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Today everyone knows the name of John Wilkes Booth, the notorious zealot who assassinated Abraham Lincoln. But in his lifetime, the killer was an actor who was well-known among fans of the theater, well-known but less famous and less admired than his brother Edwin. In the 1860s, Edwin Booth ranked among the greatest and most-respected stars of the stage. He lived in New York and sympathized with the Union cause, while his younger brother stomped the...
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
The story of Alvin Straight who wants to make amends with his estranged brother who has suffered a debilitating stroke. He sets out on a 260-mile journey from Iowa to Wisconsin, on a John Deere lawnmower to reach his brother.
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Two brothers, one born of royal blood, one an orphan with a secret past, grow up the best of friends. But the truth will ultimately set them at odds, as one becomes the ruler of the most powerful empire, the other the chosen leader of his people.
6) The fighter
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
A look at the early years of boxer 'Irish' Micky Ward and his brother who helped train him before going pro in the mid-1980s.
7) Bandolero!
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
The warring Bishop brothers must join forces to escape a death sentence.
8) Stuck on you
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Language
English
Description
Conjoined twins, Bob and Walt, are happy living their lives together and manage just fine, playing hockey, working at the diner, and cruising for babes, until one decides he wants to be an actor and the other has stage fright and panic attacks.
Publisher
Direct Source Special Products
Pub. Date
p1999
Language
English
Description
Trinity is a no-good amateur outlaw looking to build a nasty reputation by committing as many crimes as he possibly can. While being chased by a bloodthirsty lynch mob, he runs into his older brother and the two decide to work as a team -- hijacking stage coaches. After a string of bad luck, the brothers resort to card sharking in a local saloon. When the mob rides into town there's a violent showdown and only one man will be left standing
10) Igby goes down
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Language
English
Description
Igby and his older brother, Oliver, are are in the process of killing their terminally ill mother. His parents snipe at each other endlessly until his father tries to commit suicide and is sent to a mental hospital. Igby grows into a rebellious youth, gets kicked out of several boarding schools and ends up in a military academy. As Igby gets drawn further into the mind games and hypocrisy of the adult world, his already jaded outlook grows even darker....
12) Public enemy
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Classic gangster film tells the story of two brothers, one an honorable war veteran, the other a high-class gangster that sold alcohol during the prohibition.
Publisher
Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006], c1999
Language
English
Description
A love triangle between two brothers and a woman creates a rivalry. One brother who works for the French government has to capture all pirates and bring them to justice. The other brother is the most notorious and feared pirate sailing the high seas. Fate brings the two brothers together again in a fight for honor, love and loyalty.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox
Pub. Date
[2008], c2007
Language
English
Description
Three estranged American brothers set off on a train trip through India in search of their mother who has hidden herself away in a monastery, but neither the physical nor the spiritual journey is easy as they try to find a way back to the friendship they once shared.
16) Tiptoes
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Language
English
Description
Rolfe is the dwarf brother to a normal-sized Steven. When Steven's girlfriend Carol becomes pregnant, the pair are fearful that the baby will inherit the dwarism gene. Matters are complicated still further when Carol finds herself falling in love with Rolfe.
17) Leaves of grass
Publisher
First Look Studios
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
An Ivy League professor is lured back to his Oklahoma hometown, where his twin brother, a small-time pot grower, has concocted a scheme to take down a local drug lord.
Publisher
Weinstein Company Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
When two brothers find themselves in need of money, an uncle reaches out and offers to pay them to commit murder.
When gambling debt and an expensive courtship place working-class brothers in a financial bind, a rich uncle offers them an out in exchange for committing murder.
20) Warrior
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament--a path that puts the fighter on a collision corner with his older brother.
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