seville. Bloom asks Bang Bang, "This a '78 Caddy? Controversial choice." The car is actually a 1983 Seville, whose bodystyle was built from 1980-1985.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Narrator:As far as con man stories go, I think I've heard them all. Of grifters, ropers, faro-fixers; tails drawn long and tall. But if one bears a bookmark in the confidence man's tome, it would be that of Penelope, and of the brothers Bloom.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Shrek Forever After/Survival of the Dead/Holy Rollers (#2.18)" (2010)

Soundtrack:

Children's Story

TIFF 08: An unwritten life…The Brothers Bloom

While the complete polar opposite of Brick, Johnson left the Dashiell Hammett prose and instead decided to delve into Wes Anderson territory. His The Brothers Bloom is a smart, witty adventure that takes some unexpected turns on its journey, never lets a detail fall into obscurity, and shows that if nothing else, he is a high caliber storyteller that should be around for a long time, not rehashing the same thing over and over again, but churning out refreshingly new and unique yarns to entertain and enlighten.

This tale is about a duo of con men—the best in the world—who reunite to do one last job. The younger, Bloom, has been playing the roles written by Stephen since they were children, always embodying the character so easily because it allowed him to be that which was not himself. After having fallen in love with too many marks, only to watch as they swindled and left them out to dry, Bloom is ready to quit and goes into self-imposed exile for three years until his partner finds him and rounds him up for one last big score. That score involves an eccentric shut-in, a woman who has never left her mansion and collects hobbies in order to entertain herself. A master with a deck of cards, juggler extraordinaire, harp player, and ping-pong champ, amongst other activities, there is little she does not know. This epileptic photographer is anxious to go off on an adventure and opening up to the Brothers Bloom is her perfect opportunity to do so, and their best chance at an easy million dollars.

What the men did not account for was her inexhaustible sense of enthusiasm and uncanny knack for the con game. Getting herself out of situations that the brothers can't even fathom and catching on to things so quickly, it's as though the mark becomes the professional, however, that is exactly Stephen's plan. She is a woman of intelligence, beauty, and unique without compare. Penelope is exactly the girl that Bloom has been looking for, but of course, she is discovered in one of Stephen's stories, accessible only until they must cut her loose. Yet, here comes the first "what if" of the film. What if our orchestrator has concocted this all for Bloom, a con on a grand scale in order to give him the life he always wanted? Bloom does say that Penelope feels just like one of Stephen's characters, but as he says in his defense, "the day I con you, is the day I die." We can only hope those words don't become prophetically true.

Johnson weaves an intricate shell game for his characters to roam through, crossing paths, discovering secrets, telling lies, and possibly conning each other. No one truly can tell what's real because not only are they unsure themselves, they know that every one of them has the potential to make-up an elaborate scheme to confuse and manipulate. Ruffalo is the true artist at this game, crudely drawing up a plan of attack in brainstorm bubble trees, thinly veiling his tales with inside jokes that a woman like Penelope (Weisz) is well-informed enough to see through, yet too naïve to put together. Straight from the start, a childhood narrated by Ricky Jay, these boys have gotten what they wanted and planned to perfection. Trained by the nefarious Diamond Dog, the men, (Brody portraying the other, Bloom), have eclipsed their master and took the world by storm. Along with their pyrotechnics guru Bang Bang, (Rinko Kikuchi) and a select cast of regular actors (Robbie Coltrane as the Belgian and a great string of cameos in a bar scene early on with Nora Zehetner, Noah Segan, and a blink-and-you'll-miss-him Joseph Gordon Levitt all showing some Brick love), the boys always get what they want. Ultimately attempting to create the perfect con—so well planned out and airtight that it happens all by itself—this con becomes reality and everyone gets exactly what they wanted.

The Brothers Bloom is told in a storybook fashion with bright colors and in-focus frames. Johnson jam-packs each composition with detail upon detail, never shying away from having an important plot point occur in the background, behind a conversation or action by our leads at the forefront. Most times they are jokes, lending some levity to the situation, one that becomes ever more dark as the charade goes along; unexpectedly dark, yet perfectly so. His use of humor infuses a heart into the proceedings and a true bond and relationship between Stephen and Bloom, two men that learn to hate each other at the end of a job, but always come to the others help when needed at the start. You must be diligent to the environment surrounding our actors, as it is just as much playing a role as they, helping a truly bold and intricate story be disguised as a simple one. Very slight on first appearance, it is the fact that it's so well told that makes it seem simpler than it really is. Without any bloated superfluities or weakly handled tangents, this tightly woven tapestry lives on its own at a breakneck speed, culminating with a spectacular final twist, an end that had been building up right from the start in that bourgeois playground during the boys' foster home placement. The Brothers Bloom look out for each other and never let the other down, no matter what damage it may cause to themselves. In the end, they do it all for their brother, anything they can to make the other's life a success.