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Dead Ringers (1988)
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Ratings: 7.3/10 from 16,766 users
Metascore:
86/100
Reviews: 99 user | 67 critic | 15 from Metacritic.com Twin gynecologists take full advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, until their relationship begins to deteriorate over a woman. Director:David Cronenberg |
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| Jeremy Irons | ... |
Beverly Mantle
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Elliot Mantle
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| Geneviève Bujold | ... |
Claire Niveau
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Heidi von Palleske | ... |
Cary
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| Barbara Gordon | ... |
Danuta
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| Shirley Douglas | ... |
Laura
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| Stephen Lack | ... |
Anders Wolleck
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Nick Nichols | ... |
Leo
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Lynne Cormack | ... |
Arlene
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Damir Andrei | ... |
Birchall
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Miriam Newhouse | ... |
Mrs. Bookman
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David Hughes | ... |
Superintendent
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Richard W. Farrell | ... |
Dean of Medicine
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Warren Davis | ... |
Anatomy Class Supervisor
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Jonathan Haley | ... |
Beverly, Age 9
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Nicholas Haley | ... |
Elliot, Age 9
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The Mantle brothers are both doctors - both gynecologists - and identical twins. Mentally however, one of them is more confident than the other, and always manages to seduce the women he meets. When he's tired of his current partner, she is passed on to the other brother - without her knowing. Everything runs smoothly, until an actress visits their clinic, and the shy brother is the first to fall in love. Will they be able to 'share' her ? Written by Colin Tinto <cst@imdb.com>
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Two bodies. Two minds. One soul. Separation can be a terrifying thing.Parents Guide:
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Elliot, Age 9: You've heard about sex...
Beverly, Age 9: Sure I have.
Elliot, Age 9: Well I've discovered why sex is.
Beverly, Age 9: You have? Fantastic.
Raffaella: It's because humans don't live under water.
Beverly, Age 9: I don't get it.
Elliot, Age 9: Well, fish don't need sex because they just lay the eggs and fertilize them in the water. Humans can't do that because they don't live in the water. They have to - internalize the water. Therefore we have sex.
Beverly, Age 9: So you mean humans would have sex if they lived in the water?
Elliot, Age 9: Well they'd have a kind of sex. The kind where you wouldn't have to touch each other.
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Composed by Fred Parris
Performed by The Five Satins
Under License from Arista Records, Inc. See more »
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Trivia
Working title: "Gemini". The studio didn't like it, and so switched to "Twins". This was changed to "Dead Ringers" after Ivan Reitman, who had produced two of Cronenberg's early films, approached Cronenberg about purchasing the rights to use the title "Twins". Twins was then used for the Danny DeVito/Arnold Schwarzenegger film Twins. See more »Goofs
Anachronisms: In a scene dated 1954, the twins seen are playing with The Visible Woman, Revell toy company's biological model of a woman that was not marketed until at least five years later. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Elliot, Age 9: You've heard about sex...
Beverly, Age 9: Sure I have.
Elliot, Age 9: Well I've discovered why sex is.
Beverly, Age 9: You have? Fantastic.
Raffaella: It's because humans don't live under water.
Beverly, Age 9: I don't get it.
Elliot, Age 9: Well, fish don't need sex because they just lay the eggs and fertilize them in the water. Humans can't do that because they don't live in the water. They have to - internalize the water. Therefore we have sex.
Beverly, Age 9: So you mean humans would have sex if they lived in the water?
Elliot, Age 9: Well they'd have a kind of sex. The kind where you wouldn't have to touch each other.
[...]
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Soundtracks
"In the Still of the Night (I'll Remember)"Composed by Fred Parris
Performed by The Five Satins
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