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The Brave

  • 19971997
  • 2h 3m
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The Brave (1997)
  • Drama
A down-on-his-luck American Indian recently released from jail is offered the chance to "star" as the victim of a snuff film, the resulting pay of which could greatly help his poverty strick... Read allA down-on-his-luck American Indian recently released from jail is offered the chance to "star" as the victim of a snuff film, the resulting pay of which could greatly help his poverty stricken family.A down-on-his-luck American Indian recently released from jail is offered the chance to "star" as the victim of a snuff film, the resulting pay of which could greatly help his poverty stricken family.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
10K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,431
370
  • Director
    • Johnny Depp
  • Writers
    • Gregory McDonald(novel)
    • Paul McCudden(screenplay)
    • Johnny Depp(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Johnny Depp
    • Marlon Brando
    • Marshall Bell
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  • Director
    • Johnny Depp
  • Writers
    • Gregory McDonald(novel)
    • Paul McCudden(screenplay)
    • Johnny Depp(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Johnny Depp
    • Marlon Brando
    • Marshall Bell
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    • 78User reviews
    • 28Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 3 nominations

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    Johnny Depp
    Johnny Depp
    • Raphaelas Raphael
    Marlon Brando
    Marlon Brando
    • McCarthyas McCarthy
    Marshall Bell
    Marshall Bell
    • Larryas Larry
    Elpidia Carrillo
    Elpidia Carrillo
    • Ritaas Rita
    Frederic Forrest
    Frederic Forrest
    • Lou Sr.as Lou Sr.
    Clarence Williams III
    Clarence Williams III
    • Father Strattonas Father Stratton
    Max Perlich
    Max Perlich
    • Lou Jr.as Lou Jr.
    Luis Guzmán
    Luis Guzmán
    • Luisas Luis
    Cody Lightning
    Cody Lightning
    • Frankieas Frankie
    Nicole Mancera
    • Martaas Marta
    Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman
    Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman
    • Papaas Papa
    Pepe Serna
    Pepe Serna
    • Alessandroas Alessandro
    Lupe Ontiveros
    Lupe Ontiveros
    • Mariaas Maria
    Alexis Cruz
    Alexis Cruz
    • Heymanas Heyman
    Chuck E. Weiss
    • Whizzyas Whizzy
    Buck Holland
    • Scout Masteras Scout Master
    Iggy Pop
    Iggy Pop
    • Man Eating Bird Legas Man Eating Bird Leg
    Tricia Vessey
    Tricia Vessey
    • Luis's Girl #1as Luis's Girl #1
    • Director
      • Johnny Depp
    • Writers
      • Gregory McDonald(novel)
      • Paul McCudden(screenplay)
      • Johnny Depp(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    An unemployed alcoholic Native American Indian lives on a trailer park with his wife and two children. Convinced that he has nothing to offer this world, he agrees to be tortured to death by a gang of rednecks in return for $50,000. —Duncan Shine <shine@telecall.co.uk>
    • bare breasts
    • woman punches a man
    • death
    • poverty
    • native american
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    • Genre
      • Drama
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    • Trivia
      Director and star Johnny Depp was deeply upset at negative reviews by American critics attending an otherwise successful screening at the Cannes Film Festival. As a result, he refused to release the film in the United States.
    • Goofs
      All entries contain spoilers
    • Quotes

      McCarthy: The final measure of bravery is to stand up to death.

    • Connections
      Featured in TopTenz: 10 Movies People Don't Want You To See (2018)
    • Soundtracks
      A Star Is Born
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    User reviews78

    Review
    Top review
    Window to the Soul
    Vincent Gallo with "Brown Bunny" Marlin Brando with "One-Eyed Jacks" Dennis Hopper with "The Last Movie" Jack Nicholson with " Drive, He Said" Tim Carey with "The World's Greatest Sinner" Ed Norton with "Keeping the Faith" Jodie Foster with "Little Man Tate" Kevin Spacey with "Albino Alligator"

    All of these are similar actors who make huge mistakes in misunderstanding cinematic vision. All of these choose to act from the inside out, so they don't understand how to build a long form composition from a visual vocabulary. You can start many places in building a film, but rarely does it work to start with a inner performance. (Rarely, "Bunny" worked because he had those two clever twists at the end that restructured what went before.)

    Sean Penn, alone in this class knows what to do. His "The Pledge" is one of the purest performance experiences I know, together with his similar collaboration with Woody Allen in "Sweet and Lowdown." In both those, the director knew how to shrinkwrap the cinema around the performance because the single performances (Nicholson, Penn respectively) were not of a character, but a range of characters.

    If this weren't Depp, it wouldn't be so amazing that it lacks imagination. That's because time and time again Depp as an actor shows that he understands a creative director's cinematic structure and how he fits in. And not just one type of approach; he has collaborated with a wide variety of visions from the synthetic to the abstract, through folded and flat, annotated and straight.

    And gosh, take a look at the sets. They were designed with such amazing richness and possibilities by an eastern European creative team that understands circus. And then not leveraged in the slightest by Depp.

    Much has been made of Brando's manner through his career, especially the notion that he needs a strong director who will force not only a deep performance, but will indicate the slots for him to fill in the greater composition. I'm not sure about that; I see him trying amazing things even when in otherwise lazy movies.

    Brando and Depp were friends and had worked together before. Its unsettling that Brando's work here seems unintegrated with anything else in the project, not even the world of Depp's character.

    I hate to agree with the conventional wisdom that this is a poor film, an unsuccessful Jesus parable.

    I come to these primarily to get another window into the soul of a valued actor. Some of his performances have mattered to me, and I believe no actor can be rich without being a rich person.

    Well, he may be rich, but he lacks a rich compositor's eye.

    Ted's Evaluation -- 2 of 3: Has some interesting elements.
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    • May 18, 2006

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 30, 1997 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Korkusuz
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Jeremy Thomas Productions
      • Acappella Pictures
      • Brave Pictures
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 3 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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