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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...
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One of William Shakespeare's most farcical comedies, "The Comedy of Errors" is notable for its use of mistaken identity to achieve a slapstick comedic effect. Ripe with the bard's characteristic word play, the comedy concerns the lives of two sets of identical twins that were accidentally separated shortly after their birth. The play begins by the elderly Syracusian trader Egeon relating the back-story of his family. When Egeon was young, he married...
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A darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity is Suzan-Lori Parks latest riff on the way we are defined by history. The play tells the story of Lincoln and Booth, two brothers whose names were given to them as a joke, foretelling a lifetime of sibling rivalry and resentment. Haunted by the past, the brothers are forced to confront the shattering reality of their future.
5) Whacked!
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Velocity Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003.
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English
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When a scheme to embezzle millions in government funds is uncovered, two brothers are drawn into the center of the action as they protect the only cyber-witness to the crime.
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Direct Source Special Products
Pub. Date
cp1999
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English
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Spoof of the western classic The magnificent seven. Two half brothers help a group of Mormon settlers protect themselves from a band of marauding Mexican bandits. Add the further complication of two of the Mormon girls falling in love with Trinity.
10) The bigfoot
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FamilyEntertainment.tv
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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The adorable Little Foot embarks on a whole new adventure to find his big brother Big Foot. Will Pinocchio, Little Red Riding Hood, and Snow White come to the rescue?
11) Efficiency
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Film Works Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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A pair of irresponsible twin brothers struggle to keep their close bond intact when an unexpected tragedy threatens to tear them apart. Derrick and Patrick are identical twin brothers, recently out of college and with little prospects for the future. When Derrick and his girlfriend Christine learn they have an unexpected child on the way, they're forced to adapt and accept this overwhelming new responsibility.
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014
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English
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Russell and his younger brother Rodney live in the economically depressed Rust Belt, and have always dreamed of escaping and finding better lives. But when a cruel twist of fate lands Russell in prison, his brother becomes involved with one of the most violent and ruthless crime rings in the Northeast - a mistake that will cost him everything. Once released, Russell must choose between his own freedom or risking it all to seek justice for his brother....
13) Zone drifter
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Uncork'd Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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In the distant future, a former soldier battles through a ravaged post-war wasteland, and faces an army of programmed killers while searching for his missing brother.
18) The wanderers
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FilmWorks
Pub. Date
c2013
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English
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Ben Meadows ends up in a coma following a car accident on the way home from his mother's funeral. When he wakes, he is suffering from amnesia. Ben's brother, Lee, takes him home to recover and it isn't long before Ben begins piecing his memory back together. The brothers travel to Los Angeles in an effort to track down their estranged father and find themselves falling deeper into a crime world they don't understand. They soon realize that some things...
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FoxVideo
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2004, c1995
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English
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Pathological liar Dave Firpo and his kleptomaniac brother Alvin are two small-time crooks who lure their good-hearted brother Bill into robbing a bank in the small town of Paradise, Pennsylvania. Pulling off the heist is a snap compared to getting out of town after a snowstorm hits.
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