Two Brothers

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Two Brothers
Poster for Two Brothers.
Directed by	Jean-Jacques Annaud
Produced by	Jean-Jacques Annaud, Jake Eberts
Written by	Alain Godard, Jean-Jacques Annaud,
Starring	Guy Pearce, Freddie Highmore, Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Music by	Stephen Warbeck
Cinematography	Jean-Marie Dreujou
Editing by	Noëlle Boisson
Distributed by	Universal Pictures Pathé
Release date(s)	April 7, 2004 (France)
Running time	109 min
Language	English, Thai, French
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Two Brothers is a 2004 France/United Kingdom adventure/family film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud.

1 Plot Summary
2 Main cast
3 Trivia
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Plot Summary

Set in 1930s Cambodia, two tigers were separated as cubs, after the ancient temple in which they were living was disturbed by Aidan McRory.

McRory, an unscrupulous explorer, big-game hunter and temple looter, kills the cubs' father. One of the cubs, Kumal, is immediately recovered by McRory, who befriends it, but he is arrested for stealing from an ancient temple, and Kumal is sold to a circus.

The other, Sangha, remains in the jungle with his mother, but both are eventually trapped (by McRory) and released as game for a vain Khmer prince to hunt. The mother is then shot in the ear, thought to be dead for a moment before running away, and Sangha is taken into captivity, ends up as a pet to young Raoul, son of the French administrator Normandin.

Kumal, meanwhile, is being trained by the cruel circus ringmaster Zerbino to do tricks, such as jumping through a flaming hoop. Sangha becomes too wild to remain in the French household, and he is made a part of the prince's palace menagerie.

Then the prince decides to hold a big festival, in which a battle between two great beasts - the brother tigers - is to be the centerpiece.

When placed in the cage together before the audience, the two brothers do not immediately recognise each other, and Kumal is afraid to fight. However, when the brothers do finally recognise each other, instead of fighting they begin to play together, much to the annoyance of the audience and the owners.

The trainer attempts to antagonise the tigers into fighting, but as he opens the cage, the tigers escape, managing to frighten the trainers and the audience into the cage themselves.

The two brothers escape, but are hunted by McRory. After escaping through a fire, McRory and Raoul find them. However, as McRory takes aim at one tiger, the other stands over McRory, who remembers him as Kumal. McRory puts down his gun and vows never to hunt again.

The two brothers make their way back to their temple home for a happy reunion. McRory is afriad they won't learn to hunt and end up as man-eaters. After he leaves, the mother appears and the family is reunited.

[edit] Main cast

Guy Pearce as Aidan McRory
Freddie Highmore as Young Raoul
Jean-Claude Dreyfus as Administrator Normandin
Oanh Nguyen as His Excellency
Vincent Scarito as Zerbino

[edit] Trivia

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There are 30 tigers used for the film.
The tigers used in the film were mostly from French zoos, and others from Thailand^[1]
The prince's palace was in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, at a place called Mueang Boran (Ancient City), which has scaled-down replicas of many of Thailand's important structures.
One of the main themes is To The Stars, which was first composed as the main theme of the movie Dragonheart.