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THE  BRAVE

1997

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Director: Johnny Depp

Writers:    
  • Gregory McDonald   (novel)
  • Paul McCudden   (screenplay)
  • Johnny Depp   (screenplay)
  • Danny Depp   (screenplay)
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    With     : Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando, Marshall Bell, Elpidia Carillo, Frederic Forrest, Clarence Williams III, Max Perlich

     

    Awards & Nominations:

    • 1997 CAMERIMAGE: Golden Frog Award: Vilko Filac (Nominated)
    • 1997 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL: Golden Palm Award: Johnny Depp (Nominated)

    The Brave was not released in the USA.


     




     

     

     





     

     

     


      

     

     




     

    SYNOPSIS

    An unemployed alcoholic Native American Indian lives on a trailer park with his wife and two children. Convinced that he has nothing to offer this world, he agrees to be tortured to death by a gang of rednecks in return for $50,000.


     
    "USER COMMENT"

    Am member of the IMBd forum described the film accurately as: "Everyone should watch it if they have the chance, but don't expect to go away smiling"



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    QUOTES FROM JOHNNY DEPP

    "I should be commited to an institution immediately for even thinking I could get away with that. These two things [acting and directing] are opposing, they oppose one another. To be a director, you have to be in complete control of the set, complete control of the surroundings, and very aware of what's going on, what's being used and what's not being used... It's insanity. To be an actor, you have to be, in a sense, out of control."
    Johnny Depp

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    "I really approached the film as if it was a white big piece of paper and I was just going to draw a picture on it. And whether that picture was good or bad, whatever people thought of it, what they could never take away was that it was my picture."
    Johnny Depp

    "We always say 'I would kill for my family' or 'I would die for my family', but would you really? I mean, when really put in that situation, would you really give up your life? Do you really love something or someone that much?"
    Johnny Depp

    “The film hurt a lot to make."
    Johnny Depp, from the book "Johnny Depp: A Modern Rebel"


    “Will I direct again? Yes, definitely. I don’t think I would direct and be in it again, or be the lead role in it. But I will definitely do it again.”
    Johnny Depp, from the book "Johnny Depp: A Modern Rebel"

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    The Brave has a cameo by Iggy Pop: he plays  a man eating at the party.

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    “I totally invested me in this movie, so I had to put much more about myself in it than any other.”
    Johnny Depp, from the book "Johnny Depp: A Modern Rebel"

    “I directed this movie honestly, without embellishment. Sure there’ll be people who won't like it or won't understand the humor I’ve put into it, but at least it will be a film that’s like me.”
    Johnny Depp, from the book "Johnny Depp: A Modern Rebel"


     

    QUOTES FROM OTHERS


    "The Brave was a painful experience, I think, for Johnny because of the process. He had this project that he felt deeply about, he directed it, and then the money guys wanted it at Cannes - but he never really had the chance to finish the film properly. If there is a weakness in the film, it is these two sides of Johnny that haven't quite found a middle ground, how you put it together. Because there are scenes in the movie that are like Kusterica's stuff; they're fabulous, outrageous. And then the other part of the film is incredibly real and dark."
    Terry Gilliam, from 'Depp' by Christopher Heard

    "Well, it's very serious, but it's certainly arty. He didn't make a commercial kind of a movie, which I think is good. People loved it."
    John Waters, from 'Depp' by Christopher Heard

    "At first I thought Johnny was taking on more than he could handle with The Brave. Johnny goes beyond getting angry. He likes off-centre, arty roles as an actor, and he is that way in his personality, too."
    Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman, from 'Depp' by Christopher Heard

    "Johnny is very attentive and takes care of my comfort. He asked for fruit deliveries and all the things that I needed. And the members of his team are all very nice. Johnny chose them and they do everything for my comfort."
    Marlon Brando, Studio Magazine

    "I know the story because Johnny told me, and I understood the meaning of the movie."
    Marlon Brando, Studio Magazine

    “He put an awful lot of his own money into this film, that’s a pretty honourable thing. I don’t have that kind of courage.”
    Patrick Hasburgh, from the book "Johnny Depp: A Modern Rebel"

    Johnny Depp, who doesn’t act in this scene, concentrates on directing, forming with his director of photography Vilko Filac a solid team. Depp is everywhere, shows special attention to everyone. You’re as likely to see him helping the stagehands install a rail as murmuring, by the ear of an actor, his last instructions before the take. You don’t see, here, any of those little normal hierarchies that often poison sets (seat reserved for the director, favored treatment at the canteen, etc.) In his naturalness, in his contact with others, in his way of pitching in with the crew, Depp is very reminiscent of Jarmusch and Kusturica.

    Christophe d’Yvoire (photographer) on the set of The Brave, Studio Magazine, 1997
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