Twins (1988)

Director:

Ivan Reitman

Writers (WGA):

William Davies (written by) &
William Osborne (written by) ...
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Release Date:

9 December 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Only their mother can tell them apart.

Plot:

A physically perfect but innocent man goes in search of his long-lost twin brother, who is a short small-time crook.

Plot Keywords:

Brother | Twins | Loss Of Virginity | One Word Title | Criminal

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 4 wins

Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger	...	Julius Benedict
Danny DeVito	...	Vincent Benedict
Kelly Preston	...	Marnie Mason
Chloe Webb	...	Linda Mason
Bonnie Bartlett	...	Old Mary Ann Benedict
Trey Wilson	...	Beetroot McKinley
Marshall Bell	...	Webster
David Caruso	...	Al Greco
Hugh O'Brian	...	Granger
Nehemiah Persoff	...	Mitchell Traven
Maury Chaykin	...	Burt Klane
Tony Jay	...	Werner
Tom McCleister	...	Bob Klane (as Thom McCleister)
David Efron	...	Morris Klane
Peter Dvorsky	...	Peter Garfield
Robert Harper	...	Gilbert Larsen
Rosemary Dunsmore	...	Miss Busby
Lora Milligan	...	Stewardess
Richard deFaut	...	Custodian
Richard Portnow	...	Chop Shop Owner
S.A. Griffin	...	Hollywood Biker #1
Billy D. Lucas	...	Hollywood Biker #2
Lew Hopson	...	Cop
Frances Bay	...	Mother Superior
Marvin J. McIntyre	...	McKinley's Man
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa	...	Oriental Man
Wayne Grace	...	Cell Guard
Thomas Wagner	...	Visiting Room Guard
Jay Arlen Jones	...	Mover #1
Ty Granderson Jones	...	Mover #2 (as Tyrone Granderson Jones)
Elizabeth Kaitan	...	Secretary
Tom Platz	...	Granger Son #1
Roger Callard	...	Granger Son #2
Jason Reitman	...	Granger Grandson
Catherine Reitman	...	Granger Granddaughter
Dendrie Taylor	...	Female Neighbor
Sven-Ole Thorsen	...	Sam Klane
Gus Rethwisch	...	Dave Klane
Linda Porter	...	Painter
Bruce McBroom	...	Handsome Father
Joe Medjuck	...	Photographer (as Joseph Medjuck)
Frank Davis	...	Security Guard
John Michael Bolger	...	Security Guard (as John Bolger)
Steve Reevis	...	Indian
Jeff Beck	...	Lead Guitarist
Terry Bozzio	...	Drums
Tony Hymas	...	Keyboards
Nicolette Larson	...	Singer
Jill Avery	...	Bass Player
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dustin Amy	...	Picture Taker #2 (uncredited)
Heather Graham	...	Young Mary Ann Benedict (uncredited)
Raymond Storti	...	Bar Patron (uncredited)

Directed by
Ivan Reitman

Writing credits (WGA)
William Davies		(written by) &
William Osborne		(written by) and
Timothy Harris		(written by) &
Herschel Weingrod		(written by)

Produced by
Michael C. Gross	....	executive producer
Sheldon Kahn	....	associate producer
Joe Medjuck	....	executive producer
Ivan Reitman	....	producer
Gordon A. Webb	....	associate producer (as Gordon Webb)

Original Music by
Georges Delerue
Randy Edelman

Cinematography by
Andrzej Bartkowiak

Film Editing by
Donn Cambern
Sheldon Kahn

Casting by
Michael Chinich

Production Design by
James D. Bissell

Art Direction by
Christopher Burian-Mohr

Set Decoration by
John T. Walker

Costume Design by
Gloria Gresham

Makeup Department
Joanna Balkin	....	body makeup
Judith A. Cory	....	hair stylist
Jeff Dawn	....	makeup department head
Leonard Engelman	....	makeup artist
Katherine Kotorakos	....	makeup artist
Robert Ostermann	....	hair stylist
Peggy Semtob	....	hair stylist
Peter Tothpal	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Gordon A. Webb	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Peter Giuliano	....	first assistant director
Ira S. Rosenstein	....	second second assistant director
Barry K. Thomas	....	second assistant director
Linnea Ebba Wicklund	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Craig B. Ayers Sr.	....	greensman
Steven Lee Baer	....	set dresser
Ernest Depew	....	construction coordinator
Bill Fariello	....	lead man
Bryan D. Garofalo	....	set dresser
Bill MacSems	....	property master
Gordon Meloeny	....	set dresser
Tom Miller	....	assistant property master
Hope M. Parrish	....	assistant property master
Nancy Patton	....	set designer
Robert G. Santarella	....	set dresser
William James Teegarden	....	set designer
Ed Verreaux	....	set designer
Stuart Watnick	....	assistant property master
Christopher Windisch	....	construction foreman

