Naming Brody

4 Responses to “Naming Brody”

1. Danny BLOOM Says:
   September 25th, 2008 at 6:25 am

   Yes, this is a legit contest, I am the convener of the contest and all entries welcome. read the press release and if you feel like it, enter your first name idea for Brody’s BLOOM.

   send to

   firstnameforbloom@gmail.com

   The director of the movie, Rian Johnson, knows about us and he thinks it’s a cool idea, but this is a completely independent contest from the movie and has no connetion to the movie per se or the studio. Just so you know. So far 4 names have come in:

   Brandon Bloom
   Ka Bloom
   Bombadil Bloom
   Aloisius Bloom

   We are looking for silly names OR serious names, any names that you think would be good and fitting for Brody’s character! So far, we have not been able to contact Adrien, anyone know his email addy or his agent’s?

   DISH

   DANNY BLOOM
   http://northwardho.blogspot.com

   Just havin fun!

2. danny bloom Says:
   September 25th, 2008 at 10:58 pm

   So far 5 entries have come in, one from one reader of this site, Rachel….

   They are:

   Aloisius BLOOM
   Bombadil BLOOM
   Ka BLOOM
   Sullivan BLOOM
   Brandon BLOOM

   More entries welcome! This contest has legs!

3. Danny Bloom Says:
   October 6th, 2008 at 5:41 am

   I must say, we have been getting many nominations from people who have read this brodylicious site. Thanks for stopping by and playing the name game

   danny, er, bloom

4. Danny Bloom Says:
   October 6th, 2008 at 6:19 am

   Brody to the Max!

   First name “contest” for Adrien Brody’s
   first-nameless “Bloom” character in “The Brothers Bloom” gains steam

   As you know, Rian Johnson, director of “Brick”, has a
   new film coming out very soon, with festival screenings now going on
   around the world, and the movie is called “The Brothers Bloom”. It’s
   called that because there are two brothers in the movie, and their
   last name is Bloom. Mark Ruffalo plays Stephen Bloom, a con man
   extraordinaire, and …[DRUM ROLL!]… Adrien Brody plays his brother, called only
   “Bloom” throught the entire film.

   Here’s the earlier backstory from RUSHPRNEWS, from the backlot, with
   lots of background thrown in:

   http://www.rushprnews.com/2008/09/22/online-contest-to-give-first-name-to-bloom-in-the-brothers-bloom

   The nominations for a first name for Brody’s Bloom so far are:

   Aloisius Bloom
   Bombadil
   Ka
   Brandon
   Sullivan Bloom
   Brother
   Milo
   Rodrigo
   Orlando Bloom
   Theodore
   Melvin
   Ole
   Sonic Bloom
   Fox
   Romeo
   R.C. Bloom
   Keegan Bloom
   Brando
   Boom Boom Bloom

   Nominations will be taken online until December 15. Send in your
   entries to: firstnameforbloom@gmail.com

   Those who have already played the game are legion. Nominations have
   come in from all over the known Bloomiverse, with one woman writing:
   “Cool contest. Thanks for the heads up. I love contests like this.”
   She nominated “Brandon”.

   A blogger wrote in: “I am confused. Where has it been confirmed that
   Bloom is a last name in the movie? Maybe I missed a key clue in the
   film, but I thought the names were first names for both. I thought
   that “the brothers bloom” means that they both entered their prime.
   Bloom discovers what’s important to him and his brother Stephen.
   However, I might be wrong about this since, to tell the truth, I
   hadn’t considered Bloom as a last name until now.”

   A woman named Kayleigh entered the contest with this comment: ”
   “My suggestion is Theodore. It has Greek roots, just like Penelope and
   Stephen in the movie, so I thought it would fit. Also, Adrien Brody’s
   character doesn’t seem like the type who’d want to go by or be called
   Theodore (or Ted, or Teddy) to his face in public, which I thought
   could explain why he is called just Bloom.”

   Rachel wrote in to nominate “Sullivan” as Brody’s Bloom’s first name.
   When asked how she heard about the contest, she said: “I heard about
   it on a website at brodylicious.org, which linked to an article on
   RUSHPRNEWS. I don’t really know why I have chosen ‘Sullivan’ as
   Bloom’s first name; I was trying to find something to go with
   ‘Stephen’, Mark Ruffalo’s character. My mother named all her sons with
   the same first letter, so I guess that’s where it came from. I also
   thought of Sidney, but that seemed kind of girly.”

   When director Rian Johnson heard about this contest, which by the way
   has no connection with the studio distributing the film or with the
   director at all, he wrote in to say: “This is very cool. For what it’s
   worth (and most people who’ve seen the movie I think pick up on this)
   the brothers grew up kicked around as orphans, just the two of them
   fending for themselves. Stephen always just called his brother
   ‘Bloom,’ as a nickname, and both because Bloom didn’t like his first
   name and because they were never in school or with the same parents
   for very long, it just stuck. Also, at the start of the film, Bloom’s
   problem is exactly that: he’s been living life through his brother’s
   cons for so long, that he doesn’t really know who he is outside of
   their partnership.”

   And he added: “Glad you liked the movie. Sorry for stealing your last
   name, Dan.”

   Director Rian Johnson’s “forum” for “The Brothers Bloom” discusses
   this contest at length. Join the fun here:

   http://www.rcjohnso.com/forum

   Or here:

   http://www.rcjohnso.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1985&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

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   About the author: Dan Bloom is columnist and a
   freelance writer from Boston and has worked in media, public relations
   and education in several countries. This contest is his own
   independent idea. Write to him at: firstnameforbloom@gmail.com