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Brothers at War (2009) -- On a mission to see the war in Iraq first hand, Jake Rademacher journeys to Mosul, Iraq to embed in his brother's unit.
Brothers at War (2009) -- A man travels to Iraq to see why his brothers are fighting in the war in this intimate documentary
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Overview

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6.8/10   130 votes
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Director:
Jake Rademacher
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Genre:
Documentary | War more
Plot:
BROTHERS AT WAR is an intimate portrait of an American family during a turbulent time. Jake Rademacher sets out to understand the experience... more | full synopsis
User Comments:
Brothers at War - a must see film more (1 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Mahmoud Hamid Ali ... Himself
Edward Allier ... Himself
Ryan Baker ... Himself
Zack Corke ... Himself
Danelle Fields ... Herself
Ben Fisher ... Himself
Jason Grundy ... Himself
Patrick Irvine ... Himself
Kevin Keniston ... Himself
Frank McCann ... Himself
Brandon 'Mongo' Phillips ... Himself
Claus Rademacher ... Himself
Isaac Rademacher ... Himself

Jake Rademacher ... Himself
Jenny Rademacher ... Herself
Joe Rademacher ... Himself
Robert Smallwood ... Himself
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language and a brief war image.
Runtime:
USA:110 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
USA:R
Filming Locations:
Decatur, Illinois, USA more

Fun Stuff

Soundtrack:
Brothers In Arms more

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Brothers at War - a must see film, 25 May 2009
10/10
Author: lindalucys from United States

A great documentary! The parents had 5boys + 2 girls and the film maker is the eldest. The documentary has lots of old family pix and family videos and you get to KNOW the family and their personalities. And you see them at their most vulnerable, bravest, craziest and most boredom too. (the troops LOVE the show watching CD's of "The OC")

We are not "in the business," though live in a suburb of LA. My sister Armine and I ventured over to Santa Monica 3rd St Promenade to attend the premiere of a limited (1 wk?) viewing of a must-see documentary... BROTHERS AT WAR.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED when it comes to your state.

Viewers in the Santa Monica, CA audience came from as far as Sacramento, San Diego, Pasadena and the 2 of us from Santa Clarita.

It's not being aired anywhere else. Can you believe, it's only opened in 50 cities in the entire USA. It orig opened near 6 US military bases.... and now starting to go into the civilian communities? Hey, we're lucky that it's in driving distance to most (within 1hr drive time).

You are involved in the lives of all the REAL LIFE characters in this documentary film. It's not a political film, bashing 1 side or the other. It was filmed between 2004-2006. It's a family opening up w/ family stories (7 kids), and many young soldiers & marines "in country" opening up (eventually) to a 30yr old documentary filmmaker ... searching... why his brothers are volunteering, why other troops are in the service? (You can only imagine the clapping going on in that theater at the end of the film)

Best of all, we lucked out that evening! There was a question / answer period following the 7pm movie premiere we attended: writer/director Jake Rademacher (the 3rd brother); award winning producer Norman Powell and Gary Sinese (known to most as Lt Dan from Forest Gump, starring in CSI-NY, and traveling the world to entertain our troops with his very talented professional band, The Lt Dan Band). There were even 2 of the troops that we saw in the documentary sitting in the audience as well. (More clapping and clapping) Even recommend by Roger Ebert in the Sun Times.

Great film. Hope it wins the Best Documentary Oscar.

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