Sound Department
Rick Alexander	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Dick Alexander)
Tom Buffum	....	special sound effects
Gene S. Cantamessa	....	sound mixer
Steve Cantamessa	....	boom operator
Les Fresholtz	....	sound re-recording mixer
Richard Friedman	....	supervising adr editor
Joe Gilbert	....	adr editor
Mark Gordon	....	sound effects editor
William Hartman	....	sound effects editor
David M. Ice	....	sound effects editor
Mark Jennings	....	cable person
Fred Judkins	....	supervising sound editor
Tom McCarthy Jr.	....	supervising sound editor
Vern Poore	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jeff Rosen	....	sound effects editor
Edward Rossi	....	sound effects editor (as Ed Rossi)
Mary Ruth Smith	....	sound effects editor
Don S. Walden	....	sound effects editor
David Williams	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Donald Elliott	....	assistant special effects (as Donald R. Elliott)
Michael Lantieri	....	special effects coordinator

Stunts
Amber Alexander	....	stunts
Bobby Bass	....	stunts
Steve Boyum	....	stunts
Jophery C. Brown	....	stunts (as Jophery Clifford Brown)
Jerry Brutsche	....	stunts
Buzz Bundy	....	stunts
Vince Deadrick Jr.	....	stunts (as Vincent Paul Deadrick Jr.)
Nick Dimitri	....	stunts
Richard Drown	....	stunts
Stephanie Epper	....	stunts
Debbie Evans	....	stunt driver
Debbie Evans	....	stunts
Donna Garrett	....	stunts
Sandra Lee Gimpel	....	stunts
Marguerite Happy	....	stunts
Roy E. Harrison	....	stunts (as Roy Harrison)
Joel Kramer	....	stunt coordinator
Steven Lambert	....	stunts (as Steven Hal Lambert)
Lane Leavitt	....	stunts
A. Michael Lerner	....	stunts (as Allen Michael Lerner)
David Perna	....	stunts (as David L. Perna)
Walter Robles	....	stunts
R.A. Rondell	....	stunts
Frank James Sparks	....	stunts (as Frank J. Sparks)
Michael M. Vendrell	....	stunts
Erik Cord	....	stunts (uncredited)
Richard Drown	....	stunt double: Mr. DeVito (uncredited)
Peter Kent	....	stunt double: Arnold Schwarzenegger (uncredited)
Joel Kramer	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Rick A. Benedetto	....	electrician (as Richard Benedetto)
Dustin Blauvelt	....	camera operator
Joseph Cosko Jr.	....	second assistant camera
R. Michael De Chellis	....	rigging gaffer
Robert Edesa	....	camera operator
Brad Edmiston	....	Steadicam assistant
William E. Fitch	....	grip
Mikael Glattes	....	second assistant camera
Cary Griffith	....	key grip
Khan Griffith	....	grip
Michael J. Jacobs	....	special still photographer
William Kenney	....	dolly grip
Kris Krosskove	....	first assistant camera
Jim Marquette	....	assistant camera
Curt Marthey	....	electrician
Bruce McBroom	....	still photographer
Toby Phillips	....	Steadicam operator
Alex Rodriguez	....	rigging electrician
Phillip R. Sarabia	....	grip
Hank Sheppherd	....	second company grip
Bing Sokolsky	....	first assistant camera
Chris Strong	....	gaffer
Alex Touyarot	....	first assistant camera
Rodney Veto	....	grip
Randy Woodside	....	best boy
Rick Fee	....	first assistant camera (uncredited)
Paul Jacobsen	....	pre-rigging electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Sally Jackson	....	extras casting
Dorothy O'Leary	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Oda Groeschel	....	costumer: women
Adrienne Manhan	....	costumer
G. Tony Scarano	....	costumer: men

