Larry Hicock

This Brother is Free Larry Hicock

This Brother is Free is about an improbable friendship and the twists of fate, good and bad, that change people?s lives. John Douglas is a successful but increasingly jaded magazine writer; Max Brandt is a wealthy and eccentric auto parts executive. What brings them together despite their many differences is Max?s (and the family business?s) rags-to-riches story. They agree, each with their own motives, noble and otherwise, to collaborate on what they envision as an inspiring epic, a made-in-America fairytale-come-true. They are met with resistance and setbacks from the outset - family conflicts, a life-threatening illness, a marriage in crisis - yet the work continues, the friendship deepens, and their project, over the course of a two-year long, on again-off again roller coaster ride, changes constantly in its form, direction, and even its purpose.