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23/09/1988 Thriller, Horror 1h 55m
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Two bodies. Two minds. One soul.

Overview

Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the woman over to Beverly, the meeker of the two, without the woman knowing the difference. Beverly falls hard for one of the patients, Claire, but when she inadvertently deceives him, he slips into a state of madness.

  1. David Cronenberg

    Director, Writer

  2. Norman Snider

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Jeremy Irons

    Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle

  2. Geneviève Bujold

    Claire Niveau

  3. Heidi von Palleske

    Cary

  4. Barbara Gordon

    Danuta

  5. Shirley Douglas

    Laura

  6. Stephen Lack

    Wolleck / Anders Wolleck

  7. Nick Nichols

    Leo

  8. Lynne Cormack

    Arlene

  9. Damir Andrei

    Birchall

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Reviews

A review by talisencrw
Written by talisencrw on 2016-07-12
Sheer brilliance. Deep down, EVERYONE has a love/hate thing about identical twins. On the one side, they wish they had that kind of communion with someone, that sort of magical intimacy they share, having someone basically the exact same as themselves...yet that same one-of-a-kind companionship is scary as hell.

I haven't seen, from my fellow Canadian, either 'Scanners' (1981) or 'Naked Lunch' (1991), so I can't honestly say whether or not my assertion can be thus extended, but I dare ANYONE to find in horror a finer run than Cronenberg had, in 'Videodrome', 'The Dead Zone', 'The Fly'...and...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$13,000,000.00

Revenue
$8,038,508.00

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