Mr. Brooks

Year:

2007

Duration:

120 min

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

IMDB rate:

7.4

Director:

Bruce A. Evans

Awards:

2 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2007-06-01

Filming Locations: Portland, Oregon, USA

Earnings

Budget: $20,000,000

Opening Weekend: $10,017,067 (USA) (3 June 2007)

Gross: $28,476,219 (USA) (12 August 2007)

Cast

Actor

Character

Marg Helgenberger

Mr. Brooks

Matt Schulze

Mr. Brooks

Kevin Costner

Mr. Earl Brooks

Demi Moore

Det. Tracy Atwood

Dane Cook

Mr. Smith

William Hurt

Marshall

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Hawkins

Danielle Panabaker

Jane Brooks

Aisha Hinds

Nancy Hart

Lindsay Crouse

Captain Lister

Jason Lewis

Jesse Vialo

Reiko Aylesworth

Sheila - Jesse's Lawyer

Yasmine Delawari

Sunday

Traci Dinwiddie

Sarah Leaves

Michael Cole

Atwood's Lawyer

Jim Farnum

Master of Ceremonies

Megan Brown

Dance Couple (Woman)

Ross Francis

Dance Couple (Man)

Kit Gwin

Detective Carfagno

Marcus Hester

Detective Smolny

Jamie McShane

Crime Lab Technician

Laura Bailey

Flight Attendant

Jon Paul Burkhart

Flight Attendant

Matthew Posey

AA Leader

Brandon Ray Olive

Summons Server (as Brandon Olive)

Rosie Cafarelli

Vaughn

Ben Glass

ER Doctor

Kanin Howell

Pick-Up Driver

Steve Coulter

Roger

Stephen Michael Ayers

Mr. Clifford

Mark Scarboro

Detective

Brad Evans

Cop (as Brad L. Evans)

David Gibbons

Box Plant Manager

Jasa Abreo

On Plane Flight Attendant

Rommel Sulit

Japanese Client

Phillip DeVona

Police Officer

Mike Armstrong

Extra (uncredited)

Dodie Brown

Police Officer

Lizzie Brubaker

Extra (uncredited)

Ted Ferguson

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Chuck Halley

Banquet Guest (uncredited)

Michael J. Hebert

Man reading newspaper (uncredited)

Deborah R. Jones

CSI Agent (uncredited)

Gio March

Police Officer

James Paul

Street Pedestrian (uncredited)

Colvin Roberson

Driver (uncredited)

Michael Sieve

Detective (uncredited)

Mary Alfred Thoma

Banquet Guest (uncredited)

Van White

Officer Shanks (uncredited)

Steven E. Williams

Motorist (uncredited)

Cindi Woods

CSI Agent (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Zach Braff was originally cast as Mr. Smith.

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During the shootout between Detective Atwood, Meeks and Sarah in the darkened hotel hallway, the flashes of light that appear were created by a lighting rig hooked up to an audio trigger, which was programmed to respond to the sound of their gunshots. The actors were essentially directing their own lighting.

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Bruce A. Evans first film as director since Kuffs (1992).

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Goofs

The movie is supposed to be set in Oregon, however the license plates on the cars let you know that it can't possibly be Oregon. Oregon license plates have three letters and then three numbers or vice versa. Not two letters and then a number with two numbers and a letter for the second half of the plate. This, however, is a common device in filmmaking, as film producers do not wish to actual registrations. Films shot in New York and Washington almost always feature cars whose license plates fail to conform to registration patterns.

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Before Detective Atwood ever sees any action, her knuckles are scraped and bruised from fighting.

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After the Man of the Year ceremony, Mrs. Brooks takes the ring on her right ring finger off and puts it into her jewelery box, when the camera changes angles, she is seen taking the same ring off again.

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Quotes

Mr. Earl Brooks: [after scaring Smith] Don't worry. If I were here to kill you, you would already be dead. After you left today, I realized that our friendship was a little one-sided. So tomorrow night when we meet, if you'd be so kind as to bring all the pictures and the memory card from your camera. That way we could like each other simply for who we are. If you don't show up, I will presume that you've gone to the police, and I will kill you. Even if I go to jail because of you, Mr. Smith, someone will find you, wherever you are, and they will kill you.

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Marshall: Let the police put Jane in jail. Hopefully that will save her. And we can happily go on with our tortured lives.

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Marshall: She did it, didn't she?

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Faq

Q

What's the name of the song during the scissors scene?

A

"Vicious Traditions" by The Veils.

Q

NOTE REGARDING SPOILERS

A

The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags are used to sparingly in order to make the page more readable.

Q

Is psychopathy inheritable?

A

Certain inheritable genes can make an individual more predisposed to psychopathy, but genes cannot alone account for a psychopath. Are there intergenerational families of murderous psychopaths? Such a theory certainly seems far-fetched, although there has not been enough study or data to prove or disprove this notion outright. Even had Jane inherited such a gene or genes from Mr. Brooks, given that she was raised in a seemingly safe and loving environment makes their expression in her personality remote unless triggered at some point by exposure to her father's 'addiction', she adopted the practice.Not enough is known at this time about the science of 'addiction' to know precisely which environmental cues and to what degree of exposure is required before genes that predispose to 'addictive' behavior are triggered into individual expression. In other words, even had Jane inherited genes for psychopathy from her father it's not known what specific events need to occur and/or re-occur (e.g. would she need be a victim of repeated sadistic abuse or could merely her witnessing a live event of someone killing for pleasure like in the case of Mr. Smith act as a trigger? Can watching enough slasher flicks alone provide the inspiration for those predisposed?) for her to become a psychopath.

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