Once Brothers 13 years old

Dreams brought them together. Reality tore them apart.

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.

Credits

Once Brothers Cast

Name Character
Vlade Divac He was 42, now 56 years old as Himself
Larry Bird He was 53, now 67 years old as Himself

Once Brothers Crew

Name Department
Michael Tolajian as Director. Directing
Michael Tolajian as Editor. Editing
Michael Tolajian as Writer. Writing
Joel Goodman as Original Music Composer. He was 10 (now 24) years old Sound
Michael Winik as Cinematography. Crew
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Once Brothers (13 years)

Dreams brought them together. Reality tore them apart.

  • Release day: Tuesday, October 12, 2010
  • Runtime: 79 minutes