Hermann Kermit Warm, a gold prospector in California, is being sought by a couple of assasins - the Sisters Brothers - because he has made a discovery that could change the face of gold panning in the 1850s - William H. Macy. It's a really good scientific discovery and you will love it.
Charlie Sisters - Ryan Robbins (Henry on Sanctuary) loves to drink and loves to kill. He is a psychopath who wants to be in charge of his life, his brother's life, and every life that he is hired to kill and every one who gets in his way. He is hyperactive and unpredictable.
Eli Sisters - Josh Brolin - is the big, lumpy, softhearted, but still a killer, younger brother who is having an identity crisis and really just wants to lose weight and settle down with a woman.
There are a bunch of other memorable characters - least of whom would be Frances McDormand as the fatal mother.
Did I say this is a western? Who writes westerns? deWitt is a Canadian and kind of geeky looking. And boy can he write. Call this Cowboy noir, or true west tour de force, or just call it good, dirty fun. It's violent in a surreal sort of way. It's one of those that you cheer for the bad guy and don't really care when the good guys go down in a swamp of purple poison. Put this on your Christmas reading list only if you love Coen films - and if you do you are in for a good, ass-kicking, LMAS fun time.
This is Patrick deWitt's picture on his website bio!!
Hmm - maybe Quentin Taratino would be better at making this film? At any rate - someone will, I hope.
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