Editorial Department
Debra Bard	....	assistant editor
Jeffrey James Bell	....	assistant editor (as Jeffrey Bell)
Debra Kahn Tolchinsky	....	apprentice editor
Saul Saladow	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Peter Afterman	....	music supervisor
Tom Boyd	....	musician: oboe soloist
Mike Deasy	....	musician
George Doering	....	musician
Frank Fitzpatrick	....	supervising music editor
John Richard	....	recorded & mixed Delerue score
Bruce Robb	....	music engineer: score
Bruce Robb	....	music mixer: score
Bruce Robb	....	recorded & mix Edelman score
Dee Robb	....	music engineer
Ted Stein	....	music recording engineer
Diane DeLouise Wessel	....	assistant music supervisor
Bruce Robb	....	music recorder: score (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Gregory Dultz	....	driver
John Feinblatt	....	transportation captain
Shane Greedy	....	production van driver
David Walden Sr.	....	driver
James 'JR' Pollard	....	transportation (uncredited)

Other crew
Ellen Adolph	....	production accountant
Carla Baron	....	stand-in: Kelly Preston
Paul A. Calabria	....	animal trainer (as Paul Calabria)
Pamela Cederquist	....	production coordinator
Rhonda Columb	....	assistant: Mr. Schwarzenegger
Celeste Cooley	....	assistant: Mr. Reitman
Celli Crawford	....	production assistant
Pamela Easley	....	production coordinator
Stuart Fink	....	publicist
Kathi Freeman	....	assistant: Mr. Medjuck and Mr. Gross
Leigh French	....	adr group coordinator
Wilma Garscadden-Gahret	....	script supervisor
Celeste Gose	....	production assistant
Bárbara Hernández	....	assistant production accountant
Kris Krengel	....	production assistant
Lynn Marks	....	assistant: Mr. Schwarzenegger
George McDowell Agnew	....	location liaison
Karin McElhatton	....	animal trainer (as Karin Dew)
J. Marina Muhlfriedel	....	assistant: Mr. Devito
Paul Rahmes	....	personal assistant to director
Penny Ress	....	marketing consultant
Paula Tracy Smuin	....	choreographer
Dawn Soler	....	project manager (as Dawn Solér)
Charles A. Tamburro	....	aerial coordinator: second unit (as Chuck Tamburro)
Charles A. Tamburro	....	pilot
Mike Wacker	....	assistant: Mr. Schwarzenegger
Donn Warr Lewis	....	intern
Daniel Wheatcroft	....	studio executive

Production Companies

• Universal Pictures

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (1988) (USA) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1989) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1989) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1989) (France) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1989) (UK) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1989) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1991) (USA) (TV)
• Argentina Video Home (1989) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Argentina Video Home (2006) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Indies Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• MCA Home Video (19??) (USA) (VHS)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures (2003) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Boss Film Studios

Other Companies

• Central Casting  extras casting
• Cherokee Recording Studios  music recording facility (Edelman score)
• Cherokee Studios  original music recorded and mixed at
• Evergreen Radford Studios  music recording facility (Delerue score)
• Matthews  provided Nettmann Cam - Remote
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• Parker Public Relations  publicity
• Robb Brothers, The  music production
• Segue Music  music editing

Also Known As:

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Norway:11 | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG (Certificate #29482) | West Germany:12 | Australia:PG | South Korea:12 | Singapore:PG | Iceland:L | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Canada:G (Régie du Cinéma Québec) | Portugal:M/6 | Peru:14 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

First National Building - 6777 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

Even though their characters are supposed to be twins, Arnold Schwarzenegger is actually three years younger than Danny DeVito. Kelly Preston and Chloe Webb's characters are also supposed to be twins, but Webb is six years older than Preston.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Julius asks to come with his brother on his trip to Houston, Julius says that where he wants to go is on the way to Houston. After Julius says this, in the shot from behind him, his lips are still moving. He is saying "on the way to Houston" again.

Quotes:

Julius Benedict:Thank you for the cookies. I look forward to tossing them.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "High Chaparall: Episode #3.2" (2004)

Soundtrack:

THE TRAIN KEPT A-ROLLIN'

Schwarzenegger and DeVito twins? Stranger things have happened.

Twins is a hilarious film and one of DeVito and Schwarzenegger's best films of all. Schwarzenegger is the kind of actor that can act in serious movies and funny movies. He certainly proves he can do that in this movie. And DeVito is just perfect for his role. From start to finish, Twins is a hilarious movie that makes your sides ache with laughter.