Goodbye Gemini (1970)

Director:

Alan Gibson

Writers:

Jenni Hall (novel)
Edmund Ward (writer)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

In the age of Aquarius the twins Julian & Jackie share everything - Love, men and murder!

Plot:

Unnaturally close twin siblings Jacki and Julian become enmeshed in the swinging London scene, where...

Plot Keywords:

Twins | Blackmail | Brother Sister Relationship | Murder | Teddy Bear

Cast

Judy Geeson	...	Jacki
Martin Potter	...	Julian
Michael Redgrave	...	James Harrington-Smith
Alexis Kanner	...	Clive Landseer
Mike Pratt	...	Rod Barstowe
Marion Diamond	...	Denise Pryce-Fletcher
Freddie Jones	...	David Curry
Peter Jeffrey	...	Detective Inspector Kingsley
Terry Scully	...	Nigel Garfield
Daphne Heard	...	Mrs. McLaren
Laurence Hardy	...	Minister
Joseph Fürst	...	Georgiu
Brian Wilde	...	Taxi Driver
Ricky Renée	...	Myra
Barry Scott	...	Audrey

Also Known As:

Twinsanity

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | USA:R | UK:X

Filming Locations:

Battersea, London, England, UK

Company:

Joseph Shaftel Productions

Quotes:

David Curry: You and I should feel like two old tombstones, my dear. If we're not careful, someone might come up and inscribe us.

Soundtrack:

Goodbye Gemini

Bizarre but cool Swinging London/British psycho flick

This is a very decent movie directed by Alan Gibson, who would later become a second-rate Hammer director responsible for such dreck as "Dracula AD 1972" and "The Satanic Rites of Dracula". It features Judy Geeson, at the height of her loveliness, and Martin Potter, one of the pretty-boys from "Fellini's Satyricon", as a pair of seemingly innocent fraternal twins who come to London and are preyed upon by a crowd of jaded hedonists led by a guy named Clive (who sports flaming red mutton-chops and the strangest English accent I have ever heard).

Most of the movie resembles a more serious version of Pete Walker's "Cool It, Carol", and probably a more historically accurate one too as far as the Swinging London Era of the 1960's is concerned. The movie then veers into psycho territory, however. The twins have an unusually symbiotic relationship and display some psychopathic tendencies, like playing a nasty prank that causes their landlady to fall down the stairs. In the most memorable scene they dress up in bedsheets with only their eyes showing and challenge Clive to tell them apart. The childish game shockingly winds up with an ornamental sword going through one person's neck and everything unravels from there. Some may find the sheer pathos and the unresolved ambiguity of the end a little frustrating, but it makes for a memorable movie is nothing else.

I'd recommend this period because it is genuinely unique movie, but if you like films about Swinging London like "Blow Up" or "Cool It, Carol", or British psycho movies like "Peeping Tom" or "Twisted Nerve" this one should be especially enjoyable