Dead Ringers [DVD] [1989] [US Import] [NTSC]

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  • Actor : Jeremy Irons
  • Actor : Geneviève Bujold
  • Actor : Heidi von Palleske
  • Actor : Barbara Gordon
  • Actor : Shirley Douglas
  • Aspect Ratio : 16:9 - 1.66:1
  • Binding : DVD
  • Creator : Jeremy Irons
  • Creator : Geneviève Bujold
  • Creator : David Cronenberg
  • Creator : David Cronenberg
  • Creator : Carol Baum
  • Creator : James G. Robinson
  • Creator : Bari Wood
  • Creator : Jack Geasland
  • Creator : Norman Snider
  • Director : David Cronenberg
  • EAN : 9786304698013
  • Format : Colour
  • Format : DVD-Video
  • Format : HiFi Sound
  • Format : Letterboxed
  • Format : NTSC
  • Format : Widescreen
  • ISBN : 6304698011
  • Label : Anchor Bay/Starz
  • Languages : Original Language: English
  • Manufacturer : Anchor Bay/Starz
  • Number Of Discs : 1
  • Number Of Items : 1
  • Package Dimensions : 0.58 inches (Height) x 7.10 inches (Length) x 0.18 pounds (Weight) x 5.42 inches (Width)
  • Product Group : DVD
  • Publisher : Anchor Bay/Starz
  • Region Code : 0
  • Release Date : 1998-02-17
  • Running Time : 116
  • SKU : 013131032994
  • Studio : Anchor Bay/Starz
  • UPC : 013131032994

Like many other films by Canadian director David Cronenberg (especially Crash), Dead Ringers presents the cinematic and psychological equivalent of an automobile accident--you dare not look, but you can't turn away. The film marked a directorial breakthrough for Cronenberg, who was able to continue some of the themes explored in his earlier horror films while graduating to a higher, more critically "respectable" level of artistic sophistication. The film is loosely based, amazingly enough, on a true story about twin gynaecologists who routinely traded each others' identities, lives and even lovers. Utilizing innovative split-screen technology (years before computer manipulation made such trickery much easier), the film stars Jeremy Irons in flawless dual roles as the identical brothers Beverly and Elliot Mantle. Their ability to instantly switch identities leads them to a shared relationship with a well-known actress (Genevieve Bujold) and, ultimately, a physical and psychological tailspin that sends them both to the brink of madness and death. The scenario suggests that both men are halves of a whole, and that one cannot exist without the other. But when Beverly pursues a kinky, drug-addicted affair with the actress, his more self-controlled brother is helpless to prevent their mutual decline. In this way Dead Ringers becomes a fascinating and stylistically clinical study of duality, and Cronenberg doesn't shy away from the dark and unpleasant aspects of the story. (One look at the movie's display of bizarre gynaecological instruments and you'll know why women find this film particularly--and unforgettably--disturbing.) The Criterion Collection DVD includes illuminating commentary by Cronenberg, Irons, production designer Carol Spier and others; extensive production information; interviews with the principal cast; and a detailed examination of the film's groundbreaking use of invisible special effects. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com --This text refers to the DVD edition of this video.

- Amazon.co.uk Review

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