The Brothers McMullen

The Brothers McMullen

Movie |

Love | Best Friend

  • :
  • Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Romance
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Edward Burns
  • Cast(s): Shari Albert, Maxine Bahns, Connie Britton, Edward Burns, Jennifer Jostyn See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 38min
  • Music: Seamus Egan
  • Award(s): Grand Jury Prize 1995 (Won)
    Grand Special Prize 1995 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: The Wedding Banquet, Materialists
  • Story:
    Deals with the lives of the three Irish Catholic McMullen brothers from Long Island, New York, over three months, as they grapple with basic ideas and values — love, sex, marriage, religion and family — in the 1990s. Directed, written, produced by and starring Edward Burns.
    Full Story
6.6/10
IMDb

The Brothers McMullen - Where to Stream?

Unfortunately, the movie The Brothers McMullen is not available to stream/stream on any of the streaming platforms in India. It is not available to buy/ rent online on any platforms right now.

Disclaimer: All content and media belong to original content streaming platforms/owners like Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, Amazon Prime Videos, JioCinema, SonyLIV etc. 91mobiles entertainment does not claim any rights to the content and only aggregate the content along with the service providers links.

Videos: Trailers, Teasers, Featurettes

The Brothers Mcmullen - Cast

The Brothers Mcmullen - Crew

The Brothers McMullen - IMAGE GALLERY

STORY AND RATINGS

Story
Deals with the lives of the three Irish Catholic McMullen brothers from Long Island, New York, over three months, as they grapple with basic ideas and values — love, sex, marriage, religion and family — in the 1990s. Directed, written, produced by and starring Edward Burns.
Ratings

6.6/10

IMDb

AWARDS

Won
Grand Jury Prize Award

Dramatic | 1995 | Edward

Independent Spirit Award

Best First Feature | 1996 | Edward

Nova Award

Most Promising Producer in Theatrical Motion Pictures | 1996 | Edward

Nominations

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

When Robert Redford was at the Entertainment Tonight studios for an interview, Edward Burns gave him a tape of this film in a an elevator and begged him to watch it. Redford said that Burns looked like a panhandler. "I get that all the time, but I thought, what the hell, that's what it's all about." He watched it, liked it, and the film went on to win at Sundance. The showing also led to a distribution deal, which included an additional $200,000 for post production work and to get the rights for the Sarah McLachlan song "I Will Remember You", which was added over the closing credits.

Most of this was shot at weekends at Edward Burns's mother's house.

Filmed every weekend over an eight-month period. For the scene where Edward Burns's character goes on a date in Central Park, the first part was shot in October, the second in January and the last part in April.

Seamus Egan, who composed much of the music on the soundtrack, was on a tour of New England when his car broke down. He was put up for the night by a local couple he had never met, whose adult son happened to be visiting for the weekend. They loaned Seamus their own car so he could finish the tour. In gratitude, Seamus (and bluegrass musician Dirk Powell) gave them copies of their CDs, they only gift they could afford at the time. The son turned out to be Andy Yarme, a technician working on the film in New York. The CDs found their way to Ed Burns, who in turn called Seamus and asked if he could use some of the music on the film. After the film was picked up by Sundance, the music was remastered, and due to the increased budget, Sarah McLachlan was brought on board. Together, they re-wrote Seamus' instrumental "Weep Not For the Memories", creating the hit "I Will Remember You". McLachlan's video for the song following its release as a single cost three times to make as the entire Brothers McMullen production.

The most profitable film on a percentage basis in 1995. It cost only $200,000 to make and grossed $13.4 million, 67 times it budget.

Popular Dialogues

"Barry: [holds up a banana] Man is like a banana. Strong and firm, bright and phallic, and he's protected by his all-important shield. But, when a woman comes along, you know, she sees this bright phallic beast and she wants it. So, she starts peeling away your all-important shield. [peels the banana] Barry: First, she wants to see your romantic side, then she wants to see your passionate side, finally she wants to see your soft, caring, feminine side. She keeps peeling and peeling until you're left there buck naked, totally exposed with your balls blowing in the wind. And that's when she gets her knife, and she cuts away your manhood piece by piece until she's having your cock in her corn flakes."

"Barry McMullen: I like being a pessimist. It helps me deal with my inevitable failure."