Once Brothers

Once Brothers

2010
1h 19m
7.4

7.4/10

56 votes • View on IMDb

"Dreams brought them together. Reality tore them apart."

Overview

Drazen Petrovic and Vlade Divac were two friends who grew up together sharing the common bond of basketball. Together, they lifted the Yugoslavian National team to unimaginable heights. After conquering Europe, they both went to USA where they became the first two foreign players to attain NBA stardom. But with the fall of the Soviet Union on Christmas Day 1991, Yugoslavia split up. A war broke out between Petrovic's Croatia and Divac's Serbia. Long buried ethnic tensions surfaced. And these two men, once brothers, were now on opposite sides of a deadly civil war. As Petrovic and Divac continued to face each other on the basketball courts of the NBA, no words passed between the two. Then, on the fateful night of June 7, 1993, Drazen Petrovic was killed in an auto accident. This film will tell the gripping tale of these men, how circumstances beyond their control tore them apart, and whether Divac has ever come to terms with the death of a friend before they had a chance to reconcile.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
NBA Entertainment ESPN Films ESPN
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English Croatian Serbian

Quick Facts

Release Date October 12, 2010
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt1738398
Website Visit Site

Cast

Vlade Divac
Vlade Divac

Himself

Dražen Petrović
Dražen Petrović

Himself (archive footage)

Kenny Anderson
Kenny Anderson

Himself

Larry Bird
Larry Bird

Himself

Key Crew

Michael Tolajian
Director
Michael Tolajian
Writer
Daniel Silver
Producer