'The Sisters Brothers' trivia and fun facts
Jake Gyllenhaal & John C. Reilly
John C. Reilly and Jake Gyllenhaal previously starred in The Good Girl (2002) together, though they shared no screen time.
Fonts
The font used for all on-screen titles is the same font created for and used throughout the God of War (2005) series.
First english-language movie.
Jacques Audiard's first English-language film.
Spanish locations.
The film was shot in Tabernas in Almeria, Spain. Because of its similarities to North American deserts, it previously served as filming location for a large number of Western films and series. Additional scenes were shot in Spain's northern provinces of Navarre and Aragon.
Film Locations.
Filmed in France, Spain, and Romania. Despite the film's American setting, none of the scenes were shot in the United States.
Strange Coincidences.
This film features the pairing of Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly. Phoenix starred as singer Johnny Cash in 'Walk the line' (2005), while Reilly starred as Dewey Cox, a character based on Johnny Cash, in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007).
Jake Gyllenhaal and Riz Ahmed.
This is the second collaboration between Jake Gyllenhaal and Riz Ahmed, having previously collaborated on Nightcrawler (2014).