{"id":422,"date":"2009-05-18T13:03:26","date_gmt":"2009-05-18T12:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.magicians.co.uk\/news\/?p=422"},"modified":"2009-05-18T13:03:26","modified_gmt":"2009-05-18T12:03:26","slug":"the-brothers-bloom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magicians.co.uk\/news\/the-brothers-bloom\/","title":{"rendered":"The Brothers Bloom"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As well as live entertainment, Magicians.co.uk also combines it\u2019s unusual skills training and coaching skills with new creative ideas to create magic and illusion for feature films, TV and stage productions. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The latest of these projects to hit the big screen is <\/span>The Brothers Bloom<\/span><\/a> the latest movie from director Rian Johnson<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The film sees Academy award winners Rachel Weisz and Adrien Brody together with Mark Ruffalo and Rinko Kikuchi as the world best con artists. Brody and Ruffalo play two brothers; Stephen (Ruffalo) and Bloom (Brody) who have travelled the world living a life of hustle and deception, swindling fortunes from the rich.\u00a0 <\/span>They decide to embark on one last heist \u2013 to entice a beautiful young heiress Penelope (Weisz). They enlist the help of Japanese explosives expert aptly name \u2018Bang Bang\u2019 (Kikuchi) and take off on an Ocean Liner heading for Greece. Their scam takes an unexpected turn when a genuine romance blossoms between Bloom and Penelope and Bloom wonders if this scam is one too far. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Weisz and Ruffalo both had to learn to some card cheating moves for their roles and James Freedman was the magic consultant who devised the routines and taught them to handle cards like professional croupiers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWorking with Rachel was a huge pleasure. We worked together in London and on location in Serbia. She was the most brilliant and dedicated student and her months of practice meant she perfected some very advanced card moves.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Actor and fellow member of The Magic Circle, <\/span>Andy Nyman<\/span><\/a> also appears in the film playing the role of Charleston.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Brothers Bloom opens nationwide in the USA this Friday 22 May although the UK release date is still unknown. We\u2019ll keep you updated on this site but in the meantime have a look at the official trailer<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n