Best Movie Siblings

26 August 2008

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This week see the release of Step Brothers, which stars Will Farrell and John C Reilly as two middle aged men who are forced to live together as step brothers when their parents marry.

As their narcissism and downright aggressive laziness threaten to tear the family apart, these two middle-aged, immature, overgrown boys will orchestrate an insane, elaborate plan to bring their parents back together.

So with the sibling theme running through this movie here at FemaleFirst wee took a look at some of the best movie siblings of all time.

Jake and Elwood Blues

Released in 1980 The Blues Brothers starred John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as Jake and Elwood who make it their personal mission to save the orphanage that they grew up in.

Jake Blues is released from Joliet Prison into his brother Elwood's custody, having been paroled after serving three years of a five-year sentence for armed robbery.

Upon his release the brothers visit the orphanage they grew up in--only to discover that it is in danger of being shut down by the county for failure to pay taxes. With a little help from James Brown as a revival preacher, the Blues Brothers are divinely inspired to raise the $5,000 that the orphanage needs to stay open.

On their mission from God, they must reunite their old band and raise the money by playing various gigs around town however everything doesn't exactly go according to plan.

Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia

Born to Padm� Amidala on Polis Massa Leia and Luke's mother dies in childbirth and in a bid to hide the children from Darth Vader they are separated at birth.

Leia is sent to Alderaan and grow up a princess, the adopted daughter of Senator Bail Organa, and Luke would be taken to the desert planet of Tatooine to be raised as a moisture farmer by his Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru, both knowing nothing of the other.

But when Princess Leia is kidnapped by Darth Vader accusing her of being a traitor and demands to know the location of the secret technical plans of the Death Star, which have been hidden inside an Astromech droid, R2-D2 found by Luke, the pair are re-united.

With Han Solo, Chewbacca, R2 D2 and C3PO Luke and Leia fight to save the Empire from Darth Vader, Emperor Palpatine and the dark side.

Charlie and Raymond Babbitt

Starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise 1988's Rain Man went on to win Best Picture at the Oscars as well as being one of the first movies to look at autistic savant.

Callous hustler Charlie Babbitt (Cruise) is busy working on his next deal when he receives word that his estranged father has died. After travelling back to Ohio from Los Angeles for the funeral, Charlie is miffed to find that although he will receive a vintage Buick from his father's estate, he isn't getting a cent of the three-million-dollar fortune.

Charlie discovers that the fortune left by his father is left to the caretakers of his institutionalised autistic brother, Raymond (Hoffman), a brother he didn't know he had.

Charlie kidnaps Raymond and heads cross-country in the Buick in an attempt to get a cut of the inheritance to pay off some of his failing deals.

However, during their adventure, Charlie not only learns how to deal with Raymond's many idiosyncrasies, but he also actually begins to care about his older brother and comes to realise that discovering a brother is more important than money.

The Corleone's

Gracing the screen over three movies the Corleone siblings, Connie, Fredo, Michael and Sonny are part of one of cinema's most notorious crime families.

Oldest son Sonny is the most violent of Vito's children and, as the oldest son, he is involved in many of his father's criminal operations.

Sonny eventually becomes a capo in his father's family, gaining a reputation as a ruthless killer. By the end of World War II, he has become his father's underboss and heir before he is killed by Don Emilio Barzini.

Played by Al Pacino Michael is the youngest son and initially wants nothing to do with the 'family business' but ascends to the head of the crime family when his father dies at the end of Part I.

Fredo is the weakest of the three brothers and is unable to retaliate when his father is shot in Part I, he is however the most obedient of Vito's sons.

Connie is the youngest child, and only daughter of Vito and Carmella Corleone and is married to Carlo Rizzi whom she is regularly abused by.