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Overview
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Release Date:
6 October 2006 (UK)
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Tagline:
For some people... Rock & Roll was always a freak show.
Plot:
In the 1970s a music promoter plucks Siamese twins from obscurity and grooms them into a freakish rock'n'roll act. A dark tale of sex, strangeness and rock music. | add synopsis
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2 wins
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4 nominations
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(7 articles)
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Surprisingly realistic conjoined-twin-rock-star movie
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jonathan Pryce | ... | Henry Couling |
 | Harry Treadaway | ... | Tom Howe |
| John Simm | ... | Boatman |
 | Luke Treadaway | ... | Barry Howe |
| Sean Harris | ... | Nick Sidney |
 | Ken Russell | ... | Himself |
| James Greene | ... | Brian Aldiss |
| Elizabeth Rider | ... | Roberta Howe |
| Luke Wagner | ... | Young Zak |
| Anna Nygh | ... | Zak's Mum / Rita Bedderwick |
| Howard Attfield | ... | Zak Bedderwick |
 | Edward Hogg | ... | Chris Dervish (as Ed Hogg) |
| Bryan Dick | ... | Paul Day - 1970's |
| Nicholas Millard | ... | Tubs |
| David Kennedy | ... | Paul Day - Present day |
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Rated R for language, drug use and sexuality.
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93 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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UK:18 |
USA:Not Rated |
USA:R |
Ireland:16 |
Canada:14A (Ontario) |
Portugal:M/16 |
Australia:MA (2008)
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Quotes:
Barry Howe:
What are you writing about?
Laura Ashworth - 1970's: Well, you guys specifically.
Barry Howe: What about us?
Laura Ashworth - 1970's: Well, you know, you're kind of... you know, you're different. Young and exciting.
Barry Howe: Young, exciting, what else? Give me a- give me a third.
Laura Ashworth - 1970's: Listen, I'm actually writing an article about exploitation of the physically impaired.
Barry Howe: [long pause] Speak to Tubbs, he's got a dodgy ankle.
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Laura Ashworth - 1970's: Well, you guys specifically.
Barry Howe: What about us?
Laura Ashworth - 1970's: Well, you know, you're kind of... you know, you're different. Young and exciting.
Barry Howe: Young, exciting, what else? Give me a- give me a third.
Laura Ashworth - 1970's: Listen, I'm actually writing an article about exploitation of the physically impaired.
Barry Howe: [long pause] Speak to Tubbs, he's got a dodgy ankle.
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References Women in Love (1969)
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This film lingered in the memory for days after I saw it. It was a portrait, not only of the scabbier side of the music business, but of the intimacy, love and hate that exists between siblings of all descriptions. A lot of it rang true; the cinematic values were lovingly collaged within an overall 'feel' that was at times stunningly beautiful. The performances, particularly of the real-life identical twin brothers, Luke and Harry Treadaway, were lyrical, loving and intense. There was a sense that these two talented actors-who are also rock musicians in their own right, no musical stand-ins or overdubbing here-were giving the performances of a lifetime. After all, how many conjoined-twin-rock-star movies are there likely to be? Having said that, the fictional Howe brothers made a stunning metaphor for the freakishness that is almost a natural part of getting on a stage and screaming into a microphone; it really looked as though it could work, especially in this post-Slipknot world.
The plot was, at times, obscure; there was perhaps a bit too much cleverness in the multiple, and terribly post-modern, overlapping of supposedly-documentary narratives. I found that there was so much going on within the structure that I hardly noticed the climax of the story.
In all, to my surprise, I would describe this as a beautiful film, but with enough rock'n'roll grit to keep me riveted. We need more films like this.