The Brave

July 30, 1997 0 By Fans
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Plot

A down-on-his-luck American Indian recently released from jail is offered the chance to "star" as the victim of a snuff film…

Release Year: 1997

Rating: 6.3/10 (4,772 voted)

Director:
Johnny Depp

Stars: Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando, Marshall Bell

Storyline
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.

Writers: Gregory McDonald, Paul McCudden

Cast:

Johnny Depp

Raphael


Marlon Brando

McCarthy


Marshall Bell

Larry


Elpidia Carrillo

Rita


Frederic Forrest

Lou Sr.


Clarence Williams III

Father Stratton


Max Perlich

Lou Jr.


Luis Guzmán

Luis


Cody Lightning

Frankie


Nicole Mancera

Marta


Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman

Papa


Pepe Serna

Alessandro


Lupe Ontiveros

Maria


Alexis Cruz

Heyman


Chuck E. Weiss

Whizzy

Release Date: 30 July 1997

Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA



Technical Specs

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Did You Know?

Trivia:

The first line of dialogue isn't spoken for over 10 minutes.

Quotes:

Larry:
Hey, listen to this. The other day I was driving down the highway, had the air-conditioner on, smoking my stogies, listening to some tunes, and this big fat crow lands on a billboard. Biggest, fattest crow I ever saw in my life. And I fix on him, and he dropped dead – boom, in the sand. Damndest thing I ever saw. Kind of made me sick. In fact, it made me poop. It made me poop my pants. It was about a four-inch, bell-shaped fece, very hard, very firm. Things haven't been going too good for me.



User Review

Everyone should watch it if they have the chance, but don't expect to go away smiling.

Rating: 9/10

Wow. I just watched The Brave.
Before I saw it, I knew that it was the only film which Johnny Depp
has directed. After seeing it, I can add 'unfortunately' to the
beginning of the fact. In every film that he's been in, nevermind the
quality of the film itself, Johnny Depp has always given a wonderful
performance. As a director, he's no different. The Brave is truly
outstanding.
How to describe the film? It's impossibly really. All I can say
is…wow.
Every actor is great. It's hard to get good child actors, but here it
had been done. Johnny Depp is fantastic as usual, the wife is
brilliant too. I don't think that there is a single performance that I
would criticise.
With the film, I did something that I've never done before – I didn't
move for the last 10 or 20 minutes, and when it was over, I just sat
through the credits completely in shock, crying. I even stayed in
front of the DVD menu for a while afterwards, completely still. How
anyone can call this film 'boring' is beyond me. Heartbreaking,
uncomfortable, yes, but it is far from boring.
Everyone should watch The Brave if they have the chance, but don't
expect to go away smiling.