Charticle: Hollywood's "Best" Siblings

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The following is my original, unedited article written in July, 2017.

Plus some pictures for added pizzazz.

The final, finished & edited version can be found XXX at Moviejawn.

The final, finished & edited version can be found in found in the Moviejawn zine

(Vol. 3, #7) which may be available here in the Moviejawn shop.

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Hollywood's "Best" Siblings
For: Moviejawn
By: Hunter Bush
July, 2017



There are a lot of siblings involved in the film industry. Some jump readily to mind: the clan Wayans, the Coppola dynasty, the Hemsworth brood. Others meanwhile, elicited an “oh yeah…” response. I decided I would list, analyze, synthesize, hypothesize & scrutinize until I had it narrowed down to HOLLYWOOD’S BEST SIBLINGS.

This proved more difficult than I had anticipated (who’d’a thunk, right?) How do you compare and contrast such diverse bodies of work in the ever-changing landscape of cultural relevance? I was advised to forego more quantifiable data in favor of a more esoteric, abstract approach. So I researched bloodlines, quizzed co-workers and performed cryptic ceremonies; I fasted, consulted almanacs and entered labyrinthine trance-worlds while perusing tabloid magazines in the supermarket checkout. I awarded arbitrary points for things I like (cult affiliations, professed UFO beliefs, smashing the patriarchy simply by being a woman) and subtracted equally arbitrary ones for things I don’t like (domestic violence, hate-speak, any association with the TV show Entourage).

This chart is the codified result of my ordeals.

KEY:

Af - Ben & Casey Affleck

Ar - Alexis (RIP), David, Richmond, Rosanna & Patricia Arquette

Ba - Alec, Daniel, Stephen & William Baldwin

B/M - Warren Beatty & Shirley MacLaine

Cn - Ethan & Joel Coen

Cp - Gian-Carlo (RIP), Roman & Sofia Coppola

Cu - Joan & John Cusack

E/S - Emilio Estevez & Charlie Sheen

Fn - Dakota & Elle Fanning

Fl - Bobby & Peter Farrelly

Fi - Joseph & Ralph Fiennes

Fr - Dave & James Franco

Gy - Jake & Maggie Gyllenhaal

He - Chris, Liam & Luke Hemsworth

Ho - Clint & Ron Howard

Md - Michael & Virginia Madsen

Mr - Garry (RIP) & Penny Marshall

Ol - Ashley, Elizabeth & Mary-Kate Olsen

Ph - Joaquin, Liberty, Rain, River (RIP), & Summer Phoenix

Ro - Eric & Julia Roberts

Wc - Lana & Lilly Wachowski

Wh - Donnie, Mark, Paul & Robert Wahlberg

Wy - Damon, Diedre, Elvira, Keenan Ivory, Kim, Marlon, Nadia, Shawn & Vonnie Wayans

Wi - Andrew, Luke & Owen Wilson